Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I can't find anywhere else to go; I'm worn out, and I've sunk down right at Your door.
Don't add up all my mistakes — just let me through. I've got nothing to offer; please, catch me.
This is one of the most vulnerable verses in Todee: "I have grown weary, and collapsed at Your door." No pretense of worthiness — "please ignore my account" literally asks the One not to tally up the ledger of wrongs. "I am worthless" is not self-hatred here but honest emptiness of hands — the recognition that one cannot earn rescue and can only be given it. This is the exact posture the tradition trusts: not the strong bargaining, but the exhausted being caught.
Is it hard to ask for help when you have nothing to offer in return? Why might that kind of asking be okay?
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