ਜੋ ਹਮਰੀ ਬਿਧਿ ਹੋਤੀ ਮੇਰੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਾ ਸਾ ਬਿਧਿ ਤੁਮ ਹਰਿ ਜਾਣਹੁ ਆਪੇ ॥
jo hamree biDh hotee mayray satiguraa saa biDh tum har jaanhu aapay.
My condition, O my True Guru - that condition, O Lord, is known only to You.
ਹਮ ਰੁਲਤੇ ਫਿਰਤੇ ਕੋਈ ਬਾਤ ਨ ਪੂਛਤਾ ਗੁਰ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੰਗਿ ਕੀਰੇ ਹਮ ਥਾਪੇ ॥
ham rultay firtay ko-ee baat na poochh-taa gur satgur sang keeray ham thaapay.
I was rolling around in the dirt, and no one cared for me at all. In the Company of the Guru, the True Guru, I, the worm, have been raised up and exalted.
ਧੰਨੁ ਧੰਨੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਜਨ ਕੇਰਾ ਜਿਤੁ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਚੂਕੇ ਸਭਿ ਸੋਗ ਸੰਤਾਪੇ ॥੪॥੫॥੧੧॥੪੯॥
Dhan Dhan guroo naanak jan kayraa jit mili-ai chookay sabh sog santaapay. ||4||5||11||49||
Blessed, blessed is the Guru of servant Nanak; meeting Him, all my sorrows and troubles have come to an end. ||4||5||11||49||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
My true state, only you know it, my teacher. I was rolling in the dirt and no one cared at all. But in the company of the teacher, I -- a lowly worm -- have been lifted up and honored. Blessed, blessed is my teacher; meeting him, all my sorrows ended.
In true company, even the one no one cared for is lifted up and honored.
The shabad's resolution: the worm lifted from the dirt by the Sangat -- the lifting of the self-described lowly (Sat Sangat). The one whom no one cared for is exalted. Ram Das's deep gratitude seals it: meeting the Guru ends all sorrow.
A Question to Sit With
Has someone ever lifted you up when you felt low and overlooked?
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