ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ ॥
dayvganDhaaree.
Dayv-Gandhaaree:
ਅਬ ਹਮ ਚਲੀ ਠਾਕੁਰ ਪਹਿ ਹਾਰਿ ॥
ab ham chalee thaakur peh haar.
Now, I have come, exhausted, to my Lord and Master.
ਜਬ ਹਮ ਸਰਣਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਕੀ ਆਈ ਰਾਖੁ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਭਾਵੈ ਮਾਰਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
jab ham saran parabhoo kee aa-ee raakh parabhoo bhaavai maar. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Now that I have come seeking Your Sanctuary, God, please, either save me, or kill me. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Now I have come, worn out, to my Master.
Having come to Your shelter, One — either save me or let me go; I am wholly in Your hands.
The deepest surrender is handing over even the outcome — 'save me or not, I'm wholly in Your hands' — trust so complete it stops needing control.
The Pause line is a cry of exhausted, total surrender: "I have come, exhausted, to my Lord and Master... either save me, or kill me." This startling line is the peak of self-surrender — the seeker is so completely done with running his own life that he hands over even the outcome, life or death, to the One. It is not despair but the deepest trust: I no longer need to control what happens to me; do with me as You will.
A Question to Sit With
What would it feel like to be so done running your own life that you could truly hand over the outcome?
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