Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O Enchanter, the good gather to hold You in their thoughts, keeping their attention on You.
For those who remember You, even the end of life holds no terror — those who think of You with one whole heart are held safe.
Whoever worships You in thought and word and deed receives every good fruit.
Even a person once foolish and lost becomes wise and clear the moment they truly see You. Your realm never wavers, perfect and complete One.
This pauri makes a bold claim about death, and the wellbeing lens shapes how it is carried. The literal speaks of jamkaal — the "messenger of death" — not touching those who remember the One. Rather than staging a frightening figure, this version renders the promise positively: the hymn portrays one-pointed devotion as a path of fearlessness before mortality — death loses its sting, becoming a passage rather than a threat. Readers may know this as trust that grows, rather than a guarantee of feeling nothing at the end. The transformation line — mal moot moorh... say daykh daras sugi-aanaa, "even the once-foolish become wise upon seeing" — is Gurbani's radical hopefulness: no one is beyond change; a single true glimpse can turn confusion into clarity. Raaj nihchal — the unshakable realm — grounds it all in something that cannot be taken.
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