ਮਾਇਆ ਗਿਰਸਤਿ ਭ੍ਰਮਤੁ ਹੈ ਪ੍ਰਾਨੀ ਰਖਿ ਲੇਵਹੁ ਜਨੁ ਅਪਨਾ ॥
maa-i-aa girsat bharmat hai paraanee rakh layvhu jan apnaa.
Entangled in Maya, the mortal wanders around. Save Your humble servant, O Lord,
ਜਿਉ ਪ੍ਰਹਿਲਾਦੁ ਹਰਣਾਖਸਿ ਗ੍ਰਸਿਓ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਖਿਓ ਹਰਿ ਸਰਨਾ ॥੨॥
ji-o par-hilaad harnaakhas garsi-o har raakhi-o har sarnaa. ||2||
as you saved Prahlaad from the clutches of Harnaakash; keep him in Your Sanctuary, Lord. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Tangled up in the world's pull, a person wanders and gets lost. Keep Your own safe, O One.
There is an old story of a boy in terrible danger from someone powerful, who was protected because he trusted the One completely. Hold me in that same shelter.
The One keeps safe the heart that turns to it in trouble.
The Puranic reference to Prahlaad, kept safe from Harnaakash, is rendered respectfully and gently — a picture of the One sheltering the devoted, without staging the violence. The prayer raakh layvhu jan apnaa is the turn to sanctuary that the whole shabad rests on.
A Question to Sit With
Who is the person you know you can always turn to when things feel scary?
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