ਕਿਸ ਹੀ ਜੋਰੁ ਅਹੰਕਾਰ ਬੋਲਣ ਕਾ ॥
kis hee jor ahaNkaar bolan kaa.
Some speak in egotistical power.
ਕਿਸ ਹੀ ਜੋਰੁ ਦੀਬਾਨ ਮਾਇਆ ਕਾ ॥
kis hee jor deebaan maa-i-aa kaa.
Some have the power of authority and Maya.
ਮੈ ਹਰਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਟੇਕ ਧਰ ਅਵਰ ਨ ਕਾਈ ਤੂ ਕਰਤੇ ਰਾਖੁ ਮੈ ਨਿਮਾਣੀ ਹੇ ॥੧੩॥
mai har bin tayk Dhar avar na kaa-ee too kartay raakh mai nimaanee hay. ||13||
I have no other Support at all, except the Lord. O Creator Lord, please save me, meek and dishonored. ||13||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Some people lean on being loud and proud, some on power or money.
I have no other support at all, only the One. Creator, keep me safe — I have no honor of my own.
You do not need to be loud or powerful to be held by the One.
Some lean on ahankaar (loud pride), some on maa-i-aa (power and wealth); one who has only the One as tayk (support) leans on nothing else. Nimaanee — without honor, small — is an honest word about standing before the Creator with nothing to show.
A Question to Sit With
Where do you turn when you feel small?
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