Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
By Your grace, I receive the True Name.
I stay in Your shelter, with love, with an easy heart.
From You, love and devotion have welled up inside me.
Following the Guru, I chant and keep the Naam of the One in my thoughts.
Everything good comes as a gift, even the love we feel for the One.
Karam milai paavai sach naa-o — by grace, a person receives the True Name. Karam here means grace, a kindness freely given. You cannot earn it, the way you cannot earn a hug from someone who loves you. It is simply given.
Tum saranaagat raha-o subhaa-o — I stay in Your shelter, naturally. Subhaa-o means with ease, the way you relax at home without trying.
Then comes the most surprising line. Tum tay upji-o bhagtee bhaa-o — love and devotion rose up from You. Even our love for the One is not something we build by ourselves. It wells up from the One, like water from a spring. That is the answer to all the questions earlier in the shabad: grace, received with an open heart.
When has a good feeling risen in you on its own, unforced?
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