ਪੂਜਾ ਅਰਚਾ ਸੇਵਾ ਬੰਦਨ ਇਹੈ ਟਹਲ ਮੋਹਿ ਕਰਨਾ ॥
poojaa archaa sayvaa bandan ihai tahal mohi karnaa.
This is the labor which I perform: worship, flower-offerings, service and devotion.
ਬਿਗਸੈ ਮਨੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਪਰਗਾਸਾ ਬਹੁਰਿ ਨ ਗਰਭੈ ਪਰਨਾ ॥੧॥
bigsai man hovai pargaasaa bahur na garbhai parnaa. ||1||
My mind blossoms forth and is enlightened, and I am not cast into the womb again. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
This is the work I do: worship, offering, service and devotion.
My mind blossoms and lights up, and I'm not cast into the circling again.
The truest work of a life is the tending of the heart — and its yield is a mind opened and lit up.
The verse redefines a person's real "labor": not the world's busy toil but "worship, service and devotion." And the fruit is a mind that "blossoms forth and is enlightened." The truest work of a life is the tending of the heart, and its yield is an opened, lit-up mind.
A Question to Sit With
What is the real 'work' of your life, beneath the daily tasks?
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