Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When the saints became kind and gentle to me, they told me this:
Know that whoever sings the praise of the One has done every duty and every rite there is.
Singing the One's praise with a full heart holds every religious duty in it.
Bha-ay da-i-aal kirpaal sant jan — the sant jan, gentle and awake people, became kind to me. Tab ih baat bataa-ee — then they told me this.
Sarab Dharam maano tih kee-ay — know that this person has done every religious duty. Dharam here means duty and ritual. Jih parabh keerat gaa-ee — whoever sings keerat, the praises of God. Guru Tegh Bahadur, the Ninth Guru, gathers all the ceremonies into one living act: praise from the heart.
Think of a family meal. There can be many dishes, but the love that cooked them is what matters most. This speaks to empty show in any tradition, and to no one people.
What matters more — doing something perfectly, or doing it with your whole heart?
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