Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One and its Name are the cure-all, the medicine for the whole world; they bring peace and calm. Those who take this medicine, through the teaching, have their wrongs and their sufferings wiped away.
The Name is the one medicine the whole world needs.
Har har naam har har jag avkhaDh — the One and the One's Name are the avkhaDh, the medicine, for the world. Har har naam har saatay — the Name brings peace and calm. Gurbani calls the Name a medicine in other shabads too.
Tin kay paap dokh sabh binsay jo gurmat raam ras khaatay — those who take the sweet taste of the One through gurmat, the Guru's teaching, have all their wrongs and pains wiped away. Paap means wrongdoing. Dokh means pain or fault.
A good medicine heals the cause as well as the pain. Think of a cut. A bandage stops the hurt, but cleaning the cut is what lets it truly heal. The Name heals both the wrong and the hurt that comes from it.
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