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Sikhism·Raag Raamkalee·Shabad 113
Verse 62 of 74

Do Not Be Anxious, You Are Cared For

ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੨ ॥
salok mehlaa 2.
Shalok, Second Mehl:
ਨਾਨਕ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਮਤਿ ਕਰਹੁ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਤਿਸ ਹੀ ਹੇਇ ॥
naanak chintaa mat karahu chintaa tis hee hay-ay.
O Nanak, don't be anxious; the Lord will take care of you.
ਜਲ ਮਹਿ ਜੰਤ ਉਪਾਇਅਨੁ ਤਿਨਾ ਭਿ ਰੋਜੀ ਦੇਇ ॥
jal meh jant upaa-i-an tinaa bhe rojee day-ay.
He created the creatures in water, and He gives them their nourishment.
ਓਥੈ ਹਟੁ ਨ ਚਲਈ ਨਾ ਕੋ ਕਿਰਸ ਕਰੇਇ ॥
othai hat na chal-ee naa ko kiras karay-i.
There are no stores open there, and no one farms there.
ਸਉਦਾ ਮੂਲਿ ਨ ਹੋਵਈ ਨਾ ਕੋ ਲਏ ਨ ਦੇਇ ॥
sa-udaa mool na hova-ee naa ko la-ay na day-ay.
No business is ever transacted there, and no one buys or sells.
ਜੀਆ ਕਾ ਆਹਾਰੁ ਜੀਅ ਖਾਣਾ ਏਹੁ ਕਰੇਇ ॥
jee-aa kaa aahaar jee-a khaanaa ayhu karay-i.
Animals eat other animals; this is what the Lord has given them as food.
ਵਿਚਿ ਉਪਾਏ ਸਾਇਰਾ ਤਿਨਾ ਭਿ ਸਾਰ ਕਰੇਇ ॥
vich upaa-ay saa-iraa tinaa bhe saar karay-i.
He created them in the oceans, and He provides for them as well.
ਨਾਨਕ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਮਤ ਕਰਹੁ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਤਿਸ ਹੀ ਹੇਇ ॥੧॥
naanak chintaa mat karahu chintaa tis hee hay-ay. ||1||
O Nanak, don't be anxious; the Lord will take care of you. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Nanak says: do not be anxious; the One will take care of you.

The One made the creatures in the water, and gives them their food.

There are no stores down there, and no one farms.

No business is ever done there; no one buys and no one sells.

Creatures eat other creatures; that is the food the One has given them.

The One made them in the oceans, and looks after them too.

Nanak says: do not be anxious; the One will take care of you.

The One that feeds the fish in the deep ocean is taking care of you too.
The deeper layer

Do not be anxious: the One will take care of you. Creatures in the deep ocean, where there are no shops and no farms, are fed all the same.

This Second Mehl shalok is one of Gurbani's great trust verses, opening and closing on the same refrain, Nanak chintaa mat karahu. Its trust is the same one Anand Sahib shows when it remembers how the One cared for you even before you were born.

A Question to Sit With

What worry could you set down if you trusted you were cared for?

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI

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