Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You pray for hours to the beautiful One.
But your eyes look at others with cruelty, and you spend your nights in quarrels.
Prayer shows in how you treat people afterward.
This is the Rahao, the "pause" line at the center of the shabad. The whole shabad keeps coming back to it. Kal bhagvat band chiraaNmaN: you fold your hands and pray for hours to the beautiful One. Karoor disat rataa nis baadaN: but your gaze is hard and harsh, and your nights are spent in quarrels.
Beni tests worship by one thing: whether it changed how you see and treat people once you stand up. Think of saying a kind prayer at dinner, then snapping at your brother right after. The prayer only counts when it reaches the table too.
Does the way you act toward others match the good things you say you believe?
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