Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Listen, O hermit, here is the final word of the Word: without the Naam, there is no yoga.
Those dyed in the Naam are glad day and night; through the Naam comes peace.
Through the Naam everything is revealed; through the Naam understanding comes.
Without the Naam, people wear all kinds of holy robes; the True One has let them lose their way.
The Naam is found through the True Guru, O hermit, and then the way of yoga comes.
Nanak says: think it over in your mind and see; without the Naam, there is no freedom.
After every question, the answer is the Naam: without it there is no yoga and no freedom.
Sabdai kaa nibayrhaa, the verdict of the Word, sums up the whole conversation with the Siddhas. Their long search for yoga ends in the Naam. Bhaykh, outer robes, are set beside the inner Naam: what matters is what the heart is dyed in, whatever anyone wears.
When you strip away the details, what is the one thing that matters most to you?
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