ਗੜ ਮਹਿ ਹਾਟ ਪਟਣ ਵਾਪਾਰਾ ॥
garh meh haat patan vaapaaraa.
Within the fortress are the stores and markets; the business is transacted there.
ਪੂਰੈ ਤੋਲਿ ਤੋਲੈ ਵਣਜਾਰਾ ॥
poorai tol tolai vanjaaraa.
The Supreme Merchant weighs with the perfect weights.
ਆਪੇ ਰਤਨੁ ਵਿਸਾਹੇ ਲੇਵੈ ਆਪੇ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਪਾਇਦਾ ॥੪॥
aapay ratan visaahay layvai aapay keemat paa-idaa. ||4||
He Himself buys the jewel, and He Himself appraises its value. ||4||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Inside your body-fortress there is a busy marketplace where trading goes on.
And the One is the perfect merchant, who always weighs everything fairly.
The One knows the true worth of every good thing and gathers it up like a precious jewel.
The One weighs everything with perfect fairness.
The inner 'trade' is the gathering of virtue and the Naam. The One is the 'vanjaaraa' (trader) who weighs with perfect weights, valuing what is precious.
A Question to Sit With
When is it hard to be fair, and how do you try anyway?
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