ਗੂਜਰੀ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਨਾਮਦੇਵ ਜੀ ਕੇ ਪਦੇ ਘਰੁ ੧
goojree saree naamdayv jee kay paday ghar 1
Goojaree, Padas Of Naam Dayv Jee, First House:
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ik-oNkaar satgur parsaad.
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
ਜੌ ਰਾਜੁ ਦੇਹਿ ਤ ਕਵਨ ਬਡਾਈ ॥
jou raaj deh ta kavan badaa-ee.
If You gave me an empire, then what glory would be in it for me?
ਜੌ ਭੀਖ ਮੰਗਾਵਹਿ ਤ ਕਿਆ ਘਟਿ ਜਾਈ ॥੧॥
jou bheekh mangaaveh ta ki-aa ghat jaa-ee. ||1||
If You made me beg for charity, what would it take away from me? ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
If You handed me an empire, what real glory would that add to me?
And if You had me beg for my bread, what would that really take away?
When your real treasure is the One, being handed an empire or reduced to begging doesn't touch the core of you.
Naam Dayv opens with a stunning equanimity: neither an empire nor a beggar's bowl changes his real worth. "What glory" would a kingdom add; "what would it take away" to beg? His true wealth is elsewhere, untouched by fortune's ups and downs. This is freedom from the tyranny of circumstance — when your treasure is the One, being raised up or brought low doesn't touch the core of you.
A Question to Sit With
How much of your sense of worth rides on your circumstances going up or down? What would it be to unhook it?
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