Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You are my honor, You are my wealth. You are my dignity, You are my very breath. And the teaching has mended what was broken in me, joining together what had come apart.
This one says the teaching mends what had come apart inside you.
The shabad keeps speaking to the One. Maan, honor. Dhaan, wealth. Pat, dignity. Paraan, the breath of life. The One is all of these.
Then comes a striking picture: gur tootee lai joree — the Guru joined together what had snapped. Something in the person had been cut off: from the Source, from feeling whole, from their own true self. The teaching quietly tied it back together.
Think of a necklace string that breaks, and someone gently threads the beads back on. This picture of healing does not add something new. It mends a broken thread.
Has something that felt broken in you ever been quietly mended?
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