Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Even with incense and lamps, with food and sweet-smelling flowers,
how can Your servants worship You?
No set of worship tools is enough.
Dhoop deep na-eebaydeh baasaa — incense, lamps, offerings of food and flowers. These are the things used in outer worship. Then comes a helpless question. kaisay pooj karahi tayree daasaa — how are Your servants to worship You?
The shabad has shown the problem step by step. The things are not pure. The world is mixed. The One is beyond compare. Think of a shiny toolbox that still can't cheer up a sad friend. Only you can do that, by showing up.
Ravi Daas has taken apart our trust in outside offerings, one piece at a time. The question hangs in the air. It waits for an answer only the heart can give.
If the 'right objects' aren't the point, what does your heart actually have to offer?
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