Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O my mind, step out of the three pulls and rest your attention on the fourth — the still, quiet center underneath them all.
The One already lives in you; keep singing and you will feel it.
Everything springs from the Name; when we forget it, we drift off to sleep and let our treasure slip away — so it's worth staying awake.
The Rahau names the goal: cha-uthaa pad, the “fourth state” (turiya) — the still awareness beneath waking, dreaming, and deep sleep, underneath the three restless pulls. The literal's “those who sleep are plundered” is read as a wake-up call, not a threat: inattention simply lets your real treasure slip away while you doze. And naamai tay sabh oopjay — everything springs from the Name — grounds it all in one Source.
Where is the calm, quiet place inside you that your moods can't reach?
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