Gurbani: Essence of Spirituality IV

                JAP MAN SAT NAAM SADAA SAT NAAM
                                           O mind, repeat the pure and holy Name         

                                          Bani Of Guru Ram Das, Raag Dhanasree.

ichhaa poorak sarab sukh-daata har jaa kai vas hai kaamDhaynaa.
The Lord is the Fulfiller of desires, the Giver of total peace; the Kaamadhaynaa, the wish-fulfilling cow, is in His power.
 
Guru Ram Das, in this short and beautiful shabad, is telling us that, by your own karmas and desires, you are entangled in this mayavee creation as a prisoner, but only when you have the single desire of becoming one with Wahiguru Akal Purukh, then He fulfills that desire, because only He has that power through His Gurmukhs, to bestow on us His inmense and infinite Daya Meher, and this nobody, neither Kal can stop and retain the soul, in the creation.

so aisaa har Dhi-aa-ee-ai mayray jee-arhay taa sarab sukh paavahi mayray manaa.
So meditate on such a Lord, O my soul. Then, you shall obtain total peace, O my mind.

So, He insists, that when you get the Gurprasad from a Gurmukh, forget all other activities and rituals, and with one pointed love and devotion at His Lotus feet, meditate on Him.
 
jap man sat naam sadaa sat naam.
Chant, O my mind, the True Name, Sat Naam, the True Name.

And then He says, remember Wahiguru at all times, by  doing the meditation on Him according to the bhed or instructions of the Gurmukh.

halat palat mukh oojal ho-ee hai nit Dhi-aa-ee-ai har purakh niranjanaa. rahaa-o.
In this world, and in the world beyond, your face shall be radiant, by meditating continually on the immaculate Lord God.

Then by following the instructions of the Gurmukh, slowly and slowly your whole being shall start being purified, with the Amrit of that Nam bhakti, and you shall be fit to be accepted in His court, that is why the bani says: Prabh Ka simran dargeh manee.

jah har simran bha-i-aa tah upaaDh gat keenee vadbhaagee har japnaa.
Wherever anyone remembers the Lord in meditation, disaster runs away from that place. By great good fortune, we meditate on the Lord.

By doing this Nam Simran, the curse which is upon us of going rounds after rounds in the cycle of births and deaths, which is the biggest disaster for a soul, stops forever.

jan naanak ka-o gur ih mat deenee jap har bhavjal tarnaa.
The Guru has blessed servant Nanak with this understanding, that by meditating on the Lord, we cross over the terrifying world-ocean.

Servant Guru Nanak, proudly proclaims, that by geting in the company of a Gurmukh, a Sadh, one imbibes Gurmat from them, and gets the blessing of Gurprasad from them, which is compulsary, is a must, to be freed forever and merge in Wahiguru Akal Purukh.