Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The world is like a house of sand built on a whirlpool, like a bubble made by drops of rain.
It is shaped from a single drop as the One's wheel turns round.
The light in every soul serves the Naam.
The world is as fragile as a bubble, and the light in every soul serves the Naam.
Ghar baaloo kaa ghooman ghayr — a house of sand, built on a whirlpool. Think of a sandcastle at the edge of the sea. One wave, and it is gone. The world is also like a budbudaa — a bubble made by raindrops, which pops in a moment.
But then the verse turns. Sarab jot naamai kee chayr — the light in every soul serves the Naam. Jot means the inner light, the spark of life. Under all the fragile shapes of the world is something that never pops.
What is something that lasts, even when other things wash away?
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