Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When the Lord shows His Mercy, you meet the True Guru; contemplating His Word, understanding comes.
Then you chant the Name, you hear the Name, and you deal only in the Name.
The hymn's economy receives its final correction: even the true trade begins with a gift. Meeting the Guru is Mercy's doing, not the merchant's cleverness — grace opens the shop. And then the beautiful cadence of a life fully converted: chanting the Name, hearing the Name, dealing in the Name — speech, attention, and livelihood all trading in one currency. This is what the hymn has been driving at: not a person who added religion to their commerce, but one whose entire commerce, inner and outer, is remembrance.
Which of the three comes easiest to you — saying the truth, hearing it, or living it — and which needs work?
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