ਇਸ ਪਤੀਆ ਕਾ ਇਹੈ ਪਰਵਾਨੁ ॥
is patee-aa kaa ihai parvaan.
The purpose of this miracle is
ਸਾਚਿ ਸੀਲਿ ਚਾਲਹੁ ਸੁਲਿਤਾਨ ॥੨੪॥
saach seel chaalahu sulitaan. ||24||
that you, O king, should walk on the path of truth and humility."||24||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
"Here is what this wonder was for:
that you, O king, walk in truth, gently, with a humble heart."
The point of it all: live truthfully, and treat others gently.
The wonder was for one thing: a life of truth and gentleness.
Is patee-aa kaa ihai parvaan: this is the purpose of the wonder. Saach seel chaalahu sulitaan: walk in saach, truth, and seel, gentle and humble ways, O Sultan. Namdev never asks the king to change his faith. He asks him to live truthfully and kindly, a teaching any person of any faith can carry.
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