Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
This carpenter asks for only one kind of payment, and it is love.
When you loosen your grip on needing everyone's approval and turn your whole heart toward Him, He comes on His own, without being called.
This carpenter asks for only one kind of pay, and that pay is love.
Baydhee preet majooree maaNgai — the carpenter asks for the wages of love. Preet means love. Coins and bills mean nothing to this Builder. Wholehearted love is the only payment.
Then the verse says: when you break your ties with all people and relatives, the carpenter comes on his own. That line is not about leaving your family. Think of a kid who cannot enjoy the game because they keep looking at the stands, worried what everyone thinks. Namdev means letting go of that worry. When the fear of what others think no longer rules you, the heart is free to belong fully to the One.
Ta-o aapan baydhee aavai — then the carpenter comes by himself, without being called.
What does it feel like to do something purely out of love, expecting nothing back?
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