Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Of everything I could spend my days gathering, the Naam is the one worth trading in.
The Naam is the profit of a whole life. Chasing things that pull me two ways at once just leaves me emptier each day.
Gurbani often uses the picture of a trader. Sachaa vakhar naam hai: the Name is the true vakhar, the goods worth trading. Laahaa naam sansaar hai: the Name is the only real laahaa, the profit, in this world.
It is like the difference between saving your pocket money and spending it on candy that is gone in a minute.
Doojai bhaa-ay means the love of "the second," loving things apart from the One. When we put our lives into passing things, we get totaa, loss, every day.
What is something you spend time on that adds to your life?
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