Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One takes away pain and is the very life of the whole world.
So I lay everything else aside and simply come to that shelter, trusting it to hold me.
When we set everything down, the One is there to hold us.
Dukh bhanjan jagjeevan har raa-i-aa — the One is dukh bhanjan, the breaker of pain, and jagjeevan, the life of the whole world. Raa-i-aa means king.
Then: sagal ti-aag naanak sarnaa-i-aa — setting everything aside, Nanak comes to the One's saran, shelter. Think of coming home after a long, hard day and dropping your heavy backpack by the door. You don't need to carry it anymore. You're home. That's the feeling of this closing line.
What would it feel like to put down everything you are worried about, just for a moment?
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