ਹਰਿ ਆਪੇ ਸਾਹੁ ਸਰਾਫੁ ਰਤਨੁ ਹੀਰਾ ਹਰਿ ਆਪਿ ਕੀਆ ਪਾਸਾਰਾ ॥
har aapay saahu saraaf ratan heeraa har aap kee-aa paasaaraa.
The Lord Himself is the banker, the jeweller, the jewel, the gem; the Lord Himself created the entire expanse of the creation.
ਨਾਨਕ ਜਿਸੁ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕਰੇ ਸੁ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਹਾਝੇ ਸੋ ਸਾਹੁ ਸਚਾ ਵਣਜਾਰਾ ॥੨॥੪॥
naanak jis kirpaa karay so har naam vihaajhay so saahu sachaa vanjaaraa. ||2||4||
O Nanak, one who is blessed by the Lord's Kind Mercy, trades in the Lord's Name; He alone is the true banker, the true trader. ||2||4||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One is the treasure, the jewel, and the wise banker who keeps it — and it made everything.
A heart touched by kindness deals in that goodness, and becomes truly rich.
The One is both the treasure and its keeper — and a kind heart that deals in goodness becomes truly rich.
The verse gives the merchant/banker image: "the Lord Himself is the banker, the jeweller, the jewel, the gem" — the One is both the treasure and the one who keeps and shares it. A heart blessed with mercy "trades in the Name" and becomes "the true banker" — truly rich in what lasts. For a child: the One is both the treasure and the keeper of it — and a kind heart that deals in goodness becomes truly rich.
A Question to Sit With
What kind of 'riches' would you most want your heart to be full of?
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