ਚਰਣ ਕਮਲ ਠਾਕੁਰ ਉਰਿ ਧਾਰਿ ॥
charan kamal thaakur ur Dhaar.
Enshrine the Lotus Feet of your Lord and Master within your heart.
ਦੁਲਭ ਦੇਹ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਿਸਤਾਰਿ ॥੪॥੫੧॥੧੨੦॥
dulabh dayh naanak nistaar. ||4||51||120||
Thus this human life, so difficult to obtain, shall be redeemed. ||4||51||120||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Hold the beautiful presence of the One in your heart. Do that, and this rare and precious human life is carried safely home -- not wasted, but fulfilled.
The whole body's devotion gathers into one closing word: this hard-won life, redeemed.
The closing couplet. Charan kamal thaakur ur Dhaar -- enshrine the lotus-feet in the heart. Dulabh dayh naanak nistaar -- the rare human body is redeemed. It closes the body-catalogue by returning to the heart, and echoes the dulabh dayh theme (see 356), traditionally read as the rarity of human birth: all these limbs' devotion gathers into this one closing word of redemption.
A Question to Sit With
If your life is a rare gift, what would 'not wasting it' look like this week?
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