ਜੁਗਤਿ ਨ ਜਾਨਾ ਗੁਨੁ ਨਹੀ ਕੋਈ ਮਹਾ ਦੁਤਰੁ ਮਾਇ ਆਛੈ ॥
jugat na jaanaa gun nahee ko-ee mahaa dutar maa-ay aachhai.
I do not know the way, and I have no virtue. It is so difficult to escape from Maya!
ਆਇ ਪਇਓ ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰ ਚਰਨੀ ਤਉ ਉਤਰੀ ਸਗਲ ਦੁਰਾਛੈ ॥੨॥੨॥੨੮॥
aa-ay pa-i-o naanak gur charnee ta-o utree sagal duraachhai. ||2||2||28||
Nanak has come and fallen at the Guru's feet; all of his evil inclinations have vanished. ||2||2||28||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I don't know the way, and I have no merit; it's so hard to escape the glitter.
Nanak has come and fallen at the teaching's feet, and all his harmful leanings have vanished.
You don't need to know the way or have merit to arrive — you need only to fall, empty-handed, at the feet.
The close is honest helplessness turned into arrival: "I do not know the way, and I have no virtue" — and precisely from that emptiness, "fallen at the Guru's feet," the harmful inclinations "vanished." You do not need to know the way or have merit to arrive; you need only to fall, empty-handed, at the feet. Emptiness is the qualification.
A Question to Sit With
What if not knowing the way and having nothing to show were exactly the right starting point?
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