Sikhism·Raag Sorath·Shabad 57
Verse 2 of 4

The One Leans Closest to the Small and Struggling

ਪ੍ਰਭ ਜੀਉ ਤੂ ਮੇਰੋ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਦਾਤਾ ॥
parabh jee-o too mayro saahib daataa.
O Dear God, You are my Lord Master and Great Giver.
ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਦੀਨ ਦਇਆਲਾ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਉ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤਾ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
kar kirpaa parabh deen da-i-aalaa gun gaava-o rang raataa. rahaa-o.
By Your Mercy, O God, Merciful to the meek, imbue me with Your Love, that I might sing Your Glorious Praises. ||Pause||
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਇਆ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਸਗਲ ਬਿਨਾਸੀ ॥
satgur naam niDhaan drirh-aa-i-aa chintaa sagal binaasee.
The True Guru has implanted the treasure of the Naam within me, and all my anxieties have been dispelled.
ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਅਪੁਨੋ ਕਰਿ ਲੀਨਾ ਮਨਿ ਵਸਿਆ ਅਬਿਨਾਸੀ ॥੨॥
kar kirpaa apuno kar leenaa man vasi-aa abhinaasee. ||2||
By His Mercy, He has made me His own, and the imperishable Lord has come to dwell within my mind. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Dear One, You are my Master and my Giver — so be kind, You who are gentle with the small and the struggling, and let me sing Your praises, colored through with Your love.

The teaching planted the treasure of the Name inside me, and every worry scattered. In kindness the One made me its own, and the undying One came to live in my mind.

The One leans especially close to the small and the struggling.
The deeper layer

The Pause calls the One deen da-i-aalaa — tender toward the meek, the ones the world overlooks. That is where Sikhi keeps pointing the light: not toward the powerful, but toward the small and struggling. Naam nidhaan drirh-aa-i-aa — the treasure was firmly planted, and with it chintaa sagal binaasee, anxiety scattered. Apuno kar leenaa — made me its own; belonging that we receive, not achieve.

A Question to Sit With

Have you ever felt truly claimed — like you belonged to someone or something for good?

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