ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
aasaa mehlaa 5.
Aasaa, Fifth Mehl:
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਅਪਨਾ ਸਦ ਸਦਾ ਸਮ੍ਹ੍ਹਾਰੇ ॥
satgur apnaa sad sadaa samHaaray.
I contemplate, forever and ever, the True Guru;
ਗੁਰ ਕੇ ਚਰਨ ਕੇਸ ਸੰਗਿ ਝਾਰੇ ॥੧॥
gur kay charan kays sang jhaaray. ||1||
with my hair, I dust the feet of the Guru. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I contemplate the true Guru forever;
with my own hair, I dust the Guru's feet.
True reverence offers even your most prized self in the humblest service.
An image of utmost humble devotion: "with my hair, I dust the feet of the Guru." To wipe the Guru's feet with one's own hair is to offer the most prized part of oneself in the lowliest service. Reverence here is total and tender (cf. Shabad 116, the dust of the Saints).
A Question to Sit With
What would it look like to honor something with your whole humble self?
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