Sikhism·Raag Soohee·Shabad 103
Verse 4 of 4

A Treasure That Never Runs Out

ਭਗਤਾ ਕੈ ਘਰਿ ਕਾਰਜੁ ਸਾਚਾ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਸਦਾ ਵਖਾਣੇ ਰਾਮ ॥
bhagtaa kai ghar kaaraj saachaa har gun sadaa vakhaanay raam.
In the home of the devotees, is the joy of true marriage; they chant the Glorious Praises of the Lord forever.
ਭਗਤਿ ਖਜਾਨਾ ਆਪੇ ਦੀਆ ਕਾਲੁ ਕੰਟਕੁ ਮਾਰਿ ਸਮਾਣੇ ਰਾਮ ॥
bhagat khajaanaa aapay dee-aa kaal kantak maar samaanay raam.
He Himself blesses them with the treasure of devotion; conquering the thorny pain of death, they merge in the Lord.
ਕਾਲੁ ਕੰਟਕੁ ਮਾਰਿ ਸਮਾਣੇ ਹਰਿ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਣੇ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਸਚੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
kaal kantak maar samaanay har man bhaanay naam niDhaan sach paa-i-aa.
Conquering the thorny pain of death, they merge in the Lord; they are pleasing to the Lord's Mind, and they obtain the true treasure of the Naam.
ਸਦਾ ਅਖੁਟੁ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਨਿਖੁਟੈ ਹਰਿ ਦੀਆ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਇਆ ॥
sadaa akhut kaday na nikhutai har dee-aa sahj subhaa-i-aa.
This treasure is inexhaustible; it will never be exhausted. The Lord automatically blesses them with it.
ਹਰਿ ਜਨ ਊਚੇ ਸਦ ਹੀ ਊਚੇ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਹਾਇਆ ॥
har jan oochay sad hee oochay gur kai sabad suhaa-i-aa.
The humble servants of the Lord are exalted and elevated, forever on high; they are adorned with the Word of the Guru's Shabad.
ਨਾਨਕ ਆਪੇ ਬਖਸਿ ਮਿਲਾਏ ਜੁਗਿ ਜੁਗਿ ਸੋਭਾ ਪਾਇਆ ॥੪॥੧॥੨॥
naanak aapay bakhas milaa-ay jug jug sobhaa paa-i-aa. ||4||1||2||
O Nanak, He Himself forgives them, and merges them with Himself; throughout the ages, they are glorified. ||4||1||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

In the home of those who love the One, there is a true celebration; they sing His praises without end. The One Himself hands them the treasure of devotion, and the sting of death loses its power over them.

With that sting gone, they are dear to the One and receive the true treasure of the Name.

It never empties out, no matter how much is drawn from it — the One gives it freely and easily. Loving hearts are lifted high, forever high, made beautiful by the Teacher's Word. The One forgives and folds them in, and through every age they are honored.

Love is the one treasure that never runs out, no matter how much you draw from it.
The deeper layer

bhagtaa kai ghar kaaraj saachaa — a true kaaraj, a genuine celebration/wedding, in the home of the devoted. bhagat khajaanaa — the treasure of devotion, and its wonder is sadaa akhut kaday na nikhutai, always inexhaustible, never running dry: unlike money or fame, love spent only grows. kaal kantak maar — the thorny sting of death is disarmed, not by conquest but by belonging so fully to the deathless One that its fear falls away. aapay bakhas milaa-ay — He forgives and unites; grace does the joining.

A Question to Sit With

What is something that grows rather than shrinks the more you give it away?

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