ਸਾਸ ਸਾਸ ਸਾਸ ਹੈ ਜੇਤੇ ਮੈ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਮ੍ਹ੍ਹਾਰੇ ॥
saas saas saas hai jaytay mai gurmat naam samHaaray.
With as many breaths as I have, I chant the Naam, under Guru's Instructions.
ਸਾਸੁ ਸਾਸੁ ਜਾਇ ਨਾਮੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਸੋ ਬਿਰਥਾ ਸਾਸੁ ਬਿਕਾਰੇ ॥੭॥
saas saas jaa-ay naamai bin so birthaa saas bikaaray. ||7||
Each and every breath which escapes me without the Naam - that breath is useless and corrupt. ||7||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
With every breath I have, I want to keep the good in mind.
A breath spent forgetting what matters feels like a breath quietly wasted.
You can carry the good with you breath by breath, so no moment slips by empty.
A beautiful teaching of continuous remembrance: "with as many breaths as I have, I chant the Name... each breath which escapes without the Name is useless." The ideal of swaas swaas — remembering with every breath, so living itself becomes prayer, and no moment is wasted. For a child: you can carry the good with you breath by breath, so no moment slips by empty.
A Question to Sit With
What good feeling could you carry with you, quietly, all day?
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