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Sikhism·Raag Wadahans·Shabad 37
Verse 2 of 4

Wisdom Is a Brave Sword That Cuts Through Fear

ਸੁਣਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸੁਣਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਭਿ ਬਿਨਸੇ ਹੰਉਮੈ ਪਾਪਾ ਰਾਮ ॥
sun gurmukh sun gurmukh naam sabh binsay haN-umai paapaa raam.
Listen as Gurmukh, listen as Gurmukh, to the Naam, the Name of the Lord; all egotism and sins are eradicated.
ਜਪਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਜਪਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਲਥਿਅੜੇ ਜਗਿ ਤਾਪਾ ਰਾਮ ॥
jap har har jap har har naam lathi-arhay jag taapaa raam.
Chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, the troubles of the world vanish.
ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਿਨੀ ਆਰਾਧਿਆ ਤਿਨ ਕੇ ਦੁਖ ਪਾਪ ਨਿਵਾਰੇ ॥
har har naam jinee aaraaDhi-aa tin kay dukh paap nivaaray.
Those who contemplate the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, are rid of their suffering and sins.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਗਿਆਨ ਖੜਗੁ ਹਥਿ ਦੀਨਾ ਜਮਕੰਕਰ ਮਾਰਿ ਬਿਦਾਰੇ ॥
satgur gi-aan kharhag hath deenaa jamkankar maar bidaaray.
The True Guru has placed the sword of spiritual wisdom in my hands; I have overcome and slain the Messenger of Death.
ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਧਾਰੀ ਸੁਖਦਾਤੇ ਦੁਖ ਲਾਥੇ ਪਾਪ ਸੰਤਾਪਾ ॥
har parabh kirpaa Dhaaree sukh-daatay dukh laathay paap santaapaa.
The Lord God, the Giver of peace, has granted His Grace, and I am rid of pain, sin and disease.
ਸੁਣਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸੁਣਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਭਿ ਬਿਨਸੇ ਹੰਉਮੈ ਪਾਪਾ ॥੨॥
sun gurmukh sun gurmukh naam sabh binsay haN-umai paapaa. ||2||
Listen as Gurmukh, listen as Gurmukh, to the Naam, the Name of the Lord; all egotism and sins are eradicated. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Really listen to what's good and true, and the puffed-up feeling and mistakes fall away.

Keeping the good in mind, the troubles of the world grow lighter.

Wisdom is like a sword placed in your hand — it cuts right through the fear of endings.

Wisdom is like a brave sword placed in your hand — it cuts right through fear.
The deeper layer

A striking, empowering image: "the True Guru has placed the sword of spiritual wisdom in my hands; I have overcome and slain the Messenger of Death." Wisdom is a sword — a tool of courage that cuts through the fear of endings and the tangles of the mind. The qMonk voice renders "slain the Messenger of Death" as cutting through the fear of endings, not literal violence. For a child: wisdom is like a brave sword in your hand that cuts right through fear.

A Question to Sit With

If wisdom were a tool you could hold, what would it help you cut through?

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI

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