Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You are the support of anyone who has no other support, my Guide.
Be kind, and keep safe the ones who love You.
I am filled with wonder at that Guide,
for holding the One in mind, my honor was kept whole.
The Ashtapadee closes where it began, in shelter. Needhri-aa satgur dhar tayree — the Guide is the support of the unsupported, the one who holds those with nothing else to lean on. Balihaaree is rendered as being filled with wonder. And jaa kai simran paij savaaree — 'by remembering, my honor was kept' — means that a life held in the One is a life kept whole, its dignity intact. The hymn ends on gratitude, not triumph.
Who has been there for you at a moment when you felt you had no one else?
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