Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
By grace, my mind has taken hold of the Name.
Something in me was asleep for ages. Now it has woken up.
My voice sings the sweet, life-giving praises of the One. The pure teaching of the complete guide has opened up inside me.
This one is about waking up. Holding the Name feels like opening your eyes after a very long sleep.
It begins with gur parsaad, by the Guru's grace. So the waking is a gift, not a prize someone earns. Janam janam kaa so-i-aa jaagaa — asleep for lifetime after lifetime, now awake. This is not learning something new. It is coming to, like waking slowly on a Saturday morning until the room comes clear.
Amrit gun uchrai — the voice sings the sweet, life-giving praises. Amrit means nectar, the drink of life. Remembering the One out loud is always pictured as something sweet. Sumat means a pure, good understanding. It is the clear seeing that comes with waking.
What is something you slowly "woke up" to and can now see clearly that you couldn't before?
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