Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One is the Giver, and the One is also the Cherisher who tends what has been given. So again and again, day after day, let me hold the Name of the One close and keep it alive in my heart.
The closing line. Daataa (Giver) and partipaal (Cherisher, the one who nourishes and raises up) are named together: the same source that gives also stays to care for what it gave. Nit nit — "continually, again and again" — is the rhythm of remembrance, not a burden but a steady returning. Raam naam samaal means to hold, tend, keep the Name safe in one's heart, the way you'd cradle something precious.
Is there something you were given that someone also helped you take care of and grow?
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