Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I take the Support of the Lord's Lotus Feet. There is no other place of rest for me.
I lean upon You as my Support, O Supreme Lord God. I exist only by Your Power.
O God, You are the Honor of the dishonored. I seek to merge with You.
The Lotus Feet (charan kamal) of the Lord — the classic devotional image of the lowest submission: taking support from the divine's feet. The Lotus Feet are not literal; they represent the closest and most humble approach to the divine — not as an equal, not standing face-to-face, but at the feet.
"I exist only by Your Power" — tere bal — my entire existence is by Your strength. There is no independent capacity. Every breath, every thought, every capacity is the Lord's.
"Honor of the dishonored" — nimaanay maan — from Guru Ram Das's vocabulary, repeated here: the divine specializes in giving honor to those the world has dishonored.
What or who do you most fundamentally lean on — the actual source of your strength when everything else has run out? Is that the Lord? Something else? What is it?
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