Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Merciful One, Master of all, palms pressed together I pray to You.
Nanak, Your servant, says Your Name, and is set free in the blink of an eye.
The close pairs humble prayer with sudden grace: "palms pressed together" and then "redeemed in the twinkling of an eye." The speed matters — liberation is not always a long slog; when grace moves, it can free a person "in an instant." This is the block's recurring reassurance (the One acts "in an instant" throughout): whatever the long years of struggle, the actual turning can be quick, because it is grace's doing, not the slow accumulation of our effort.
Have you ever seen a long-stuck thing shift suddenly, once the right help arrived?
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