Sikhism·Raag Aasaa·Shabad 229
Verse 2 of 5

Give Your Deepest Love Singly to the One

ਹਰਿ ਕੋ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪੀਐ ਨੀਤਿ ॥
har ko naam japee-ai neet.
Chant continually the Name of the Lord.
ਸਾਸਿ ਸਾਸਿ ਧਿਆਇ ਸੋ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਤਿਆਗਿ ਅਵਰ ਪਰੀਤਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
saas saas Dhi-aa-ay so parabh ti-aag avar pareet. ||1|| rahaa-o.
With each and every breath, meditate on God, and renounce other love. ||1||Pause||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Chant the Name of the One continually.

With each and every breath, meditate on God, and renounce other love.

Give your deepest love singly to the One, with every breath.
The deeper layer

The Pause: continual chanting, "with each and every breath," and "renounce other love." Not that other loves are wicked, but that the soul's deepest love must be single — given wholly to the One, with each breath.

A Question to Sit With

What deserves your deepest, most single-hearted love?

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