ਜੋ ਜਨ ਧਿਆਵਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਾ ॥
jo jan Dhi-aavahi har har naamaa.
Those humble beings who meditate on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har
ਤਿਨ ਦਾਸਨਿ ਦਾਸ ਕਰਹੁ ਹਮ ਰਾਮਾ ॥
tin daasan daas karahu ham raamaa.
- please make me the slave of their slaves, Lord.
ਜਨ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਊਤਮ ਕਾਮਾ ॥੨॥
jan kee sayvaa ootam kaamaa. ||2||
Serving Your slaves is the ultimate good deed. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Those who keep your name -- let me be the servant of their servants. Serving the ones who serve you is the greatest good I could do.
The greatest thing you can do is humbly serve those who love the One.
The radical humility of Ram Das: daasan daas -- the slave of the slaves of the devotees. Service of the Sangat is named the ultimate good deed. Note the inversion of all hierarchy: the highest aspiration is the lowest position, serving those who serve.
A Question to Sit With
Who do you look up to so much you would gladly help them in any small way?
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