ਮੇਰਾ ਗੁਰੁ ਪਰਮੇਸਰੁ ਸੁਖਦਾਈ ॥
mayraa gur parmaysar sukh-daa-ee.
My Guru is the Transcendent Lord, the Giver of peace.
ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਕਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਏ ਅੰਤੇ ਹੋਇ ਸਖਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
paarbarahm kaa naam drirh-aa-ay antay ho-ay sakhaa-ee. ||1|| rahaa-o.
He implants the Naam, the Name of the Supreme Lord God within us; in the end, He is our help and support. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
My Guru is the Highest One, the Giver of peace.
The Guru plants the Naam of the Supreme One deep inside me, where it holds.
And in the end, the Guru is my help and my friend.
What is planted deep in you now is the friend that stays to the very end.
My Guru gives peace, plants the Naam, and stays to the end. Parmaysar sukh-daa-ee: the Guru as the very Giver of peace. Drirh-aa-ay means to plant firmly, to fix so it holds. Antay ho-ay sakhaa-ee — the companion at the end, when possessions and status have all slipped away and only the Name remains.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the centre the whole Ashtapadee turns around.
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