Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Only those who are saved by the Name of God are actually saved.
Everyone else is caught in the net of Maya, deluded, running.
O Nanak — only the Lord's servants cross over. The rest are swept away by the current.
The closing pauri makes the stark claim: jis rakhsee so rakhsiaa — whoever the Lord saves is saved. The passive grammar is important: salvation is received, not achieved.
"The Lord's servants cross over" — Har jan lango paar — the servants specifically. Not the scholars, not the religious performers, not the powerful. The servants. Those who have genuinely served, who have genuinely turned toward the divine.
The "crossing over" completes the net metaphor: those caught in Maya's net do not cross; those who found the Guru/Naam are carried across.
What does it mean to you to be 'saved' — what would that feel like, and from what? Is there something in your life you know you need to be saved from?
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