Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When we let pride run the show and forget the Naam, life can start to feel heavy — like carrying a load of old rusted weight we never needed. The road ahead can look steep and a little frightening when we are weighed down like that.
But here is the hopeful part: no one has to cross it alone. Nanak says: those the Guru protects are carried safely across, the heavy load lifts, and the Naam itself holds them up.
Pauri 27 (Fourth Mehl). paap bikaar manoor — wrongs pictured as rusty slag, a heavy load. The road is bikham daraavnaa, steep and frightening, and no one crosses it on their own strength. gur raakhe say ubray — those the Guru protects are carried across, saved through the Naam (har naam udhaaree). Hope over fear.
Who or what helps carry you when life feels heavy?
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