Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One made everyone and blesses us all with kind attention.
Nobody asks for the bitter — we all reach for the sweet — and that's okay.
Remembering the good, quietly, is worth more than any big showy gesture.
The Chhant closes with a gently humorous, human truth: "no one asks for that which is bitter; everyone asks for sweets" — of course we all want the good things! And that's fine, "it is as the Lord wills." But then the key teaching: "giving to charity and performing rituals are not equal to the contemplation of the Naam." Quiet inner remembrance outweighs even generous or impressive outward acts — not because those are bad, but because the inner turn is the root. The colophon (||4||1||) closes the Chhant. For a child: everyone naturally wants sweet things — and the sweetest, most valuable thing of all is quietly keeping the good in your heart.
What's a quiet, inside kind of goodness that matters even more than big showy gestures?
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