Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Make yourself small enough to serve even the ones who serve.
Offer your mind and your cleverness to the Guru, and suddenly you can put into words something you never thought you could say.
Being humble enough to serve even those who serve opens a door.
Daasan daas daas ho-ay rahee-ai means become the servant of the servant of the servant of anyone who loves the Lord. Daas means servant. That can sound like making yourself small. Here it feels like freedom. Think of the kids who stay after a party to help stack the chairs. Nobody feels less for doing it. It feels good.
Man buDh arap Dhara-o gur aagai means I place my mind and my buDh, my cleverness, before the Guru as an offering. Then something surprising happens. Gur parsaadee mai akath katha-ee-aa means by the Guru's grace, I speak the unspoken. Akath is what cannot be put into words. Grace helps us say what usually stays stuck inside.
When has being humble made you feel freer?
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI