Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I am a trader of the Beloved, and I deal, easily and naturally, in one thing only.
I have loaded up the wealth of the Beloved's Name; the world, meanwhile, loads its wagons with what only weighs it down.
Ravidas names what he trades in: raam naam dhan, the wealth of the Name — held "in sahaj," easily and naturally, not by strain. He contrasts his cargo with the world's: the world loads up bikh — literally "poison," but here meaning the things that look valuable yet only burden and dull us (endless wanting, status-chasing). No scolding of people, just a clear-eyed choice: I'd rather carry what lifts me than what weighs me down. A great, kid-friendly image of choosing what to fill your life with.
If your life were a wagon, what would you want to load it with?
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