Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Joy fills my days now, dear friends, and songs of gladness never stop.
The One Himself made my heart beautiful — and here is the wonder: He did not sit and weigh my good points against my faults.
With easy kindness He simply held His own close, and set the Name in their hearts; the pride and clinging that grip everyone, He gently lifted away by His mercy. And so I crossed the sea of fear, and everything came right.
This verse says the One holds us close without first adding up our good and bad points.
Gun avgan na beechaari-aa: He did not weigh my gun, good points, against my avgun, faults. This is grace that stops grading. It holds the heart no matter what its record says. It is one of Guru Arjan's tenderest lines.
Kanth lagaa-ay lee-ay: He hugged them close. Think of a child running into a parent's arms after a hard day. The parent doesn't ask first for a report card. They just hug.
The heart is made beautiful by the One, not by its own achievements. Mercy does the lifting.
When has someone loved you without keeping score of your mistakes?
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