Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Serve the Guru, and the Naam comes to live in your mind and your thoughts.
Meeting the Guru, you remember the Naam. Without the Naam, every other love is false.
Serve the Guru, and the Naam comes to live in your mind.
This is the Rahao, the "pause" line at the center of this long song by Guru Amar Das. Satgur sayv naam vasai man cheet — serving the True Guru, the Name comes to live in your mind. Naam means the Name, the living presence of the One. Bin naavai hor jhooth pareet — without the Name, other loves are jhooth, false.
Here jhooth doesn't mean worthless. It means they come and go. Think of a favorite toy you loved at five. It mattered then, and then it passed. The love of the One stays.
What is a love or friendship that has stayed steady in your life?
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