ਸਲੋਕ ॥
salok.
Shalok:
ਸੰਤ ਸਹਾਈ ਜੀਅ ਕੇ ਭਵਜਲ ਤਾਰਣਹਾਰ ॥
sant sahaa-ee jee-a kay bhavjal taaranhaar.
The Saints are the helpers, the support of the soul; they carry us cross the terrifying world-ocean.
ਸਭ ਤੇ ਊਚੇ ਜਾਣੀਅਹਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮ ਪਿਆਰ ॥੧॥
sabh tay oochay jaanee-ahi naanak naam pi-aar. ||1||
Know that they are the highest of all; O Nanak, they love the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The saints are helpers of the soul; they carry us across the frightening world-ocean.
Nanak says: know them as the highest of all; they love the Naam.
The highest people are the ones who love the Naam and help others across.
Sant sahaa-ee — the saints as helpers, ferrying others across bhavjal (the world-ocean). Sabh tay oochay — reckoned the highest, not by rank or birth but by their love of the Name: greatness redefined as love, open to anyone.
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