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Raag Soohee, Shabad 73 - Owing Nothing, Beholden to None
ਜਨ ਕੀ ਮਹਿਮਾ ਕੇਤਕ ਬਰਨਉ ਜੋ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਅਪਨੇ ਭਾਣੇ ॥
jan kee mahimaa kaytak barna-o jo parabh apnay bhaanay.
How can I describe the glory of the Lord's humble servants? They are pleasing to their God.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਜਿਨ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਭੇਟਿਆ ਸੇ ਸਭ ਤੇ ਭਏ ਨਿਕਾਣੇ ॥੪॥੪॥੫੧॥
kaho naanak jin satgur bhayti-aa say sabh tay bha-ay nikaanay. ||4||4||51||
Says Nanak, those who meet the True Guru, become independent of all obligations. ||4||4||51||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
How could I ever describe how wonderful these humble hearts are, the ones so dear to the One?
When a person truly meets the teaching, something settles: they stop needing to grasp and please and owe. They stand free, needing nothing from anyone.
Meet the teaching and you stand free, needing nothing from anyone.
jan kee mahimaa - the glory of the humble servant; nikaanay - free of obligation, beholden to none. This is inner freedom from neediness and dependence, resting in the One alone.
A Question to Sit With
What would it feel like to need nothing from anyone to feel okay?
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