ਸੁਣਿ ਸੁਣਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਤੁਮਾਰਾ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਪੇਖਨ ਕਾ ਚਾਉ ॥
sun sun naam tumaaraa pareetam parabh paykhan kaa chaa-o.
Listening continually to Your Name, O Beloved God, I yearn to behold You.
ਦਇਆ ਕਰਹੁ ਕਿਰਮ ਅਪੁਨੇ ਕਉ ਇਹੈ ਮਨੋਰਥੁ ਸੁਆਉ ॥੨॥
da-i-aa karahu kiram apunay ka-o ihai manorath su-aa-o. ||2||
Please, be kind to me - I am just a worm. This is my object and purpose. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Listening continually to Your Name, Beloved, I yearn to behold You.
Be kind to me — I am just a worm. This is my whole purpose.
Even the lowliest creature can have the highest longing — to behold the One.
Listening to the Name kindles yearning — "I yearn to behold You." And the soul names itself "just a worm," the humblest of creatures, whose "whole object and purpose" is to be shown kindness. The lowest creature with the highest longing.
A Question to Sit With
What is the deepest purpose beneath all your smaller purposes?
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