Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
My heart has been clouded over so many times. I can hardly find the words.
So I simply come and stand in Your shelter. Please lift the whole weight off me.
This one says: come just as you are, and let the weight be lifted.
Kot paraaDh achhaadi-o: covered over by countless mistakes. The Guru says his heart has been clouded so many times that he can't find the words.
So he does the one thing that is needed. He comes deen saran, empty-handed, into the One's shelter. And he asks: sabh laykhaa rakhahu uthaa-ee. Lift up the whole account and set it aside.
Think of a teacher who takes your page full of wrong answers, tears it up, and says, "Let's start fresh." That is grace in Gurbani, the Guru's words. The record isn't added up. It's cancelled. Coming this way is not about shame. It is about showing up honestly.
Is there something heavy you've been carrying that you could simply set down?
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