Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O One, I have come to Your shelter — You who are an endless ocean of kindness and mercy.
And Nanak says: the heart that holds even one true word of the One inside it becomes filled, completely, with joy. Just that one word, kept close, is enough.
One word of the One, held in the mind, fills the heart with joy.
Aa-ay prabh sarnaagatee — coming to Your shelter — is spoken to the kirpaa nidh da-i-aal, the ocean of mercy. Ayk akhar har man basat — one word of the One dwelling in the mind — nihaal, made wholly blissful. Akhar means both word and letter, and it leads into the great Akhar Pauri that follows, where the alphabet itself comes into view. The one word is enough in itself.
Is there a single word or phrase that, when you hold it close, makes you feel steadier and glad?
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