ਦੀਨ ਦਇਆਲ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਠਾਕੁਰ ਭਗਤ ਟੇਕ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਇਆ ॥
deen da-i-aal kirpaal parabh thaakur bhagat tayk har naa-i-aa.
O God, Merciful to the meek, Compassionate Lord Master, Your Name is the Support of Your devotees.
ਨਾਨਕ ਆਹਿ ਸਰਣ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਆਇਓ ਰਾਖੁ ਲਾਜ ਅਪਨਾਇਆ ॥੪॥੩॥੧੨੫॥
naanak aahi saran parabh aa-i-o raakh laaj apnaa-i-aa. ||4||3||125||
Nanak has come to Your Sanctuary; O God, make him Your Own, and preserve his honor. ||4||3||125||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O God, merciful to the meek, compassionate Master, Your Name is the support of Your devotees.
Nanak has come to Your Sanctuary; make him Your own, and preserve his honor.
When you've only debts to show, the one move left is to throw yourself on mercy.
The close is the bad trader's only move: sanctuary. "Merciful to the meek," the One is asked to "make him Your Own, and preserve his honor." The one with nothing but debts throws himself on mercy — and that, not better trading, is his salvation.
A Question to Sit With
Is it freeing to come empty-handed and simply ask to be taken in?
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