Verse 3 of 3
Remember the One; Who Is High, Who Is Low?
ਏਕਲ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਰਾਖੁ ਅਨੰਤਾ ਅਉਰ ਤਜਹੁ ਸਭ ਆਸਾ ਰੇ ॥
aykal chintaa raakh anantaa a-or tajahu sabh aasaa ray.
Remember the One, Infinite Lord; abandon all other hopes.
ਪ੍ਰਣਵੈ ਨਾਮਾ ਭਏ ਨਿਹਕਾਮਾ ਕੋ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਕੋ ਦਾਸਾ ਰੇ ॥੨॥੩॥
paranvai naamaa bha-ay nihkaamaa ko thaakur ko daasaa ray. ||2||3||
Naam Dayv prays, I have become dispassionate and detached; who is the Lord and Master, and who is the slave? ||2||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Remember the one endless One, and set down every other scattered hope.
Naam Dayv says: once I let go of grabbing and clinging, I saw it — who is high and who is low? We're all the same One.
In the One, there is no high and low — we are all the same.
The raag closes with bairaag — not gloom but the calm, free-of-craving heart. Namdev's final question — ko thaakur, ko daas (who is master, who is servant?) — dissolves every rank: in the One, there is no high and low. A luminous, level ending, dropping scattered hopes for the single, freeing recognition of oneness.
A Question to Sit With
If no one is truly higher or lower, how does that change how you treat people?
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