Sikhism·Raag Kaydaaraa·Shabad 14
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The Name Is My Support

ਕੇਦਾਰਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
kaydaaraa mehlaa 5.
Kaydaaraa, Fifth Mehl:
ਹਰਿ ਕੇ ਨਾਮ ਕੋ ਆਧਾਰੁ ॥
har kay naam ko aaDhaar.
I take only the Support of the Name of the Lord.
ਕਲਿ ਕਲੇਸ ਨ ਕਛੁ ਬਿਆਪੈ ਸੰਤਸੰਗਿ ਬਿਉਹਾਰੁ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
kal kalays na kachh bi-aapai satsang bi-uhaar. rahaa-o.
Suffering and conflict do not afflict me; I deal only with the Society of the Saints. ||Pause||
ਕਰਿ ਅਨੁਗ੍ਰਹੁ ਆਪਿ ਰਾਖਿਓ ਨਹ ਉਪਜਤਉ ਬੇਕਾਰੁ ॥
kar anoograhu aap raakhi-o nah upajta-o baykaar.
Showering His Mercy on me, the Lord Himself has saved me, and no evil thoughts arise within me.
ਜਿਸੁ ਪਰਾਪਤਿ ਹੋਇ ਸਿਮਰੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਦਹਤ ਨਹ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥੧॥
jis paraapat ho-ay simrai tis dahat nah sansaar. ||1||
Whoever receives this Grace, contemplates Him in meditation; he is not burned by the fire of the world. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The Name is the ground I stand on. When I hold the One in my heart, worry and conflict lose their grip on me.

I keep good company — people who remember what matters — and that keeps my mind clear and kind.

I did not earn this by being perfect. Grace was already here, and when I opened to it, the harsh, restless thoughts simply stopped rising in me.

Whoever receives this and quietly remembers the One is never scorched by the heat of the world — they stay cool and steady inside.

When the Name is your ground, the world's heat cannot burn you.
The deeper layer

Aadhaar means support or foundation; satsang is the company of those who remember the One. The “fire of the world” (sansaar) is the burning of anxiety, craving, and conflict — not a place, but a state of mind. Anoograhu is grace, and true to this project's lens it is received, not earned: the harsh thoughts stop rising once we open to what was always here. The rahau line names the whole song's refrain — the Name as our single, sufficient support.

A Question to Sit With

What helps you feel steady when things around you get stressful?

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