Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Listen, my dear friends and companions:
these are true words that hold in the light of the One.
Whatever you plant is what you will one day gather.
And puffed-up pride, in the end, has no root to stand on.
Sun saajan mayray meet pi-aaray — the verse turns to us directly, warmly: listen, dear friends. Then the plain law: jaisaa karay so taisaa paa-ay — as you plant, so you harvest — the same seed-and-crop truth Gurbani shares with many traditions. The line on the proud being 'uprooted' is rendered gently: pride simply has no root — nothing real to stand on — so it cannot last. The teaching lands as an invitation to plant well, not a threat.
What kind of 'seeds' are you planting in how you treat people this week?
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