Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The ones who are close to your heart keep you in mind, and live by the words of the holy.
They don't just cross the rough waters of life themselves — they pull whole families across with them, the ones before and the ones after. And at the door of the True One, nothing blocks their way; they're welcomed straight in.
This one says no one crosses life's ocean alone. Those who wake up carry their families with them.
It starts with a two-way love: jis toon tuthaa so tuDh Dhi-aa-ay — the one You are pleased with keeps You in mind. They remember the One because they are dear to the One. And they are dear to the One because they remember. Love and remembering feed each other, like two friends who keep calling each other because they both care.
Their practice is named: saaDh janaa kaa mantar kamaa-ay — they live by the mantar, the guiding words, of the saaDh, the holy people who walked the path first. And the fruit comes in a generous picture that appears again and again in Gurbani, the Guru's words: aap tarai saglay kul taaray — they swim across themselves, and they carry their whole kul, their family line, across too. The rough water is the hard, stormy ocean of life in the world. The person who wakes up doesn't cross it alone. Their waking spreads outward and backward and lifts a whole family. Teachers explain in different ways how far that family line reaches. But the heart of it is clear: freedom here isn't a solo prize.
And the welcome is complete: tis dargeh thaak na paavani-aa — at the One's court, nothing stops them. No barrier, no guard turning them away. The soul that lived facing the One arrives at the One's door and finds it already open. It's like coming home late and finding the porch light on and the door unlocked, because someone was waiting for you. No last test to pass, only a welcome that was ready long before.
Whose life has carried you toward something better — and whom might your own life be quietly carrying?
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