ਨਾਮ ਦਾਨੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਤੇਰਿਆ ਸੰਤ ਜਨਾ ਰੇਣਾਰੀ ॥੮॥੩॥੮॥੨੨॥
naam daan naanak vadi-aa-ee tayri-aa sant janaa raynaaree. ||8||3||8||22||
Please bless Nanak with the glorious greatness of the gift of the Naam, and the dust of the feet of Your Saints. ||8||3||8||22||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Nanak prays: bless me with this greatness, the gift of the Naam,
and the dust from the feet of Your saints.
Ask for two things: the gift of the Naam and a humble heart.
Ask small: naam daan (the gift of the Naam) and sant janaa raynaaree (the dust of the feet of the saints). Raynaaree, the dust of the path, is the image of deep humility. After all the praise, what is asked for is open, empty hands.
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