Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Those people cross safely over the hardest, roughest waters — the ones on whom the One turns a glance of grace.
The hardest waters of life are crossed by those who receive the One's kind glance.
Bikham saagar tay-ee jan taray — they alone cross the rough ocean. Bikham means treacherous, hard to get through. The ocean is this world, with all its storms. Jaa ka-o nadar karay — the ones on whom the One casts a glance. Nadar is a glance of grace, a kind and loving look.
The verse says nadar is what makes the crossing possible. It does not explain how that glance is given.
One way to hear it today is this. Grace is not a prize handed out to favorites. It is more like the sun, always shining. The ones it "falls on" are the ones who open the window and let it in.
What rough patch have you crossed that felt impossible until help arrived?
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