Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Those the One has shown mercy to enshrine the One in their hearts and treasure it in their minds.
The Judge of what's right has torn up my papers; servant Nanak's account is settled.
This part says grace can simply tear up the record of your mistakes.
In the old picture, every soul has an account. It is like a file of everything you ever did. Dharam raa-ay, the Judge of what's right, reads it at the end. Guru Ram Das says dar kaagad faaray — the papers are torn up. The case is dropped. The account is settled. The worry of being judged is just cancelled.
This answers the "debt" in the raag's very first shabad. There, the debt was paid off. Here, the whole file is torn. Nobody has to slowly work it down. Picture a teacher tearing up a stack of detention slips and saying, "Fresh start."
For anyone who feels always on trial, this is a huge relief. The papers are gone, and you are free.
What would it feel like to know that the 'file' of your mistakes had been torn up, and you weren't on trial anymore?
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