ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰੰਗ ਬਾਣੀ ਭਗਤਾਂ ਕੀ ॥
raag saarang banee bhagtaaN kee.
Raag Saarang, The Word Of The Devotees.
ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ॥
kabeer jee.
Kabir Jee:
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ik-oNkaar satgur parsaad.
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
ਕਹਾ ਨਰ ਗਰਬਸਿ ਥੋਰੀ ਬਾਤ ॥
kahaa nar garbas thoree baat.
O mortal, why are you so proud of small things?
ਮਨ ਦਸ ਨਾਜੁ ਟਕਾ ਚਾਰਿ ਗਾਂਠੀ ਐਂਡੌ ਟੇਢੌ ਜਾਤੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
man das naaj takaa chaar gaaNthee aiNdou taydhou jaat. ||1|| rahaa-o.
With a few pounds of grain and a few coins in your pocket, you are totally puffed up with pride. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
There is only One. And the One is found by the True Guru's grace — a gift that is always here, waiting for an open heart.
Why are you so proud of such a small thing?
A little grain, a few coins tied up in your pocket, and you walk around all puffed up.
Your worth was never the size of what you happen to be carrying.
Why swell with importance over the little we happen to be holding? A bit of grain and a few coins are enough to make someone walk tall. That question, in the rahau, is about where our sense of worth comes from.
A Question to Sit With
What is something small you have felt proud of, and what might you be worth apart from it?
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