Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
This is real devotion: to love the True One; without service there is no devotee.
Some let the proud self fall away while still alive. They think on the Word, and so they find the True One.
Real love shows up as helping.
The verse says it plainly. Ayhaa bhagat sachay si-o liv laagai — this is devotion: to love the True One. Then it adds a must. Bin sayvaa bhagat na ho-ee — without sayvaa, service, there is no devotee. Love that never does anything is not love yet. It is like saying you love your grandma but never helping her carry the groceries.
Then comes a puzzle at the heart of the path. Jeevat marai — to die while still living. This is not about the body. It means letting the grabbing, me-first self go quiet, while you stay fully alive and awake. The one who does that can think deeply on the sabad, the Word, and find the True One. You clear out the noise of the self and, still breathing, you come home.
Where could your love for something show up as actual service rather than just feeling?
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