Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Through all the ages, this has been the heart of it all: remember the One, and think about what is true.
Only the one the One draws close holds on to the hem of the One's robe. Asleep for countless lifetimes, that person now wakes up.
One truth has lasted through every age: remember the One, and you wake up.
Jugah jugantar means through age after age. The deepest truth has never changed. Har simran saachaa beechaar — remembering the One and thinking about what is true. That was the answer long ago, and it is the answer today.
The verse also says the One draws us close. We hold the hem of the One's robe, like a small child holding a parent's coat in a crowd. But it is the One who puts that hem in our hand.
Then the lovely ending. Janam janam kaa so-i-aa jaagai — someone asleep for lifetimes wakes up. Bhairao is a morning raag, a tune for dawn. Think of opening your curtains and seeing sunlight fill the room. No matter how long the sleep, morning can always come.
When did you feel like you finally woke up to something important?
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