Verse 23 of 64
When the Grabby Self Quiets, a Treasure No One Can Take
ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੩ ॥
salok mehlaa 3.
Shalok, Third Mehl:
ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਮਰਜੀਵੜੇ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਸਦਾ ਹੋਇ ॥
bhagat karahi marjeevrhay gurmukh bhagat sadaa ho-ay.
They alone worship the Lord, who remain dead while yet alive; the Gurmukhs worship the Lord continually.
ਓਨਾ ਕਉ ਧੁਰਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਖਜਾਨਾ ਬਖਸਿਆ ਮੇਟਿ ਨ ਸਕੈ ਕੋਇ ॥
onaa ka-o Dhur bhagat khajaanaa bakhsi-aa mayt na sakai ko-ay.
The Lord blesses them with the treasure of devotional worship, which no one can destroy.
ਗੁਣ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਮਨਿ ਪਾਇਆ ਏਕੋ ਸਚਾ ਸੋਇ ॥
gun niDhaan man paa-i-aa ayko sachaa so-ay.
They obtain the treasure of virtue, the One True Lord, within their minds.
ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮਿਲਿ ਰਹੇ ਫਿਰਿ ਵਿਛੋੜਾ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥੧॥
naanak gurmukh mil rahay fir vichhorhaa kaday na ho-ay. ||1||
O Nanak, the Gurmukhs remain united with the Lord; they shall never be separated again. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When the loud, grabby self goes quiet, a heart can truly worship and love.
It's given a treasure of goodness that no one can ever take away.
And once joined to the good, it's never separated again.
When the grabby self goes quiet, your heart is given a treasure no one can take — joined to the good forever.
"They alone worship who remain dead while yet alive" — jeevat marnaa, the ego quieted so the real self can love. Such a heart gets "the treasure of devotion, which no one can destroy," and "shall never be separated again." For a child: when the grabby self goes quiet, your heart is given a treasure no one can take, and joined to the good forever.
A Question to Sit With
What treasure inside you could no one ever take away?
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