ਨਾਰਾਇਣ ਪ੍ਰਾਣ ਅਧਾਰਾ ॥
naaraa-in paraan aDhaaraa.
The Lord is the support of the breath of life.
ਹਮ ਸੰਤ ਜਨਾਂ ਰੇਨਾਰਾ ॥
ham sant janaaN raynaaraa.
I am the dust of the feet of the Holy people.
ਪਤਿਤ ਪੁਨੀਤ ਕਰਿ ਲੀਨੇ ॥
patit puneet kar leenay.
I am a sinner, but the Lord made me pure.
ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਹਰਿ ਜਸੁ ਦੀਨੇ ॥੨॥
kar kirpaa har jas deenay. ||2||
By His Kind Mercy, the Lord blessed me with His Praises. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I sit low, among the dust at the feet of the good-hearted.
Whatever was unclean in me, the One made bright, and filled my mouth with His praise.
No one is too far gone to be made clean and new.
Patit puneet -- the fallen made pure; the project reads this not as shame but as hope: no one is beyond being made new. Sant janaa raynaaraa -- being the dust of good people's feet, deep humility.
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