Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Every being and creature rests in His hands - the Merciful to the meek, the Patron of the abandoned.
No one can destroy whom He protects. And to be forgotten by Him - that would be the only real death.
Leaving Him, where would anyone even go? Over every head stands the One Stainless King. Every strategy of every being sits in His hands.
Inside you and outside you - know Him with you. He is an ocean of goodness, without any far shore. To Him, this servant is given, forever.
This one says the One holds everyone, and being remembered by the One is what life really is.
jee-a jantar sabh taa kai haath — every being is in the One's hands. The One is kind to the weak and looks after those who have no one else.
Two lines carry the weight. First: jis raakhai tis ko-ay na maarai — no one can destroy the one the One protects. That is a strong promise of care. An earlier section showed it with an ant walking safely through armies.
Then the other side: so moo-aa jis manhu bisaarai — the one the One forgets is the one who has died. This changes what "dead" means. It is not about the heart stopping. It is about the connection dropping. Think of a phone that still has battery but has lost all signal. And a person the One remembers cannot finally die. An earlier section says they become amar, deathless.
Then a line every child can keep: antar baahar jaanhu saath — inside and outside, know that the One is with you. Not only around you like the weather. Not only within you like your breath. Both. There is nowhere to stand outside that company.
tis taj avar kahaa ko jaa-ay — leaving the One, where would anyone go? Every exit from the Everywhere leads right back in.
Inside you and outside you at once - is there anywhere you could go, even in imagination, that would be away?
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