Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You are all-powerful, beyond words, beyond grasping; my soul and body are Your investment.
By Your mercy, may I find peace — this is Nanak's lasting prayer.
The ending hands everything back to the One.
Too samrath akath agochar — You are all-powerful, beyond words, beyond what we can grasp. Jee-o pind tayree raas — my soul and body are Your raas, Your treasure, given to me to look after. Even your own self is on loan from the One. Think of a library book. You can read it and love it. But you take good care of it, because it belongs to someone else.
Then the whole shabad narrows to one lasting prayer. Raham tayree sukh paa-i-aa — by Your mercy, may I find peace. After all the comfort, the deepest wish is simply peace. It is the calm of a heart that has stopped wobbling, because it trusts the carefree, merciful Provider.
If your very self were 'on loan' from a merciful source, how might you hold it — and your worries — differently?
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