Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
If you carry a basket of good qualities, open it and enjoy the fragrance. And if your friends carry good qualities too, join up and share them around.
Let us pool our goodness and leave the meanness behind as we walk on together. Let us wear our virtues like fine silk, dress ourselves up in them, and step boldly into the day.
Wherever we go and sit, let us speak kindly and skim off the sweetness of life to drink together. If you carry a basket of good qualities, open it and share the fragrance.
gunaa kaa hovai vaasulaa — a vaasulaa, a fragrance-box or basket, full of virtues, meant to be opened and shared, not hoarded. saajh kareejai gunah kayree — form a partnership of goodness; chhod avgan chalee-ai, leave faults behind and walk on. pahiray patambar — wear virtues like fine silk and enter your own pirh, your arena, with confidence. jithai jaa-ay bahee-ai bhalaa kahee-ai — wherever you sit, speak good. Virtue here is social and generous: goodness multiplies when it is shared.
What is a good quality you could share with a friend so both of you grow stronger?
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