Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Whatever work you need to get done — tell it to the Lord. Bring it to Him.
He will resolve it. The True Guru gives His Guarantee of Truth. Not a hope, not a maybe — a guarantee.
In the company of the Saints, you taste the treasure of the Ambrosial Nectar.
The Lord is the Merciful Destroyer of Fear — He preserves and protects His servants.
Nanak says: sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord and see the Unseen Lord God.
The Guru as guarantor
Kāraj savāre Satgur, sach dharu dhariā — "He will resolve your affairs; the True Guru gives His Guarantee of Truth." Dharu is a guarantee, a pledge, a surety. The Guru's guarantee is of Truth — not of specific outcomes but of the Lord's ultimate care. The guarantee is not that things will go the way you plan. It is that the Lord is engaged, that the Guru's word holds.
The Guru as guarantor — one who gives his personal guarantee — is a remarkable image. The seeker brings the problem; the Guru pledges the Lord's engagement. This is not superstition or magical thinking. It is the Guru's confidence in the Lord's care, staked as a personal pledge.
"Whatever work you wish to accomplish — tell it to the Lord"
Ji'o ā'iā so kaho Har pāhi — "Whatever work you wish to accomplish — tell it to the Lord." The Pauree opens with an astonishing simplicity: bring it to the Lord. Whatever it is. The language is not reserved for grand spiritual questions — it is about kārj (work, affairs, what needs to get done). The Lord is accessible for the ordinary concerns of ordinary life.
"See the Unseen Lord God"
Nānak, Har guno gā'o, Adrisṭh dekho — "O Nanak, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and see the Unseen Lord God." The means of seeing the unseen Lord is singing His praises. The Kirtan opens the perception that normal sight cannot achieve. The invisible becomes perceptible through the opening that praise creates.
*What would it feel like to bring a practical problem — not just a spiritual one — to the Lord in prayer and trust that it would be genuinely engaged? Have you ever tried this?*
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