Sikhism·Raag Soohee·Shabad 44
Verse 4 of 5

Day And Night, A Settled Mind

ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰਹੁ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤਿ ॥
gur kee sayvaa karahu din raat.
Serve the Guru, day and night.
ਸੂਖ ਸਹਜ ਮਨਿ ਆਵੈ ਸਾਂਤਿ ॥੩॥
sookh sahj man aavai saaNt. ||3||
Your mind shall come to have peace, pleasure and poise. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Give yourself to the teaching morning and night, steadily, the way you water a plant a little each day.

Slowly your mind fills with peace, ease, and a quiet steadiness that does not tip over easily.

A little steady care, day after day, grows into a settled mind.
The deeper layer

gur kee sayvaa karahu din raat — sayva (service) day and night. sookh sahj man aavai saaNt — the mind gains sukh (peace), sahaj (natural ease), and saant (calm). Steady practice growing into poise.

A Question to Sit With

What is something good that gets stronger only when you do it a little every day?

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