Savaiye in Praise of Guru Angad, Verse 8 — the Naam is medicine
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Naam is my medicine. The Naam is my support. The Naam is the peace of deep stillness. The Naam is the badge that makes me beautiful forever.
Kal says: I am dyed in love for the Naam, the Naam that gives its fragrance to gods and people.
Whoever finds the Naam, the touchstone that turns iron into gold, becomes truth itself, shining through the world.
Seeing the Guru is like bathing at all sixty-eight holy places.
The Naam is medicine, support, deep peace and a badge for life, and seeing the Guru is worth every pilgrimage.
Naam avkhaDh: the Naam is medicine. Naam paras: the Naam is a paras, the touchstone of old stories that turns iron into gold. Whoever finds it is changed into truth.
People in India traveled to sixty-eight famous holy places to bathe in their waters. Athsath majan: bathing at all sixty-eight. Simply seeing the Guru, darsan, is worth all of them. The bard is Kal.
Where do you feel most peaceful, and how could you carry a little of that with you?
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