Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Even someone who has made mistakes can be made new. Turn toward the teaching, let the Word settle deep inside, and a quiet steadiness grows there. "I found the One," you can say, "right through the Word — and I was remade."
No one is too far gone to be made new.
Gurmukh paraanee apraadhee seedhay — even apraadhee, people who have done wrong, are seedhay, set straight and made whole, when they turn toward the Guru. This is the mercy of the shabad. Think of a bent bicycle wheel. A patient mechanic works on it, spoke by spoke, until it rolls straight again.
Gur kai sabad antar sahj reedhay — through the Guru's Word, sahj, a calm and natural ease, ripens deep inside. Then the last line speaks as "I." Mayraa parabh paa-i-aa — I have found my God. This is someone telling their own story, not a theory. I was set right, they say, and I am saying so.
Have you ever felt "made new" after doing something wrong and truly turning around? What did that feel like?
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