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Sikhism·Raag Wadahans·Shabad 27
Verse 2 of 8

The Good Eases Pain; We Forget Only When Dazzled

ਨਾਮੁ ਤੇਰਾ ਹੈ ਸਾਚਾ ਸਦਾ ਮੈ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਣਾ ॥
naam tayraa hai saachaa sadaa mai man bhaanaa.
Your Name is True, and ever pleasing to my mind.
ਦੂਖੁ ਗਇਆ ਸੁਖੁ ਆਇ ਸਮਾਣਾ ॥
dookh ga-i-aa sukh aa-ay samaanaa.
My pains are dispelled, and I am permeated with peace.
ਗਾਵਨਿ ਸੁਰਿ ਨਰ ਸੁਘੜ ਸੁਜਾਣਾ ॥
gaavan sur nar sugharh sujaanaa.
The angels, the mortals and the silent sages sing of You.
ਸੁਰਿ ਨਰ ਸੁਘੜ ਸੁਜਾਣ ਗਾਵਹਿ ਜੋ ਤੇਰੈ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਵਹੇ ॥
sur nar sugharh sujaan gaavahi jo tayrai man bhaavhay.
The angels, the mortals and the silent sages sing of You; they are pleasing to Your Mind.
ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੇ ਚੇਤਹਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਅਹਿਲਾ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਵਹੇ ॥
maa-i-aa mohay cheeteh naahee ahilaa janam gavaavhay.
Enticed by Maya, they do not remember the Lord, and they waste away their lives in vain.
ਇਕਿ ਮੂੜ ਮੁਗਧ ਨ ਚੇਤਹਿ ਮੂਲੇ ਜੋ ਆਇਆ ਤਿਸੁ ਜਾਣਾ ॥
ik moorh mugaDh na cheeteh moolay jo aa-i-aa tis jaanaa.
Some fools and idiots never think of the Lord; whoever has come, shall have to go.
ਨਾਮੁ ਤੇਰਾ ਸਦਾ ਸਾਚਾ ਸੋਇ ਮੈ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਣਾ ॥੨॥
naam tayraa sadaa saachaa so-ay mai man bhaanaa. ||2||
Your Name is True, and ever pleasing to my mind. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Your true Name is always sweet to me; it lifts my pain and fills me with peace.

All kinds of beings sing about You — and it gladdens You.

But when we get dazzled by shiny things, we forget, and let a precious life slip by.

What's good and true is always sweet and eases pain — it's only when we get dazzled that we forget it.
The deeper layer

"Your Name is True, and ever pleasing to my mind; my pains are dispelled." Everyone — "angels, mortals, silent sages" — sings of the One. The shadow-note (those "enticed by Maya" who "waste their lives") is rendered gently as the familiar drift of forgetting when we're dazzled. The refrain-structure of this Chhant-like shabad returns each verse to its sweet first line. For a child: what's good and true is always sweet and eases pain — it's only when we get dazzled that we forget it.

A Question to Sit With

What 'shiny things' sometimes dazzle you into forgetting what really matters?

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