Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Ravidas worked with leather, work the world looked down on. Yet he sang the praises of the One with every breath.
The world had ranked him low. But his love lifted him so high that people of every rank came and bowed at his feet.
Ravidas was looked down on because of his work, but his love lifted him so high that everyone came to honor him.
Bhagat Ravidas worked with leather. In his time, people thought that work made you "low." But he sang the One's praises every moment.
Patit jaat utam bha-i-aa — the one counted low became high. Chaar varan pa-ay pag aa-ay — people of the chaar varan, all four ranks society was sorted into, came and bowed at his feet.
Think of the quiet kid whose kindness is so real that, one day, the whole school looks up to them. Devotion wipes away the old ladder of ranks. Love counts more than birth.
Have you ever seen someone earn deep respect that had nothing to do with their rank?
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