Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
There is a garden where many plants have grown,
and they bear the Nectar of the Name as their fruit.
This one says a life of love for the One is like a fruitful garden.
Ayk bageechaa payd ghan kari-aa means "there is a garden where many plants have grown." Amrit naam tahaa meh fali-aa means "in it, the nectar of the Name grows as fruit." Amrit is a sweet nectar that brings life. The Name is the One's presence, remembered with love.
Guru Arjan pictures the life of devotion as a living, growing place. It is not a dry desert. It is a garden full of green, full of fruit.
Think of a school garden that everyone tends together. Every week there is something new: a bud, a flower, a first strawberry. A heart that loves the One grows like that. An earlier shabad pictured the heart as a farm, too. This picture is hopeful and full of plenty.
What is a 'garden' in your life — a place where good things actually grow?
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