ਖਿਨੁ ਰਮ ਗੁਰ ਗਮ ਹਰਿ ਦਮ ਨਹ ਜਮ ਹਰਿ ਕੰਠਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਉਰਿ ਹਾਰੀ ਰੇ ॥੨॥੫॥੧੩੪॥
khin ram gur gam har dam nah jam har kanth naanak ur haaree ray. ||2||5||134||
Chanting it even for a moment, I rise to the Guru; meditating on it, one is not trapped by the Messenger of Death. The Lord has placed it as a garland around Nanak's neck, and within his heart. ||2||5||134||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Chanting it even for a moment, I rise to the Guru; meditating on it, one is not trapped by Death.
The Lord has placed it as a garland around Nanak's neck, and within his heart.
The Name is a garland worn around the neck and held in the heart at once.
Even "a moment" of chanting lifts the soul, and meditation frees it from death's trap. And the lovely closing image: the Name as "a garland around Nanak's neck, and within his heart" — worn outwardly and held inwardly, an ornament of love that is also the soul's life.
A Question to Sit With
What would you wear, inside and out, as the mark of what you love most?
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