ਅਨਿਕ ਪਾਪ ਮੇਰੇ ਪਰਹਰਿਆ ਬੰਧਨ ਕਾਟੇ ਮੁਕਤ ਭਏ ॥
anik paap mayray parhari-aa banDhan kaatay mukat bha-ay.
He has washed away my countless sins; He has cut away my bonds, and I am liberated.
ਅੰਧ ਕੂਪ ਮਹਾ ਘੋਰ ਤੇ ਬਾਹ ਪਕਰਿ ਗੁਰਿ ਕਾਢਿ ਲੀਏ ॥੨॥
anDh koop mahaa ghor tay baah pakar gur kaadh lee-ay. ||2||
He has taken me by the arm, and pulled me out of the terrible, deep dark pit. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
He has washed away my countless wrongs; He has cut my bonds and set me free.
Taking me by the arm, He pulled me out of the terrible, deep, dark pit.
The One reaches into the dark pit and pulls you out by the arm — you don't climb out alone.
A vivid rescue: "taking me by the arm, and pulled me out of the terrible, deep dark pit." The soul did not climb out by its own strength; the One reached in and pulled it out by the arm (cf. Shabad 98, Shabad 135). Grace is hands-on, lifting the soul bodily from the dark.
A Question to Sit With
When were you pulled out of something you could never have climbed out of yourself?
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