ਸੰਤਾ ਟੇਕ ਤੁਮਾਰੀ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਤੂੰ ਸੰਤਨ ਕਾ ਸਹਾਈ ॥
santaa tayk tumaaree su-aamee tooN santan kaa sahaa-ee.
The Saints have Your Support, O Lord and Master; You are the Saints' Help and Support.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੰਤ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਖੇ ਨਿੰਦਕ ਦੀਏ ਰੁੜਾਈ ॥੪॥੨॥੪੧॥
kaho naanak sant har raakhay nindak dee-ay rurhaa-ee. ||4||2||41||
Says Nanak, the Saints are saved by the Lord; the slanderers are drowned in the deep. ||4||2||41||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Saints have Your support, Master; You are their help and shelter.
Says Nanak: the Saints are saved by the One, while the slanderers drown in the deep.
Anchored to the One, the good are held up; anchored to contempt, the slanderer sinks.
The close sets the two fates side by side: the Saints, having "Your Support," are "saved by the Lord," while "the slanderers are drowned in the deep." The difference is not the One's favoritism but what each is anchored to — the Saints to the One, the slanderer to his own contempt.
A Question to Sit With
What are you anchored to — something that holds you up, or something that pulls you down?
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