ਜੀਉ ਪ੍ਰਾਨ ਅਧਾਰੁ ਤੇਰਾ ਤੂ ਨਿਥਾਵੇ ਥਾਉ ॥
jee-o paraan aDhaar tayraa too nithaavay thaa-o.
You are the Support of the soul and the breath of life; You are the Home of the homeless.
ਸਾਸਿ ਸਾਸਿ ਸਮ੍ਹ੍ਹਾਲਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਦ ਬਲਿ ਜਾਉ ॥੨॥੬੧॥੮੪॥
saas saas samHaal har har naanak sad bal jaa-o. ||2||61||84||
With each and every breath, I dwell on the Lord, Har, Har; O Nanak, I am forever a sacrifice to Him. ||2||61||84||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You are the support of my soul and my very breath; You are the home for anyone who has no home.
Nanak says: with every breath in and out I hold the One close, and my whole heart is grateful, again and again.
The One is a home for everyone the world leaves out.
The One is a home for whoever has no home.
Nithaavay thaa-o, a home for the homeless, is one of the tenderest names for the One: whoever is left out everywhere else is welcomed here. Saas saas samHaal — holding the One with each breath — makes remembering as steady and natural as breathing. Sad bal jaa-o, forever giving myself over, is the gratitude of a full heart.
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