Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Through the teacher's word, the old fear of endings ended for me; I don't have to keep passing through that door of pain again.
So Nanak holds tight to the One's shelter, bowing, again and again, with a full and grateful heart.
"Birth and death are ended for me" — read gently for children, this is the end of being ruled by the fear of endings, the door of "pain and suffering" no longer the doorway you dread. The response is beautifully simple and physical: "again and again, he bows in humility and reverence." Gratitude here isn't a single thank-you but a repeated bowing — the posture of a heart so relieved and so full that one bow can't contain it. The shabad seals the raag's great promise: held by the hand, lifted from the sea, the fear undone, and nothing left to do but bow in thanks.
When something you were really afraid of turns out okay, what's the feeling? How do you show thanks for it?
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