ਸਫਲੁ ਜਨਮੁ ਹਰਿ ਜਨ ਕਾ ਉਪਜਿਆ ਜਿਨਿ ਕੀਨੋ ਸਉਤੁ ਬਿਧਾਤਾ ॥
safal janam har jan kaa upji-aa jin keeno sa-ut biDhaataa.
How fruitful is the birth of the Lord's humble servant; the Creator is his Father.
ਸਗਲ ਸਮੂਹ ਲੈ ਉਧਰੇ ਨਾਨਕ ਪੂਰਨ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਪਛਾਤਾ ॥੨॥੨੧॥
sagal samooh lai uDhray naanak pooran barahm pachhaataa. ||2||21||
O Nanak, one who recognizes the Perfect Lord God, takes all with him, and saves everyone. ||2||21||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
How fruitful is the birth of the One's servant — the Creator is his Father.
The one who knows the Perfect One, Nanak says, takes everyone with him and saves them.
The good of one devoted life is never private — it lifts the whole circle, a rising tide that carries others up.
The close widens the fruit of one devoted life to everyone: such a person "takes all with him, and saves everyone." The good of a life turned to the One is never private property; it lifts the whole circle around it. To save yourself, in this vision, is to help save others too — the devoted person is a rising tide.
A Question to Sit With
Whose devotion or goodness has quietly lifted you along with them?
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