ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਹੁ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪਰਗਾਸਾ ॥
naam japahu gurmukh pargaasaa.
Chant the Naam, as Gurmukh, and be exalted.
ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨਾ ਮੈ ਧਰ ਨਹੀ ਕਾਈ ਨਾਮੁ ਰਵਿਆ ਸਭ ਸਾਸ ਗਿਰਾਸਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
naam binaa mai Dhar nahee kaa-ee naam ravi-aa sabh saas giraasaa. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Without the Naam, I have no other support; the Naam is woven into all my breaths and morsels of food. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Chant the Name, turned toward the Guru, and be lifted up.
Without the Name I have no other support; the Name is woven into every breath I take and every bite I eat.
The Name isn't an appointment in your day — it's woven through every breath and every bite.
The Pause gives a beautiful image of saturation: "the Naam is woven into all my breaths and morsels of food." The Name is not a scheduled practice but the thread running through the most ordinary acts — breathing, eating. This is naam simran as the texture of a whole life, not an appointment in it.
A Question to Sit With
What is something good you could weave through your ordinary day, not set aside for special times?
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