ਤੇਰੀ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਕਹਣੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥
tayree keemat kahan na jaa-ee.
Your worth cannot be described.
ਅਚਰਜ ਰੂਪੁ ਵਡੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥
achraj roop vadee vadi-aa-ee.
Wondrous is Your form, and Your glorious greatness.
ਭਗਤਿ ਦਾਨੁ ਮੰਗੈ ਜਨੁ ਤੇਰਾ ਨਾਨਕ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਜਾਵਣਾ ॥੧੫॥੧॥੧੪॥੨੨॥੨੪॥੨॥੧੪॥੬੨॥
bhagat daan mangai jan tayraa naanak bal bal jaavnaa. ||15||1||14||22||24||2||14||62||
Your humble servant begs for the gift of devotional worship. Nanak is a sacrifice, a sacrifice to You. ||15||1||14||22||24||2||14||62||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
What You are worth simply cannot be told.
Your form is a wonder, and Your greatness beyond measure.
Your humble one asks for only this one gift, to love You. Nanak says: I give my whole self to You, again and again.
When something is beyond price, the only fitting response is gratitude.
The final verse of the entire Solhe set closes not on struggle but on grateful wonder: 'bhagat daan mangai' (asking only for the gift of loving devotion) and 'bal bal jaavnaa' (a sacrifice of gratitude). The long tally in the numbering marks the close of the whole block of Solhe.
A Question to Sit With
What in your life fills you with the kind of gratitude that asks for nothing back?
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