ਜਪਿ ਜਪਿ ਜੀਵਾ ਤੇਰਾ ਨਾਉ ॥
jap jap jeevaa tayraa naa-o.
Chanting, meditating on Your Name, I live,
ਆਗੈ ਦਰਗਹ ਪਾਵਉ ਠਾਉ ॥
aagai dargeh paava-o thaa-o.
and hereafter, I will obtain a seat in the Court of the Lord.
ਦੂਖੁ ਅੰਧੇਰਾ ਮਨ ਤੇ ਜਾਇ ॥
dookh anDhayraa man tay jaa-ay.
Pain and darkness are gone from my mind;
ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਬਿਨਸੈ ਰਾਚੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਇ ॥੨॥
durmat binsai raachai har naa-ay. ||2||
my evil-mindedness is dispelled, and I am absorbed in the Lord's Name. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Chanting Your Name again and again, I live.
In the world to come, I will find a place in Your Court.
Pain and darkness leave my mind.
The crooked, unkind thoughts fade, and I am absorbed in Your Name.
Fill your mind with what is good, and the darkness has nowhere to sit.
Jap jap jeevaa — remembering, I live. Dookh andhayraa man tay jaa-ay: pain and darkness leave the mind. Durmat binsai — the crooked or unkind mind dissolves, replaced by absorption (raachai) in the Name. Not a battle against bad thoughts, but being filled until there is no room for them.
A Question to Sit With
What thought, when you hold it, makes you feel most alive?
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