Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Learn from what is wise, and stay humble and awake as you go about your day.
The wonderful thing is this: the more you serve what's good, the more you become like it.
The One is everything, everywhere — there's nowhere else you'd need to run to.
A short, profound Shalok: jaisaa sevai taisaa hovai — "as you serve Him, you become like Him." This is one of Sikhism's deepest psychological truths, echoed across the tradition: we become like what we give ourselves to. Serve kindness and you grow kind; give your attention to grabbing and you grow grasping. "Maintain the Fear of God" (bhau) is rendered as reverent, awake humility — not fright, but the wonder-tinged awe that keeps a heart soft. And the reassurance: "He Himself is everything; there is no other place to go."
Who or what have you started to become a little more like, just by spending time with it?
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