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Raag Soohee, Shabad 74 - Your Hand Pulled Me Out
ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
soohee mehlaa 5.
Soohee, Fifth Mehl:
ਮਹਾ ਅਗਨਿ ਤੇ ਤੁਧੁ ਹਾਥ ਦੇ ਰਾਖੇ ਪਏ ਤੇਰੀ ਸਰਣਾਈ ॥
mahaa agan tay tuDh haath day raakhay pa-ay tayree sarnaa-ee.
Giving me Your Hand, You saved me from the terrible fire, when I sought Your Sanctuary.
ਤੇਰਾ ਮਾਣੁ ਤਾਣੁ ਰਿਦ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਹੋਰ ਦੂਜੀ ਆਸ ਚੁਕਾਈ ॥੧॥
tayraa maan taan rid antar hor doojee aas chukaa-ee. ||1||
Deep within my heart, I respect Your strength; I have abandoned all other hopes. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When everything felt like too much, like a fire I could not get out of, You reached out a hand and held me the moment I turned to You.
Now, deep inside, I lean on Your strength, and I have let go of clutching at every other thing to save me.
When it was too much, a hand reached out the moment I turned toward it.
mahaa agan - the great fire, the burning of anxiety and craving; haath day raakhay - saved by the giving of a hand; hor doojee aas chukaa-ee - other hopes set aside, trust resting in the One. The fire here is a picture of inner overwhelm, not a threat.
A Question to Sit With
Who reached out a hand when things felt like too much for you?
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