Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Chitra and Gupt are the angels who keep the record.
They write the accounts of all, of what is known and what is hidden —
but they cannot even see the Lord's devotees.
Even the angels who keep everyone's record cannot find the One's devotees.
In old stories, Chitra and Gupt are two recording angels. They write down the deeds of every living being, the seen and the hidden. They keep the account of everyone's karma, of what each one has done.
Bhagat janaa ka-o darisat na paykhaa — they cannot even see the devotees, the people who love the One. Picture someone checking a long list, and some names are simply not there. The devotees pass by unseen. Grace has wiped their account clean, as another Raag Aasaa shabad also says. So the record-keepers cannot even find them.
What would it mean to pass unseen by the record-keepers, held safe by grace?
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