Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
If everything I ever did had to be tallied and weighed, I would never come out even — I slip and stumble again and again, every moment. That is just being human.
So I do not stand on my record. Instead Nanak turns toward the One who forgives, and simply asks: lift me across. And that request is never turned away — mercy is always there for the reaching.
No one comes out even on the ledger, and the One who forgives carries you across.
Laykhai kateh na chhootee-ai — by accounting no one comes clear — and the ledger sets the stage for grace. Khin khin bhoolanhaar — slipping every moment — is simply being human. The pivot is bakhsanhaar bakhas lai... paar utaar — the Forgiver forgives and carries across: mercy always available, received as a gift. The heart stops standing on its record and holds out empty hands to grace.
When you make a mistake, is it easier to be hard on yourself, or to simply ask for a fresh start?
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