Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
By the kind mercy of the holy, the Name has been planted within me,
and the most dreadful desires are gone.
This one is about how the Name crowds out our worst cravings.
Naam drirh-aa-i-aa saaDh kirpaal — by the kindness of holy people, the Name has been planted deep in me. The Name, or Naam, is the loving remembrance of the One.
Mit ga-ee bhookh mahaa bikraal — the fiercest hunger is gone. This means the deepest, most stubborn wants.
Those cravings were not beaten in a fight. They were crowded out. Picture a garden. If you fill it with healthy plants, the weeds have no room to grow. Earlier shabads teach the same thing: plant the Name, and it takes up the space.
What good thing, planted in you, might crowd out an old craving?
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