Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Be gentle and humble toward everyone — as low and giving as the dust beneath all feet. Set down your proud, puffed-up self, and the old weight you've been carrying is simply let go.
Then you win the contest inside, my friend, when you turn toward the Guru and lovingly tune your heart to the Naam. Slowly, steadily, the harmful old habits fade, worn away by the boundless Word of the Perfect Guru.
You become colored through with love, glad and full with the sweetness of the Naam — and, Nanak says, this is a gift, given by the One and the Guru.
Humility, gentle as the dust beneath all feet, wins the inner battle, and the love that follows is a gift.
Rarra is the "be the dust of all" Pauri — humility as power. Rayn hot sabh jaa kee — be the dust under all feet; taj abhimaan chhutai tayree baakee, drop pride and the balance owed is written off: the old weight let go. Ran dargahi ta-o seejheh — you win the battle in the Court — the inner contest again, as in "Nanna" and "Faahay." Rahat rahat reh jaahi bikaaraa — harmful ways slowly, steadily fade by the Shabad, the boundless Word of the Perfect Guru. The close carries the grace: har gur keenee daatay — this is a gift given by the One and the Guru, received freely.
Why do you think being humble is described here as a kind of strength, rather than a weakness?
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