ਸਚਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਅਪਾਰਾ ॥
sachaa satgur sabad apaaraa.
True is the True Guru. Infinite is the Word of His Shabad.
ਤਿਸ ਦੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਨਿਸਤਰੈ ਸੰਸਾਰਾ ॥
tis dai sabad nistarai sansaaraa.
Through His Shabad, the world is saved.
ਆਪੇ ਕਰਤਾ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਵੇਖੈ ਦੇਦਾ ਸਾਸ ਗਿਰਾਹਾ ਹੇ ॥੪॥
aapay kartaa kar kar vaykhai daydaa saas giraahaa hay. ||4||
The Creator Himself created the creation; He gazes upon it, and blesses it with breath and nourishment. ||4||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
True is the Guru, and endless is the Guru's Word.
Through that Word the world is carried safely.
The Maker watches over all it made, giving each of us our very breath and our daily bread.
Your very breath and daily food are gifts from the One.
Daydaa saas giraahaa — the One gives both saas (breath) and giraahaa (the morsel, food). A tender image: the same One who creates also sustains us breath by breath, bite by bite. Nistarai sansaaraa — through the Word the world is carried across.
A Question to Sit With
When you eat or take a deep breath, what might you feel grateful for?
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