By hearing the Name the mind is composed and fixed on God. 1
Nanak, the saints are ever happy.
By hearing the Name sorrow and sin are no more.
XI
By hearing the Name, the depth of the sea of virtue is sounded. 2 By hearing the Name men become Shaikhs, Pirs, and Emperors. By hearing the Name a blind man findeth his way By hearing the Name the unfathomable becometh fathom able. Nanak, the saints are ever happy. By hearing the Name sorrow and sin are no more.
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The condition of him who obeyeth God cannot be described. Whoever trieth to describe it, shall afterward repent. There is no paper, or pen, or writer To describe the condition of him who obeyeth God. So pure is His name Whoever obeyeth God knoweth the pleasure of it in his own heart. 3
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By obeying Him wisdom and understanding enter the mind ; By obeying Him man knoweth all worlds ; By obeying Him man suffereth not punishment; By obeying Him man shall not depart with Jam 4 So pure is God s name Whoever obeyeth God knoweth the pleasure of it in his own heart.
1 Or by hearing the Name man easily meditateth upon God.
2 Also translated man acquireth the best virtues.
3 Literally he knows it in his own mind, that is, he obtains a pleasure which is incommunicable.
4 The god of death, previously called Dharmraj. This verse means that man shall not die again, but be absorbed in God.
