Sikhism·Siree Raag·Shabad 29
Verse 4 of 5

We Are Foul-Mouthed / Weighed in the Balance

ਅਸੀ ਬੋਲਵਿਗਾੜ ਵਿਗਾੜਹ ਬੋਲ ॥
asee bolvigaarh vigaarhah bol.
We are foul-mouthed; we spoil everything with our foul words.
ਤੂ ਨਦਰੀ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਤੋਲਹਿ ਤੋਲ ॥
too nadree andar toleh tol.
You weigh us in the balance of Your Glance of Grace.
ਜਹ ਕਰਣੀ ਤਹ ਪੂਰੀ ਮਤਿ ॥
jah karnee tah pooree mat.
When one's actions are right, the understanding is perfect.
ਕਰਣੀ ਬਾਝਹੁ ਘਟੇ ਘਟਿ ॥੩॥
karnee baajhahu ghatay ghat. ||3||
Without good deeds, it becomes more and more deficient. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

We are foul-mouthed — we spoil things with our words. But you weigh us in the balance of your glance of grace.

When actions are right, understanding deepens. Without good deeds, understanding grows smaller and weaker.

The quality of what we do shapes the quality of what we can see.

Your actions are not just morally significant — they shape the clarity of your perception.
The deeper layer

The nadar (divine glance of grace) returns — weighing, evaluating, seeing through to the reality. "Foul-mouthed" (bayguna) is the honest self-assessment: we speak poorly, we spoil. And we are seen accurately, not through our self-justifications.

The karmic logic here is educational: right action expands understanding; wrong action contracts it. Not punishment — feedback. The actions you take shape the instrument through which you perceive.

A Question to Sit With

Has doing something good — helping someone, being honest in a difficult moment — ever changed how clearly you could see things afterward?

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