ਭਨਤਿ ਨਾਮਦੇਉ ਇਕੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਸਤਾਰੈ ॥
bhanat naamday-o ik naam nistaarai.
Naam Dayv prays, only the Naam, the Name of the Lord, can save us.
ਜਿਹ ਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਤਿਹ ਪਾਰਿ ਉਤਾਰੈ ॥੪॥੫॥
jih gur milai tih paar utaarai. ||4||5||
One who meets the Guru, is carried across to the other side. ||4||5||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Namdev says: only the Naam carries us across.
Whoever meets the Guru is carried over to the other side.
The Name is what carries you steadily through all of life's changes.
Only the Naam carries you across, and meeting the Guru brings you to the far shore.
Bhanat naamday-o ik naam nistaarai: Namdev says, the one Naam saves. Jih gur milai tih paar utaarai: whoever meets the Guru is carried to the other side.
Think of a river with a ferry. The boatman knows the way across, in high water and in low.
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