ਚਰਨ ਕਮਲ ਬਸਿਆ ਰਿਦ ਭੀਤਰਿ ਸਾਸਿ ਗਿਰਾਸਿ ਉਚਾਰਿਓ ॥
charan kamal basi-aa rid bheetar saas giraas uchaari-o.
The Lotus Feet of the Lord abide within his heart, and with every breath and morsel of food, he chants the Lord's Name.
ਨਾਨਕ ਓਟ ਗਹੀ ਜਗਦੀਸੁਰ ਪੁਨਹ ਪੁਨਹ ਬਲਿਹਾਰਿਓ ॥੨॥੪॥੩੦॥
naanak ot gahee jagdeesur punah punah balihaari-o. ||2||4||30||
Nanak has grasped the Support of the Lord of the Universe; again and again, he is a sacrifice to Him. ||2||4||30||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One's feet live in his heart, and with every breath and bite he says the Name.
Nanak has grasped the support of the One; again and again, a sacrifice to it.
Devotion at its fullest is woven into breathing and eating — the sacred and the everyday made one.
The close pictures remembrance woven into the most basic acts — "with every breath and morsel of food" — the Name as constant as breathing and eating. This is devotion fully integrated into ordinary life, not set apart from it. The One's feet dwell in the heart while the body simply lives; the sacred and the everyday are one.
A Question to Sit With
What good could become as constant and unforced in you as breathing?
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