ਆਪਿ ਸਚਾ ਸਭੁ ਸਚੁ ਹੈ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦਿ ਬੁਝਾਈ ॥
aap sachaa sabh sach hai gur sabad bujhaa-ee.
He Himself is True, and everything is True; this is revealed through the Word of the Guru's Shabad.
ਤੇਰੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਸੋ ਕਰੇ ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਲੈਹਿ ਤੂ ਲਾਈ ॥
tayree sayvaa so karay jis no laihi too laa-ee.
He alone serves You, whom You have enjoined to do so.
ਬਿਨੁ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਰਮਿ ਖੁਆਈ ॥੩॥
bin sayvaa kinai na paa-i-aa doojai bharam khu-aa-ee. ||3||
Without serving Him, no one finds Him; in duality and doubt, they are ruined. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One is true, and everything true shines out from that One: the Guru's Word shows me this.
I can only help and serve when You gently draw me to it. Pulled two ways, a person just gets lost; steadied in the One, they find their way.
Even the wish to serve is a gift; let it draw you.
Aap sachaa sabh sach: the One is real and all reality flows from it. Teree sevaa so karay jis no laihi tu laa-ee: even the capacity to serve is grace-given. Doojai bharam, duality and doubt, leads astray. Service is grace, not achievement.
A Question to Sit With
What is something good you do that feels like it was drawn out of you?
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