ਰਾਮ ਕੇ ਗੁਨ ਗਾਉ ॥
raam kay gun gaa-o.
Sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.
ਹਲਤੁ ਪਲਤੁ ਹੋਹਿ ਦੋਵੈ ਸੁਹੇਲੇ ਅਚਰਜ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਧਿਆਉ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
halat palat hohi dovai suhaylay achraj purakh Dhi-aa-o. ||1|| rahaa-o.
In both this world and the next, you shall be embellished with beauty, meditating on the wondrous Primal Lord God. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Sing the praises of the One.
Here and beyond, your life grows beautiful as you remember the wondrous First One.
Remembering the One makes right here and now more beautiful, not just later.
Remembrance makes this life beautiful, and the next too. It is no escape from the world.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the centre of the shabad. Halat palat hohi dovai suhaylay — both this world and the next become suhaylaa (beautiful, at ease). Achraj purakh: the wondrous One, awe (wahe) built into the naming.
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