Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
By the Divine Guru's grace, you understand the ways of the eighteen Puranas, the old holy books. By the Divine Guru's grace, it is as if you had offered the eighteen great loads of plants.
By the Divine Guru's grace, you need no other place of rest; there is nowhere else to go. Namdev has come into the shelter of the Guru.
Once you find the Guru's shelter, you need no other place to rest.
Ja-o gurday-o athdas bi-uhaar — when the Divine Guru comes, the meaning of the athdas, the eighteen Puranas, opens up. The Puranas are old holy books full of stories. Athaarah bhaar — it is as if you had made the great offering of "eighteen loads" of plants and gifts.
Bin gurday-o avar nahee jaa-ee — without the Guru, there is no other resting place.
Naamday-o gur kee sarnaa-ee — Namdev has come into the Guru's sarnaa-ee, the Guru's shelter. Every earlier line spoke of what happens to anyone. The last line names Namdev himself. He ends the song with his own homecoming. It is like a traveler finally setting down the bags and saying, "I'm home."
Where do you go — a place, a person, a practice — when you need to rest and feel safe?
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