Eat, sleep & talk little
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This article is part of the series on the "Message of Gurbani"
Gurbani on eat, sleep and talk little:
ਹਾਟ ਪਟਣ ਘਰ ਗਰੂ ਦਿਖਾਇਆ ਸਹਜੇ ਸਚ ਵਾਪਾਰੋ ॥ ਖੰਡਿਤ ਨਿਦਰਾ ਅਲਪ ਅਹਾਰੰ ਨਾਨਕ ਤਤ ਬੀਚਾਰੋ ॥੮॥ |
Hĝt pataṇ gẖar gurū ḝikẖĝ▫i▫ĝ sėhje sacẖ vĝpĝro. Kẖandiṯ niḝrĝ alap ahĝraʼn Nĝnak ṯaṯ bīcẖĝro. ((8)) |
The Guru has revealed the stores and the city within the home of my own heart, where I intuitively carry on the true trade. Sleep little, and eat little; O Nanak, this is the essence of wisdom". ((8)) |
ਰੈਣਿ ਗਵਾਈ ਸੋਇ ਕੈ ਦਿਵਸ ਗਵਾਇਆ ਖਾਇ ॥ ਹੀਰੇ ਜੈਸਾ ਜਨਮ ਹੈ ਕਉਡੀ ਬਦਲੇ ਜਾਇ ॥੧॥ |
Raiṇ gavĝ▫ī so▫e kai ḝivas gavĝ▫i▫ĝ kẖĝ▫e. Hīre jaisĝ janam hai ka▫udī baḝle jĝ▫e. ((1)) |
The nights are wasted sleeping, and the days are wasted eating. Human life is such a precious jewel, but it is being lost in exchange for a mere shell. ((1)) |
ਨਾਨਕ ਆਝ ਸੇ ਪਰਵਾਣ ਹੈ ਜਿਨ ਹਰਿ ਵਠਾ ਚਿਤਿ ॥ ਗਾਲਹਹੀ ਅਲ ਪਲਾਲੀਆ ਕੰਮਿ ਨ ਆਵਹਿ ਮਿਤ ॥੧॥ |
Nĝnak ĝ▫e se parvĝṇ hai jin har vuṯẖĝ cẖiṯ. Gĝlĥī al palĝlī▫ĝ kamm na ĝvahi miṯ. ((1)) |
O Nanak, approved is the birth of those, within whose consciousness the Lord abides. Useless talk and babbling is useless, my friend. ((1)) |