Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Keep the Name close, morning and night — let it be the quiet song running under your day.
Listen deeply to the wisdom of good and gentle people, and the old fear loosens its grip.
When kindness pours over a heart, that heart naturally holds the words of the teaching.
Man naam jap — the mind is invited, warmly, into remembrance (simran), not scolded into it. Sabh chookee kaan jamaanee literally speaks of fear of death dispelled; here it becomes the loosening of dread through deep listening (upday sun) to the saadh santan, the company of the good. Grace (kirpaal ho-aa) comes first — the attachment to the gur kee banee is described as its fruit, not its price.
What is one small thing you could do each morning to start the day settled?
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