Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Hold the Name close in your heart, and you stop wobbling — steady here, steady wherever life takes you next.
Life can feel like a wide, choppy ocean. But there is a boat — the Guru’s teaching — and finding it is great good luck. Climb in, and it carries you safely across.
The Naam in your heart keeps you steady, and the Guru's teaching is a boat that carries you across.
Naam hirdai Dhaar means keep the Name inside your heart. It is an anchor. With it you don't wobble, eet oot, here or in whatever comes next.
Bohith is a big ship. Gur charan, the Guru's feet, means the Guru's guidance. That guidance is the ship. The Gurus often use this picture. Life, sansaar, is like a wide, choppy ocean, and the teaching is what carries you over it.
Finding the boat is bhaagee, great good luck. It is a gift of grace, not a prize you earn. Think of being handed a life jacket right when you need one.
When life feels like rough water, what is the “boat” you can trust to carry you through?
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