Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I want to offer my whole self — mind and body — in service. But what is the way that actually pleases the One?
Let me fall humbly, letting go of "mine and yours." And who is the person who could help me close this deal?
A verse of earnest seeking questions: man tan arpee — offering mind and body; kavan so jugat jit kar bheejai — by what way is the One pleased? taj mayraa tayrai — dropping "mine and yours" (the ego-division). Kavan so jan jo sa-udaa jorai — who can help settle this trade? The dropping of mayraa-tayraa is the dissolving of separateness — the Ik Onkar move — framed as the price of the trade. Humility here is eager and seeking, not groveling.
What would it feel like to stop keeping score of "mine" versus "yours" for a whole day?
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