Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Even the greatest seekers and yogis can't fully put Your endless goodness into words.
But loving devotion opens the door — and that, says Ravidas the tanner, is the path I've given my heart to.
The close is quietly triumphant. Ravidas admits the Beloved is beyond even the greatest yogis' descriptions (jogeesar) — no amount of technique or cleverness can capture the One in words. But — and here's the joy — prem bhagat, loving devotion, reaches where words and technique can't. The frog can't think its way out of the well, but love can lift it. So Ravidas gives his heart to that path of love, signing once more, with dignity, as chamaar. Love, open to everyone regardless of learning or birth, is the door.
When has love or care taught you something that no amount of studying could?
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