ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥
gurmukh naam milai vadi-aa-ee.
The Gurmukh is blessed with the glorious greatness of the Naam.
ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਨਿੰਦਕਿ ਪਤਿ ਗਵਾਈ ॥
manmukh nindak pat gavaa-ee.
The self-willed manmukh, the slanderer, loses his honor.
ਨਾਮਿ ਰਤੇ ਪਰਮ ਹੰਸ ਬੈਰਾਗੀ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਤਾੜੀ ਲਾਈ ਹੇ ॥੩॥
naam ratay param hans bairaagee nij ghar taarhee laa-ee hay. ||3||
Attuned to the Naam, the supreme soul-swans remain detached; in the home of the self, they remain absorbed in deep meditative trance. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The one who turns to the Guru is blessed with the greatness of the Naam.
Speaking ill of others only costs a person their own peace.
But the pure of heart, like swans, rest lightly and free, at home in the quiet of their own deepest self.
Peace lives in your own heart, not in tearing others down.
The soul-swans (hansa) are an old image for pure hearts. Slander harms the one who speaks it most of all; the pure rest at home in their own being (nij ghar).
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