Let the Name be your food and your clothing, and the churning waves of the mind go smooth.
The Arc
The Third Guru turns to his own mind and calls the Name glorious and great — a freedom nothing outside can take. The Word dissolves fear, even the fear of death; the Name becomes the devotee's food and devotion their clothing. A self-turned mind wavers, but a listening mind steadies and the Word turns sweet. The Word smooths the mind's waves; the ego quiets in it as if bathing in forever-pure water; and the pure One is found shining inside every heart. A divided heart loses the way, but the one absorbed in the Real speaks true and carries the Name.
Key Vocabulary
vadaa-ee — glory, greatness; the Name's stature.
jamkaal — the dread of death, here loosened by the Word.
bhojan / painhan — food / clothing; devotion woven into daily life.
manmukh — the self-turned mind, a wavering state, not a verdict.
tarang — the waves of the mind, smoothed by the Word.
sabh aatam raam — the One present in all; Ik Onkar made intimate.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The wave-and-ocean image appears twice — the mind's waves stilled, and the One as an ocean of pure water — tying the inner and the vast together. Food and clothing echoes the tradition's picture of Truth as the very material of daily life. The One inside every heart quietly sounds the all-equal, caste-leveling note.
For Raag Saarang
In a raag of longing, the Third Guru answers longing with nourishment: the Name as bread, devotion as garment, the churning heart bathed calm. Longing here is fed, not just felt.
Translation Notes
This ashtapadee is Mehl 3 (Guru Amar Das), not Mehl 1 — the header at B00C2718 covers only the first two hymns. jamkaal nikhanjan (destroyer of the Messenger of Death) is rendered as the fear of death loosening, dropping any figure of terror. man sabad marai (the mind dies in the Word) is carried as the grabbing self growing quiet, not self-destruction. manmukh is a describable state, not a person's worth. dubidhaa is rendered as a divided heart finding its way, not a soul condemned. Inner bathing in the Name stands quietly beside outer ritual bathing.
Let the Name be your food and your clothing, and the churning waves of the mind go smooth.
The Arc
The Third Guru turns to his own mind and calls the Name glorious and great — a freedom nothing outside can take. The Word dissolves fear, even the fear of death; the Name becomes the devotee's food and devotion their clothing. A self-turned mind wavers, but a listening mind steadies and the Word turns sweet. The Word smooths the mind's waves; the ego quiets in it as if bathing in forever-pure water; and the pure One is found shining inside every heart. A divided heart loses the way, but the one absorbed in the Real speaks true and carries the Name.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The wave-and-ocean image appears twice — the mind's waves stilled, and the One as an ocean of pure water — tying the inner and the vast together. Food and clothing echoes the tradition's picture of Truth as the very material of daily life. The One inside every heart quietly sounds the all-equal, caste-leveling note.
For Raag Saarang
In a raag of longing, the Third Guru answers longing with nourishment: the Name as bread, devotion as garment, the churning heart bathed calm. Longing here is fed, not just felt.
Translation Notes
This ashtapadee is Mehl 3 (Guru Amar Das), not Mehl 1 — the header at B00C2718 covers only the first two hymns. jamkaal nikhanjan (destroyer of the Messenger of Death) is rendered as the fear of death loosening, dropping any figure of terror. man sabad marai (the mind dies in the Word) is carried as the grabbing self growing quiet, not self-destruction. manmukh is a describable state, not a person's worth. dubidhaa is rendered as a divided heart finding its way, not a soul condemned. Inner bathing in the Name stands quietly beside outer ritual bathing.