Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Above the heads of all kings is the True King.
The One needs nothing from anyone, the perfect Ruler.
People are drunk on clinging, tangled in doubt and in the ties of home.
Nanak says: we are carried across only by Your mercy.
The One is the True King above every king, and only the One's mercy carries us across.
Sabh saahaa sir saachaa saahu — above the heads of all kings is the True King. Vaymuhtaaj means needing nothing from anyone.
People get caught in moh, clinging, and in bharam, doubt and worry. But the shabad does not end there. It ends on tayree mihar, Your mercy, the one sure rescue. Think of a swimmer tangled in the waves. The rescue comes from the lifeguard, not from the swimmer's own strength.
What does it change to imagine a greatness that needs nothing from anyone?
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