Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One itself is supremely wise, the greatest of all.
As one who faces the teacher, buy the merchandise of the Name.
O One, give me this gift — that your glories please me; Nanak is full of sincere love and longing for the One.
The litany closes by returning to the aapay refrain — "He Himself is supremely wise, the greatest King" — and then a lovely, humble request: "grant me this gift, that Your virtues seem pleasing to me." He does not even ask to be virtuous; he asks that the One's virtues would please him — that his heart would be tuned to delight in goodness. This is a subtle, wise prayer. If what is good genuinely pleases you, everything else follows; you will move toward it naturally. To be given a taste for the good is to be given the whole path. And the shabad ends, as ever, in sincere love and longing — the raag's steady heartbeat.
If you truly enjoyed doing what's good, would you need to force yourself? How does delighting in something change everything?
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