ਤੇਰੀ ਟੇਕ ਤੇਰਾ ਆਧਾਰਾ ਹਾਥ ਦੇਇ ਤੂੰ ਰਾਖਹਿ ॥
tayree tayk tayraa aaDhaaraa haath day-ay tooN raakhahi.
You are my Shelter, You are my Support; giving me Your hand, You protect me.
ਜਿਸੁ ਜਨ ਊਪਰਿ ਤੇਰੀ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਤਿਸ ਕਉ ਬਿਪੁ ਨ ਕੋਊ ਭਾਖੈ ॥੨॥
jis jan oopar tayree kirpaa tis ka-o bip na ko-oo bhaakhai. ||2||
That humble being, upon whom You bestow Your Grace, is not touched by slander or suffering. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You are my shelter, You are my support; giving me Your hand, You protect me.
The one You grace is never touched by slander or suffering.
Held by the One, slander and suffering may come but cannot reach your core.
The protected soul: "the one upon whom You bestow Your Grace, is not touched by slander or suffering." Not that hardship never comes, but that it cannot reach the core of the graced soul — slander and suffering glance off the one held by the One (cf. Shabad 132, the slandered Saints at peace).
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