ਗੰਗਾ ਜਉ ਗੋਦਾਵਰਿ ਜਾਈਐ ਕੁੰਭਿ ਜਉ ਕੇਦਾਰ ਨ੍ਹ੍ਹਾਈਐ ਗੋਮਤੀ ਸਹਸ ਗਊ ਦਾਨੁ ਕੀਜੈ ॥
gangaa ja-o godaavar jaa-ee-ai kumbh ja-o kaydaar nHaa-ee-ai gomtee sahas ga-oo daan keejai.
Someone may go to the Ganges or the Godaavari, or to the Kumbha festival, or bathe at Kaydaar Naat'h, or make donations of thousands of cows at Gomti;
ਕੋਟਿ ਜਉ ਤੀਰਥ ਕਰੈ ਤਨੁ ਜਉ ਹਿਵਾਲੇ ਗਾਰੈ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਸਰਿ ਤਊ ਨ ਪੂਜੈ ॥੨॥
kot ja-o tirath karai tan ja-o hivaalay gaarai raam naam sar ta-oo na poojai. ||2||
he may make millions of pilgrimages to sacred shrines, or freeze his body in the Himalayas; still, none of these is equal to the worship of the Lord's Name. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Someone may go to the Ganges or the Godaavari, bathe at the Kumbh festival or at Kaydaar, or give away thousands of cows at the Gomti;
they may make millions of pilgrimages, or put the body through the bitter cold of the Himalayas; still, none of these equals the worship of the Name of the One.
You could travel everywhere and still miss what is closest.
More great feats — the Ganges and Godaavari, the Kumbh festival, Kaydaar, thousands of cows given at Gomti, millions of pilgrimages, enduring the mountain cold. The refrain never changes: none of it equals the Name.
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