Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Laughing and playing, I came to Your temple, O One I love.
While Namdev was worshipping, people grabbed him and drove him out.
A joyful heart came to worship and was pushed out of the temple.
Hasat khaylat tayray dayhuray aa-i-aa: laughing and playing, I came to Your temple. Bhagat karat naamaa pakar uthaa-i-aa: while Namdev was worshipping, he was grabbed and made to leave.
In the old story, the temple keepers turned him out because of the family he was born into, a family of cloth dyers that people then counted as low. It is one of the great dignity moments in Gurbani: every person stands equal before the One.
If someone is being unkind to you or hurting you, that is never something you have to accept. Telling a grown-up you trust is always the right thing to do.
Have you ever been left out unfairly? How did it feel?
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