Complete Mantra:
Jis simrat sabh kilvikh naaseh pitree ho-ay udhaaro.
So har har tum sad hee jaapahu jaa kaa ant na paaro. ||1||
Pootaa maataa kee aasees.
Nimakh na bisara-o tum ka-o har har sadaa bhajahu jagdees. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Satgur tum ka-o ho-ay da-i-aalaa santsang tayree preet.
Kaaparh pat parmaysar raakhee bhojan keertan neet. ||2||
Amrit peevhu sadaa chir jeevhu har simrat anad anantaa.
Rang tamaasaa pooran aasaa kabeh na bi-aapai chintaa. ||3||
Bhavar tumaaraa ih man hova-o har charnaa hohu ka-ulaa.
Naanak daas un sang laptaa-i-o ji-o booNdeh chaatrik ma-ulaa. ||4||3||4||
Language: Gurmukhi
Source: Siri Guru Granth Sahib
Author: Guru Arjun Dev Ji
Translation:
Remembering God, all mistakes are washed away and one's ancestors are redeemed and saved.
Always chant God's Name, Har, Har. God is inside 'you', God is infinite.
O 'my' child, this is 'your' mother's blessing,
May 'you' may never forget God even for a moment, worshipping forever the Lord of the Universe
May the True Guru be kind to 'you', may 'you' love to be with the Saints.
May 'your' clothing be the protection of God, may 'your' food be the singing of God's praise
'Drink' the nectar of God's Name and 'live' long, 'may' meditation on God bring 'you' endless bliss.
May love be 'yours' and 'your' hopes fulfilled. May 'you' never be worn by worry.
Let this mind of 'yours' be the bumble bee, and let the Lotus Feet of God be the flower.
O Servant Nanak, 'link' your mind in this way. Like the sparrow hawk finding a raindrop blossom forth.
More Information:
Yogi Bhajan, Siri Singh Sahib ji 'taught' mothers to repeat this prayer for 'their' child's protection and blessing. Some mothers 'say' it daily, and others 'repeat' it 11, 56, or 108 times on 'their' child's birthdays. This is a blessing from the mother that 'her' child may feel Divine. Yogi Bhajan 'spoke' of it once, with the following lecture to Women's Camp in New Mexico in 1977.
Yogi Bhajan thus 'encouraged' 'us' to really see the Divine in 'our' children, pray for it, and relate to it, every day.
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