ਲਾਖ ਭਗਤ ਜਾ ਕਉ ਆਰਾਧਹਿ ॥
laakh bhagat jaa ka-o aaraaDheh.
Tens of thousands of devotees worship Him in adoration.
ਲਾਖ ਤਪੀਸਰ ਤਪੁ ਹੀ ਸਾਧਹਿ ॥
laakh tapeesar tap hee saaDheh.
Tens of thousands of ascetics practice austere discipline.
ਲਾਖ ਜੋਗੀਸਰ ਕਰਤੇ ਜੋਗਾ ॥
laakh jogeesar kartay jogaa.
Tens of thousands of Yogis practice Yoga.
ਲਾਖ ਭੋਗੀਸਰ ਭੋਗਹਿ ਭੋਗਾ ॥੨॥
laakh bhogeesar bhogeh bhogaa. ||2||
Tens of thousands of pleasure seekers seek pleasure. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Huge numbers of people pray and worship; huge numbers practice hard disciplines.
So many try every path — and still the meeting is a gift, not a prize you win by effort alone.
Lots of people try lots of ways — but real closeness isn't won just by trying the hardest.
The verse lists the multitudes trying every method: "tens of thousands" of devotees, ascetics, yogis, pleasure-seekers. The implication (drawn out in the next verse) is that sheer effort and technique — however widespread — don't by themselves secure the meeting. It comes another way. For a child: lots of people try lots of ways, and the real closeness isn't won just by trying the hardest.
A Question to Sit With
Is the person who tries hardest always the one who gets there? What else matters?
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