ਮੇਰੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਾ ਮੈ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਇ ॥
mayray satiguraa mai har har naam drirh-aa-ay.
O my True Guru, implant within me the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.
ਮੇਰਾ ਮਾਤ ਪਿਤਾ ਸੁਤ ਬੰਧਪੋ ਮੈ ਹਰਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਮਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
mayraa maat pitaa sut banDhpo mai har bin avar na maa-ay. ||1|| rahaa-o.
The Lord is my mother, father, child and relative; I have none other than the Lord, O my mother. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O my True Guru, plant the Naam firmly in me.
The One is my mother, my father, my child and my family; I have no one else but the One, O mother.
The One can be as close as family - closer.
The One is my whole family.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line. It is the center of the shabad. Mayray satiguraa mai har har naam drirh-aa-ay — O my True Guru, plant the Name firmly in me. Drirh means firm, like a tree with deep roots.
Mayraa maat pit sut bandhpo — the One is my mother, my father, my child and my relative. So the One is close, not far away. Think of the people who hug you when you come home. The verse says the One is all of them at once.
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