Sikhism·Raag Goojaree·Shabad 25
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Grace Overturns the Social Ledger

ਗੂਜਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ਦੁਪਦੇ ਘਰੁ ੨
goojree mehlaa 5 dupday ghar 2
Goojaree, Fifth Mehl, Du-Padas, Second House:
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ik-oNkaar satgur parsaad.
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
ਪਤਿਤ ਪਵਿਤ੍ਰ ਲੀਏ ਕਰਿ ਅਪੁਨੇ ਸਗਲ ਕਰਤ ਨਮਸਕਾਰੋ ॥
patit pavitar lee-ay kar apunay sagal karat namaskaaro.
The Lord has sanctified the sinners and made them His own; all bow in reverence to Him.
ਬਰਨੁ ਜਾਤਿ ਕੋਊ ਪੂਛੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਬਾਛਹਿ ਚਰਨ ਰਵਾਰੋ ॥੧॥
baran jaat ko-oo poochhai naahee baachheh charan ravaaro. ||1||
No one asks about their ancestry and social status; instead, they yearn for the dust of their feet. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The One takes those the world called sinners, makes them its own, and clears them right through — and then everyone bows to them.

No one asks about their family or their rank anymore; instead people long for the dust of their feet.

Grace overturns the social ledger — once you belong to the One, no one asks your rank, and the labeled become the honored.
The deeper layer

This line says that when the One makes someone His own, the world's old rankings fall away.

Patit pavitar lee-ay kar apunay — the One makes those who went wrong pure again, and takes them as His own. Then sagal karat namaskaaro — everyone bows to them.

And the next part turns the world upside down. Baran jaat ko-oo poochhai naahee — no one asks about their baran or jaat, their family background or caste. Caste was an old system that ranked people high or low by the family they were born into. Here it stops mattering. Instead, people baachheh charan ravaaro — long for the dust of their feet, which means wanting to be humble near them.

Grace does not only forgive in private. It flips the scoreboard. Think of a kid who was always picked last for teams. Now everyone wants to be on their side. Who you used to be is washed away by Whose you are now.

A Question to Sit With

Have you seen someone's past or 'label' stop mattering once people saw who they'd truly become?

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