In this video from the 2022 Virtual Summer Solstice Event, Guru Shabad Singh describes how Yogi Bhajan directed him to put this Shabad to music.  Scroll down to listen to the full audio of Guru Shabad Singh singing this Shabad, and to see the English transliteration and translation of the Shabad.

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January 18, 2021 |

On a calm, mid-morning day in 2002, the Siri Singh Sahib was sitting on a bench outside the Espanola Gurdwara. I was there, along with my family, Dr. Siri Atma Singh and Nirinjan Kaur.

He began speaking to me:   

“I want you to put Jaap Sahib to music. In the Aquarian Age, it can’t be done in the same martial style that its always been done.  It has to be done in a more beautiful and mellow style, with just a little bit of martial energy….but mostly mellow and beautiful”. To make certain I understood his instructions, so I could create a ‘vibe’ for creating the music, I said “So….,mellow-martial?”   “Yes, mellow-martial.  But, just a little bit of martial-energy” he emphasized.

Read: "JAAP SAHIB for the Aquarian Age"

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