Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Walking or sitting, falling asleep or waking up — keep the Guru's word gently turning in your heart.
Take shelter at the One's feet, join the Sangat, and you'll cross the wide, rough water to the safe shore.
Keep the Guru's word with you all day long, whatever you are doing.
Chalat baisat sovat jaagat means walking, sitting, sleeping, waking. In all of these, keep the gur mantar turning in your heart. That is the Guru's word, a short line you hold onto. It is like a favorite song that keeps playing in your head. You are not even trying; it just hums along.
The verse also says to join sang saadhoo, the Sangat — people gathered together to remember the One. Together, the Word and the Sangat carry you across bhav saagar, the wide, rough water of life, to the safe shore.
What could you gently remember all through your day?
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