ਮਃ ੩ ॥
mehlaa 3.
Third Mehl:
ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸਿਖ ਕੋ ਵਿਰਲਾ ਲੇਵੈ ॥
gur kee sikh ko virlaa layvai.
How rare are those who receive the Guru's Teachings.
ਨਾਨਕ ਜਿਸੁ ਆਪਿ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਦੇਵੈ ॥੨॥
naanak jis aap vadi-aa-ee dayvai. ||2||
O Nanak, he alone receives it, whom the Lord Himself blesses with glorious greatness. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
How rare are the ones who truly take the teaching in.
Nanak says: only the one the One graces with greatness receives it.
Those who truly wake aren't self-made superiors — they're the graced; which keeps everyone humble.
A two-line Shalok on rarity and grace. Truly receiving the teaching is rare, and it is given — "whom the Lord Himself blesses." This keeps the whole Vaar humble: those who wake are not self-made superiors but the graced. It heads off any spiritual pride before it can start.
A Question to Sit With
When you've received something rare and good, can you hold it as gift rather than achievement?
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