ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਵਣਜੁ ਸੋ ਜਨੁ ਕਰੇ ਜਿਸੁ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲੁ ਹੋਇ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਦੇਈ ॥
har har vanaj so jan karay jis kirpaal ho-ay parabh day-ee.
People trade in the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, when the God shows His Mercy and bestows it.
ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਹੁ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਵਿਆ ਫਿਰਿ ਲੇਖਾ ਮੂਲਿ ਨ ਲੇਈ ॥੪॥੧॥੭॥੪੫॥
jan naanak saahu har sayvi-aa fir laykhaa mool na lay-ee. ||4||1||7||45||
Servant Nanak serves the Lord, the Banker; he shall never again be called to render his account. ||4||1||7||45||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
People come to trade in the One's Name only when grace is shown to them. And the one who serves the great banker is never again called in to settle accounts.
Serve the great Banker, and your accounts are settled for good.
The close: even trading in the Name happens when grace is shown -- grace initiates everything. The reward is freedom from reckoning: the soul that serves the Banker is never again audited -- released from the karmic ledger (cf. the merchant weighing deeds).
A Question to Sit With
What would it feel like to have your "accounts" finally settled and at peace?
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