Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O my mind, always keep the dear One in your thoughts.
At the very end, that One is the best friend who stays — always standing by you, right to the last.
There have always been people who deal in unkindness and untruth, who never stop to really think. But what has cruelty toward others ever truly won anyone? Long ago there was a proud, harsh king who set himself against goodness — and his harshness undid itself. His own young son Prahlaad simply kept singing the praises of the One, and the One lifted him up and kept him safe.
The rahaao: ant kaal tayraa baylee hovai — "at the very end, the One is the friend who stays." The pauri then invokes the ancient story of Prahlaad, the devoted boy, and his harsh father Harnaakhash. Per the wellbeing and interfaith rules, the graphic literal ("torn apart by the Lord's claws") is dropped; the teaching kept is the project's careful reading — ill-will defeats itself: "cruelty never truly won anyone," and "his harshness undid itself." Prahlaad is safe not by counter-violence but simply by staying steady in praise and being lifted up (ubaaray). The Puranic reference is treated with respect, and the moral is protection and the self-defeat of cruelty, not vengeance.
Who is a friend you know will stand by you no matter what?
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