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Verse 3 of 8

Time With the Good Makes You Richer Each Day

ਤੇਰਾ ਵਖਤੁ ਸੁਹਾਵਾ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਤੇਰੀ ਬਾਣੀ ॥
tayraa vakhat suhaavaa amrit tayree banee.
Beauteous is Your time, O Lord; the Bani of Your Word is Ambrosial Nectar.
ਸੇਵਕ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਭਾਉ ਕਰਿ ਲਾਗਾ ਸਾਉ ਪਰਾਣੀ ॥
sayvak sayveh bhaa-o kar laagaa saa-o paraanee.
Your servants serve You with love; these mortals are attached to Your essence.
ਸਾਉ ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀ ਤਿਨਾ ਲਾਗਾ ਜਿਨੀ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
saa-o paraanee tinaa laagaa jinee amrit paa-i-aa.
Those mortals are attached to Your essence, who are blessed with the Ambrosial Name.
ਨਾਮਿ ਤੇਰੈ ਜੋਇ ਰਾਤੇ ਨਿਤ ਚੜਹਿ ਸਵਾਇਆ ॥
naam tayrai jo-ay raatay nit charheh savaa-i-aa.
Those who are imbued with Your Name, prosper more and more, day by day.
ਇਕੁ ਕਰਮੁ ਧਰਮੁ ਨ ਹੋਇ ਸੰਜਮੁ ਜਾਮਿ ਨ ਏਕੁ ਪਛਾਣੀ ॥
ik karam Dharam na ho-ay sanjam jaam na ayk pachhaanee.
Some do not practice good deeds, or live righteously; nor do they practice self-restraint. They do not realize the One Lord.
ਵਖਤੁ ਸੁਹਾਵਾ ਸਦਾ ਤੇਰਾ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਤੇਰੀ ਬਾਣੀ ॥੩॥
vakhat suhaavaa sadaa tayraa amrit tayree banee. ||3||
Ever beauteous is Your time, O Lord; the Bani of Your Word is Ambrosial Nectar. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

How beautiful is time spent with You; Your words are sweet like nectar.

Those who love You grow richer inside, more and more, day by day.

Some don't yet practice kindness or steadiness — but the door stays open to them too.

Time spent with what's good is beautiful — and loving it makes you richer inside a little more each day.
The deeper layer

"Beauteous is Your time, O Lord; the Bani of Your Word is Ambrosial Nectar." Those "attached to Your essence... prosper more and more" — inner riches growing daily. The verse names those who "do not practice good deeds or self-restraint" not as condemnation but as description; the raag's door stays open. For a child: time spent with what's good is beautiful, and loving it makes you richer inside a little more each day.

A Question to Sit With

What good thing makes you feel richer inside the more time you spend with it?

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