Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
This body is softened with the word of the Guru's teaching — made pliable, made responsive, rather than rigid.
You shall find peace in doing *seva* — selfless service. Not because service earns reward, but because service is the natural expression of a lamp that is burning.
All the world keeps coming and going in its old patterns. Those who serve — who give without keeping score — find the peace the world keeps chasing.
The closing pauri introduces sevā (selfless service) as the culmination of the lit lamp. When the lamp burns — when the practice is alive, the reverence is real, the understanding is present — what pours out naturally is service.
"Coming and going in reincarnation" — the world keeps cycling in its patterns. Those who serve have broken out of the cycle not by escaping it but by no longer being driven by it. Service is the natural overflow of the lamp that is truly lit.
What is something you give — your time, your skill, your attention — that you give freely, without keeping track? What does it feel like to give that way?
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