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1The Name of the Lord is the enjoyment and Yoga of His servants.

2Chanting the Lord's Name, there is no separation from Him.

3His servants are imbued with the service of the Lord's Name.

4O Nanak, worship the Lord, the Lord Divine, Har, Har. ||6||

5The Lord's Name, Har, Har, is the treasure of wealth of His servants.

6The treasure of the Lord has been bestowed on His servants by God Himself.

7The Lord, Har, Har is the All-powerful Protection of His servants.

8His servants know no other than the Lord's Magnificence.

9Through and through, His servants are imbued with the Lord's Love.

10In deepest Samaadhi, they are intoxicated with the essence of the Naam.

11Twenty-four hours a day, His servants chant Har, Har.

12The devotees of the Lord are known and respected; they do not hide in secrecy.

13Through devotion to the Lord, many have been liberated.

14O Nanak, along with His servants, many others are saved. ||7||

15This Elysian Tree of miraculous powers is the Name of the Lord.

16The Khaamadhayn, the cow of miraculous powers, is the singing of the Glory of the Lord's Name, Har, Har.

17Highest of all is the Lord's Speech.

18Hearing the Naam, pain and sorrow are removed.

19The Glory of the Naam abides in the hearts of His Saints.

20By the Saint's kind intervention, all guilt is dispelled.

21The Society of the Saints is obtained by great good fortune.

22Serving the Saint, one meditates on the Naam.

23There is nothing equal to the Naam.

24O Nanak, rare are those, who, as Gurmukh, obtain the Naam. ||8||2||

25Shalok:

26The many Shaastras and the many Simritees - I have seen and searched through them all.

27They are not equal to Har, Haray - O Nanak, the Lord's Invaluable Name. ||1||

28Ashtapadee:

29Chanting, intense meditation, spiritual wisdom and all meditations;

30the six schools of philosophy and sermons on the scriptures;

31the practice of Yoga and righteous conduct;

32the renunciation of everything and wandering around in the wilderness;

33the performance of all sorts of works;

34donations to charities and offerings of jewels to fire;

35cutting the body apart and making the pieces into ceremonial fire offerings;

36keeping fasts and making vows of all sorts

37- none of these are equal to the contemplation of the Name of the Lord,

38O Nanak, if, as Gurmukh, one chants the Naam, even once. ||1||

39You may roam over the nine continents of the world and live a very long life;

40you may become a great ascetic and a master of disciplined meditation

41and burn yourself in fire;

42you may give away gold, horses, elephants and land;

43you may practice techniques of inner cleansing and all sorts of Yogic postures;

44you may adopt the self-mortifying ways of the Jains and great spiritual disciplines;

45piece by piece, you may cut your body apart;

46but even so, the filth of your ego shall not depart.

47There is nothing equal to the Name of the Lord.

48O Nanak, as Gurmukh, chant the Naam, and obtain salvation. ||2||

49With your mind filled with desire, you may give up your body at a sacred shrine of pilgrimage;

50but even so, egotistical pride shall not be removed from your mind.

51You may practice cleansing day and night,

52but the filth of your mind shall not leave your body.

53You may subject your body to all sorts of disciplines,

54but your mind will never be rid of its corruption.

55You may wash this transitory body with loads of water,

56but how can a wall of mud be washed clean?

57O my mind, the Glorious Praise of the Name of the Lord is the highest;

58O Nanak, the Naam has saved so many of the worst sinners. ||3||

59Even with great cleverness, the fear of death clings to you.