ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਘਰੁ ੨ ॥
raamkalee ghar 2.
Raamkalee, Second House:
ਬਾਨਾਰਸੀ ਤਪੁ ਕਰੈ ਉਲਟਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਮਰੈ ਅਗਨਿ ਦਹੈ ਕਾਇਆ ਕਲਪੁ ਕੀਜੈ ॥
banaarsee tap karai ulat tirath marai agan dahai kaa-i-aa kalap keejai.
Someone may practice austerities at Benares, or die upside-down at a sacred shrine ofpilgrimage, or burn his body in fire, or rejuvenate his body to life almost forever;
ਅਸੁਮੇਧ ਜਗੁ ਕੀਜੈ ਸੋਨਾ ਗਰਭ ਦਾਨੁ ਦੀਜੈ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਸਰਿ ਤਊ ਨ ਪੂਜੈ ॥੧॥
asumayDh jag keejai sonaa garabh daan deejai raam naam sar ta-oo na poojai. ||1||
he may perform the horse-sacrifice ceremony, or give donations of gold covered over, but none of these is equal to the worship of the Lord's Name. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Someone may do hard practices in the holy city of Benares, or put the body through the hardest trials at a holy place, or try to make the body last almost forever;
they may hold the great horse-sacrifice ceremony, or give away gold hidden inside gifts; still, none of these equals the worship of the Name of the One.
No grand effort weighs as much as simple love.
Austerities at Benares, the costly horse-sacrifice ceremony, gold given away: each feat ends with raam naam sar ta-oo na poojai, still it does not equal the Name. The teaching is in the weighing.
A Question to Sit With
What small, loving thing matters more than something big and showy?
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