Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
How fortunate are those who are joined to the Guru's service.
Night and day they live in devotion; the True Name is planted firm within them.
Through the Name, all their generations are carried across.
The luckiest people are the ones given a place in the Guru's service.
Say vadbhaagee je gur sayvaa laa-ay — greatly fortunate are those joined to the Guru's service. Notice what counts as good fortune here. It is not money or an easy life. It is being laa-ay, joined and put to work, in service. Even that joining is done for them. Underneath the effort, grace is at work again.
The word drirh-aa-ay is strong too. It means planted firm. The Name is not just spoken over them. It is set deep, like a tent stake hammered into the ground so it holds in any storm.
Then the verse repeats the promise of the verse before it: through the Name, the whole family line crosses over. Some truths Guru Amar Das wants to say more than once.
What are you attached to night and day — and is it planting anything firm in you?
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