ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਨਿਧਾਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਕਉ ਕਰਹੁ ਦਾਤਿ ॥
kirpaa niDhaan naanak ka-o karahu daat.
O Lord, O treasure of mercy, please bless Nanak with this gift,
ਨਾਮੁ ਤੇਰਾ ਜਪੀ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤਿ ॥੪॥੮॥੧੪॥
naam tayraa japee din raat. ||4||8||14||
that he may chant Your Name, day and night. ||4||8||14||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O boundless kindness, grant me just this one gift:
that I might keep Your Name on my heart, through the day and through the night.
The answer to everything passing is to hold onto what does not.
kirpaa niDhaan naanak ka-o karahu daat — the closing prayer turns from all that passes to the one thing worth asking for: naam tayraa japee din raat, the remembrance that is not lost when everything else is. The answer to impermanence is not despair but devotion.
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