ਆਪੁ ਛੋਡਿ ਨਾਮ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਗੀ ਮਮਤਾ ਸਬਦਿ ਜਲਾਈ ॥੩॥
aap chhod naam liv laagee mamtaa sabad jalaa-ee. ||3||
Eradicating self-conceit, remain lovingly focused on the Naam, the Name of the Lord; through the Word of the Shabad, burn away possessiveness. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Set down the heavy idea that you are the center of everything, and rest your attention on the Name instead.
The teaching, like a warm fire, quietly burns away the grasping “mine, mine, mine” that ties you in knots.
Set down “me and mine,” and you feel lighter.
Aap chhod — letting go of self-conceit, an emptying of hands rather than self-punishment. Attention rests on naam, and the shabad (the Word, the teaching) burns mamtaa (possessiveness, the “mine” that binds).
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