ਜਗਤੁ ਉਪਾਇ ਖੇਲੁ ਰਚਾਇਆ ॥
jagat upaa-ay khayl rachaa-i-aa.
Creating the world, He has set His play into motion.
ਪਵਣੈ ਪਾਣੀ ਅਗਨੀ ਜੀਉ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
pavnai paanee agnee jee-o paa-i-aa.
He placed the soul in the body of air, water and fire.
ਦੇਹੀ ਨਗਰੀ ਨਉ ਦਰਵਾਜੇ ਸੋ ਦਸਵਾ ਗੁਪਤੁ ਰਹਾਤਾ ਹੇ ॥੪॥
dayhee nagree na-o darvaajay so dasvaa gupat rahaataa hay. ||4||
The body-village has nine gates; the Tenth Gate remains hidden. ||4||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Having made the world, the One set the whole beautiful play in motion.
It placed a living soul inside this body of air and water and warmth.
The body is like a little village with nine open gates you can see — and one secret tenth door within, where the One quietly waits to be found.
There is a hidden tenth door inside you, where the One quietly waits.
The dayhee nagree (body-village) has na-o darvaajay, nine visible gates (the openings of the body), and a hidden tenth (dasvaa) — the inner doorway of awareness where the One is realized.
A Question to Sit With
What is a hidden, quiet place inside you that only you know how to find?
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