Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The people who live close to the One aren't looking around for anything else to lean on. They walk through life without worry, warmed by a love that never runs cold, sure that the deepest thing in existence is on their side.
"Your shelter is so high," they say — stretched over everything, so no smaller power can reach them. And what they've found is something that doesn't die; the ones who understand stay soaked in that love.
Raag Todee opens with Guru Arjan naming a certain kind of person: the sant, the one who has settled into the One. Their mark is bayparvaah — carefree, not because they are careless, but because they have stopped shopping for backup. When you truly trust the ground under your feet, you don't keep testing it. "Your canopy is so high" pictures the One as a vast shelter stretched over everything — and if that is your cover, no smaller power can threaten you. The word amar (immortal, deathless) is the treasure the devotees find: a connection to what does not end.
What does it feel like to lean on something you completely trust — versus always keeping an escape route ready?
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