ਜਿਨ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪਿਆਰਾ ਸੇਵਿਆ ਤਿਨ ਕਉ ਘੁਮਿ ਜਾਇਆ ॥
jin gurmukh pi-aaraa sayvi-aa tin ka-o ghum jaa-i-aa.
I am a sacrifice to those Gurmukhs who serve their Beloved Lord.
ਓਇ ਆਪਿ ਛੁਟੇ ਪਰਵਾਰ ਸਿਉ ਸਭੁ ਜਗਤੁ ਛਡਾਇਆ ॥੮॥
o-ay aap chhutay parvaar si-o sabh jagat chhadaa-i-aa. ||8||
They themselves are saved, along with their families, and through them, all the world is saved. ||8||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I give myself to those who face the teaching and serve their Beloved.
They save themselves and their families, and through them the whole world is carried across.
No devoted life is a private matter — its good ripples out to family and, through them, to the whole world.
A landmark of the shabad: the devoted "save themselves, along with their families, and through them, all the world is saved." The good of a single loving life ripples outward without limit — to family, and through them to the world. No devoted life is a private matter; it is a rising tide. This is the raag's social gospel at its widest: to become good is to become a means of others' good.
A Question to Sit With
Whose goodness has 'carried' you across? Whom might yours carry?
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