ਜਾ ਕੈ ਰਾਮੁ ਬਸੈ ਮਨ ਮਾਹੀ ॥
jaa kai raam basai man maahee.
That person, within whose mind the Lord abides,
ਸੋ ਜਨੁ ਦੁਤਰੁ ਪੇਖਤ ਨਾਹੀ ॥
so jan dutar paykhat naahee.
does not see the impassible world-ocean.
ਸਗਲੇ ਕਾਜ ਸਵਾਰੇ ਅਪਨੇ ॥
saglay kaaj savaaray apnay.
All one's affairs are resolved,
ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਰਸਨ ਨਿਤ ਜਪਨੇ ॥੧॥
har har naam rasan nit japnay. ||1||
by chanting continually the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When the One lives inside your mind, the wide, rough sea of life stops looking impossible.
All your tasks come right
when your tongue keeps repeating the Name, Har, Har, again and again.
With the right thing held in your heart, no crossing looks impossible.
Dutar means hard-to-cross; but the one with the One within does not even see it as impassible. The fear shrinks not because the sea got smaller, but because the heart got steadier. Rasan nit japnay — a steady, gentle remembrance, kept up day by day.
A Question to Sit With
What helps you feel steady when something in front of you looks too hard?
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