ਮੇਰੇ ਰਾਮ ਹਮ ਪਾਪੀ ਸਰਣਿ ਪਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਦੁਆਰਿ ॥
mayray raam ham paapee saran paray har du-aar.
O my Lord, I am a sinner; I have come to Your Sanctuary, and fallen at Your Door, Lord.
ਮਤੁ ਨਿਰਗੁਣ ਹਮ ਮੇਲੈ ਕਬਹੂੰ ਅਪੁਨੀ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਧਾਰਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
mat nirgun ham maylai kabahooN apunee kirpaa Dhaar. ||1|| rahaa-o.
My intellect is worthless; I am filthy and polluted. Please shower me with Your Mercy sometime. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O One, I am full of faults; I have come to your shelter and fallen at your door. My thinking is worthless, I feel unclean -- please pour your mercy on me sometime.
Honestly admitting your faults at the One's door is what opens you to mercy.
The Rahao: honest self-seeing (I am a sinner, filthy) is not self-hatred but the accurate seeing that opens to grace. The posture is refuge at the door.
A Question to Sit With
What does it feel like to come to someone honestly, faults and all?
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