Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When you serve what's good with a sincere, whole heart, it truly bears fruit.
The treasure of the Name settles in, and the mind grows free of anxiety.
The old fears of endings ease, and the puffed-up 'me' quietly deflates.
You reach a settled, peaceful place and rest there in what's true.
A Shalok on sincerity: "fruitful is service to the True Guru, if one does so with a sincere mind" (man chit laae). The condition matters — going through the motions doesn't bear fruit; meaning it does. The rewards are inward and freeing: "the mind comes to be free of anxiety" (nichint), "egotism is dispelled," and one "achieves the ultimate state, absorbed in the True Lord." The whole Vaar keeps circling this: peace is an inside achievement, born of a sincere turn.
How can you tell when you're doing something sincerely versus just going through the motions?
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