Sikhism·Raag Aasaa·Shabad 308
Verse 6 of 8

Fill the Heart and Worry Loses Its Grip

ਜਿਨ ਅੰਤਰੇ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਸੈ ਤਿਨ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਸਭ ਗਵਾਇਆ ਰਾਮ ॥
jin antray raam naam vasai tin chintaa sabh gavaa-i-aa raam.
Those beings, whose minds are filled the Lord's Name, forsake all anxiety.
ਸਭਿ ਅਰਥਾ ਸਭਿ ਧਰਮ ਮਿਲੇ ਮਨਿ ਚਿੰਦਿਆ ਸੋ ਫਲੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਰਾਮ ॥
sabh arthaa sabh Dharam milay man chindi-aa so fal paa-i-aa raam.
They obtain all wealth, and all Dharmic faith, and the fruits of their minds' desires.
ਮਨ ਚਿੰਦਿਆ ਫਲੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਏ ॥
man chindi-aa fal paa-i-aa raam naam Dhi-aa-i-aa raam naam gun gaa-ay.
They obtain the fruits of their hearts' desires, meditating on the Lord's Name, and singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord's Name.
ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਕਬੁਧਿ ਗਈ ਸੁਧਿ ਹੋਈ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮਿ ਮਨੁ ਲਾਏ ॥
durmat kabuDh ga-ee suDh ho-ee raam naam man laa-ay.
Evil-mindedness and duality depart, and their understanding is enlightened. They attach their minds to the Name of the Lord.
ਸਫਲੁ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਰੀਰੁ ਸਭੁ ਹੋਆ ਜਿਤੁ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਪਰਗਾਸਿਆ ॥
safal janam sareer sabh ho-aa jit raam naam pargaasi-aa.
Their lives and bodies become totally blessed and fruitful; the Lord's Name illumines them.
ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਭਜੁ ਸਦਾ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਵਾਸਿਆ ॥੬॥
naanak har bhaj sadaa din raatee gurmukh nij ghar vaasi-aa. ||6||
O Nanak, by continually vibrating upon the Lord, day and night, the Gurmukhs abide in the home of the inner self. ||6||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

When your heart is full of the One, worry lets go of you.

Everything you truly need comes; the tangled, doubled-up thinking clears, and your whole life lights up from the inside.

Fill your heart with what matters and worry loses its grip — peace comes as a byproduct, not a prize.
The deeper layer

A verse of overflow: hearts filled with the Name forsake all anxiety — worry simply loses its grip. The listing is generous — all wealth, all Dharma, the fruits of the heart's desires — but notice these come as byproducts of a full heart, not as the goal chased directly. What clears is duality (the divided, second-guessing mind), and understanding is enlightened, lit up. The verse closes on the raag's home-image: abide in the home of the inner self — the settled interior where, day and night, the remembering hums. Fill the heart, and the anxieties you were fighting quietly leave on their own.

A Question to Sit With

Have you noticed worry shrinks on its own when your heart is full of something good?

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