Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Name is a treasure more beautiful than anything you could compare it to — so listen, everyone, and hold it in your heart, my friends.
Whoever the Teacher gives this healing medicine to — their mind becomes clear, clean, and light.
This shabad's Rahao is a medicine metaphor, one of Guru Arjan's favorites. Anoop padaarath naam — the Name is an incomparable treasure (anoop, beyond comparison). Sunhu sagal dhi-aa-ilay meetaa — 'listen, all, and hold it, friends' — an open, inviting call to dhian (loving attention), positively framed. Har a-ukhadh jaa ka-o gur dee-aa — the One's medicine (aukhadh) given by the Teacher — taa kay nirmal cheetaa — makes the mind nirmal, pure and clear. The shabad offers the Name as a spiritual medicine for a troubled mind — comfort and steadiness to be held alongside appropriate care, not in place of it — and the rest describes the cure taking effect.
When your mind feels cluttered or heavy, what helps clear it and make it feel light again?
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