Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Living only for the puffed-up 'me' leaves a heart circling and never at rest.
Every breath is a chance to remember what matters — try not to let them slip by empty.
A remembering heart quietly grows wise; a forgetful one stumbles in the fog.
What we plant with our choices is what we'll find growing later on.
A Shalok on the natural law of consequence, gently rendered: "whatever one does in this world determines what he shall receive" — the seed-and-harvest logic of karma that children readily grasp. It names the emptiness of an ego-only life ("in egotism, the world dies again and again") and the preciousness of every breath as a chance to remember. The contrast is simple: "one who remembers is a spiritual teacher; the ignorant acts blindly." The wisdom isn't stored-up cleverness — it's the clarity that comes from a remembering heart. For a child: your choices are like seeds — what you plant is what grows, so plant good ones.
If today's choices are seeds, what would you most want to be growing next month?
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