ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਜਾਨਿਆ ਰਾਮ ਕਾ ॥
naam na jaani-aa raam kaa.
You do not know the Name of the Lord.
ਮੂੜੇ ਫਿਰਿ ਪਾਛੈ ਪਛੁਤਾਹਿ ਰੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
moorhay fir paachhai pachhutaahi ray. ||1|| rahaa-o.
You fool - you shall regret and repent in the end! ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You do not yet know the One's Name. And foolish heart -- in the end you will wish you had.
The one thing worth knowing is the Name -- and forgetting it is what we come to regret.
The Rahao. The single missing thing is the Name. The warning of future regret recurs across these Chaytee and Bairaagan shabads: regret is the inevitable fruit of a life that never learned the Name.
A Question to Sit With
What is something important you keep meaning to learn but have not yet?
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI
Use ← → to navigate