ਤਿਨ ਕੀ ਰੇਣੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਤਾਂ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਲਾਈ ਜਿਨ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪੂਰਾ ਧਿਆਇਆ ॥
tin kee rayn milai taaN mastak laa-ee jin satgur pooraa Dhi-aa-i-aa.
If I obtain the dust of their feet, I apply it to my forehead. They meditate on the Perfect True Guru.
ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਨ ਕੀ ਰੇਣੁ ਪੂਰੈ ਭਾਗਿ ਪਾਈਐ ਜਿਨੀ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮਿ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇਆ ॥੪॥੩॥੧੩॥
naanak tin kee rayn poorai bhaag paa-ee-ai jinee raam naam chit laa-i-aa. ||4||3||13||
O Nanak, this dust is obtained only by perfect destiny. They focus their consciousness on the Lord's Name. ||4||3||13||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
If I find the dust of the feet of those who meditate on the Perfect True Guru, I place it on my forehead.
Nanak says: the dust of those who fix their minds on the Naam of the One is found only by perfect good fortune.
Learning from those who remember the One is itself good fortune.
To be humble before those who remember the One is a gift of great good fortune.
Tin kee rayn milai taa mastak laa-ee: finding the rayn, the dust, of their feet, I put it on my forehead. Dust from the feet of the devoted is an old picture of humility and of learning from them. Poorai bhaag paa-ee-ai: it comes only by poorai bhaag, perfect good fortune.
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