ਮਨੁ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮਾ ਬੇਧੀਅਲੇ ॥
man raam naamaa bayDhee-alay.
My mind has been pierced by the Name of the Lord,
ਜੈਸੇ ਕਨਿਕ ਕਲਾ ਚਿਤੁ ਮਾਂਡੀਅਲੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
jaisay kanik kalaa chit maaNdee-alay. ||1|| rahaa-o.
like the goldsmith, whose attention is held by his work. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
My mind is threaded through with the Naam of the One,
the way a goldsmith's attention is held by his work.
Loving attention rests on what you love the way a craftsman's eyes rest on his work.
Bedheealay means pierced or threaded through, the mind sewn to the Name the way cloth is threaded by a needle. The goldsmith bent over his tiny work is the image of single-pointed, loving attention (simran) held while the hands are busy.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line and heart of the shabad.
A Question to Sit With
When are you so absorbed in something that you forget everything else?
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