Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Name of the Lord is the treasure — and the Perfect Guru has given it to me.
O Nanak, whoever does not forget the Name churns the Ambrosial Nectar and drinks deep.
The treasure greed was chasing is real, but it is given, not grabbed.
The shabad about greed ends by giving the greedy mind what it wanted, in a new way. You wanted treasure? Har kaa naam nidhaan hai — the One's Name is the treasure. Nidhaan means treasure. And poorai gur dee-aa — the Perfect Guru gave it. Grabbing was never the way to it.
The last picture is churning. Math amrit pee-aa — churn, and drink the amrit, the nectar that never dies. When you churn milk, butter rises to the top. A remembering mind does the same with everything in a day: happy times, sad times, ordinary hours. It keeps working them until the good part rises. The stone stayed dry in the water. The one who churns turns everyday life into nectar.
What would it mean to churn your ordinary day — to work it until the sweetness rises?
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