KAMAL
Literally: lotus (flower).
In Guru Granth Sahib this word has been used for more than 300 times. There, it has been used for the feet of the Guru. Guru’s feet have been compared to lotus because as lotus is not affected by mud and pollution, in which it grows, the Guru too is not affected by worldliness i.e. Maya (delusion):
The knower of God is ever detached.
As lotus in water is untouched.
(Guru Granth Sahib, p. 272)
As lotus in water remains untouched and duck in water remains undaunted;
Similarly swim across the terrible ocean with loving Word.
Nanak tells of the Name (way).
(Guru Granth Sahib, p. 938)
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(Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer)