ਮੇਰਾ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਵਡਾ ਵਡਾ ਹੈ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਹਮ ਕਿਉ ਕਰਿ ਮਿਲਹ ਮਿਲੀਜੈ ॥
mayraa thaakur vadaa vadaa hai su-aamee ham ki-o kar milah mileejai.
My Lord and Master is Glorious and Great. How can I be united in His Union?
ਨਾਨਕ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਏ ਗੁਰੁ ਪੂਰਾ ਜਨ ਕਉ ਪੂਰਨੁ ਦੀਜੈ ॥੮॥੨॥
naanak mayl milaa-ay gur pooraa jan ka-o pooran deejai. ||8||2||
O Nanak, the Perfect Guru unites His humble servant in His Union, and blesses him with perfection. ||8||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
My Master is great, so very great. How can I ever meet the One?
Nanak says: the perfect Guru brings the One's servant close, into union, and makes that servant whole.
You don't have to reach all the way; you only have to let yourself be brought.
The One is vast, and the perfect Guru is the one who brings us close.
The seeker feels the gap: mayraa thaakur vadaa, my Master is great. Ham ki-o kar milah: how can I meet the One? The answer is mayl milaa-ay gur pooraa: the pooraa, the perfect and whole Guru, does the joining and gives pooran, wholeness. Union is a gift, never an achievement.
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