Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I heard the teaching, yet the deeper understanding hasn't fully risen in me, and so much of my day is just filling my belly.
But here is my trust. Your way is always to lift up whoever has fallen. When I lean on that, I, too, am carried across.
Even when I fall short, I can lean on the One, whose nature is always to lift up the fallen.
The verse begins with plain honesty. Pas ji-o udar bhara-o — like an animal, I just fill my belly. It is an honest word about falling short, not a harsh one.
Then comes the turn. Parabh birad pachhaana-o — I lean on the One's birad, the One's settled nature. That nature is always to lift up whoever has fallen. Tab ha-o patit tara-o — then I too am carried across.
Think of a parent who always picks a child up after a fall. The child does not have to earn it. It is simply who the parent is.
So this last shabad of Guru Tegh Bahadur here ends on comfort and trust in the One's kindness.
Whose steady kindness can you lean on when your own effort feels like it isn't enough?
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