Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
People wander lost, stumbling through 8.4 million kinds of lives.
Without knowing the Guru, they cannot slip free of death's noose. This mind flies up to the heavens and drops down to the depths, moment by moment. The one who faces the Guru holds the Naam close and is set free.
Your mind swings high and low until the Naam steadies it.
Bharam bharam dolai lakh cha-uraasee: people wander through 8.4 million forms of life, an old way of saying countless lives. Bin gur boojhay jam kee faasee: without the Guru's understanding, death's noose stays tight. Ih manoo-aa khin khin oobh pa-i-aal: moment by moment, the mind soars and plunges, like a mood that keeps swinging. Gurmukh chhootai naam samHaal: the one facing the Guru keeps the Naam close and goes free.
What does your mind do when it swings from very up to very down, and what steadies it?
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