Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I'm happily bound to You by the rope of Your love —
and honestly, why would I ever want to escape a rope like that?
Ravi Daas closes with a delightful, warm paradox: Your servant is tied by the rope of Your Love — and what benefit would I get by escaping from it? Usually being 'tied by a rope' means being trapped — something you'd want to escape. But Ravi Daas has discovered a rope he never wants to be free of: the bond of love to the One. Being 'bound' by love isn't a prison; it's the happiest belonging there is, and escaping it would be loss, not freedom. For a child, it's a beautiful reframe: some bonds don't trap you — they hold you, safe and glad, and you'd never want to be free of them. The rope of love is the one tie worth being tied by. Ravi Daas is joyfully, willingly bound — and that binding is his freedom.
What's a bond in your life that doesn't trap you but holds you happily, one you'd never want to be free of?
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