Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You can prepare the land in every way, but nothing grows if no seed is planted.
In the same way, without the Name of the One, no one is set free, and the tight grip of pride never lets go.
You can get the field ready, but nothing grows until you plant a seed.
Guru Arjan uses a farming picture. A farmer can plow, water and weed a field perfectly. But if no seed goes in, nothing comes up.
He says the Name is the seed. Without "raam naam," the Name of the One, there is no mukat, freedom. And abhimaan, pride, does not break.
Getting ready is good and needed. But it cannot take the place of the one thing it was all for. Think of setting the table beautifully and never cooking dinner.
What is something you can set up perfectly but still have to begin?
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