ਪੰਚ ਸਹਾਈ ਜਨ ਕੀ ਸੋਭਾ ਭਲੋ ਭਲੋ ਨ ਕਹਾਵਉਗੋ ॥
panch sahaa-ee jan kee sobhaa bhalo bhalo na kahaav-ogo.
I do not pay attention to anyone praising me, or calling me good and nice.
ਨਾਮਾ ਕਹੈ ਚਿਤੁ ਹਰਿ ਸਿਉ ਰਾਤਾ ਸੁੰਨ ਸਮਾਧਿ ਸਮਾਉਗੋ ॥੪॥੨॥
naamaa kahai chit har si-o raataa sunn samaaDh samaa-ugo. ||4||2||
Says Naam Dayv, my consciousness is imbued with the Lord; I am absorbed in the profound state of Samaadhi. ||4||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I pay no attention when people praise me or call me good and kind.
Naam Dayv says: my mind is dyed deep in the One, the way cloth is coloured clear through, and I rest deep in Samaadhi, a still and quiet absorption in the One.
You do not need the world's praise when your heart is already full.
Deaf to praise — bhalo bhalo, being called good and nice — the mind rests in sunn samaadh, a deep and still absorption. It is raataa, dyed and coloured all the way through, with the One. Freedom from praise and blame alike is the mark of sahaj, natural ease.
A Question to Sit With
Can you do a good thing without needing anyone to notice?
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