ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਜਬ ਭਏ ਦਇਆਲ ॥
paarbarahm jab bha-ay da-i-aal.
When the Supreme Lord God becomes merciful,
ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਹੋਆ ਸਾਧ ਰਵਾਲ ॥
ih man ho-aa saaDh ravaal.
this mind becomes the dust of the feet of the Holy.
ਹਸਤ ਕਮਲ ਲੜਿ ਲੀਨੋ ਲਾਇ ॥
hasat kamal larh leeno laa-ay.
With His lotus hands, He has attached us to the hem of His robe.
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਚੈ ਸਾਚਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੪॥੪੧॥੫੨॥
naanak saachai saach samaa-ay. ||4||41||52||
Nanak merges in the Truest of the True. ||4||41||52||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When the Supreme One is kind,
this mind becomes the dust of the feet of the holy.
With lotus hands, the One fastens you to the hem of its robe and keeps you close.
Nanak says: I merge into the Truest of the True.
When you let yourself be led, you settle into what is true.
The One fastens you to the hem of the robe with lotus hands: hasat kamal larh leeno laa-ay, an image of being kept close and safe. The mind that thought it owned everything becomes saadh ravaal, humble as dust, and finds rest in saach, what is true.
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