Sikhism·Siree Raag·Shabad 80
Verse 4 of 5

The Profit of the Naam Is Obtained

ਪਾਇਆ ਲਾਹਾ ਲਾਭੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਪੂਰਨ ਹੋਏ ਕਾਮ ॥
paa-i-aa laahaa laabh naam pooran ho-ay kaam.
The Profit of the Naam is obtained, and all affairs are brought to fruition.
ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਮੇਲਿਆ ਦੀਆ ਅਪਣਾ ਨਾਮੁ ॥
kar kirpaa parabh mayli-aa dee-aa apnaa naam.
In His Mercy, God unites us with Himself, and He blesses us with the Naam.
ਆਵਣ ਜਾਣਾ ਰਹਿ ਗਇਆ ਆਪਿ ਹੋਆ ਮਿਹਰਵਾਨੁ ॥
aavan jaanaa reh ga-i-aa aap ho-aa miharvaan.
My comings and goings in reincarnation have come to an end; He Himself has bestowed His Mercy.
ਸਚੁ ਮਹਲੁ ਘਰੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਪਛਾਨੁ ॥੩॥
sach mahal ghar paa-i-aa gur kaa sabad pachhaan. ||3||
I have obtained my home in the True Mansion of His Presence, realizing the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The Profit of the Naam is obtained, and all affairs are brought to fruition.

In His Mercy, God unites us with Himself and blesses us with the Naam.

My comings and goings in reincarnation have come to an end. He Himself has bestowed His Mercy.

The cycle of coming and going ends when God unites the soul with Himself — the ending is His act, not the soul's achievement.
The deeper layer

The Naam labh (Profit of the Naam) bringing all affairs to fruition — the merchant metaphor resolved: the one who traded in the right merchandise has profitable affairs. The trade that produces all other prosperity.

"He Himself has bestowed His Mercy" — aap milaaee-aa — God Himself united the soul with Himself. The reincarnation cycle (aavanaa jaanaa) ends when God unites us. Not when we achieve something — when He unites. The agent is always the divine.

A Question to Sit With

Do you believe the cycle you're in — your patterns of behavior, your recurring difficulties — can genuinely end? Or does it feel like management? What would actually ending them look like?

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