The Medicine for a Million Troubles

ਅਉਖਧ ਕੋਟਿ ਸਿਮਰਿ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ॥

a-ukhaDh kot simar gobind.

Meditation on the Lord of the Universe is the medicine to cure millions of illnesses.

ਤੰਤੁ ਮੰਤੁ ਭਜੀਐ ਭਗਵੰਤ ॥

tant mant bhajee-ai bhagvant.

My Tantra and Mantra is to meditate, to vibrate upon the Lord God.

ਰੋਗ ਸੋਗ ਮਿਟੇ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਧਿਆਏ ॥

rog sog mitay parabh Dhi-aa-ay.

Illnesses and pains are dispelled, meditating on God.

ਮਨ ਬਾਂਛਤ ਪੂਰਨ ਫਲ ਪਾਏ ॥੩॥

man baa^Nchhat pooran fal paa-ay. ||3||

The fruits of the mind's desires are fulfilled. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Remembering the One is like medicine for a million troubles.

Turning my heart to the One is my chant and my charm.

Aches and sorrows ease when I hold the One in mind.

And the good things my heart truly longs for come to be.

Turning your heart to the One is the medicine and the mantra, both at once.

The deeper layer

A-ukhadh kot simar gobind — remembrance as medicine is a signature Gond theme. The verse gently absorbs the era's tant mant (mantras and charms) by saying: turning the heart to the One is my mantra, my charm — no other technique needed. Rog sog mitay names both bodily aches and inner sorrows easing. The promise of man baa^Nchhat fruits is not magic wish-granting but the quiet fulfillment of what the heart most truly wants.

A Question to Sit With

When you feel unwell in body or heart, what settles you?

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