When the Name Clears the Mind

ਪਉੜੀ ॥

pa-orhee.

Pauree:

ਨਾਇ ਮੰਨਿਐ ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਗਈ ਮਤਿ ਪਰਗਟੀ ਆਇਆ ॥

naa-ay mani-ai durmat ga-ee mat pargatee aa-i-aa.

With faith in the Name, evil-mindedness is eradicated, and the intellect is enlightened.

ਨਾਉ ਮੰਨਿਐ ਹਉਮੈ ਗਈ ਸਭਿ ਰੋਗ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥

naa-o mani-ai ha-umai ga-ee sabh rog gavaa-i-aa.

With faith in the Name, egotism is eradicated, and all sickness is cured.

ਨਾਇ ਮੰਨਿਐ ਨਾਮੁ ਊਪਜੈ ਸਹਜੇ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥

naa-ay mani-ai naam oopjai sehjay sukh paa-i-aa.

Believing in the Name, The Name wells up, and intuitive peace and poise are obtained.

ਨਾਇ ਮੰਨਿਐ ਸਾਂਤਿ ਊਪਜੈ ਹਰਿ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਇਆ ॥

naa-ay mani-ai saa^Nt oopjai har man vasaa-i-aa.

Believing in the Name, tranquility and peace well up, and the Lord is enshrined in the mind.

ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਰਤੰਨੁ ਹੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਧਿਆਇਆ ॥੧੧॥

naanak naam ratann hai gurmukh har Dhi-aa-i-aa. ||11||

O Nanak, the Name is a jewel; the Gurmukh meditates on the Lord. ||11||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

When you live from the Naam, the tangled, unkind thoughts loosen their grip and your mind grows clear. The ego — that feeling of being a separate self, cut off from everyone — quietly begins to heal, and with it a whole set of inner aches.

Then a natural peace wells up on its own, an easy calm that you did not have to force. The One settles into your mind. Nanak says: the Naam is a jewel, and the Guru's people hold it close.

Living from the Naam lets calm rise up on its own.

The deeper layer

Pauri 11 of the Vaar. Durmat, a twisted way of thinking, clears; haumai, the ego, is a sickness that heals. Sahjay sukh is the natural ease of sahaj — peace that is not forced. Naam ratann — the Name as a jewel.

A Question to Sit With

What helps your mind feel clear and settled instead of tangled?

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