Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Remembering the One, even the eye of death cannot find you.
Remembering the One, no demon or ghost can touch you. Remembering the One, clinging and pride cannot tie you up. Remembering the One, you are not sent round again from womb to womb.
Remember the One, and nothing dark can get a grip on you.
The verse repeats har simrat, "remembering the One," four times, like four steps up a staircase. Kichh chaakh na johai: no evil eye, not even the eye of death, can find you. Dait day-o na pohai: no demon or ghost can touch you. Those are the old pictures for the scary things in the dark. Moh maan na badhai: clinging and pride cannot tie you up. Garabh jon na rudhai: you are not shut into the womb again, going round from birth to birth.
Think of a night-light in a child's room. With it glowing, the shadows in the corners lose their power.
What helps the worries in your head feel smaller?
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