ਸਗਲ ਧਰਮ ਅਛਿਤਾ ॥
sagal Dharam achhitaa.
Completing all religious rituals,
ਗੁਰ ਗਿਆਨ ਇੰਦ੍ਰੀ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਤਾ ॥
gur gi-aan indree darirh-taa.
restraining sexual passion by the spiritual wisdom given by the Guru,
ਖਟੁ ਕਰਮ ਸਹਿਤ ਰਹਤਾ ॥੩॥
khat karam sahit rahtaa. ||3||
and performing the six rituals;||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You can complete every duty, master yourself, and keep every discipline the tradition asks for.
Do it all — and there is still one thing at the center that these cannot replace.
You can do everything right on the outside and still miss the one thing that matters most.
Sagal dharam (all religious duties), steadying the senses through the wisdom the Guru gives, and the khat karam (the six prescribed rites). One line here is quietly different: restraint that comes by the spiritual wisdom of the Guru — a hint that real steadiness grows from understanding, not from forcing. But even a life of flawless practice is being weighed against love.
A Question to Sit With
Have you ever done all the right steps but forgotten why you were doing them?
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