Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
In the shelter of the holy, I fix my mind on the feet of the One.
While I was dreaming, everything I heard and saw was only a dream. The True Guru has planted the mantra of the Naam firmly in me.
So much of what you chase is like a dream, and the Naam the Guru plants in you stays.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad. It sets the fading dream of chasing beside the Naam that stays.
SaaDh saran charan chit laa-i-aa: in the shelter of the holy, I set my mind on the One's feet. That means staying close and humble, like a child sitting at a grandparent's feet to listen.
Supan kee baat sunee paykhee supnaa: everything I heard and saw was only dream-stuff. You know how a dream feels so vivid, and then you wake up and it is gone? Much of what we run after is like that. Naam mantar satguroo drirh-aa-i-aa: the True Guru planted the Naam firmly in me. The Naam is the lasting thing.
What is something you once wanted badly that now seems small?
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