ਰਮਤ ਰਾਮ ਜਨਮ ਮਰਣੁ ਨਿਵਾਰੈ ॥
ramat raam janam maran nivaarai.
Uttering the Lord's Name, birth and death are finished.
ਉਚਰਤ ਰਾਮ ਭੈ ਪਾਰਿ ਉਤਾਰੈ ॥
uchrat raam bhai paar utaarai.
Repeating the Lord's Name, one crosses over the terrifying world-ocean.
ਸਭ ਤੇ ਊਚ ਰਾਮ ਪਰਗਾਸ ॥
sabh tay ooch raam pargaas.
The Luminous Lord is the highest of all.
ਨਿਸਿ ਬਾਸੁਰ ਜਪਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਦਾਸ ॥੪॥੮॥੧੦॥
nis baasur jap naanak daas. ||4||8||10||
Night and day, servant Nanak meditates on Him. ||4||8||10||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Holding the Name, the fear of endings loosens, and I am carried safely across every fear.
The bright One is the highest of all — so night and day I keep it close.
Holding the Name loosens the fear of endings and carries you across.
Ramat raam janam maran nivaarai — the Name eases the whole cycle of endings and beginnings; softened here to the loosening of the fear of endings. Bhai paar utaarai — carried across fear itself. Sabh tay ooch raam pargaas — the One is the highest light. The shabad closes as it began, in ceaseless, loving remembrance.
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What helps you feel less afraid when you think about things ending?
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