Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Without the Name, the world churns in turmoil.
You can teach a fool over and over, and he stays the blindest of the blind.
This is the "pause" line, the rahaa-o — the center of the shabad. It names the root of all the trouble.
Har kay naam binaa jag DhanDhaa — without the Name of the One, the world is a tangle of busy trouble. The Naam, the Name, means remembering the One and living close to the One.
Then a hard truth. You can explain things to a stubborn person again and again, and they still stay anDho anDhaa — the blindest of the blind. Some blindness is not about missing facts. It is about not wanting to see. Think of someone holding their hands over their eyes. A brighter light will not help until they lower their hands. More teaching alone cannot help a heart that will not turn.
Why do you think simply being told something again and again often isn't enough to change someone?
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