Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O One, bless me with clear understanding, that I may serve the teacher's feet; the One tastes sweet to me.
Servant Nanak begs for the dust of the feet of the good; be kind, One, and grant it.
The shabad closes as so many of Guru Ram Das's do: a plain, humble request for the dust of the feet of the good — to be allowed simply to serve, to be near, to be low among the holy. There is no grand ask here, no request for powers or status. Just: let me have clear enough understanding to serve, and let me be near good people. And threaded through it, once more, the taste: "the Lord seems sweet to me." The one who has been given the antivenom and tasted the Name wants nothing more than to stay close to the source of both. Humility and sweetness, held together, are the whole of the prayer.
When you've received something wonderful, what do you find yourself wanting — more grand things, or just to stay close to the source?
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