Sikhism·Raag Wadahans·Shabad 52
Verse 35 of 64

The Treasure of Goodness Is Right Inside Your Own Home

ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੩ ॥
salok mehlaa 3.
Shalok, Third Mehl:
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਹੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਾਇ ॥
naanak naam niDhaan hai gurmukh paa-i-aa jaa-ay.
O Nanak, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is the treasure, which the Gurmukhs obtain.
ਮਨਮੁਖ ਘਰਿ ਹੋਦੀ ਵਥੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਨੀ ਅੰਧੇ ਭਉਕਿ ਮੁਏ ਬਿਲਲਾਇ ॥੧॥
manmukh ghar hodee vath na jaannee anDhay bha-uk mu-ay billaa-ay. ||1||
The self-willed manmukhs are blind; they do not realize that it is within their own home. They die barking and crying. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The treasure of goodness is a gift the open-hearted receive.

It's right there in your own home — inside you — but the restless heart searches everywhere else.

Don't overlook the good that's closest of all.

The treasure of goodness is right inside your own home — inside you — so don't overlook what's closest of all.
The deeper layer

"The Naam is the treasure the Gurmukhs obtain; the self-willed are blind — they do not realize it is within their own home." The recurring, central teaching: the treasure is inside you, at home, yet the restless heart hunts everywhere else and misses it. For a child: the treasure of goodness is right inside your own home — inside you — so don't overlook what's closest of all.

A Question to Sit With

What good thing might be 'at home' inside you that you sometimes look for elsewhere?

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