Sikhism·Raag Sorath·Shabad 123
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Bonds Cut in a Single Moment

ਸੋਰਠਿ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
sorath mehlaa 5.
Sorat'h, Fifth Mehl:
ਭਇਓ ਕਿਰਪਾਲੁ ਦੀਨ ਦੁਖ ਭੰਜਨੁ ਆਪੇ ਸਭ ਬਿਧਿ ਥਾਟੀ ॥
bha-i-o kirpaal deen dukh bhanjan aapay sabh biDh thaatee.
Becoming merciful, the Destroyer of the pains of the poor has Himself devised all devices.
ਖਿਨ ਮਹਿ ਰਾਖਿ ਲੀਓ ਜਨੁ ਅਪੁਨਾ ਗੁਰ ਪੂਰੈ ਬੇੜੀ ਕਾਟੀ ॥੧॥
khin meh raakh lee-o jan apunaa gur poorai bayrhee kaatee. ||1||
In an instant, He has saved His humble servant; the Perfect Guru has cut away his bonds. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The One who eases the pain of the struggling turns kind, and quietly works out every way to help.

In a single moment It lifts me free, and the teaching cuts away whatever was holding me down.

Help can arrive in a single moment.
The deeper layer

This one says help can arrive in a single moment, and heavy bonds can be cut.

Deen dukh bhanjan: "the One who breaks the pain of the humble." Deen means poor or struggling. Dukh means pain.

Aapay sabh bidh thaatee: the One works out every way to help. It is like a friend quietly fixing your bike chain while you are still wondering what went wrong.

Khin meh raakh lee-o: "in an instant, He saved His own." Khin means a moment, a blink.

Bayrhee kaatee: the chains were cut. A bayrhee is a chain around the feet. Here the chains are inner burdens, the heavy feelings that hold us back. They can be lifted in a moment.

A Question to Sit With

What is something weighing on you that you wish could lift in an instant?

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