Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I come to Your shelter, O God, kind to the humble.
The world is a huge, rough, heavy sea; carry me across in the Sangat, humble as the dust at their feet.
Shelter is there for anyone who asks, and the hardest waters are crossed together, in the Sangat.
This is the Rahao, the "pause" line. It is the center of the shabad.
Tayree saran prabh deen daiaalaa means "I come to Your shelter, O Lord, kind to the humble." Saran means shelter. Deen daiaalaa means the One who is gentle with those who feel small.
Mahaa bikham saagar at bhaaree means the huge, rough, heavy ocean of the world. Udhrahu saadhoo sang ravaalaa means "lift me across, with the dust of the feet of the Sangat" — the Sangat — people gathered together to remember the One. Being the dust of their feet means walking humbly beside them.
Think of a school trip across a busy city. No one crosses alone. Everyone holds hands in a line and moves together. That is how the big waters get crossed.
Who helps you get through the roughest days?
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