Sikhism·Raag Nat Naaraayan·Shabad 19
Verse 3 of 3

Keeping the Good Makes the Most of Your Precious Life

ਹਰਿ ਭਜਿ ਜਨਮੁ ਪਦਾਰਥੁ ਜੀਤ ॥
har bhaj janam padaarath jeet.
Vibrating, meditating on the Lord, he is victorious in this precious human life,
ਕੋਟਿ ਪਤਿਤ ਹੋਹਿ ਪੁਨੀਤ ॥
kot patit hohi puneet.
and millions of sinners are sanctified.
ਨਾਨਕ ਦਾਸ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਕੀਤ ॥੨॥੧॥੧੦॥੧੯॥
naanak daas bal bal keet. ||2||1||10||19||
Slave Nanak is a sacrifice, a sacrifice to Him. ||2||1||10||19||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Keeping the good in mind, a person makes the most of this precious life —

and even those who felt far gone are made clean. I'm so grateful for hearts like that.

Keeping the good in mind makes the most of your precious life — and its goodness spreads to lift others too.
The deeper layer

The Partaal closes: "meditating on the Lord, he is victorious in this precious human life, and millions of sinners are sanctified." A remembering heart wins the great opportunity of a life — and its goodness ripples out, so that "even those who felt far gone are made clean." The colophon (||2||1||10||19||) closes the Mehl 5 block. For a child: keeping the good in mind makes the most of your precious life — and its goodness spreads to lift others too.

A Question to Sit With

How might your own goodness ripple out and help other people?

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