ਬਿਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮ ਨ ਟੂਟਸਿ ਪਟਲ ॥
bin har naam na tootas patal.
Without the Lord's Name, the screen is not torn away.
ਸੋਧੇ ਸਾਸਤ੍ਰ ਸਿਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਸਗਲ ॥
soDhay saastar simrit sagal.
I have studied all the Shaastras and Simritees.
ਸੋ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪੈ ਜਿਸੁ ਆਪਿ ਜਪਾਏ ॥
so naam japai jis aap japaa-ay.
He alone chants the Naam, whom the Lord Himself inspires to chant.
ਸਗਲ ਫਲਾ ਸੇ ਸੂਖਿ ਸਮਾਏ ॥੩॥
sagal falaa say sookh samaa-ay. ||3||
He obtains all fruits and rewards, and merges in peace. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Without the Naam of the One, the curtain is not torn away.
I have studied all the holy books.
Only the one the One inspires repeats the Naam.
That one receives every good fruit and melts into peace.
Study opens the mind; grace lifts the veil.
Patal (the screen/veil) is torn only by har naam, not by mastering saastar simrit (the scriptures). So naam japai jis aap japaa-ay — the Name lands where the One awakens it: grace, again, as the mover.
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