Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O my mind, say the Naam of the One, Har, Har, and it will carry you across.
Whoever says it is set free, and merges into the One, the way Dhroo and Prahlaad did.
Remembering the One carries you across, as it carried two children in the old stories.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the centre of the shabad. Jap man har har naam taraavaigo: say the Naam, O mind, and you will be carried across. So-ee gat paavai: whoever remembers is set free. Dhroo and Prahlaad are two children from old Indian stories who held on to the One with their whole hearts. Dhroo became the steady North Star. Their stories show that even the young and the small are held.
Who is someone, even a child, whose steady faith inspires you?
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