Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Maker shapes the clay pots and makes them beautiful, and places a Light inside them.
As the Creator wrote from the very start, so are the deeds we do.
We are like clay pots, plain on the outside, with a divine Light glowing inside.
Kaachay bhaaday are soft clay pots that have not been baked yet. They are humble and easy to break. Yet the One shapes them and honors them. Antar jot samaa-ee — and places the Light within. Jot means the divine Light.
Picture a clay lantern with a candle inside. From the outside it is just earth. At night, it glows.
Jaisaa likhat likhi-aa Dhur kartai — as the Creator wrote from the very beginning. Ham taisee kirat kamaa-ee — so we live out our kirat, our deeds. The pot is plain clay and shining Light at the same time. That holds two things together: we can be humble, and we have great worth.
What is something ordinary about you that also feels a little bit like a gift?
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