Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
So, friend: follow the teacher's guidance and hold tight to the One's Name.
The deepest books already say the same thing — this is the road they all point down.
Namdev ends with friendly advice. Gurmat raam naam gahu meetaa — friend, follow the Guru's teaching and hold tight to the Name. Gurmat means the Guru's teaching. Naam, the Name, means remembering the One.
Then comes a warm, generous line: i-o kahai geetaa — and so says the Gita too. The Gita is a much-loved Hindu holy book. Namdev came from a family that the society of his day looked down on. Yet he reaches across to that book with respect. He points to a truth they share, not a contest between them.
Think of friends climbing a mountain from different sides. They take different trails, but they meet at the same top. Namdev says the good roads are all pointing the same way.
Where have you noticed different people or books arriving at the same simple truth?
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