Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
By grace, one crosses the wide sea of the world.
And the small mistakes gathered over a long, long time are all washed clean away.
It is grace that carries us across, and grace that washes old mistakes clean.
Gur parsaadee saagar tari-aa — by the Guru's grace, one crosses the ocean. The ocean is the whole wide world, with all its waves of worry and wanting.
This does not mean effort is useless. The verses around this one still ask us to keep the One in the heart and to remember. Grace and effort go together.
Janam janam kay kilvikh sabh hiri-aa — the mistakes of lifetime after lifetime are all wiped away. Think of a whiteboard covered with years of old scribbles. One wipe, and it is clean again. The same grace that carries us across also clears away all that old mess.
When has help you didn't earn carried you across something you couldn't cross alone?
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