Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Be kind to me, Oneness — that is my whole prayer. Let the Name live inside me, filling my mind and my body, settling into me until it feels like home. I am not asking for grand things. Just this: let You dwell in me.
The close is tender and small: naanak ka-o prabh ma-i-aa kar — "show me kindness (ma-i-aa)." Not power, not success — just kindness, and the wish that naam har would vaasai (reside) in man tan, mind and body. The whole shabad's promises (healing, lift, steadiness) reduce to this humble ask: let the Name make its home in me. Everything else follows from that indwelling.
If you could invite one good thing to live inside you and stay, what would it be?
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