ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
dayvganDhaaree mehlaa 5.
Dayv-Gandhaaree, Fifth Mehl:
ਹਰਿ ਜਪਿ ਸੇਵਕੁ ਪਾਰਿ ਉਤਾਰਿਓ ॥
har jap sayvak paar utaari-o.
Meditating on the Lord, His servant swims across to salvation.
ਦੀਨ ਦਇਆਲ ਭਏ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਅਪਨੇ ਬਹੁੜਿ ਜਨਮਿ ਨਹੀ ਮਾਰਿਓ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
deen da-i-aal bha-ay parabh apnay bahurh janam nahee maari-o. ||1|| rahaa-o.
When God becomes merciful to the meek, then one does not have to suffer reincarnation, only to die again. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Remembering the One, its servant swims across to freedom.
When the One is merciful to the humble, the circling ends — no more dying only to die again.
Freedom is grace's gift to the humble, not the strong — those low enough to receive it are the ones carried across.
The Pause line names remembrance as the swimmer's stroke that carries a person "across to salvation," and ties the end of the weary cycle to mercy "to the meek." The freedom is grace's gift to the humble, not the strong. Those low enough to receive it are the ones carried across.
A Question to Sit With
Does it comfort you that the way across is offered to the meek, not reserved for the mighty?
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