ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਦ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਨਿਹਾਰਉ ਦੂਸਰ ਨਾਹੀ ਕੋਇ ॥
gur parsaadee darisat nihaara-o doosar naahee ko-ay.
It is only by Guru's Grace that I see His Vision with my eyes which none can equal.
ਦਾਨੁ ਦੇਹਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਅਪਨੇ ਕਉ ਚਰਨ ਜੀਵਾਂ ਸੰਤ ਧੋਇ ॥੨॥੭੪॥੯੭॥
daan deh naanak apnay ka-o charan jeevaaN sant Dho-ay. ||2||74||97||
Please bless Nanak with this Gift, that he may wash the Feet of the Saints, and so live. ||2||74||97||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
By the Guru's grace, I see the One with my own eyes; there is no other like the One.
Nanak asks for this gift: to wash the feet of the saints, and so to live.
The whole prayer is simple — let me stay near what is good and serve it.
Gur parsaadee — by the Guru's grace the inner eye opens; you do not pry it open yourself. Doosar naahee ko-ay means none second, none equal, an echo of Ik Onkar, the oneness with no other beside it. Washing the saints' feet is the image of humblest service: a prayer for nearness to goodness, and for nothing grand.
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