Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Let your real business be listening deeply to wisdom, and let truth be the fine horses you carry to market.
Pack good deeds as the food for your journey, and don't spend today worrying about tomorrow.
Travel like that, and you arrive in the land of the Formless One — and there you find peace, right at home in the heart of things.
This one says: carry truth and kindness on life's road, and you can travel without worry.
The shop picture keeps going. Picture a trader heading to a faraway market with horses to sell. Here the horses are sat, truth. The travel money is chang-aa-ee-aa, good qualities and kind deeds.
The trade itself is sun saasat, listening to wisdom. It is the same deep listening that Japji calls Suniai. It means more than hearing. It means letting the words sink in, the way you listen to a friend who is telling you something that matters.
"Do not think of tomorrow" does not mean be careless. It means trust. It is sahaj, the settled ease of someone who is not eaten up by worry. It is like packing your school bag the night before, and then sleeping well.
And the place you arrive, nirankaar kai days, "the land of the Formless One," is not a faraway heaven. It is the peace that comes when you live this way, right now.
What would it feel like to worry a little less about tomorrow and trust the journey more?
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