ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਵਣਜੁ ਕਰੇ ਵਾਪਾਰਾ ॥
sabh ko vanaj karay vaapaaraa.
Everyone deals and trades.
ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਸਭੁ ਤੋਟਾ ਸੰਸਾਰਾ ॥
vin naavai sabh totaa sansaaraa.
Without the Name, all the world loses.
ਨਾਗੋ ਆਇਆ ਨਾਗੋ ਜਾਸੀ ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਦਾ ॥੧੧॥
naago aa-i-aa naago jaasee vin naavai dukh paa-idaa. ||11||
Naked they come, and naked they go; without the Name, they suffer in pain. ||11||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Everyone is busy buying and selling, giving and getting. But without the Name, the world's trade leaves us empty-handed.
We arrive with nothing and we leave with nothing — so the one treasure worth gathering is the Name we can carry with us.
Gather the one treasure you can take with you.
Naago aa-i-aa naago jaasee — we come with nothing and go with nothing. The Name is the one treasure that travels with the soul, so treasure this short, precious day.
A Question to Sit With
If you could carry only one thing beyond everything else, what would you want it to be?
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