Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I know nothing of meditation, hard practices, self-discipline or rituals. I only repeat Your Name, God.
Nanak says: I have met the Guru, who is one with the Highest One, and through the True Word of the Shabad I am set free.
Knowing only the Name is enough.
Jap tap sanjam karam na jaanaa — I do not know much about hard practices, strict self-control, or rituals. Tap means hard spiritual practice. Sanjam means self-control. Karam here means religious rituals.
This is not saying those things are bad. It is honest humility. The speaker simply says what they have: naam japee prabh tayraa — I keep repeating Your Name, O One. Keeping the Name is not a lesser path. It is the heart of it.
Think of a small child who cannot write a long letter. They just draw a heart and write "I love you." That is enough.
Then Nanak meets gur parmaysar, the Guru who shows the One. Saachai sabad nibayraa — through the true Word, it all gets settled. Nibayraa means being set free, like knots in a string coming loose.
Is there something simple you do that helps more than complicated things would?
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