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The Dust of Your Feet, and You Ever Near

ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ੧ ਚਉਪਦੇ

raag maaroo mehlaa 1 ghar 1 cha-upday

Raag Maaroo, First Mehl, First House, Chau-Padas:

ੴ ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ik-o^Nkaar sat naam kartaa purakh nirbha-o nirvair akaal moorat ajoonee saibha^N gur parsaad.

One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred. Image Of The Undying. Beyond Birth. Self-Existent. By Guru's Grace:

ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥

salok.

Shalok:

ਸਾਜਨ ਤੇਰੇ ਚਰਨ ਕੀ ਹੋਇ ਰਹਾ ਸਦ ਧੂਰਿ ॥

saajan tayray charan kee ho-ay rahaa sad Dhoor.

O my Friend, I shall forever remain the dust of Your feet.

ਨਾਨਕ ਸਰਣਿ ਤੁਹਾਰੀਆ ਪੇਖਉ ਸਦਾ ਹਜੂਰਿ ॥੧॥

naanak saran tuhaaree-aa paykha-o sadaa hajoor. ||1||

Nanak seeks Your protection, and beholds You ever-present, here and now. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

There is only One. Its Name is Truth. It is the Creator of all. It is fearless and full of love, beyond time, never born, shining on its own. And the One is found by the Guru's grace — a gift that is always here, waiting for an open heart.

O my Friend, let me stay close to You always, humble and glad as the soft dust on a well-walked path.

Nanak says: I rest in Your care, and I see You here with me right now, never far away.

To feel small before something vast can be the sweetest kind of closeness.

The deeper layer

To be the dust of Your feet is the joy of closeness and belonging. And the One is not distant: sadaa hajoor means always present, here and now. Maaroo, the raag once sung facing life's hardest hours, begins in nearness rather than fear.

A Question to Sit With

When do you feel closest to something bigger than yourself?

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI

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