ਜਿਨ੍ਹ੍ਹ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ਤਿਨ੍ਹ੍ਹ ਚੂਕੇ ਸਰਬ ਜੰਜਾਲਾ ॥
jinH har naam Dhi-aa-i-aa tinH chookay sarab janjaalaa.
Those who meditate on the Name of the Lord - all their entanglements are ended.
ਤਿਨ੍ਹ੍ਹ ਜਮੁ ਨੇੜਿ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਗੁਰਿ ਰਾਖੇ ਹਰਿ ਰਖਵਾਲਾ ॥੨॥
tinH jam nayrh na aavee gur raakhay har rakhvaalaa. ||2||
The Messenger of Death does not even approach them; the Guru, the Savior Lord, saves them. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Those who hold the Name — all their tangles come undone.
The fear of death can't loom over them; the teacher, the rescuer, keeps them safe.
Holding the Name close, the fear of death loses its shadow.
The literal's "Messenger of Death does not approach" is softened to "the fear of death can't loom." Jam (death) here is disarmed by remembrance; the point is freedom from dread, so the frightening figure is turned into a fear that simply lifts.
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