ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਪਰਾਪਤਿ ਹੋਵੈ ॥
gurmukh naam paraapat hovai.
The Gurmukh receives the Naam.
ਸਹਜੇ ਜਾਗੈ ਸਹਜੇ ਸੋਵੈ ॥
sehjay jaagai sehjay sovai.
In intuitive peace he wakes, and in intuitive peace he sleeps.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਇ ਸਮਾਵੈ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਈ ਹੇ ॥੧੨॥
gurmukh naam samaa-ay samaavai naanak naam Dhi-aa-ee hay. ||12||
The Gurmukh is immersed and absorbed in the Naam; Nanak meditates on the Naam. ||12||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The one who turns toward the Guru receives the Naam. In easy peace they wake, and in easy peace they sleep.
They melt right into the Naam. Nanak says: I meditate on the Naam.
When your center is steady, both waking and sleeping are peaceful.
sehjay jaagai sehjay sovai — waking and sleeping both in sahaj, the natural ease of the settled soul. It is one of Gurbani's gentlest pictures of steadiness: the same calm holds you through every part of the day and night.
A Question to Sit With
What helps you fall asleep in peace?
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