ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨਾ ਸਭੁ ਝੂਠੁ ਪਰਾਨੀ ॥
naam binaa sabh jhooth paraanee.
Without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, everything is false, O mortal.
ਗੋਵਿਦ ਭਜਨ ਬਿਨੁ ਅਵਰ ਸੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਤੇ ਸਭਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੂਠੁ ਪਰਾਨੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
govid bhajan bin avar sang raatay tay sabh maa-i-aa mooth paraanee. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Those who do not vibrate and meditate on the Lord of the Universe, but instead are imbued with other things, - all those mortals are plundered by Maya. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Without the Naam, everything is false, my friend.
Those who don't sing of the Master of the world, and soak themselves in other things, are all robbed by the pull of getting and having.
Pouring your whole heart only into passing things quietly empties you.
Without the Naam, all is jhooth, false: naam binaa sabh jhooth. To be maa-i-aa mooth is to be robbed by Maya, emptied out by pouring everything into what cannot hold it.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the centre of the shabad.
A Question to Sit With
What is something you could care about that wouldn't leave you empty?
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