Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One lives in each and every heart. No stain or smudge sticks to the One.
The One is free of every bond, and belongs to no caste or social class at all.
The One lives in every heart, and no label sticks to it.
Leep na chheepai: no smudge or stain can touch the One. Think of a raincoat in a storm. The rain runs off, and nothing soaks in. Jaat na deesai: the One has no caste, no social class, no rank at all.
Namdev was born into a community that people around him ranked as low. So when he sings this, it lands like quiet thunder. Everyone is equal. If the One has no rank and lives in every heart alike, then all the ladders people build to rank each other are made up.
What labels do people get stuck with that say nothing about who they are?
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