Sikhism·Raag Maaroo·Shabad 145
Verse 28 of 92

With You On My Side, What Is Left to Fear?

ਪਉੜੀ ॥
pa-orhee.
Pauree:
ਜਾ ਤੂ ਮੇਰੈ ਵਲਿ ਹੈ ਤਾ ਕਿਆ ਮੁਹਛੰਦਾ ॥
jaa too mayrai val hai taa ki-aa muhchhandaa.
When You are on my side, Lord, what do I need to worry about?
ਤੁਧੁ ਸਭੁ ਕਿਛੁ ਮੈਨੋ ਸਉਪਿਆ ਜਾ ਤੇਰਾ ਬੰਦਾ ॥
tuDh sabh kichh maino sa-upi-aa jaa tayraa bandaa.
You entrusted everything to me, when I became Your slave.
ਲਖਮੀ ਤੋਟਿ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਖਾਇ ਖਰਚਿ ਰਹੰਦਾ ॥
lakhmee tot na aavee khaa-ay kharach rahandaa.
My wealth is inexhaustible, no matter how much I spend and consume.
ਲਖ ਚਉਰਾਸੀਹ ਮੇਦਨੀ ਸਭ ਸੇਵ ਕਰੰਦਾ ॥
lakh cha-oraaseeh maydnee sabh sayv karandaa.
The 8.4 million species of beings all work to serve me.
ਏਹ ਵੈਰੀ ਮਿਤ੍ਰ ਸਭਿ ਕੀਤਿਆ ਨਹ ਮੰਗਹਿ ਮੰਦਾ ॥
ayh vairee mitar sabh keeti-aa nah mangeh mandaa.
All these enemies have become my friends, and no one wishes me ill.
ਲੇਖਾ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਪੁਛਈ ਜਾ ਹਰਿ ਬਖਸੰਦਾ ॥
laykhaa ko-ay na puchh-ee jaa har bhakhsandaa.
No one calls me to account, since God is my forgiver.
ਅਨੰਦੁ ਭਇਆ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਮਿਲਿ ਗੁਰ ਗੋਵਿੰਦਾ ॥
anand bha-i-aa sukh paa-i-aa mil gur govindaa.
I have become blissful, and I have found peace, meeting with the Guru, the Lord of the Universe.
ਸਭੇ ਕਾਜ ਸਵਾਰਿਐ ਜਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੰਦਾ ॥੭॥
sabhay kaaj savaari-ai jaa tuDh bhaavandaa. ||7||
All my affairs have been resolved, since You are pleased with me. ||7||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

When You are on my side, what do I have to worry about?

You handed everything into my care, and now even the ones who once stood against me have turned into friends — no one wishes me harm.

No one holds my mistakes over me, because You forgive; I have found deep peace, meeting the Guru, the Master of the whole universe.

When you carry no ill will, the world stops feeling like an enemy.
The deeper layer

Pure trust and relief. The image of enemies becoming friends and 'no one wishes me ill' flows from the nirvair heart — one with no enemy, because it carries no ill will. Being forgiven, all the knots untie.

A Question to Sit With

How does it feel when you finally let a grudge go?

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