ਜਿਨਿ ਜਿਨਿ ਕੀਨੀ ਮੇਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਆਸਾ ॥
jin jin keenee mayray gur kee aasaa.
Whoever places his hopes in my Guru,
ਤਿਸ ਕੀ ਕਟੀਐ ਜਮ ਕੀ ਫਾਸਾ ॥੭॥
tis kee katee-ai jam kee faasaa. ||7||
has the noose of death cut away. ||7||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Anyone who leans their hopes on the teaching finds that the grip of death loosens. The fear that our small life is all there is falls away, and something larger holds us.
When you lean your hope on real guidance, the fear of ending loosens its grip.
The literal jam kee faasaa ("the noose of Death") is softened here to "the grip of death," and reframed as release from fear, not a graphic image of a death-messenger. Per wellbeing rules, Death-terror is dropped; the teaching kept is that placing your hope in the guidance dissolves the dread of ending.
A Question to Sit With
What helps you feel less afraid when you think about big, scary things?
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