You Are the Ocean; I Do Not Know Your Worth

ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ ਛੰਤ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ਘਰੁ ੩

raag soohee chhant mehlaa 5 ghar 3

Raag Soohee, Chhant, Fifth Mehl, Third House:

ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ik-o^Nkaar satgur parsaad.

One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

ਤੂ ਠਾਕੁਰੋ ਬੈਰਾਗਰੋ ਮੈ ਜੇਹੀ ਘਣ ਚੇਰੀ ਰਾਮ ॥

too thaakuro bairaagro mai jayhee ghan chayree raam.

O my Lord and Master, You are unattached; You have so many hand-maidens like me, Lord.

ਤੂੰ ਸਾਗਰੋ ਰਤਨਾਗਰੋ ਹਉ ਸਾਰ ਨ ਜਾਣਾ ਤੇਰੀ ਰਾਮ ॥

too^N saagro ratnaagro ha-o saar na jaanaa tayree raam.

You are the ocean, the source of jewels; I do not know Your value, Lord.

ਸਾਰ ਨ ਜਾਣਾ ਤੂ ਵਡ ਦਾਣਾ ਕਰਿ ਮਿਹਰੰਮਤਿ ਸਾਂਈ ॥

saar na jaanaa too vad daanaa kar mihramat saa^N-ee.

I do not know Your value; You are the wisest of all; please show Mercy unto me, O Lord.

ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕੀਜੈ ਸਾ ਮਤਿ ਦੀਜੈ ਆਠ ਪਹਰ ਤੁਧੁ ਧਿਆਈ ॥

kirpaa keejai saa mat deejai aath pahar tuDh Dhi-aa-ee.

Show Your Mercy, and bless me with such understanding, that I may meditate on You, twenty-four hours a day.

ਗਰਬੁ ਨ ਕੀਜੈ ਰੇਣ ਹੋਵੀਜੈ ਤਾ ਗਤਿ ਜੀਅਰੇ ਤੇਰੀ ॥

garab na keejai rayn hoveejai taa gat jee-aray tayree.

O soul, don't be so arrogant - become the dust of all, and you shall be saved.

ਸਭ ਊਪਰਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਕਾ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਮੈ ਜੇਹੀ ਘਣ ਚੇਰੀ ਰਾਮ ॥੧॥

sabh oopar naanak kaa thaakur mai jayhee ghan chayree raam. ||1||

Nanak's Lord is the Master of all; He has so many hand-maidens like me. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

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.

You are the free, unbound One, and countless hearts like mine belong to You.

You are a whole ocean, brimming with jewels — I cannot even measure Your worth.

You know all things; be kind to me, and give me the sense to keep You always in mind. Don't let me puff up with pride; let me stay humble as the dust — that is where I am truly safe.

Before something as vast as the ocean, staying humble is where you are truly safe.

The deeper layer

too saagro ratnaagro — the One as an ocean, source of jewels, immeasurably rich; the soul's honest smallness before that vastness is empty-handedness, not shame. garab na keejai rayn hoveejai, do not be proud, become the dust: humility as the ground of safety (gat). ghan chayree, many servants, expresses belonging to a boundless One, not lowliness.

A Question to Sit With

What is something so big it makes you feel small in a good, wonder-filled way?

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