ਨਾਰਾਇਣ ਸਦ ਸਦ ਬਖਸਿੰਦ ॥
naaraa-in sad sad bakhsind.
The Lord is forever and ever the Forgiver.
ਨਾਰਾਇਣ ਕੀਨੇ ਸੂਖ ਅਨੰਦ ॥
naaraa-in keenay sookh anand.
The Lord blesses us with peace and bliss.
ਨਾਰਾਇਣ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਕੀਨੋ ਪਰਤਾਪ ॥
naaraa-in pargat keeno partaap.
The Lord has revealed His glory.
ਨਾਰਾਇਣ ਸੰਤ ਕੋ ਮਾਈ ਬਾਪ ॥੩॥
naaraa-in sant ko maa-ee baap. ||3||
The Lord is the mother and father of His Saint. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One is, again and again, the one who forgives.
The One has filled me with peace and quiet joy.
The One's greatness shows itself, out in the open.
The One is mother and father to the devoted.
The One's care is complete — mother and father, both at once.
Naaraa-in sad sad bakhsind — forgiveness again and again, without a limit. The tender close is sant ko maa-ee baap — the One is mother and father to those who love it. Gurbani often reaches for both parents at once to say the One's care is complete: the steadiness usually pictured in a father and the tenderness in a mother, together, with no lack on either side.
A Question to Sit With
What do you get from the people who care for you that feels like both strength and tenderness?
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