ਕਹਤ ਨਾਮਦੇਉ ਸੁਨਹੁ ਤਿਲੋਚਨ ਬਾਲਕੁ ਪਾਲਨ ਪਉਢੀਅਲੇ ॥
kahat naamday-o sunhu tilochan baalak paalan pa-udhee-alay.
Says Naam Dayv, listen, O Trilochan: the child is laid down in the cradle.
ਅੰਤਰਿ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਕਾਜ ਬਿਰੂਧੀ ਚੀਤੁ ਸੁ ਬਾਰਿਕ ਰਾਖੀਅਲੇ ॥੪॥੧॥
antar baahar kaaj birooDhee cheet so baarik raakhee-alay. ||4||1||
Its mother is at work, inside and outside, but she holds her child in her thoughts. ||4||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Naam Dayv says: Listen, Trilochan. A baby is laid down in the cradle.
The mother works inside the house and out, but she keeps her child in her thoughts.
Love the One the way a parent keeps a child in mind: always, underneath everything.
A mother at her endless chores keeps her baby in her thoughts with no effort and no reminder. That effortless, underneath-everything remembrance is the heart of it all.
Naam Dayv offers this picture to his friend Trilochan, a fellow devotee.
A Question to Sit With
Who keeps you in their thoughts even when you are far apart?
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