Sikhism·Raag Nat Naaraayan·Shabad 1
Verse 2 of 5

Loving the Good Rinses Your Heart Clean

ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਹਿ ਆਰਾਧਹਿ ਸੇਵਕ ਭਾਇ ਖਰੇ ॥
har har naam jaapeh aaraaDheh sayvak bhaa-ay kharay.
Those who chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, and worship Him in adoration, and serve Him with love, are genuine.
ਕਿਲਬਿਖ ਦੋਖ ਗਏ ਸਭ ਨੀਕਰਿ ਜਿਉ ਪਾਨੀ ਮੈਲੁ ਹਰੇ ॥੧॥
kilbikh dokh ga-ay sabh neekar ji-o paanee mail haray. ||1||
All their sins are erased, just as water washes off the dirt. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

People who love and remember the One, and serve with a warm heart, are the real thing.

The heavy feelings rinse right off them, the way water washes dirt away.

Loving and remembering the good rinses your heart clean, the way water washes dirt away.
The deeper layer

This one says: loving and remembering the good washes your heart clean.

The verse praises people who remember the One and serve with love. It calls them sayvak bhaa-ay kharay — servants who are genuine, the real thing all the way through.

Then comes a picture anyone can hold. Their troubles are "erased, just as water washes off the dirt." Think of coming in from a muddy football game. You wash your hands under the tap, and the dirt just runs away. Remembering the good and serving with a warm heart does that for the inside of you.

A Question to Sit With

What helps your heart feel freshly washed and clean inside?

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