ਰਤਨੁ ਅਮੋਲਕੁ ਅਗਮ ਅਪਾਰਾ ॥
ratan amolak agam apaaraa.
The jewel is priceless, inaccessible and infinite.
ਕੀਮਤਿ ਕਵਣੁ ਕਰੇ ਵੇਚਾਰਾ ॥
keemat kavan karay vaychaaraa.
How can the poor wretch estimate its worth?
ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦੇ ਤੋਲਿ ਤੋਲਾਏ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸਬਦਿ ਪਛਾਤਾ ਹੇ ॥੧੪॥
gur kai sabday tol tolaa-ay antar sabad pachhaataa hay. ||14||
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, it is weighed, and so the Shabad is realized deep within. ||14||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The jewel of the One is priceless, far beyond anything we could measure.
On our own, how could any of us ever guess its worth?
Yet through the Guru's Word its value is shown, and we come to know it deep inside.
Some things are too precious for us to measure on our own.
Ratan amolak agam apaaraa — the jewel is priceless, unreachable, infinite. Vaychaaraa, the humble one, cannot price it alone; none of us can. Gur kai sabday, the Guru's Word, reveals what we could never appraise ourselves.
A Question to Sit With
What is something so valuable to you that it is hard to put into words?
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