ਤੂ ਆਪੇ ਕਰਤਾ ਸ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਧਰਾਇਣੁ ॥
too aapay kartaa sarisat Dharaa-in.
You Yourself are the Creator, the Support of the Universe.
ਜਨੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਮੇਲਿ ਤੇਰਾ ਦਾਸ ਦਸਾਇਣੁ ॥੪॥੧॥
jan naanak mayl tayraa daas dasaa-in. ||4||1||
Please unite servant Nanak with Yourself; he is the slave of Your slaves. ||4||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You Yourself are the Creator, holding up the whole world.
Nanak says: please join Your servant with You. I am the servant of Your servants.
It's a joy just to be a helper to the One's helpers.
Being a helper to the One's helpers is the highest place.
"too aapay kartaa sarisat Dharaa-in" — You Yourself are the Kartaa, the Creator, holding up the whole world. Then Nanak asks to be joined with the One. He asks only to be daas dasaa-in, the servant of the servants.
That sounds like the lowest spot. Yet Gurbani, the Guru's word, treats it as the highest. Think of the person at a party who quietly refills everyone's glass. They may be the happiest one in the room.
A Question to Sit With
When did helping quietly, without credit, feel good?
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