Everywhere Else Broken Is Discarded; Here It's the Specialty
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Master of the world is the Mender of the broken - He Himself tends every being.
Everyone's cares are on His mind. No one - no one - is turned away from that door.
So remember Him always, dear mind: the Imperishable, who is everything in everything. On our own steam nothing truly completes, wish as we may a hundred times over.
Without Him, nothing serves you in the end. Freedom comes by taking the Name of the One.
The One is the Mender of the broken, and no one is ever turned away.
Tootee gaadhanhaar gopaal — the Lord of the world mends what is broken. Notice who the One is here. Not someone who only admires things that are whole. The One's special skill is fixing what has snapped, shattered, or failed. In most places, being broken counts against you. A phone with a cracked screen sells for less. Here, being broken is exactly what brings the Mender close.
The next lines stretch the welcome as far as it goes. Sagal kee chintaa jis man maahi — everyone's cares are on the One's mind. Tis tay birthaa ko-ee naahi — no one is turned away from that door. Earlier in Sukhmani, the same open door was promised for the Sangat, the gathering of good people. Here we learn it is the Owner's own rule.
The pauri is honest about our own effort. Aapan kee-aa kachhoo na ho-ay — nothing gets done on our own steam, even if we wish it a hundred times. This is not meant to make us give up. It points us to the right door. All that wishing was knocking one house over from the Mender's.
When something in you feels broken, do you hide it or bring it somewhere? Where can broken things actually go?
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