ਅਉਖਧੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਜਲੁ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਗੁਰੂ ਦੁਆਰੀ ॥੪॥
a-ukhaDh naam nirmal jal amrit paa-ee-ai guroo du-aaree. ||4||
The medicine of the Naam, and the Immaculate Water of Ambrosial Nectar, are obtained through the Guru's Gate. ||4||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The medicine of the Name, and the pure, sweet water that heals — you find them right there at the teaching's door.
The tangles of ego are a sickness to heal, not a crime to punish.
A-ukhadh naam nirmal jal amrit — the Name as medicine, the immaculate water as nectar, received guroo du-aaree, at the door of the teaching. Sorath keeps a healing note, and here it is explicit: ego is not a crime to be sentenced but a sickness to be cured, and the cure is freely available. The image of nirmal jal, clean water, is gentleness itself — nothing harsh, only something that cleanses and refreshes.
A Question to Sit With
What "medicine" — a habit, a person, a practice — helps heal your worst moods?
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