ਜਾ ਕਉ ਤੁਮ ਦੀਨੀ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਧੀਰ ॥
jaa ka-o tum deenee parabh Dheer.
Those, unto whom You give Your consolation, God
ਤਾ ਕੈ ਨਿਕਟਿ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਪੀਰ ॥੩॥
taa kai nikat na aavai peer. ||3||
- pain does not even approach them. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When You steady me and give me courage, pain cannot even come close. It may knock at the door, but it does not get in.
Real inner steadiness keeps pain from ever reaching your core.
Dheer is steadiness, the inner strength that consolation brings. Peer is pain or ache. The line does not claim that painful things stop happening; it says that when you are truly steadied from within, pain loses its power to overwhelm you -- it cannot come near the settled core of you.
A Question to Sit With
When has a calm, steady feeling inside helped you handle something that hurt?
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