Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When we get tangled and stuck, remembering the good can loosen the knot.
Like the elephant caught by the crocodile, who called out and was set free — help comes when you reach for it.
A landmark: the beloved story of the elephant and the crocodile. In the old tale, an elephant drinking at a lake is seized by the leg by a crocodile and, unable to free itself, cries out to the Divine — and is released. Guru Ram Das uses it for the moment we feel caught and stuck: remembering the good "unties the knot," and help comes when we reach for it. It's a perfect child's image — when you're stuck and can't get free on your own, calling for help works. For a child: when you feel caught and stuck, calling for help works — like the elephant who called out and was set free.
When have you felt stuck, called for help, and been set free?
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