The Name, planted within and kept daily, is itself the whole of true religion — and the only wealth you truly keep.
The Arc
The verse names the teacher's gift of the Name as arriving where the heart is ready, planted deep and drawn onto the lips, and declares this living remembrance itself to be Dharma, true religion. The Rahao makes the Name the devotee's whole honor and rescue, so that outside ups and downs can be met with an open heart. The close runs a banker's image: the one whose real wealth is the Name is the perfect banker — Name his business, his backing, his only profit.
Key Vocabulary
naam dari<u>rh</u>-aavai naam japaavai: implanting and inspiring the Name
jug meh Dharmaa: this is true religion in the world
naamo gat naamo pat: the Name is salvation and honor
naam Dhan: the Name as wealth
pooraa saahaa: the perfect banker
Themes and Cross-Connections
Naming daily remembrance as Dharma itself, rather than ritual, is the Naam teaching of philosophy.md in miniature: the Name is not a magic word but a living presence held in awareness. The banking imagery — capital, business, profit — recurs across Guru Arjan to relocate wealth from what is left behind at death to what the soul carries forward.
For Raag Dhanaasaree
In a raag of longing, the Name becomes the treasure that answers the ache and cannot be lost.
The Name, planted within and kept daily, is itself the whole of true religion — and the only wealth you truly keep.
The Arc
The verse names the teacher's gift of the Name as arriving where the heart is ready, planted deep and drawn onto the lips, and declares this living remembrance itself to be Dharma, true religion. The Rahao makes the Name the devotee's whole honor and rescue, so that outside ups and downs can be met with an open heart. The close runs a banker's image: the one whose real wealth is the Name is the perfect banker — Name his business, his backing, his only profit.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Naming daily remembrance as Dharma itself, rather than ritual, is the Naam teaching of philosophy.md in miniature: the Name is not a magic word but a living presence held in awareness. The banking imagery — capital, business, profit — recurs across Guru Arjan to relocate wealth from what is left behind at death to what the soul carries forward.
For Raag Dhanaasaree
In a raag of longing, the Name becomes the treasure that answers the ache and cannot be lost.