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Sikhism·Raag Bilaaval·Shabad 166
Verse 2 of 4

Honor for the Overlooked

ਨਿੰਮਾਣਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਮਾਣੁ ਹੈ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਹਰਿ ਆਪੈ ਰਾਮ ॥
nimaaniaa har maan hai har parabh har aapai raam.
The Lord is the honor of the dishonored. The Lord, the Lord God is Himself by Himself.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ਨਿਤ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਜਾਪੈ ਰਾਮ ॥
gurmukh aap gavaa-i-aa nit har har jaapai raam.
The Gurmukh eradicates self-conceit, and constantly chants the Name of the Lord.
ਮੇਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਭਾਵੈ ਸੋ ਕਰੈ ਹਰਿ ਰੰਗਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਪੈ ਰਾਮ ॥
mayray har parabh bhaavai so karai har rang har raapai raam.
My Lord God does whatever He pleases; the Lord imbues mortal beings with the color of His Love.
ਜਨੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਸਹਜਿ ਮਿਲਾਇਆ ਹਰਿ ਰਸਿ ਹਰਿ ਧ੍ਰਾਪੈ ਰਾਮ ॥੨॥
jan naanak sahj milaa-i-aa har ras har Dharaapai raam. ||2||
Servant Nanak is easily merged into the Celestial Lord. He is satisfied with the sublime essence of the Lord. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The One gives honor to those the world overlooks — and the One is completely, only, itself.

When someone lets go of the loud me and keeps the Name close, again and again, something quietly shifts.

The One does as it wills, coloring hearts in the color of love. Nanak says: brought gently into that ease, I drink deep and am satisfied.

The One gives honor especially to those the world passes by.
The deeper layer

Nimaaniaa maan — the honor of the dishonored: dignity handed first to those the world passes by. Caste and status quietly fall away here. Aap gavaa-i-aa: losing self-conceit. Har rang raapai: dyed in the color of love — rang is the dye that lasts. And sahj is natural ease: the satisfied heart drinks the har ras, the One's own sweetness.

A Question to Sit With

Who around you gets overlooked — and how could you show them they matter?

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