Sikhism·Raag Aasaa·Shabad 136
Verse 4 of 5

Carry the Name's Wealth and Nothing Can Wear You Down

ਭਗਤਿ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਪਰਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਸਾਧਸੰਗਿ ਦੁਖ ਨਾਠੇ ॥
bhagat paraym param pad paa-i-aa saaDhsang dukh naathay.
Through loving devotional worship, the supreme status is obtained, and in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, sorrows are dispelled.
ਛਿਜੈ ਨ ਜਾਇ ਕਿਛੁ ਭਉ ਨ ਬਿਆਪੇ ਹਰਿ ਧਨੁ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਗਾਠੇ ॥੩॥
chhijai na jaa-ay kichh bha-o na bi-aapay har Dhan nirmal gaathay. ||3||
I am not worn down, I do not die, and nothing strikes fear in me, since I have the wealth of the Lord's Immaculate Name in my purse. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Through loving devotion the highest state is reached, and in the company of the holy, sorrows lift.

I am not worn down, I do not die, and nothing frightens me — for I carry the wealth of the Name in my purse.

Carry the wealth of the Name, and there's nothing left that can wear you down or frighten you.
The deeper layer

The fruit of carrying "the wealth of the Lord's Immaculate Name in my purse": fearlessness so complete that "I am not worn down, I do not die, and nothing strikes fear in me." The Name is a wealth that confers invulnerability — the soul that holds it has nothing left to fear (cf. Shabad 109).

A Question to Sit With

What would you stop fearing if you knew you carried something nothing could take?

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