ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥
salok.
Shalok:
ਦੇਹ ਅੰਧਾਰੀ ਅੰਧ ਸੁੰਞੀ ਨਾਮ ਵਿਹੂਣੀਆ ॥
dayh anDhaaree anDh sunjee naam vihoonee-aa.
The body is blind, totally blind and desolate, without the Naam.
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਫਲ ਜਨੰਮੁ ਜੈ ਘਟਿ ਵੁਠਾ ਸਚੁ ਧਣੀ ॥੧॥
naanak safal jannam jai ghat vuthaa sach Dhanee. ||1||
O Nanak, fruitful is the life of that being, within whose heart the True Lord and Master abides. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
A life with no goodness in it feels empty and a little lost.
But a heart where what's true lives is a full and fruitful life.
A life with goodness living in your heart is a full and fruitful one.
The third Shalok turns to the heart: "the body is blind and desolate without the Name... fruitful is the life of that being within whose heart the True Lord abides." A life empty of goodness feels lost; a heart where truth lives is full. The qMonk voice softens "blind" to "empty and a little lost." For a child: a life with goodness living in your heart is a full and fruitful one.
A Question to Sit With
What makes a life feel full rather than empty, do you think?
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