Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The good things you do are the tree. The One's Naam is the branches. Living rightly is the flowers, and wisdom is the fruit.
Finding the One is the leaves, and when the pride of the mind is gone, that is the deep, cool shade.
A whole good life grows like one tree, from its trunk to its shade.
Karam, the things you do, is the trunk. The Naam is the branches. Dharam, living rightly, is the flowers. Gi-aan, true understanding, is the fruit. Seeing the One everywhere is the leaves.
And the shade? That is pride melting away. Chookaa man abhimaan means the pride of the mind is gone.
It is a perfect picture for the spring raag. Goodness is not just a rule you follow. It grows, like the tree in your backyard, and puts out leaves. A grown tree gives cool shade to everyone who sits under it. A heart with no pride left does the same for the people around it.
If your life were a tree, what would you want its fruit to be?
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