ਮਸਤਕਿ ਭਾਰੁ ਕਲਰ ਸਿਰਿ ਭਾਰਾ ॥
mastak bhaar kalar sir bhaaraa.
He carries the heavy load of sins on his forehead and head.
ਕਿਉ ਕਰਿ ਭਵਜਲੁ ਲੰਘਸਿ ਪਾਰਾ ॥
ki-o kar bhavjal langhas paaraa.
How can he cross the terrifying world-ocean?
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਬੋਹਿਥੁ ਆਦਿ ਜੁਗਾਦੀ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮਿ ਨਿਸਤਾਰਾ ਹੇ ॥੮॥
satgur bohith aad jugaadee raam naam nistaaraa hay. ||8||
From the very beginning of time, and throughout the ages, the True Guru has been the boat; through the Lord's Name, He carries us across. ||8||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Old heavy habits can sit on us like a load we did not mean to carry.
How do we cross such a wide, daunting ocean weighed down like that?
The answer has been here since the beginning: the True Guru is a boat, and the Naam lightens us and carries us gently over.
Set the heavy load down and step into the boat that has waited all along.
Mastak bhaar kalar sir bhaaraa — a heavy load sits on the head. How can anyone cross the bhavjal, the world-ocean, like that? The True Guru is the bohith, the boat, here aad jugaadee, from the very beginning, and the Naam carries us over.
A Question to Sit With
What is a heavy feeling you could set down before crossing into tomorrow?
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