Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The whole world runs after holy books, famous shrines, and faraway sacred places, sure the answer must be out there somewhere.
But my worship is simple: Your Name is my ceremony of lights, and the True Name is the food I set before You. That is the whole feast, and it is enough.
People search for the holy in many places, and Ravi Daas finds it in the Name.
He names the great places people look. Das athaa are the eighteen Puraanas, old holy books. Athsathay are the sixty-eight famous places of pilgrimage. Chaaray khaanee are the four ways that life is born. The whole world is busy with these.
Beside all of it, Ravi Daas sets one thing: sat naam, the True Name. He offers it as bhog, food laid lovingly before the One. This is his famous inward turn. Worship is carried in the heart, wherever you are, rather than sought at faraway places.
Why do people often assume the important thing must be somewhere far away?
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