Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
It is like threshing a pile of stalks with no grain in it — nothing comes of it.
In the same way, nothing good comes from the one whose heart is turned away from the One.
Like threshing straw with no grain, a heart turned away from the One yields nothing good.
Guru Arjan uses a farm picture. The khalhaan is the threshing floor, where farmers beat the stalks to shake out the grain. Bin kan means without grain.
If there is no grain, you can beat the straw all day and get nothing.
Think of cracking open a peanut shell and finding it empty. All that work, and nothing inside.
Ti-o saakat tay ko na baraasaa-i-aa: in the same way, nothing good comes from a heart turned away from the One. That isn't the giver's fault. There was simply nothing there to gather.
What is the difference between working hard and being open?
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