ਆਪੇ ਹਰਿ ਅਪਰੰਪਰੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਹਰਿ ਆਪੇ ਬੋਲਿ ਬੁਲਾਇ ॥
aapay har aprampar kartaa har aapay bol bulaa-ay.
The Infinite Lord Himself is the Creator; the Lord Himself speaks, and causes us to speak.
ਸੇਈ ਸੰਤ ਭਲੇ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵਹਿ ਜਿਨ੍ਹ੍ਹ ਕੀ ਪਤਿ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਥਾਇ ॥੩॥
say-ee sant bhalay tuDh bhaaveh jinH kee pat paavahi thaa-ay. ||3||
The Saints are good, who are pleasing to Your Will; their honor is approved by You. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Infinite One is the Creator; the One speaks, and makes us speak.
The Saints are good who are pleasing to Your Will; their honor is approved by You.
Real honor isn't granted by the crowd — it's approved by the One.
Divine agency reaches even our speech: "the Lord Himself speaks, and causes us to speak." And the measure of the Saints is not their reputation but being "pleasing to Your Will" — their honor is "approved by You," not granted by the crowd (cf. Shabad 25, Shabad 46). True greatness is conferred from within, by the One.
A Question to Sit With
Whose approval do you most seek — and whose should you?
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