ਕਾਹੇ ਮੇਰੇ ਬਾਮ੍ਹ੍ਹਨ ਹਰਿ ਨ ਕਹਹਿ ॥
kaahay mayray baamHan har na kaheh.
Why, O my Brahmin, do you not chant the Lord's Name?
ਰਾਮੁ ਨ ਬੋਲਹਿ ਪਾਡੇ ਦੋਜਕੁ ਭਰਹਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
raam na boleh paaday dojak bhareh. ||1|| rahaa-o.
If you don't chant the Lord's Name, O Pandit, you will only suffer in hell. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Why, my Brahmin friend, do you not say the Naam of the One?
If you do not say the Naam, O Pandit, you will only suffer in hell.
Learning fills your head; love changes your heart.
Learning without the Naam leaves a person suffering, however much they know. The word for hell here, dojak, comes from another tradition entirely: heartless learning goes nowhere in any tradition.
This is the rahaa-o, the pause line at the centre of the shabad.
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