ਹਰਿ ਜਸੁ ਜਪਿ ਜਪੁ ਵਡਾ ਵਡੇਰਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਰਖਉ ਉਰਿ ਧਾਰੇ ॥
har jas jap jap vadaa vadayraa gurmukh rakha-o ur Dhaaray.
One who chants the Praises of the Lord is the greatest of the great; the Gurmukh keeps the Lord clasped to his heart.
ਜੇ ਵਡ ਭਾਗ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਤਾ ਜਪੀਐ ਹਰਿ ਭਉਜਲੁ ਪਾਰਿ ਉਤਾਰੇ ॥੩॥
jay vad bhaag hoveh taa japee-ai har bha-ojal paar utaaray. ||3||
If one is blessed with high destiny, he meditates on the Lord, who carries him across the terrifying world-ocean. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Whoever sings the praise of the One is the greatest of the great. Turning to the Guru, I keep the One held in my heart.
With great good fortune, a person remembers the One,
and the One carries them across the frightening ocean of the world.
Praise held in the heart is a boat that carries you across.
Har jas is praise, kirtan — named as the greatest of practices. Ur dhaaray: held in the heart. Bhaujal is the world-ocean, the churn of existence, stormy and hard to cross. Paar utaaray means ferried across: the Name is the boat, and grace (vad bhaag) is what sets you in it.
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