Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Your servant, O One, may be born high or low. Whoever remembers You, even someone who has fallen, is made pure.
The One lifts that person above the whole world and gives them the One's own glory.
Wherever you started, remembering the One makes you pure and lifts you high.
Jaat avijaataa means high class or low class. In Guru Ram Das's time, people were sorted by the family they were born into. This line sweeps that sorting away. Anyone who remembers the One is welcome.
Patit paveechhay — the one the world wrote off is made pure. And the One lifts that person sagal bhavan tay oopar — above the whole world. Think of a new kid picked first for the team by the captain everyone admires. The One's choice outweighs any label others gave you.
Have you ever seen someone treated as if they mattered less? How did it feel?
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