Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Now that the city is safe, plant something in it, my friends! Plant the Name like a seed in a field. And spend your days doing good, steady work — the work of kindness and remembering.
Inside the walls, the hymn turns to what grows: naam khetee beejahu — sow the Name as a crop. A safe city is only the beginning; a city exists to be cultivated. And the 'trade' recommended — saudaa karahu gur sevhu neet — is the constant service of the Guru, day after day. Sikh spirituality is agricultural and commercial in its images on purpose: both farming and honest trade reward patient, repeated, ordinary effort rather than one dramatic gesture. You plant, you tend, you show up daily. The harvest is not seized; it is grown.
What good 'seed' could you plant with a little daily tending?
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