ਧਨ ਮਾਗੈ ਪ੍ਰਿਉ ਬਹੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਧਾਵੈ ॥
Dhan maagai pari-o baho biDh Dhaavai.
When the bride asks, the husband runs around in all sorts of ways.
ਜੋ ਪਾਵੈ ਸੋ ਆਣਿ ਦਿਖਾਵੈ ॥
jo paavai so aan dikhaavai.
Whatever he finds, he brings to show his bride.
ਏਕ ਵਸਤੁ ਕਉ ਪਹੁਚਿ ਨ ਸਾਕੈ ਧਨ ਰਹਤੀ ਭੂਖ ਪਿਆਸਾ ਹੇ ॥੩॥
ayk vasat ka-o pahuch na saakai Dhan rahtee bhookh pi-aasaa hay. ||3||
But there is one thing he cannot reach, and so his bride remains hungry and thirsty. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The body keeps asking for more, and the spark runs everywhere trying to bring it back.
But there is one thing no amount of getting can reach — and so, underneath it all, a quiet hunger stays.
No amount of getting fills the one hunger only the One can fill.
The soul runs everywhere fetching what the body asks for, but ayk vasat — one thing — cannot be reached by getting. So a bhookh piaasaa (hunger and thirst) remains. This is the whole raag's ache: the deepest hunger that no outer thing can fill.
A Question to Sit With
Have you noticed that getting more stuff does not quite fill you up?
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