Sikhism·Siree Raag·Shabad 43
Verse 3 of 5

I Am a Sacrifice to Those Who Recognize the Naam

ਜਿਨੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਪਛਾਣਿਆ ਤਿਨ ਵਿਟਹੁ ਬਲਿ ਜਾਉ ॥
jinee naam pachhaani-aa tin vitahu bal jaa-o.
I am a sacrifice to those who recognize the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
ਆਪੁ ਛੋਡਿ ਚਰਣੀ ਲਗਾ ਚਲਾ ਤਿਨ ਕੈ ਭਾਇ ॥
aap chhod charnee lagaa chalaa tin kai bhaa-ay.
Renouncing selfishness, I fall at their feet, and walk in harmony with His Will.
ਲਾਹਾ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਸਹਜੇ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੨॥
laahaa har har naam milai sehjay naam samaa-ay. ||2||
Earning the Profit of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, I am intuitively absorbed in the Naam. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

I am a sacrifice to those who recognize the Naam — the Name of the Lord.

Renouncing selfishness, I fall at their feet and walk in harmony with His Will.

Earning the Profit of the Name, I am intuitively absorbed in the Name.

The teacher bows to those who have found what the teaching points toward — humility is the mark of genuine authority.
The deeper layer

Guru Amar Das bows to those who recognize the Naam — the bhagats, the Gurmukhs, those who have found what he is teaching toward. This is characteristic of his voice: he does not claim to be above what he is teaching. He bows.

"Walking in harmony with His Will" (Hukam rajaaee from Japji Sahib) returns here — not as intellectual assent but as the natural orientation of the one absorbed in the Name.

A Question to Sit With

Is there someone you look up to spiritually — who seems to have actually found what you're looking for? What is it about them that inspires you?

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