Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Comforts, riches, and the sweet pleasures of illusion — don't plant these in your heart.
Servant Nanak is filled and satisfied by the sight of the One; his only ornament is love for the Name.
This part gives a gentle warning and a lovely ending: don't plant your life in comforts.
The warning is ih nahee man meh Dharnee — don't set these in your mind. What are "these"? Sukh sampat maa-i-aa ras meethay — comforts, riches, the sweet pleasures of maa-i-aa (Maya, the shiny world that passes). Don't let them take root and become the soil your heart grows in. It is careful wording. You can enjoy good things. Just don't make them the root of your inner life.
Then the ending. Har darsan taripat — the sight of the One fills him completely. Har naam rang aabharnee — his only jewelry is love for the Name. The world dresses up in money and fancy things. The one who loves the One wears just one decoration: love.
Think of a kid who wants every new gadget, next to one who is happy playing with a best friend. That is the big turnaround in Guru Arjan's Jaitsree shabads. Everything the world plants in the heart and hangs on the body is traded for one thing. The sight of the One, and the jewelry of love.
What have you 'planted' at the center of your heart? Is it something that truly satisfies, or would love be a better root?
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