ਭੈਰਉ ਬਾਣੀ ਨਾਮਦੇਉ ਜੀਉ ਕੀ ਘਰੁ ੧
bhairo banee naamday-o jee-o kee ghar 1
Bhairao, The Word Of Naam Dayv Jee, First House:
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ik-oNkaar satgur parsaad.
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
ਰੇ ਜਿਹਬਾ ਕਰਉ ਸਤ ਖੰਡ ॥
ray jihbaa kara-o sat khand.
O my tongue, I will cut you into a hundred pieces,
ਜਾਮਿ ਨ ਉਚਰਸਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ॥੧॥
jaam na uchras saree gobind. ||1||
if you do not chant the Name of the Lord. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
There is only One. And the One is found by the True Guru's grace — a gift that is always here, waiting for an open heart.
O my tongue, if you do not chant the Naam of the Lord of the World, I would rather have no tongue at all.
Your voice was made for wonderful things, and the most wonderful is love.
A tongue is meant for speaking the Naam of the One.
Namdev opens with a fierce vow to his own tongue: if it does not chant the Naam, he would rather not have it. The strong words show how much the Naam matters to him. Of everything a tongue can do, nothing is worthier.
A Question to Sit With
What is something kind or true you can say out loud today?
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