ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੩ ॥
salok mehlaa 3.
Shalok, Third Mehl:
ਰਤਨਾ ਪਾਰਖੁ ਜੋ ਹੋਵੈ ਸੁ ਰਤਨਾ ਕਰੇ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥
ratnaa paarakh jo hovai so ratnaa karay veechaar.
He is the Assayer of jewels; He contemplates the jewel.
ਰਤਨਾ ਸਾਰ ਨ ਜਾਣਈ ਅਗਿਆਨੀ ਅੰਧੁ ਅੰਧਾਰੁ ॥
ratnaa saar na jaan-ee agi-aanee anDh anDhaar.
He is ignorant and totally blind - he does not appreciate the value of the jewel.
ਰਤਨੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਹੈ ਬੂਝੈ ਬੂਝਣਹਾਰੁ ॥
ratan guroo kaa sabad hai boojhai boojhanhaar.
The Jewel is the Word of the Guru's Shabad; the Knower alone knows it.
ਮੂਰਖ ਆਪੁ ਗਣਾਇਦੇ ਮਰਿ ਜੰਮਹਿ ਹੋਇ ਖੁਆਰੁ ॥
moorakh aap ganaa-iday mar jameh ho-ay khu-aar.
The fools take pride in themselves, and are ruined in birth and death.
ਨਾਨਕ ਰਤਨਾ ਸੋ ਲਹੈ ਜਿਸੁ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਲਗੈ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥
naanak ratnaa so lahai jis gurmukh lagai pi-aar.
O Nanak, he alone obtains the jewel, who, as Gurmukh, enshrines love for it.
ਸਦਾ ਸਦਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਉਚਰੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੋ ਨਿਤ ਬਿਉਹਾਰੁ ॥
sadaa sadaa naam uchrai har naamo nit bi-uhaar.
Chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, forever and ever, make the Name of the Lord your daily occupation.
ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕਰੇ ਜੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਤਾ ਹਰਿ ਰਖਾ ਉਰ ਧਾਰਿ ॥੧॥
kirpaa karay jay aapnee taa har rakhaa ur Dhaar. ||1||
If the Lord shows His Mercy, then I keep Him enshrined within my heart. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The good, true word is like a precious jewel — but only a caring heart knows its worth.
A hurried, proud heart walks right past it without noticing.
So make keeping the good in mind your everyday treasure.
Goodness is like a precious jewel — but only a caring heart notices how valuable it really is.
"He is the Assayer of jewels... the Jewel is the Word of the Guru's Shabad; the Knower alone knows it." The good is a precious jewel, but you have to have the eyes (the caring heart) to recognize its worth; a proud, hurried heart walks past it. "Make the Name your daily occupation." For a child: goodness is like a precious jewel — but only a caring heart notices how valuable it really is.
A Question to Sit With
What good thing is more precious than it might first appear?
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