Verse 3 of 5

Aim at Love and the Rest Arrives as Afterthought

ਸੁਖ ਸਾਗਰ ਹਰਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਹੈ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਕਉਲਾ ਰਿਧਿ ਸਿਧਿ ਲਾਗੈ ਪਗਿ ਓਹੈ ॥

sukh saagar har bhagat hai gurmat ka-ulaa riDh siDh laagai pag ohai.

Devotional worship to the Lord is an ocean of peace; through the Guru's Teachings, wealth, prosperity and the spiritual powers of the Siddhas fall at our feet.

ਜਨ ਕਉ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਆਧਾਰਾ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਤ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੇ ਸੋਹੈ ॥੨॥

jan ka-o raam naam aaDhaaraa har naam japat har naamay sohai. ||2||

The Lord's Name is the Support of His humble servant; he chants the Lord's Name, and with the Lord's Name he is adorned. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Loving the One is an ocean of peace; through the teaching, riches and even the famous mystic powers come and bow at your feet.

The Name is the whole support of the One's servant — they say the Name, and by the Name they are adorned.

Aim at love, and the things others strain for arrive as afterthoughts — no longer able to rule you.

The deeper layer

The verse relativizes everything people chase. Wealth and siddhis — the coveted supernatural powers of the yogis — are shown "falling at the feet" of one who simply loves the One; they become servants, not goals. Devotion is "an ocean of peace," and its adornment is the Name itself. The message: aim at love, and the things others strain for arrive as afterthoughts, no longer able to rule you.

A Question to Sit With

What are you chasing that might just... show up on its own if you aimed at something deeper?

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