ਗੋਂਡ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
gond mehlaa 5.
Gond, Fifth Mehl:
ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਨੀਰਿ ਨਰਾਇਣ ॥
naam niranjan neer naraa-in.
The Name of the Immaculate Lord is the Ambrosial Water.
ਰਸਨਾ ਸਿਮਰਤ ਪਾਪ ਬਿਲਾਇਣ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
rasnaa simrat paap bilaa-in. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Chanting it with the tongue, sins are washed away. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Name of the pure One is like cool, clear, healing water.
Held gently on the tongue, it washes old mistakes away.
The Name is cool, clear water — it rinses the heart the way water rinses dust.
This is the rahau, and it comes first — the note the whole shabad hums. Naam niranjan neer naraa-in — the Name is neer, water: cooling, cleansing, life-giving. Just as water carries away dust, remembering the Name (rasnaa simrat) rinses old mistakes from the heart. The whole shabad after this repeats the word Naaraa-in at the head of nearly every line, like a name softly repeated until it fills the room.
A Question to Sit With
When have you felt 'washed clean' inside after letting something go?
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