Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Read the Name, understand the Name, follow the Guru's teaching: the Naam lifts a life.
You do not have to travel far to find holy ground. Holding the Name is itself standing in every sacred place at once, and it washes the heart clean.
Har parhee-ai har bujhee-ai means read about the One and understand the One. Gurmatee means by the Guru's teaching. Taken in this way, the Name lifts a whole life.
Then comes the big idea. Athsath tirath har naam hai: the Name is the sixty-eight holy places. Those were famous places people traveled far to visit. The verse moves the holy place into the heart. It is like having a whole library on your tablet. You do not have to go anywhere.
The Name also cuts away kilvikh, our faults and wrongs. This is not turning away from anyone's tradition. It is finding the holy right inside.
Can a place inside you feel as sacred as any temple?
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