ਸਾਚਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਜਿਨਾ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਇਆ ॥
saachaa sabad jinaa man bhaa-i-aa.
Those whose minds are pleased with the True Word of the Shabad
ਪੂਰਬਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਤਿਨੀ ਕਮਾਇਆ ॥
poorab likhi-aa tinee kamaa-i-aa.
act according to pre-ordained destiny.
ਸਚੋ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਸਚੁ ਧਿਆਵਹਿ ਸਚਿ ਰਤੇ ਵੀਚਾਰੀ ਹੇ ॥੧੦॥
sacho sayveh sach Dhi-aavahi sach ratay veechaaree hay. ||10||
They serve the True Lord, and meditate on the True Lord; they are imbued with contemplative meditation on the True Lord. ||10||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When the true Word delights your mind, your whole life starts to line up with it.
You serve the One, you hold the One in your thoughts.
Little by little you become colored through with what you love.
You slowly become colored by whatever you love most.
Poorab likhi-aa tinee kamaa-i-aa — they live out what was written before. Rather than a rigid fate, read this as the heart finally doing what it was always meant for. Sach ratay — dyed in truth: love changes you by soaking in, like color into cloth.
A Question to Sit With
What is something you love so much it is shaping who you are?
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