Salok Mehlaa 9, Salok 53 — when my strength is gone
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
My strength is gone, I am held in chains, and nothing I do helps at all.
Nanak says: now the One is my shelter. Be my help, as You were for the elephant in the old story.
When all my own strength is gone, the One is the shelter to turn to.
Bal chhutki-o banDhan paray: strength has slipped away and chains hold me. Kachhoo na hot upaa-ay: nothing I try works. The verse is marked dohraa, a kind of two-line verse.
Ab ot har: now the One is my shelter. Gaj ji-o hohu sahaa-ay: be my help, as for the elephant. In the old story of Gajendra, an elephant king was caught by a crocodile in a lake. When all his strength failed, he called on the Lord and was saved.
When you have reached the end of what you can do alone, how does it feel to finally ask for help?
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