ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨਾ ਨਹੀ ਜੀਵਿਆ ਜਾਇ ॥
naam binaa nahee jeevi-aa jaa-ay.
Without the Naam, I cannot live.
ਵਡੈ ਭਾਗਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਇ ॥੨॥
vadai bhaag gurmukh har paa-ay. ||2||
By great good fortune, the Gurmukhs obtain the Naam. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Without the Name, I cannot live.
By great good fortune, those turned to the Guru receive the Name.
Once it has truly become your life, you cannot imagine living without it.
The intensity sharpens: "without the Naam, I cannot live" — the Name as breath itself, as in Shabad 27. This is viraha turned to dependence: the soul that has tasted the Name experiences its absence as a threat to life. And still the Name comes by fortune, to the Gurmukh.
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