ਭੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਈ ਕਬ ਹੀ ਭੈ ਭਾਇ ਭਗਤਿ ਸਵਾਰੀ ॥੬॥
bhai bin bhagat na ho-ee kab hee bhai bhaa-ay bhagat savaaree. ||6||
Without the Fear of God, devotional worship is never performed; through the Love and the Fear of God, devotional worship is embellished. ||6||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Without awe — the kind you feel standing under a huge night sky — devotion never happens.
With love and awe together, devotion is made beautiful.
Love holds hands with deep, wide-eyed awe.
Bhai bin bhagat na ho-ee — without bhai, devotion is never complete. Bhai here is not fright but reverent awe — the breath-taken wonder of standing before something immense. Paired with bhaa-o (love), it makes devotion savaaree — adorned, made beautiful. Love without awe is casual; awe without love is cold; together they are whole.
A Question to Sit With
What is something so vast or beautiful that it fills you with awe?
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