Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Chant the Name of the One, Har, Har, my brothers and sisters.
By the Guru's grace, the mind grows steady and still. Night and day, it stays full and glad with the One's sweet taste.
Keep the One's Name on your lips, and the mind grows steady and full.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad. Har har naam japahu jan bhaa-ee: chant the Name, Har Har, friends. Repeating the Name is naam simran, keeping the One in mind. Gur parsaad man asthir hovai: by the Guru's grace, the mind becomes asthir, steady, like a lake gone still. An-din har ras rahi-aa aghaa-ee: night and day it stays aghaa-ee, satisfied, full of the One's sweet taste. A mind given something steady to rest on stops its restless spinning.
What is one word or thought you could return to when your mind starts racing?
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