ਮੇਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਵੇਪਰਵਾਹੁ ਹੈ ਨਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਤਿਲੁ ਨ ਤਮਾਇ ॥
mayraa parabh vayparvaahu hai naa tis til na tamaa-ay.
My God is independent and self-sufficient; he does not have even an iota of greed.
ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਸੁ ਸਰਣਾਈ ਭਜਿ ਪਉ ਆਪੇ ਬਖਸਿ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥੪॥੫॥
naanak tis sarnaa-ee bhaj pa-o aapay bakhas milaa-ay. ||4||5||
O Nanak, run to His Sanctuary; granting His forgiveness, He merges us into Himself. ||4||5||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One I love is completely carefree, needing nothing, wanting nothing from me.
There is not the smallest bit of greed in that One, only openness.
Nanak says: I run gladly into that shelter, where forgiveness folds me right in.
The One who loves you wants nothing from you but your nearness.
Vayparvaahu, carefree and self-sufficient, is one of Gurbani's most freeing images: the One needs nothing from us and has not an iota of greed. So we can approach without fear of failing a test; we simply run to the sanctuary (sarnaa-ee bhaj pa-o), and grace (bakhas) folds us in.
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