ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿ ਮਨਿ ਤਨਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
naam visaar man tan dukh paa-i-aa.
Forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the mind and body suffer in pain.
ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਸਭੁ ਰੋਗੁ ਕਮਾਇਆ ॥
maa-i-aa moh sabh rog kamaa-i-aa.
Attached to the love of Maya, he earns nothing but disease.
ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਹੈ ਕੁਸਟੀ ਨਰਕੇ ਵਾਸਾ ਪਾਇਦਾ ॥੯॥
bin naavai man tan hai kustee narkay vaasaa paa-idaa. ||9||
Without the Name, his mind and body are afflicted with leprosy, and he obtains his home in hell. ||9||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When the Name slips from my mind, a heaviness settles into my body and heart. Clinging tightly to passing things only makes me feel unwell inside.
But the Name is a medicine always within reach — and the moment I remember, the heaviness begins to lift.
Forgetting makes the heart heavy; remembering is the medicine always within reach.
Forgetting the Name brings heaviness to mind and body, and clinging to Maya earns only dis-ease. The Name is the medicine always at hand: illness of the mind, ready to be healed.
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What helps lift the heaviness when you feel weighed down inside?
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