ਭਗਤਿ ਦਾਨੁ ਭਗਤਾ ਕਉ ਦੀਨਾ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਜਾਚੈ ਮਾਈ ॥੨੧॥੧॥੬॥
bhagat daan bhagtaa ka-o deenaa har naanak jaachai maa-ee. ||21||1||6||
He blesses His devotees with the Gift of devotional worship; Nanak longs for the Lord, O my mother. ||21||1||6||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
To those who love the One, the One gives the gift of loving devotion.
Nanak says: O my mother, it is the One I long for.
Devotion is the gift the One gives to those who love.
Bhagat daan bhagtaa ka-o deenaa: the gift given to the devoted is devotion itself. Love is not a payment we make to earn something; it is already a gift we are given. Jaachai: asking with open, empty hands, like one who receives rather than earns.
A Question to Sit With
What is the best gift you have ever been given that let you give to others?
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