Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Throw your dice this way, brothers.
Turned toward the Guru, repeat the Naam day and night. Then, at the very end, no pain will touch you.
Keep the Naam day and night: that is how to throw your dice, and the end of the game comes without pain.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad. It tells you how to play.
Paasaa dhaalahu beer — throw the dice this way, brother. Paasaa are the dice. Every day we make moves in the game of life.
The move the Guru teaches is this: gurmukh naam japahu din raatee. Keep the Naam with you, day and night, the way a gurmukh, a person turned toward the Guru, does. Japahu means to repeat it with love.
Then comes the promise: ant kaal nah laagai peer. At the very end, there is no pain. Ant kaal means the last moment of life. It comes to everyone, and it can come gently. A player who kept the One close all game long walks off the board at peace.
What is a good habit you would want to carry with you all the way through?
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