ਮਾਣੁ ਨਿਮਾਣੇ ਤੂੰ ਧਣੀ ਤੇਰਾ ਭਰਵਾਸਾ ॥
maan nimaanay tooN Dhanee tayraa bharvaasaa.
You are the honor of the dishonored. O Master, in You I place my trust.
ਬਿਨੁ ਸਾਚੇ ਅਨ ਟੇਕ ਹੈ ਸੋ ਜਾਣਹੁ ਕਾਚਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
bin saachay an tayk hai so jaanhu kaachaa. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Without the True One, any other support is false - know this well. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You are the honor of the dishonored; O Master, in You I place my trust.
Without the True One, every other support is false — know this for certain.
Every support but the One eventually gives way — only it truly holds.
The Pause: the One is "the honor of the dishonored" — the dignity of those the world shames (cf. Shabad 191). And a clear warning: "without the True One, any other support is false." Every other thing you lean on will give way; only the One holds.
A Question to Sit With
What have you leaned on that gave way, and what has truly held?
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