Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
True teacher, tell me about the One, so I can hold that Name in my mind and let it fill me.
The Name is clean and pure; speaking it, every ache I carried has been lifted away.
A short, tender Shalok shaped as a request. Satgur... das naam — "teacher, tell me the Name" — models the beginner's honest posture: not pretending to already know, but asking. The reward is stated simply and gently: naam pavit (the Name is pure) and sabh dukh parharee — "all pain is carried off." The verb parharee is a lifting-away, an unburdening — which is exactly how the project frames simran (holding the Name): never a grim duty, always a quiet relief, like setting down something heavy you had been carrying without noticing.
When you do not understand something important, is it easier for you to ask, or to pretend you already know? Why?
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