ਗੋਂਡ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
gond mehlaa 5.
Gond, Fifth Mehl:
ਨਾਮ ਸੰਗਿ ਕੀਨੋ ਬਿਉਹਾਰੁ ॥
naam sang keeno bi-uhaar.
I trade in the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
ਨਾਮੋੁ ਹੀ ਇਸੁ ਮਨ ਕਾ ਅਧਾਰੁ ॥
naamo hee is man kaa aDhaar.
The Naam is the Support of the mind.
ਨਾਮੋ ਹੀ ਚਿਤਿ ਕੀਨੀ ਓਟ ॥
naamo hee chit keenee ot.
My consciousness takes to the Shelter of the Naam.
ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਤ ਮਿਟਹਿ ਪਾਪ ਕੋਟਿ ॥੧॥
naam japat miteh paap kot. ||1||
Chanting the Naam, millions of sins are erased. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Name is my true business, the thing I deal in every day.
It is the support my mind rests on and the shelter my heart takes — and holding it, old mistakes quietly fall away.
Make the Name the thing you deal in daily, and it becomes your support and shelter.
Naam sang keeno bi-uhaar — I trade in the Name — reframes the whole of life as commerce in the one thing that lasts. Adhaar (support) and ot (shelter) show the Name doing double work: holding the mind up and covering the heart. Miteh paap kot — countless mistakes erased — is release, not accusation.
A Question to Sit With
What is something you 'trade in' every day — where does your attention go?
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