Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Every living thing you can see, God, rests on You.
Not one creature stands on its own — all of it is held up by You.
Every living thing is held up by the One.
Jee-a jant sabh paykhee-ah means all the living beings we can see. Sagal tumaaree Dhaarnaa means all of them rest on Your Dhaarnaa, Your support that holds them up.
Nothing holds itself up by itself. Think of a tree. The branches, the leaves and the birds' nests all hang on the trunk, and the trunk stands on its roots. The One is like the roots and the ground under everything.
This song is an Ashtapadee, a longer song, and each verse here is one long line. This first line sets the ground for all the rest.
What is holding you up that you rarely stop to notice?
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