Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I have been kept safe — the true teacher came and found me.
Now, day and night, the Name is planted firmly in my heart, growing there like a seed that took root.
This is the Rahao, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad.
Ham har raakhay satguroo milaa-i-aa — the One has kept me safe; I have met the True Guru. It is spoken from the inside, as a rescue already received, not one still being asked for. Meeting the true teacher is what did it.
An-din bhagat har naam drirh-aa-i-aa — night and day, loving devotion to the Name was planted firm. Drirh-aa-i-aa means made firm, planted deep. It is a lovely word. The Name is not only remembered. It is planted, like a seed pressed into the soil, until it holds on its own.
What is something good that got planted in you so deeply it now feels like a part of who you are?
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