Dhadha: If the dust of their feet touches one's face and forehead, he is transformed from iron into gold.
ਧਨੁ ਧਰਣੀਧਰੁ ਆਪਿ ਅਜੋਨੀ ਤੋਲਿ ਬੋਲਿ ਸਚੁ ਪੂਰਾ ॥
Dhan DharneeDhar aap ajonee tol bol sach pooraa.
Blessed is the Support of the Earth; He Himself is not born; His measure and speech are perfect and True.
ਕਰਤੇ ਕੀ ਮਿਤਿ ਕਰਤਾ ਜਾਣੈ ਕੈ ਜਾਣੈ ਗੁਰੁ ਸੂਰਾ ॥੩॥
kartay kee mit kartaa jaanai kai jaanai gur sooraa. ||3||
Only the Creator Himself knows His own extent; He alone knows the Brave Guru. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
In plain words
Those who plant goodness in their lives and live where kindness rules grow steady and calm inside.
If the dust of their feet touches your face and forehead, rusty iron turns into gold.
Blessed is the One who holds up the whole earth, never born, whose weighing and whose word are perfect and true.
Only the Maker knows the Maker's own size — the Maker, and the brave Guru.
Being near steady, good people can turn iron into gold.
The deeper layer
The letter Dhadha. Dharam and Dharmaa pur, the city of right living. The alchemical image: the dust of good people's feet turns manooraa (rusted slag) into kanchan (gold) — the company of the good transforms us. Aap ajonee — the One is unborn; its measure and word are perfect and true.
