ਨੀਚਾ ਤੇ ਊਚ ਊਨ ਪੂਰੀਨਾ ॥
neechaa tay ooch oon pooreenaa.
He elevates and exalts the lowly, and fills the empty.
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਮਹਾ ਰਸੁ ਲੀਨਾ ॥੩॥
amrit naam mahaa ras leenaa. ||3||
They receive the supreme, sublime essence of the Ambrosial Naam. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One has a way of raising up exactly the people the world looks down on — the overlooked, the ones counted as less — and setting them high.
Wherever there is an empty place, the One fills it. And into open hearts it pours the sweetest thing there is: the Name.
The One lifts up exactly the ones the world counts as less — and fills every empty place.
Neechaa te ooch — the lowly are raised high: Gurbani's leveling, foregrounded here. The One does not confirm the world's rankings; it overturns them, exalting exactly those society counts as less. Oon pooreenaa — the empty are filled — and into them comes amrit naam mahaa ras, the deep sweetness of the Name.
A Question to Sit With
Who around you gets overlooked or counted as less? How might you see them differently?
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