Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Every day I bathe in the humble dust of the path my teacher walks. And in that washing, the old grime of ego — lifetimes of "me, me, me" — rinses clean away.
This one says that humility washes the "me first" feeling away.
Gur kee rayn nit majan kara-o — "every day I bathe in the dust of the Guru's feet." Rayn is dust. Majan is bathing. This dust shows up again and again in Gurbani as a picture of humility that makes us clean.
Janam janam kee ha-umai mal hara-o — "the dirt of ego from lifetime after lifetime is washed off." Haumai is the ego, the "me, me, me" feeling. Mal means dirt.
It is washed away by bowing low, not by scrubbing hard at guilt.
Think of dust on your shoes after a long day. You rinse it off, and it's gone. Ego is shown as dust to be rinsed away, a healing picture, not a shameful stain.
What helps you let go when your ego is running the show?
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