Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When we forget the good, life can feel lonely and hard, like a long road with nothing to lean on.
The good things you plant now are what nourish you along the way.
Without something true to hold onto, we can feel friendless — but that friend is always available.
The verse honestly describes a life without the good as a hard, dark road — "no water, no food, no friend." The frightening literal imagery (chains, the Messenger striking) is set aside, per the wellbeing rules; what's kept is the gentle truth that a life with nothing good to lean on feels lonely and hard, and its remedy: "without the True Lord, no one is his friend" — so keep that Friend close. The "seeds planted" line is the karma-as-planting image: what you sow, you find on the road. For a child: a life with nothing good to hold onto can feel lonely — so keep a true Friend close, always.
Who is a true friend you can always lean on, no matter what?
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