ਨਾਮੁ ਤੇਰਾ ਮਨ ਤਨ ਆਧਾਰੀ ॥
naam tayraa man tan aaDhaaree.
Your Name is the Support of our mind and body.
ਨਾਨਕ ਦਾਸੁ ਬਖਸੀਸ ਤੁਮਾਰੀ ॥੩॥੮॥
naanak daas bakhsees tumaaree. ||3||8||
This is Your blessing to Nanak, Your slave. ||3||8||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Your Name is what holds up my heart and my whole self.
And that's Your kindness to me — a gift I didn't earn.
The very thing that holds you up is itself a kindness you were given.
The shabad closes: "Your Name is the Support of my mind and body; this is Your blessing to Nanak, Your slave." Even the support we lean on is itself a gift given. The colophon (||3||8||) closes the shabad. For a child: the very thing that holds you up is a kindness you were given.
A Question to Sit With
What's something that holds you up and steadies you that you're thankful for?
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