Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Speaking the Naam and listening to it is what holds me up.
My useless tangles have fallen away. The one who follows only their own wants, pulled two ways at once, loses their honor. Apart from the Naam, I have no one else at all.
The Naam, spoken and listened to, is the ground that holds you up.
Aakh-naa sunnaa naam aDhaar: speaking and listening to the Naam is my support. DhanDhaa chhutak ga-i-aa vaykaar: the useless tangles drop away. The manmukh, someone led only by their own wants, is pulled in two directions, doojai, and loses honor. Bin naavai mai avar na ko-ee: apart from the Naam, I have no one else. Think of a tree's roots. Wind can shake the branches, and the roots hold.
What is the steady thing you can lean on when everything else feels tangled?
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