ਜੋ ਨ ਢਹੰਦੋ ਮੂਲਿ ਸੋ ਘਰੁ ਰਾਸਿ ਕਰਿ ॥
jo na dhahando mool so ghar raas kar.
So build and adorn that house, which shall never be destroyed.
ਹਿਕੋ ਚਿਤਿ ਵਸਾਇ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਜਾਇ ਮਰਿ ॥੩॥
hiko chit vasaa-ay kaday na jaa-ay mar. ||3||
Enshrine the One Lord within your consciousness; He shall never die. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
So build and adorn that house which shall never be destroyed.
Enshrine the One within your consciousness — the One who shall never die.
Build your life on the One thing that never dies, and your house cannot fall.
The central image: "build and adorn that house, which shall never be destroyed." Do not invest your life in the perishable (the tree's shade, the sandy shore of Shabad 172); build the one house that lasts — by "enshrining the One Lord within," the One "who shall never die." Build on the deathless, and your house cannot fall.
A Question to Sit With
What are you building your life on — and will it still be standing later?
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