ਜਨਮ ਜਨਮ ਕੇ ਕਿਲਵਿਖ ਕਾਟੈ ਮਜਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਜਨ ਧੂਰਿ ॥
janam janam kay kilvikh kaatai majan har jan Dhoor.
The sins of countless incarnations are washed away, by bathing in the dust of the Lord's humble servants.
ਭਾਇ ਭਗਤਿ ਭਰਮ ਭਉ ਨਾਸੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਦਾ ਹਜੂਰਿ ॥੪॥੪॥੧੩੯॥
bhaa-ay bhagat bharam bha-o naasai har naanak sadaa hajoor. ||4||4||139||
By loving devotional worship, doubt and fear depart; O Nanak, the Lord is Ever-present. ||4||4||139||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The sins of countless lives are washed away by bathing in the dust of the One's humble servants.
By loving devotion, doubt and fear depart; O Nanak, the One is ever-present.
The humblest contact with the holy — their very dust — is the deepest cleansing.
The close: "bathing in the dust of the feet of the Saints" washes "the sins of countless incarnations" — the humblest contact with the holy is the deepest cleansing (cf. Shabad 116). Doubt and fear depart, and the soul rests in the truth that "the Lord is Ever-present".
A Question to Sit With
Whose humble company leaves you feeling cleaner and freer than before?
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