The Name Walks Home Into Your Heart

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

This last verse says the Name is a treasure of every joy, and when the Master is kind, the Name comes home to your heart.

First the treasure. "Anad mangal kali-aan niDhaanaa" — a treasure of bliss, joy and every blessing. Anad is deep happiness. Mangal is celebration, like wedding songs. Kali-aan is well-being, being truly okay. Every good thing is packed into one chest. Then: "sookh sahj har naam vakhaanaa" — speaking the Name brings peace and sahj. Sahj is an easy, settled calm, like a lake with no wind. Many songs in this raag name it as the fruit of the Name.

The last line answers the question the song raised. The verse before said the One is out of reach, yet shows up inside when the ego melts. But what makes that happen? "Ho-ay kirpaal su-aamee apnaa naa-o naanak ghar meh aa-i-aa" — when my Master became kind, says Nanak, the Name came into my home.

Look closely at how that's said. Not "I reached the Name." Not "I earned the Name." The Name came home. It walked into the house of the heart by itself, when the Master was kind. It all moves from the One's side. It's like waiting for someone you love, and then hearing the door open. You don't go out and drag them in. They arrive. Earlier songs in this raag find the One "in the home" too.

So the song comes full circle. The One is the breath of life. Good company fulfills our hopes. The unreachable shows up inside when the ego melts. And last, by grace, the Name simply comes home. The journey ends not with reaching, but with the Beloved at the door.