Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Be merciful, my Master, and do not hold me to the account of what I have done.
Kind and compassionate One, ocean of peace, Nanak has come to Your shelter.
The close turns the wake-up entirely toward grace. Having named the wasted attention and the ache, the speaker does not resolve to try harder or list his merits — he asks not to be held to account: "do not hold me to account for my actions." This is the heart of the block's theology: the way out is not a better ledger but mercy, an "ocean of peace" entered through sanctuary. The one who forgot simply comes home and asks to be received. Waking up ends in refuge, not in reckoning.
After realizing you've drifted, is your instinct to earn your way back or to simply come home? What if home is open?
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