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<blockquote data-quote="Ishna" data-source="post: 167311" data-attributes="member: 2709"><p>Sorry to resurrect a dead thread but I thought I'd already asked this question, but perhaps I just thought I did. :crazy:</p><p></p><p>What is the image in Indian lore surrounding the dust of the feet of the Saints? What is Guru Nanak Ji praying for in Sohila:</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਰਾਗੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%89%E0%A9%9C%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਗਉੜੀ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਪੂਰਬੀ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE" target="_blank">ਮਹਲਾ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A9%AB" target="_blank">੫ </a> ॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px">Rāg ga▫oṛī pūrbī mėhlā 5.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Raag Gauree Poorbee, Fifth Mehl:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%89" target="_blank">ਕਰਉ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਬੇਨੰਤੀ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%A3%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਸੁਣਹੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%87" target="_blank">ਮੇਰੇ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE" target="_blank">ਮੀਤਾ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A4" target="_blank">ਸੰਤ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%B2" target="_blank">ਟਹਲ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਕੀ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE" target="_blank">ਬੇਲਾ </a> ॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px">Kara▫o benanṯī suṇhu mere mīṯā sanṯ tahal kī belā.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Listen, my friends, I beg of you: now is the time to serve the Saints!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%88%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BE" target="_blank">ਈਹਾ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%96%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%BF" target="_blank">ਖਾਟਿ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9A%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਚਲਹੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BF" target="_blank">ਹਰਿ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BE" target="_blank">ਲਾਹਾ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%88" target="_blank">ਆਗੈ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਬਸਨੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE" target="_blank">ਸੁਹੇਲਾ </a> ॥੧॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px">Īhā kẖāt cẖalhu har lāhā āgai basan suhelā. ||1||</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">In this world, earn the profit of the Lord's Name, and hereafter, you shall dwell in peace. ||1||</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%89%E0%A8%A7" target="_blank">ਅਉਧ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%98%E0%A8%9F%E0%A9%88" target="_blank">ਘਟੈ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਦਿਨਸੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%A3%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%87" target="_blank">ਰੈਣਾਰੇ </a> ॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px">A▫oḏẖ gẖatai ḏinas raiṇāre.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">This life is diminishing, day and night.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%A8" target="_blank">ਮਨ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B0" target="_blank">ਗੁਰ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BF" target="_blank">ਮਿਲਿ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%9C" target="_blank">ਕਾਜ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%87" target="_blank">ਸਵਾਰੇ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A5%A5%E0%A9%A7%E0%A5%A5" target="_blank">॥੧॥ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%89" target="_blank">ਰਹਾਉ </a> ॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px">Man gur mil kāj savāre. ||1|| rahā▫o.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Meeting with the Guru, your affairs shall be resolved. ||1||Pause||</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%87%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਇਹੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਸੰਸਾਰੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਬਿਕਾਰੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%87" target="_blank">ਸੰਸੇ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BF" target="_blank">ਮਹਿ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%93" target="_blank">ਤਰਿਓ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%8D%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%AE" target="_blank">ਬ੍ਰਹਮ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਗਿਆਨੀ </a> ॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px">Ih sansār bikār sanse mėh ṯari▫o barahm gi▫ānī.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">This world is engrossed in corruption and cynicism. Only those who know God are saved.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BF" target="_blank">ਜਿਸਹਿ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%87" target="_blank">ਜਗਾਇ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%B5%E0%A9%88" target="_blank">ਪੀਆਵੈ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%87%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਇਹੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਰਸੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%A5" target="_blank">ਅਕਥ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%A5%E0%A8%BE" target="_blank">ਕਥਾ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BF" target="_blank">ਤਿਨਿ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਜਾਨੀ </a> ॥੨॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px">Jisahi jagā▫e pī▫āvai ih ras akath kathā ṯin jānī. ||2||</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Only those who are awakened by the Lord to drink in this Sublime Essence, come to know the Unspoken Speech of the Lord. ||2||</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BE" target="_blank">ਜਾ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%89" target="_blank">ਕਉ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%8F" target="_blank">ਆਏ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%88" target="_blank">ਸੋਈ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%9D%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਬਿਹਾਝਹੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BF" target="_blank">ਹਰਿ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B0" target="_blank">ਗੁਰ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%87" target="_blank">ਤੇ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BF" target="_blank">ਮਨਹਿ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE" target="_blank">ਬਸੇਰਾ </a> ॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px">Jā ka▫o ā▫e so▫ī bihājẖahu har gur ṯe manėh baserā.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Purchase only that for which you have come into the world, and through the Guru, the Lord shall dwell within your mind.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%9C" target="_blank">ਨਿਜ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%98%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BF" target="_blank">ਘਰਿ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਮਹਲੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਪਾਵਹੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%96" target="_blank">ਸੁਖ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%9C%E0%A9%87" target="_blank">ਸਹਜੇ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BF" target="_blank">ਬਹੁਰਿ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A8" target="_blank">ਨ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%87%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%8B" target="_blank">ਹੋਇਗੋ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AB%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE" target="_blank">ਫੇਰਾ </a> ॥੩॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px">Nij gẖar mahal pāvhu sukẖ sėhje bahur na ho▫igo ferā. ||3||</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Within the home of your own inner being, you shall obtain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence with intuitive ease. You shall not be consigned again to the wheel of reincarnation. ||3||</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%85%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਅੰਤਰਜਾਮੀ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%96" target="_blank">ਪੁਰਖ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A7%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%87" target="_blank">ਬਿਧਾਤੇ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A7%E0%A8%BE" target="_blank">ਸਰਧਾ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%A8" target="_blank">ਮਨ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਕੀ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%87" target="_blank">ਪੂਰੇ </a> ॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px">Anṯarjāmī purakẖ biḏẖāṯe sarḏẖā man kī pūre.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">O Inner-knower, Searcher of Hearts, O Primal Being, Architect of Destiny: please fulfill this yearning of my mind.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%95" target="_blank">ਨਾਨਕ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਦਾਸੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%87%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%88" target="_blank">ਇਹੈ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%96%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਸੁਖੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%88" target="_blank">ਮਾਗੈ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%8B" target="_blank">ਮੋ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%89" target="_blank">ਕਉ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BF" target="_blank">ਕਰਿ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%A8" target="_blank">ਸੰਤਨ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਕੀ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A7%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%87" target="_blank">ਧੂਰੇ </a> ॥੪॥੫॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px">Nānak ḏās ihai sukẖ māgai mo ka▫o kar sanṯan kī ḏẖūre. ||4||5||</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Nanak, Your slave, begs for this happiness: <strong>let me be the dust of the feet of the Saints. ||4||5||</strong></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm struggling to grasp the imagery so the term is lost on me.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Also, people at Gurdwara touch the dust of lots of things to their foreheads, the dust of the stairs at the door, the dust of the doorway to Darbar Sahib - what is this gesture in Indian culture?</p><p></p><p></p><p>How is becoming dust a method of serving the Saints?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Who are the Saints?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Aaaarrrrgggghhhh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ishna, post: 167311, member: 2709"] Sorry to resurrect a dead thread but I thought I'd already asked this question, but perhaps I just thought I did. :crazy: What is the image in Indian lore surrounding the dust of the feet of the Saints? What is Guru Nanak Ji praying for in Sohila: [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%81"]ਰਾਗੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%89%E0%A9%9C%E0%A9%80"]ਗਉੜੀ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%80"]ਪੂਰਬੀ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE"]ਮਹਲਾ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A9%AB"]੫ [/URL] ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][SIZE=2]Rāg ga▫oṛī pūrbī mėhlā 5. [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]Raag Gauree Poorbee, Fifth Mehl:[/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%89"]ਕਰਉ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%80"]ਬੇਨੰਤੀ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%A3%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%81"]ਸੁਣਹੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%87"]ਮੇਰੇ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE"]ਮੀਤਾ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A4"]ਸੰਤ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%B2"]ਟਹਲ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%80"]ਕੀ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE"]ਬੇਲਾ [/URL] ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][SIZE=2]Kara▫o benanṯī suṇhu mere mīṯā sanṯ tahal kī belā. [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]Listen, my friends, I beg of you: now is the time to serve the Saints![/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%88%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BE"]ਈਹਾ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%96%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%BF"]ਖਾਟਿ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9A%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%81"]ਚਲਹੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BF"]ਹਰਿ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BE"]ਲਾਹਾ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%88"]ਆਗੈ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%81"]ਬਸਨੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE"]ਸੁਹੇਲਾ [/URL] ॥੧॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][SIZE=2]Īhā kẖāt cẖalhu har lāhā āgai basan suhelā. ||1|| [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]In this world, earn the profit of the Lord's Name, and hereafter, you shall dwell in peace. ||1||[/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%89%E0%A8%A7"]ਅਉਧ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%98%E0%A8%9F%E0%A9%88"]ਘਟੈ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%81"]ਦਿਨਸੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%A3%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%87"]ਰੈਣਾਰੇ [/URL] ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][SIZE=2]A▫oḏẖ gẖatai ḏinas raiṇāre. [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]This life is diminishing, day and night.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%A8"]ਮਨ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B0"]ਗੁਰ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BF"]ਮਿਲਿ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%9C"]ਕਾਜ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%87"]ਸਵਾਰੇ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A5%A5%E0%A9%A7%E0%A5%A5"]॥੧॥ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%89"]ਰਹਾਉ [/URL] ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][SIZE=2]Man gur mil kāj savāre. ||1|| rahā▫o. [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]Meeting with the Guru, your affairs shall be resolved. ||1||Pause||[/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%87%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%81"]ਇਹੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%81"]ਸੰਸਾਰੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%81"]ਬਿਕਾਰੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%87"]ਸੰਸੇ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BF"]ਮਹਿ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%93"]ਤਰਿਓ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%8D%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%AE"]ਬ੍ਰਹਮ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%80"]ਗਿਆਨੀ [/URL] ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][SIZE=2]Ih sansār bikār sanse mėh ṯari▫o barahm gi▫ānī. [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]This world is engrossed in corruption and cynicism. Only those who know God are saved.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BF"]ਜਿਸਹਿ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%87"]ਜਗਾਇ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%B5%E0%A9%88"]ਪੀਆਵੈ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%87%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%81"]ਇਹੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%81"]ਰਸੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%A5"]ਅਕਥ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%A5%E0%A8%BE"]ਕਥਾ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BF"]ਤਿਨਿ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%80"]ਜਾਨੀ [/URL] ॥੨॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][SIZE=2]Jisahi jagā▫e pī▫āvai ih ras akath kathā ṯin jānī. ||2|| [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]Only those who are awakened by the Lord to drink in this Sublime Essence, come to know the Unspoken Speech of the Lord. ||2||[/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BE"]ਜਾ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%89"]ਕਉ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%8F"]ਆਏ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%88"]ਸੋਈ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%9D%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%81"]ਬਿਹਾਝਹੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BF"]ਹਰਿ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B0"]ਗੁਰ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%87"]ਤੇ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BF"]ਮਨਹਿ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE"]ਬਸੇਰਾ [/URL] ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][SIZE=2]Jā ka▫o ā▫e so▫ī bihājẖahu har gur ṯe manėh baserā. [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]Purchase only that for which you have come into the world, and through the Guru, the Lord shall dwell within your mind.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%9C"]ਨਿਜ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%98%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BF"]ਘਰਿ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%81"]ਮਹਲੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%81"]ਪਾਵਹੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%96"]ਸੁਖ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%9C%E0%A9%87"]ਸਹਜੇ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BF"]ਬਹੁਰਿ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A8"]ਨ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%87%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%8B"]ਹੋਇਗੋ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AB%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE"]ਫੇਰਾ [/URL] ॥੩॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][SIZE=2]Nij gẖar mahal pāvhu sukẖ sėhje bahur na ho▫igo ferā. ||3|| [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]Within the home of your own inner being, you shall obtain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence with intuitive ease. You shall not be consigned again to the wheel of reincarnation. ||3||[/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%85%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%80"]ਅੰਤਰਜਾਮੀ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%96"]ਪੁਰਖ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A7%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%87"]ਬਿਧਾਤੇ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A7%E0%A8%BE"]ਸਰਧਾ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%A8"]ਮਨ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%80"]ਕੀ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%87"]ਪੂਰੇ [/URL] ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][SIZE=2]Anṯarjāmī purakẖ biḏẖāṯe sarḏẖā man kī pūre. [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]O Inner-knower, Searcher of Hearts, O Primal Being, Architect of Destiny: please fulfill this yearning of my mind.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%95"]ਨਾਨਕ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%81"]ਦਾਸੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%87%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%88"]ਇਹੈ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%96%E0%A9%81"]ਸੁਖੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%88"]ਮਾਗੈ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%8B"]ਮੋ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%89"]ਕਉ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BF"]ਕਰਿ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%A8"]ਸੰਤਨ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%80"]ਕੀ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A7%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%87"]ਧੂਰੇ [/URL] ॥੪॥੫॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][SIZE=2]Nānak ḏās ihai sukẖ māgai mo ka▫o kar sanṯan kī ḏẖūre. ||4||5|| [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]Nanak, Your slave, begs for this happiness: [B]let me be the dust of the feet of the Saints. ||4||5||[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] I'm struggling to grasp the imagery so the term is lost on me. Also, people at Gurdwara touch the dust of lots of things to their foreheads, the dust of the stairs at the door, the dust of the doorway to Darbar Sahib - what is this gesture in Indian culture? How is becoming dust a method of serving the Saints? Who are the Saints? Aaaarrrrgggghhhh. [/QUOTE]
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