You Bring Remembrance; the Master Brings the Rest
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The servant moves with the Master's flow, and loves the serving itself - always.
Trust fills the servant's mind; the daily life stays clean and clear.
The servant knows the Master is right here - beside, within, throughout - and stays tuned to the Name.
And the Master? He tends His servant like a gardener - the Formless keeps him safe, pours out mercy on him. Such a servant remembers, breath by breath.
The servant brings remembrance, breath by breath. The Master brings everything else.
This pauri sets up the great exchange at the center of this song, and it shows both sides. The servant's side comes first. The servant obeys, which here means moving with Hukam, the flow of existence, not cowering. The servant worships, trusts and lives cleanly. The servant jaanai sang, knows the Master is near. Sukhmani said earlier that feeling the One near is the cure for inner blindness. And the servant is tuned to the Name.
Then comes the Master's side, in three words that grow more tender. He cherishes: paalanhaaraa, the word for raising a child. He protects. He pours out mercy.
Gurbani calls this two-way bond sayvaa, loving service. And the uneven part is the point. The servant brings saas saas samaarai, remembrance with every breath. The Master brings everything else. It is like a toddler who brings a hug, while the parent brings the food, the home and the whole world.
The humblest role, the servant, turns out to be the safest place in the universe. The next pauri shows just how far that protection goes.
In your family, who tends whom? What does being lovingly tended allow a person to become?
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