Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One I belong to is deep and unfathomable — deeper than any measure could reach.
Whoever remembers that One finds peace. The arrow of death does not strike the one who holds the Naam.
The One is deeper than anyone can measure, and remembering the One brings peace.
This is the Rahao, the "pause" line. It is the center of the whole shabad, the line the rest turns around.
Aisaa mayraa thaakur gahir gambheer — such is my Master, deep and beyond measure. Gahir gambheer means so deep you could never reach the bottom, like an ocean no rope could ever sound.
Yet this deep One is also close. Jin japi-aa tin hee sukh paa-i-aa — whoever holds the One in mind finds sukh, peace. Japi-aa means keeping the One in remembrance. And jam teer, the arrow of Death's messenger, does not strike them. Every body comes to an end one day; the arrow stands for the fear and the reckoning that come with death. For someone who holds the Naam close, death loses its sting. The One who is too deep to measure is also near enough to hold.
When you feel afraid, what helps the fear stop landing on you?
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