Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The True Guru is like a field where the rules of goodness grow: whatever seed you plant there, that is the fruit you will pick.
The Guru's Sikhs who plant sweetness and love harvest sweetness and love — the One as their fruit.
Their faces shine here and everywhere, and they are welcomed with honor.
Some plant unkindness, day after day, and harvest what they planted; that is simply how a field works.
When the True Guru looks closely, like a jeweler testing gold, what is true and what is only pretend both become clear. As a person thinks, so they become. Nanak says: the One is at work through it all, watching the whole play unfold.
The True Guru is like a field: what you plant there is what you pick.
Satgur dhartee dharam hai means the True Guru is the field of right living. And the rule of any field is simple: jayhaa ko beejay tayhaa fal paa-ay, "as you plant, so you pick." Plant tomatoes, and you get tomatoes. Children understand this right away. It needs no scary warning added.
People who plant amrit, the sweet nectar of love, pick sweetness. Their fruit is the One. Some keep khot inside, meaning something false and unkind, like fake metal. They pick the fruit of what they planted. That is just how a field works.
Then comes the saraaf, a jeweler who tests gold. The True Guru is like that jeweler. The jeweler does not punish. The jeweler reveals, showing what is true and what is only pretend.
The last line holds everything inside something larger: daykhai chalat sabaa-ay, the One "watches the whole play." Even what people reap happens inside a big, caring whole, more like a play being watched with love than a courtroom.
Think of a small "seed" you planted this week — a kind word, or an unkind one. What "fruit" did it grow?
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