ਅਸੰਖ ਕੋਟਿ ਅਨ ਪੂਜਾ ਕਰੀ ॥
asaNkh kot an poojaa karee.
The performance of countless millions of other devotions
ਏਕ ਨ ਪੂਜਸਿ ਨਾਮੈ ਹਰੀ ॥੩॥
ayk na poojas naamai haree. ||3||
is not equal to even one devotion to the Name of the Lord. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You could do countless millions of other kinds of worship.
None of them equals even one act of loving worship of the Naam of the One.
One moment of wholehearted love is worth more than a thousand things done for show.
One wholehearted turning to the Naam outweighs countless other devotions.
Countless devotions are not scorned here. Namdev says one wholehearted turning to the Naam gathers them all up. It is the quality of love, more than the quantity of ritual, that matters most.
A Question to Sit With
What is something you do with your whole heart, not just to look good?
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