Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One both shows us the way and watches us walk it.
Stubbornness does not win the One over, and neither do fancy religious costumes.
The One shaped these bodies like vessels and poured sweetness into each of them.
What delights the One is simple: loving devotion, offered from the heart.
The One is won over by love, and only by love.
Hath na pateejai naa baho bhaykhai: the One is not pleased by hath, stubborn force, or by many bhaykh, religious robes and outfits. Wearing a team jersey does not make you a good player. What counts is how you play.
Then comes a picture of a potter: gharh bhaaday jin amrit paa-i-aa. The One shaped each body like a clay pot and poured amrit, sweet nectar, into it. And what pleases the One? Paraym bhagat, loving devotion offered from the heart.
What matters more — how you look on the outside, or what fills you inside?
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