Sikhism·Raag Sorath·Shabad 44
Verse 3 of 4

Lower the Guard of Pride and You Truly See

ਮਾਨੁ ਨ ਕੀਜੈ ਸਰਣਿ ਪਰੀਜੈ ਕਰੈ ਸੁ ਭਲਾ ਮਨਾਈਐ ॥
maan na keejai saran pareejai karai so bhalaa manaa-ee-ai.
Do not be proud; seek His Sanctuary, and accept as good all that He does.
ਸੁਣਿ ਮੀਤਾ ਜੀਉ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਸਭੁ ਤਨੁ ਅਰਪੀਜੈ ਇਉ ਦਰਸਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਪਾਈਐ ॥੩॥
sun meetaa jee-o pind sabh tan arpeejai i-o darsan har jee-o paa-ee-ai. ||3||
Listen, friends: dedicate your soul, body and your whole being to Him; thus you shall receive the Blessed Vision of His Darshan. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Don't puff up with pride — take shelter, and welcome whatever comes as good.

Listen, friends: offer your heart, body, your whole self — this is how the seeing comes.

Lower the guard of pride, trust the flow, and give your whole self — that's when you truly see.
The deeper layer

This one says: set down your pride, and you will truly see.

Maan na keejai — don't be proud. Saran pareejai — take shelter in the One. Karai so bhalaa manaa-ee-ai — accept what the One does as good. This is trust in Hukam, the One's way of running the world, steady like a river's flow. It is more than agreeing with it. It means living by it, from the inside.

Pride is like wearing a helmet with the visor down. You feel safe, but you can't see much. Jee-o pind sabh tan arpeejai — offer your whole self, soul and body. Lift the visor, and darsan, the seeing, comes.

A Question to Sit With

What would you have to let go of to fully trust that things will be okay?

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