ਤੁਝ ਹੀ ਕੀਆ ਜੰਮਣ ਮਰਣਾ ॥
tujh hee kee-aa jaman marnaa.
You have created birth and death.
ਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਸਮਝ ਪੜੀ ਕਿਆ ਡਰਣਾ ॥
gur tay samajh parhee ki-aa darnaa.
Why should anyone fear, if they come to understand through the Guru?
ਤੂ ਦਇਆਲੁ ਦਇਆ ਕਰਿ ਦੇਖਹਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਦਰਦੁ ਸਰੀਰਹੁ ਜਾਈ ਹੇ ॥੫॥
too da-i-aal da-i-aa kar daykheh dukh darad sareerahu jaa-ee hay. ||5||
When You, O Merciful Lord, look with Your kindness, then pain and suffering leave the body. ||5||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You made both being born and going home again; both of them belong to You.
So why should I be afraid of either one, once the Guru helps me understand?
When You look at me with kindness, my aches and my worries quietly leave.
If the same loving One made both birth and death, neither needs to be feared.
Here is one of the great comfort verses of the death-raag. Because the same loving One made both birth and death, neither needs to be feared; understanding, not force, dissolves the fear, and kindness eases pain.
A Question to Sit With
What is a fear that feels smaller once someone kind explains it to you?
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