ਨਾਮੇ ਹੀ ਹਮ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਭਏ ॥
naamay hee ham nirbha-o bha-ay.
Through the Naam, I have become fearless.
ਨਾਮੇ ਆਵਨ ਜਾਵਨ ਰਹੇ ॥
naamay aavan jaavan rahay.
Through the Naam, my comings and goings have ceased.
ਗੁਰਿ ਪੂਰੈ ਮੇਲੇ ਗੁਣਤਾਸ ॥
gur poorai maylay guntaas.
The Perfect Guru has united me with the Lord, the treasure of virtue.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੁਖਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ॥੪॥੨॥੪॥
kaho naanak sukh sahj nivaas. ||4||2||4||
Says Nanak, I dwell in celestial peace. ||4||2||4||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Through the Name I have grown fearless, and my restless coming and going has come to rest.
The perfect teaching joined me to the One, the treasure of all goodness — and now I live in a quiet, natural peace.
A heart resting in the Name grows fearless and settles into a natural peace.
The shabad closes on nirbha-o — fearless — the fruit of a heart resting in the Name. Aavan jaavan rahay — the restlessness settles. Meeting guntaas (the treasure of virtue) through poorai gur leads to sukh sahj nivaas — a home in sahaj, the natural ease of a soul that has stopped fighting its own nature.
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