Sikhism·Raag Maaroo·Shabad 136
Verse 2 of 15

The One Medicine

ਗੁਰ ਪੂਰੇ ਕੀ ਪਉ ਸਰਣਾਈ ॥
gur pooray kee pa-o sarnaa-ee.
Seek the Sanctuary of the Perfect Guru.
ਮੋਹੁ ਸੋਗੁ ਸਭੁ ਭਰਮੁ ਮਿਟਾਈ ॥
moh sog sabh bharam mitaa-ee.
He shall eradicate all emotional attachment, sorrow and doubt.
ਏਕੋ ਮੰਤ੍ਰੁ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਏ ਅਉਖਧੁ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਰਿਦ ਗਾਇਣਾ ॥੨॥
ayko mantar drirh-aa-ay a-ukhaDh sach naam rid gaa-inaa. ||2||
He shall administer the medicine, the Mantra of the One Name. Sing the True Name within your heart. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Step into the shelter of the Perfect Guru.

There, the clinging and the sadness and the tangled worries are cleared away.

The Guru gives you one medicine, one mantra — the true Naam — so sing it in your heart.

The Naam is the Guru's one medicine; sing it in your heart.
The deeper layer

In the shelter of the Perfect Guru, moh, sog, and bharam — attachment, sorrow, and doubt — are cleared. The Guru places one a-ukhadh, one medicine, in you: the Name. Sing the True Name within the heart. The Name works the way medicine works: it heals.

A Question to Sit With

What settles you down when your worries get tangled?

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