ਰਾਮ ਰਸਾਇਣੁ ਜਿਨ੍ਹ੍ਹ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਪਾਇਆ ਤਿਨ੍ਹ੍ਹ ਕੀ ਊਤਮ ਬਾਤਾ ॥
raam rasaa-in jinH gurmat paa-i-aa tinH kee ootam baataa.
Those who follow the Guru's Teachings find the Lord, the source of nectar; their words are sublime and exalted.
ਤਿਨ ਕੀ ਪੰਕ ਪਾਈਐ ਵਡਭਾਗੀ ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਚਰਨਿ ਪਰਾਤਾ ॥੪॥੨॥
tin kee pank paa-ee-ai vadbhaagee jan naanak charan paraataa. ||4||2||
By great good fortune, one is blessed with the dust of their feet; servant Nanak falls at their feet. ||4||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Those who walk the teaching find the very source of sweetness, and their words come out lofty and kind.
By great good luck you're given even the dust of their feet — and I gladly bow before them.
Learning to bow, gladly, to real goodness is itself a gift.
The closing image: charan dhoor, the dust of the feet of the wise, is treated as a blessing. Their words are ooch (lofty) yet nourishing. Servant Nanak's bow is the raag's recurring gesture of glad humility, not self-lowering.
A Question to Sit With
Whose example do you look up to enough to learn from?
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI
Use ← → to navigate