Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I bow with all my heart to the Teacher's beautiful teaching.
I let go of grabbing desire and hot anger — I don't let them run me.
I try to be humble, low as the dust, so I look down on no one.
And I look for the One shining in every single heart.
The shabad opens with three practices braided together. Kaam krodh is tan tay maar — lust and anger are not to be hated but disarmed, no longer allowed to steer the body. Ho-ay rahee-ai sagal kee reenaa, becoming 'the dust of all,' is the classic Sikh image of humility — not self-erasure but the end of looking down on anyone. And the reward of that humility is sight: ghat ghat rama-ee-aa — once ego lowers, the One becomes visible in every heart.
How does it change how you treat people when you look for something good in each one?
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