Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
In the Name and only the Name they move and live; the Name is their whole dealing.
Within is the Name, on the lips is the Name — through the Name they reflect on the Word.
This one describes a life so full of the Name that every sentence holds it.
Here the shabad's music changes. The word Naam, the Name, starts ringing again and again, like a bell struck steadily. It rings through the rest of the shabad.
antar naam mukh naam — the Name inside, the Name on the lips. Even their daily work and dealings are in the Name. The repeating is the lesson. This is what a life soaked in the Name sounds like.
Think of a cloth left in dye overnight. In the morning, every thread has the same color. Other shabads describe the dye. This one lets you feel it, until by the end your own mind has been dipped too.
What word appears most in your inner monologue — and what would you want it to be?
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI