Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The season has come to plant the seed of the True Name — and whoever plants it will taste its fruit.
Nanak says: that harvest reaches the one whose heart is ready to receive it, my friend.
A farmer's Shalok. Vat lagee — "the planting-season has arrived"; there is a right time, and this life, this now, is it. Jo beejay so khaa-ay — "who sows, eats" — the plainest promise of karma in a good direction: goodness planted does come up as fruit you get to taste. Jis no likhi-aa aa-ay is often read as fixed fate; it also points to readiness — the harvest reaches the heart that has become open enough to hold it. Grace is soil made ready. And soil is something you can tend.
What is one small good "seed" you could plant today that might grow into something over time?
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