ਵਡਹੰਸੁ ਮਃ ੫ ॥
vad-hans mehlaa 5.
Wadahans, Fifth Mehl:
ਤੂ ਜਾਣਾਇਹਿ ਤਾ ਕੋਈ ਜਾਣੈ ॥
too jaanaa-ihi taa ko-ee jaanai.
When You allow Yourself to be known, then we know You.
ਤੇਰਾ ਦੀਆ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਖਾਣੈ ॥੧॥
tayraa dee-aa naam vakhaanai. ||1||
We chant Your Name, which You have given to us. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
We only really know You when You let Yourself be known —
and then we say the Name that You Yourself placed in us.
Even the good things you know and remember were, in a way, given to you as gifts.
"When You allow Yourself to be known, then we know You; we chant Your Name, which You have given us." Even our knowing and our remembering are gifts from the One — a deep humility. We don't seize the One; the One reveals itself, and even the Name on our lips was placed there.
A Question to Sit With
What's something good you know that someone first had to give or teach you?
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