Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Listen, O mind: remember the Naam of the One, Har, Har, and keep your attention on it.
Listen, O mind: singing the praises of the One is like bathing at the sixty-eight holy places people travel to.
Listen, O mind: turning toward the Guru, you will be honored.
Listening for the Naam and singing the One's praises wash you clean right where you are.
Each line begins sun man — listen, O mind — the same deep listening that Japji calls suniai. Singing the One's praises, kirtan, is set equal to bathing at the athsath, the sixty-eight sacred pilgrimage sites: the cleansing people once traveled far for happens right where you are, through singing from the heart.
What is something you can do right where you are that others think requires a special place?
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