Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Hold the One, pure and bright, in your heart — no one has ever come to that door and been turned away empty-handed.
The One kept you safe before you were even born, and gave you this body and this life.
Keep the One close moment by moment, and the old fears and worries loosen. Few people find the Sangat; Nanak says, I would give myself gladly to the one who does.
Remember the One, and no one is ever sent away empty-handed.
Simrahu ayk niranjan so-oo means: remember the One, the pure One. Niranjan means spotless, with no stain at all. Jaa tay birthaa jaat na ko-oo — no one leaves that door with nothing.
Then the verse gives a reason to trust. The One cared for you in your mother's womb, before you could ask for anything. The One gave you this body and this life. That is a comfort. Grace was holding us long before we knew it. Think of a baby being fed and kept warm. The baby never asked. The love came first.
So keep the One close khin khin, moment by moment. Then old mistakes are covered over. Cries go quiet. Bharam bha-o faataa — doubt and fear tear apart like old paper. The charan kamal, the lotus feet, are a picture of the One's gentle presence. Hold that presence deep inside you. It lifts you out of the bikhi-aa, the murky water of wrong wanting.
Last comes the saadhsang, the Sangat — people gathered together to remember the One. Few people find it, the verse says. Guru Arjan, who wrote this, says he would gladly give himself for such a person.
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