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Naam
Dr Dalvinder Singh Grewal
Dr Dalvinder Singh Grewal
What is "Naam" or "Name"? What is the purpose of Naam? What Naam, or name, should one recite to attain salvation? How do we get salvation through Naam? Is Naam a Sabd? If so how do we reconcile Sabd with Naam? These and such questions have been well explained in Sri Guru Granth Sahib with the help of Sabd.
In general terminology, a name gives identification to a person, place, or thing. But in the religious literature of the Bhakti Movement, the word "Naam" is used for the Sargun attributes of the Omnipresent and Omnipotent God. Attributes of God may be described as "nirgun" (attributes concerning God Himself) and "sargun" (concerning the universe).
When the universe was not created, all His attributes were contained in Himself. He could not be called "one" when there was no other; he could not be called truth (sat) when there was no falsehood. He could not be called a Creator Being (Karta Purukh) when there was no universe. He was anaam, alakh, nirankaar. He then uttered "Sabd," giving Himself a name [1]. The Sabd was His name accepted by His creation as Naam. Hence, God, Sabd, Naam, beings, and the universe are all interrelated. In the previous chapter we have seen the importance of God’s order. The name is God’s command, which a True Guru helps one to understand. [2] As no name existed before Him, there was no one to identify Him with any name. However, the need for the name came once the universe was created. The God created the universe and His own Name [3] by one Sabd. [4] God’s Name is a sabd and received by the seeker through sabd alone. [5] Through the sabd, God comes into one’s mind, and meditating on His name, one gets united with God. Once the name of God develops in a being's mind, the being is united with the God. [6] The name is the God’s Command which can be understood from a True Guide or guru and the glorious greatness is received through the Naam, given by the the Perfect Guru [7]
Without the Sabd, the whole world is insane and loses its life in vain.[8] The universe is born out of ego and is pained when it forgets the Name of the God.[9] Those who get obsessed with enjoying pleasures suffer in pain later. Birth and death hang over the heads of all beings, along with hunger, sleep and dying. The being caught in the web of maya is lost in fulfilling his desires and dies and lives again and again hankering after worldly maya. Tired of this hankering, one wants peace ultimately and searches for a way out. For this, one has to get out of the web of the worldly maya. There is no liberation without the True Name.[10] As the Naam is the source of bliss, one can be blessed with God’s Grace.[11] One must live by chanting the Name of the Lord keeping It enshrined in heart.[12] The wealth of the God's Name is inexhaustible. It brings a constant peace in this world itself and brings honor at the Lord's Gate [13].
Purpose of Naam
In Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Name (Naam) is thus used for God. The name of God originated from Sabd. Naam is the name given to the invisible god. In fact, the God is nameless, but we have given Him myriads of names [14] for ease of knowing Him. The name provides attributes of God and helps one to get attached to Him. As there is no difference between the observer and the observed, similarly, there is no difference between the naming and the named. All are created from the God’s energy, and all the energies of creation are that of the God. [15]
Beings identify God, His universe, and all creatures through name only. [16] Whatever has been created in the universe, all have names. [17] The Naam is the base of all creatures; the earth and solar systems; the Akaashik ethers and the nether regions; all bodies; all pilgrimages and all temples; and all the Simritees, the Vedas, and the Puraanas by which we hear of spiritual wisdom and meditation. God’s command rules the entire universe. The Sabd is pervading amongst all in the form of Naam. Through perfect good fortune one is blessed with God’s grace when the Name comes to abide within one’s mind through the Sabd and the being is united with God [18] and merged into Him. [19] Thus by associating with the Naam or listening to it intently, one is saved. [20] This is how the True One shall come to dwell in one’s mind through the True Sabd, and one is absorbed in the Name of the God. [21]
There is no real meditation without knowing His Name [22], and none can get liberated without His Name. [23] Those who wear all sorts of religious robes but are without the Name of the True Lord are all confused. [24] Yogis fail to attain salvation because they fail to recognize Him through Name. The Name is obtained only from the true Guru [25], who helps one to find God from within. Those who look outside the body, searching for the God, do not receive the Naam and suffer the terrible pains of mental slavery. [26]
Various Names of God
What name can indeed describe the Formless, the Limitless, the Incomprehensible, one beyond the grasp of senses and the intellect? Still man has, through the ages, endeavored to put Him in the trammels of words and clothe Him with epithets just for the sake of expression, though all combined together fail hopelessly to do any justice to Him. The names are limitless. After all words do come from a limited source and cannot possibly limit the limitless.
The sages and the saints have described God in innumerable terms, such as Ik Onkar (the one life breath or live principle) and Akal (timeless or the deathless one). The various names given to God vary with religions. One reveres each one of God’s names. [27]
All these are just attributive or qualitative names—names signifying one or another of God's attributes. Such names simply describe any one aspect or facet of God as appeals foremost to someone's individual liking. Thousands of such names appear in holy scriptures: Ram (all-pervading), Rahim (gracious or merciful), Girdhari (encompassing), Murari, Allah, Khuda, Wah-i-Guru, and the like. Chinese call Him Tao; Christians call Him God or Lord, and the Jews call Him Yahweh or Jehovah. All these names are worthy of our adoration, for each one of them tries to single out some aspect of the God.
The name Wahiguru [28] has been generally accepted by the Sikhs for meditation and recitation [29], though there can be any other Name selected which may help one to get tuned to God. The main requirement of the Naam is to tune oneself to the God and then merge oneself totally into Him like water of a river merging into the sea: "Jal ka jal hua Raam.”
Name and Sabd
The concept of Sabd as God is ancient. In Rigved (1/164/45), Sabd is seen as pashyanti sound. As per Kath Upnishad (1/2/16), through the knowledge of sabd-brahm, man can achieve whatever he wants. In the Mandukya Upanishad (Mantra 1), the praise of Sabd is sung as of God. As per Chhandogyopnishad (2/23/2), the universe was created by Sabd-God, and the God is omnipresent. In Sankarcharya’s commentary of Brahmsutra (1/3/28), the universe is stated to have originated from Sabd. The meditation on the Name originated from meditation on Sabd-God (Brahm).
Sabd links man to God through His name. Those who are attached to the Naam are saved; through the Sabd, their ego is banished. [30] Through the Naam, peace is obtained, and one is adorned through the True Sabd. [31]
Unification with God through Naam:
The steps for unification in God are finding a true guide; obtaining knowledge of God and the sabd from the Guru; believing in God; getting detached from worldly attachments and totally attached to God and the sabd, i.e., His Naam; meditating on God by reciting the Naam; and obtaining God’s grace. With God’s Grace and the continuous attachment to the Naam of God, one gets united with God.
The Guru: The Lord God is inaccessible; how can we find Him as He has no form or feature and cannot be seen? How can we meditate on Him, as The Lord is formless, immaculate, and inaccessible? Which of His virtues should we speak of and sing?
Answer to these are provided by a perfect Guru One has to serve a perfect guru to get these facts revealed. A perfect Guru is met by God’s grace only. They alone walk on the God's Path, whom the God Himself instructs. [32] The Giver Himself gives His Gifts, as we enshrine love for the True Guru. A Guru helps one in self-realization, the importance of sabd, and helps one to get attuned to the Naam, the Name of God. [33] One has to obtain the true word of God’s name from a guide and then remember Him; otherwise, one will continue to be in the web and remain in the recycling of life and death.
Guru’s Sabd: By the Guru's Sabd, the gates to God are opened by recitation of the Name of the True God, and then, one goes on chanting His Name [34], and the soul, adorned with the Sabd, meditates on the Name of the Lord. [35] When He bestows His Glance of Grace, the Sabd comes to abide within the heart, and doubt is eradicated from within. [36] Those who know God and recognize His Sabd lose their ego and class consciousness. [37] The body and mind become immaculate through the Immaculate Word of God’s Bani. Let God’s name be enshrined in our minds. Imbued with the Sabd, ambrosial essence can be found, and our mind remains fulfilled with the True Name. [38] From Sabd alone we get love for God’s name. [39] The Sabd alone is Ambrosial Nectar; the Gurmukhs obtain it.[40] The mortal tries all sort of things and weeps and wails, but without the Guru, he does not know the Naam, the Name of the Lord. In the twinkling of an eye, the Naam saves him if he realizes the Word, the Guru's Sabd. Some, through fear of the True Guru, take the support of the Naam. The True Word of His Bani is sweet, the source of ambrosial nectar. Whoever drinks it in finds the Door of Salvation. [41]. Through the Word of the Guru's Sabd, hence, one must take the Naam for support. [42] The Guru's Teachings, the True Sabd, is excellent and sublime, dwelling on the True Sabd in one’s heart. The mortal tries all sort of things and weeps and wails, but without the Guru, he does not know the Naam, the Name of the Lord. In the twinkling of an eye, the Naam saves him if he realizes the Word, the Guru's Sabd. Some, through fear of the True Guru, take the support of the Naam. The True Word of His Bani is sweet, the source of ambrosial nectar. Whoever drinks it in finds the Door of Salvation. [43]
Getting Detached from Maya: With one's faith in the Name, evil-mindedness is eradicated, and the intellect is enlightened; egotism is eradicated, and all mental sickness is cured. After believing in God, worldly attachments do not hurt him, and the Yama does not keep him in the cycle of coming and going. Believing in the Name, the Name wells up, and intuitive peace and poise are obtained; tranquility and peace well up, and the Lord is enshrined in the mind.
Naam: The Gurmukh meditates on the Lord by the jewel of God’s Name. [44] The treasure of the Naam, the name of the God, is Ambrosial Nectar. [45] One who, through the love and fear of God, enshrines the Naam within his heart, acts according to the Guru's instructions, and knows the True Bani. [46] Thus attuned to the Naam, one remains detached from the material world and attached to God.[47] Those who are attuned to the Name remain intoxicated night and day; through the Name, they find peace.[48] Through the Name, everything is revealed; through the Name, understanding is obtained. [49] The nine treasures are in the Ambrosial Name of God. Within the human body is its place of rest. [50]
Faith in God and His Name: With faith in God and His Name, intuitive awareness wells up; through the Name, intelligence comes; glories of God are chanted; peace is obtained; doubt is eradicated, and the mortal never suffers again. With faith in the Name, one sings His praises; sinful intellect is washed clean. One comes to have faith in the Name through the Perfect Guru and with the blessing of God. [51] One has to listen and believe in God’s name and then have attachment towards the God. [52] Believing in God, the intellect of the mind gets the sense of getting Him, providing one the knowledge of His maya, including all the universes.
Meditating on the God’s Naam: One must meditate lovingly forever on the Formless and Fearless Lord, free of hate and vengeance, and lovingly savor the Word, the Guru’s Sabd, and implant devotional worship of the Lord deep within. All doubts are given up as Gurmukh vibrates and meditates on the Naam. [53] Color, dress, and form are all outward appearances of the God; the inward is the Sabd [54] on which one must meditate. Meditation on God is done in the company of the holy. [55] One sees God in the society of the saints, and the name of God seems sweet. [56].[57] One must focus one’s consciousness on the Name of the Lord. [58] In one’s heart, the True Sabd must dwell. The Guru's Teachings, the True Word, is excellent and sublime. One must keep the Name of the Lord enshrined in one’s heart. [59] The Lord's Name has to be enshrined within one's heart; there is nothing equal to it. Meditating in remembrance on it, one’s troubles are taken away; one receives the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan. [60] Those who meditate on God’s name have done the real hard work. Their mouth is purified, and they are redeemed from the circle of coming and going. [61]
Getting attached to the God: Those who are attuned to the Sabd are dyed in the Color of the God's Name. They retain the Color of God’s Name maintaining the fear of God in their hearts. [62]
Getting United with the God: Getting attached to the unattached God through Naam helps one to get salvation. Only those who believe in God and Naam can realy understand its value.[63] Merging with the Sabd through the Name, one is immersed in the Name.[64] The lamp of the Sabd is lit, and the Name of the Lord becomes the necklace. [65] Inside and out, he knows the One Lord alone; he is in love with the Name of the Lord.[66] The true peace comes only after one merges into Him.[67]
As Naam is the ultimate sabd through which one gets salvation, Guru Nanak asks us not to forget the Naam as by practicing the Sabd only one shall be saved.[68] He can be redeemed from this situation only if he remembers the true God, the creator of all webs. There is no liberation without the True Name.[69]
In general terminology, a name gives identification to a person, place, or thing. But in the religious literature of the Bhakti Movement, the word "Naam" is used for the Sargun attributes of the Omnipresent and Omnipotent God. Attributes of God may be described as "nirgun" (attributes concerning God Himself) and "sargun" (concerning the universe).
When the universe was not created, all His attributes were contained in Himself. He could not be called "one" when there was no other; he could not be called truth (sat) when there was no falsehood. He could not be called a Creator Being (Karta Purukh) when there was no universe. He was anaam, alakh, nirankaar. He then uttered "Sabd," giving Himself a name [1]. The Sabd was His name accepted by His creation as Naam. Hence, God, Sabd, Naam, beings, and the universe are all interrelated. In the previous chapter we have seen the importance of God’s order. The name is God’s command, which a True Guru helps one to understand. [2] As no name existed before Him, there was no one to identify Him with any name. However, the need for the name came once the universe was created. The God created the universe and His own Name [3] by one Sabd. [4] God’s Name is a sabd and received by the seeker through sabd alone. [5] Through the sabd, God comes into one’s mind, and meditating on His name, one gets united with God. Once the name of God develops in a being's mind, the being is united with the God. [6] The name is the God’s Command which can be understood from a True Guide or guru and the glorious greatness is received through the Naam, given by the the Perfect Guru [7]
Without the Sabd, the whole world is insane and loses its life in vain.[8] The universe is born out of ego and is pained when it forgets the Name of the God.[9] Those who get obsessed with enjoying pleasures suffer in pain later. Birth and death hang over the heads of all beings, along with hunger, sleep and dying. The being caught in the web of maya is lost in fulfilling his desires and dies and lives again and again hankering after worldly maya. Tired of this hankering, one wants peace ultimately and searches for a way out. For this, one has to get out of the web of the worldly maya. There is no liberation without the True Name.[10] As the Naam is the source of bliss, one can be blessed with God’s Grace.[11] One must live by chanting the Name of the Lord keeping It enshrined in heart.[12] The wealth of the God's Name is inexhaustible. It brings a constant peace in this world itself and brings honor at the Lord's Gate [13].
Purpose of Naam
In Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Name (Naam) is thus used for God. The name of God originated from Sabd. Naam is the name given to the invisible god. In fact, the God is nameless, but we have given Him myriads of names [14] for ease of knowing Him. The name provides attributes of God and helps one to get attached to Him. As there is no difference between the observer and the observed, similarly, there is no difference between the naming and the named. All are created from the God’s energy, and all the energies of creation are that of the God. [15]
Beings identify God, His universe, and all creatures through name only. [16] Whatever has been created in the universe, all have names. [17] The Naam is the base of all creatures; the earth and solar systems; the Akaashik ethers and the nether regions; all bodies; all pilgrimages and all temples; and all the Simritees, the Vedas, and the Puraanas by which we hear of spiritual wisdom and meditation. God’s command rules the entire universe. The Sabd is pervading amongst all in the form of Naam. Through perfect good fortune one is blessed with God’s grace when the Name comes to abide within one’s mind through the Sabd and the being is united with God [18] and merged into Him. [19] Thus by associating with the Naam or listening to it intently, one is saved. [20] This is how the True One shall come to dwell in one’s mind through the True Sabd, and one is absorbed in the Name of the God. [21]
There is no real meditation without knowing His Name [22], and none can get liberated without His Name. [23] Those who wear all sorts of religious robes but are without the Name of the True Lord are all confused. [24] Yogis fail to attain salvation because they fail to recognize Him through Name. The Name is obtained only from the true Guru [25], who helps one to find God from within. Those who look outside the body, searching for the God, do not receive the Naam and suffer the terrible pains of mental slavery. [26]
Various Names of God
What name can indeed describe the Formless, the Limitless, the Incomprehensible, one beyond the grasp of senses and the intellect? Still man has, through the ages, endeavored to put Him in the trammels of words and clothe Him with epithets just for the sake of expression, though all combined together fail hopelessly to do any justice to Him. The names are limitless. After all words do come from a limited source and cannot possibly limit the limitless.
The sages and the saints have described God in innumerable terms, such as Ik Onkar (the one life breath or live principle) and Akal (timeless or the deathless one). The various names given to God vary with religions. One reveres each one of God’s names. [27]
All these are just attributive or qualitative names—names signifying one or another of God's attributes. Such names simply describe any one aspect or facet of God as appeals foremost to someone's individual liking. Thousands of such names appear in holy scriptures: Ram (all-pervading), Rahim (gracious or merciful), Girdhari (encompassing), Murari, Allah, Khuda, Wah-i-Guru, and the like. Chinese call Him Tao; Christians call Him God or Lord, and the Jews call Him Yahweh or Jehovah. All these names are worthy of our adoration, for each one of them tries to single out some aspect of the God.
The name Wahiguru [28] has been generally accepted by the Sikhs for meditation and recitation [29], though there can be any other Name selected which may help one to get tuned to God. The main requirement of the Naam is to tune oneself to the God and then merge oneself totally into Him like water of a river merging into the sea: "Jal ka jal hua Raam.”
Name and Sabd
The concept of Sabd as God is ancient. In Rigved (1/164/45), Sabd is seen as pashyanti sound. As per Kath Upnishad (1/2/16), through the knowledge of sabd-brahm, man can achieve whatever he wants. In the Mandukya Upanishad (Mantra 1), the praise of Sabd is sung as of God. As per Chhandogyopnishad (2/23/2), the universe was created by Sabd-God, and the God is omnipresent. In Sankarcharya’s commentary of Brahmsutra (1/3/28), the universe is stated to have originated from Sabd. The meditation on the Name originated from meditation on Sabd-God (Brahm).
Sabd links man to God through His name. Those who are attached to the Naam are saved; through the Sabd, their ego is banished. [30] Through the Naam, peace is obtained, and one is adorned through the True Sabd. [31]
Unification with God through Naam:
The steps for unification in God are finding a true guide; obtaining knowledge of God and the sabd from the Guru; believing in God; getting detached from worldly attachments and totally attached to God and the sabd, i.e., His Naam; meditating on God by reciting the Naam; and obtaining God’s grace. With God’s Grace and the continuous attachment to the Naam of God, one gets united with God.
The Guru: The Lord God is inaccessible; how can we find Him as He has no form or feature and cannot be seen? How can we meditate on Him, as The Lord is formless, immaculate, and inaccessible? Which of His virtues should we speak of and sing?
Answer to these are provided by a perfect Guru One has to serve a perfect guru to get these facts revealed. A perfect Guru is met by God’s grace only. They alone walk on the God's Path, whom the God Himself instructs. [32] The Giver Himself gives His Gifts, as we enshrine love for the True Guru. A Guru helps one in self-realization, the importance of sabd, and helps one to get attuned to the Naam, the Name of God. [33] One has to obtain the true word of God’s name from a guide and then remember Him; otherwise, one will continue to be in the web and remain in the recycling of life and death.
Guru’s Sabd: By the Guru's Sabd, the gates to God are opened by recitation of the Name of the True God, and then, one goes on chanting His Name [34], and the soul, adorned with the Sabd, meditates on the Name of the Lord. [35] When He bestows His Glance of Grace, the Sabd comes to abide within the heart, and doubt is eradicated from within. [36] Those who know God and recognize His Sabd lose their ego and class consciousness. [37] The body and mind become immaculate through the Immaculate Word of God’s Bani. Let God’s name be enshrined in our minds. Imbued with the Sabd, ambrosial essence can be found, and our mind remains fulfilled with the True Name. [38] From Sabd alone we get love for God’s name. [39] The Sabd alone is Ambrosial Nectar; the Gurmukhs obtain it.[40] The mortal tries all sort of things and weeps and wails, but without the Guru, he does not know the Naam, the Name of the Lord. In the twinkling of an eye, the Naam saves him if he realizes the Word, the Guru's Sabd. Some, through fear of the True Guru, take the support of the Naam. The True Word of His Bani is sweet, the source of ambrosial nectar. Whoever drinks it in finds the Door of Salvation. [41]. Through the Word of the Guru's Sabd, hence, one must take the Naam for support. [42] The Guru's Teachings, the True Sabd, is excellent and sublime, dwelling on the True Sabd in one’s heart. The mortal tries all sort of things and weeps and wails, but without the Guru, he does not know the Naam, the Name of the Lord. In the twinkling of an eye, the Naam saves him if he realizes the Word, the Guru's Sabd. Some, through fear of the True Guru, take the support of the Naam. The True Word of His Bani is sweet, the source of ambrosial nectar. Whoever drinks it in finds the Door of Salvation. [43]
Getting Detached from Maya: With one's faith in the Name, evil-mindedness is eradicated, and the intellect is enlightened; egotism is eradicated, and all mental sickness is cured. After believing in God, worldly attachments do not hurt him, and the Yama does not keep him in the cycle of coming and going. Believing in the Name, the Name wells up, and intuitive peace and poise are obtained; tranquility and peace well up, and the Lord is enshrined in the mind.
Naam: The Gurmukh meditates on the Lord by the jewel of God’s Name. [44] The treasure of the Naam, the name of the God, is Ambrosial Nectar. [45] One who, through the love and fear of God, enshrines the Naam within his heart, acts according to the Guru's instructions, and knows the True Bani. [46] Thus attuned to the Naam, one remains detached from the material world and attached to God.[47] Those who are attuned to the Name remain intoxicated night and day; through the Name, they find peace.[48] Through the Name, everything is revealed; through the Name, understanding is obtained. [49] The nine treasures are in the Ambrosial Name of God. Within the human body is its place of rest. [50]
Faith in God and His Name: With faith in God and His Name, intuitive awareness wells up; through the Name, intelligence comes; glories of God are chanted; peace is obtained; doubt is eradicated, and the mortal never suffers again. With faith in the Name, one sings His praises; sinful intellect is washed clean. One comes to have faith in the Name through the Perfect Guru and with the blessing of God. [51] One has to listen and believe in God’s name and then have attachment towards the God. [52] Believing in God, the intellect of the mind gets the sense of getting Him, providing one the knowledge of His maya, including all the universes.
Meditating on the God’s Naam: One must meditate lovingly forever on the Formless and Fearless Lord, free of hate and vengeance, and lovingly savor the Word, the Guru’s Sabd, and implant devotional worship of the Lord deep within. All doubts are given up as Gurmukh vibrates and meditates on the Naam. [53] Color, dress, and form are all outward appearances of the God; the inward is the Sabd [54] on which one must meditate. Meditation on God is done in the company of the holy. [55] One sees God in the society of the saints, and the name of God seems sweet. [56].[57] One must focus one’s consciousness on the Name of the Lord. [58] In one’s heart, the True Sabd must dwell. The Guru's Teachings, the True Word, is excellent and sublime. One must keep the Name of the Lord enshrined in one’s heart. [59] The Lord's Name has to be enshrined within one's heart; there is nothing equal to it. Meditating in remembrance on it, one’s troubles are taken away; one receives the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan. [60] Those who meditate on God’s name have done the real hard work. Their mouth is purified, and they are redeemed from the circle of coming and going. [61]
Getting attached to the God: Those who are attuned to the Sabd are dyed in the Color of the God's Name. They retain the Color of God’s Name maintaining the fear of God in their hearts. [62]
Getting United with the God: Getting attached to the unattached God through Naam helps one to get salvation. Only those who believe in God and Naam can realy understand its value.[63] Merging with the Sabd through the Name, one is immersed in the Name.[64] The lamp of the Sabd is lit, and the Name of the Lord becomes the necklace. [65] Inside and out, he knows the One Lord alone; he is in love with the Name of the Lord.[66] The true peace comes only after one merges into Him.[67]
As Naam is the ultimate sabd through which one gets salvation, Guru Nanak asks us not to forget the Naam as by practicing the Sabd only one shall be saved.[68] He can be redeemed from this situation only if he remembers the true God, the creator of all webs. There is no liberation without the True Name.[69]
1.ਆਪੀਨੈ ਆਪਿ ਸਾਜਿਓ ਆਪੀਨੈ ਰਚਿਉ ਨਾਉ।। (ਪੰਨਾ 463:6)
2. ਏਕੋ ਨਾਮੁ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਹੈ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਦੀਆ ਬੁਝਾਇ ਜੀਉ ॥(ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ, ਮਃ 1, 72:2)
3.ਆਪੀਨੈ ਆਪਿ ਸਾਜਿਓ ਆਪੀਨੈ ਰਚਿਉ ਨਾਉ।। (ਪੰਨਾ 463:6)
4. ਕੀਤਾ ਪਸਾਓ ਏਕੋ ਕਵਾਓ।। (ਮ 1: ਪਉੜੀ 16, ਪੰਨਾ 2)
5. ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਘਟਿ ਚਾਨਣਾ ਸਬiਦ ਮਿਲੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਉ ॥੨॥ (ਮਃ 3, ਪੰਨਾ 30:9)
6. ਬਿਨੁ ਸਬਦੈ ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਬਉਰਾਨਾ ਬਿਰਥਾ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥ (ਸੋਰਠਿ, ਮਃ 3, 644:5)
7.ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਪੂਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ॥( ਮਾਝ, ਮਃ 3, 123:10)
8. ਸਬਦੇ ਹੀ ਨਾਉ ਊਪਜੈ ਸਬਦੇ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਇਆ ॥ (ਸੋਰਠਿ, ਮਃ 3, 644:5)
9. ਹਉਮੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਜਗੁ ਉਪਜੈ ਪੁਰਖਾ ਨਾਮਿ ਵਿਸਰਿਐ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਈ ॥(ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ 1, ਪੰਨਾ.946:2)
10. ਸੇ ਦੁਖ ਆਗੈ ਜਿ ਭੋਗ ਬਿਲਾਸੇ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਨਹੀ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਸਾਚੇ ॥(ਮਲਾਰ, ਮਃ 1, 1275:18,19)
11. ਜਾਂਮਣੁ ਮਰਣਾ ਦੀਸੈ ਸਿਰਿ ਊਭੌ ਖੁਧਿਆ ਨਿਦ੍ਰਾ ਕਾਲੰ ॥ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਵੈ ਸਾਚੀ ਨਦਰਿ ਰਸਾਲੰ ॥(ਮਲਾਰ, ਮਃ 1, 1275:11,12)
12. ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਰਖੈ ਉਰਿ ਧਾਰਿ ॥(ਮਲਾਰ, ਮਃ 1, 1275:18)
13. ਅਖੁਟੁ ਨਾਮ ਧਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਤੋਟਿ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥ ਐਥੈ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਦਰਿ ਸੋਭਾ ਹੋਈ ॥ (ਗਉੜੀ ਗੁਆਰੇਰੀ, ਮਃ 3, 161:14,15)
14. ਤੇਰੇ ਨਾਮ ਅਨੇਕਾ ਰੂਪ ਅਨੰਤਾ ਕਹਣ ਨ ਜਾਹੀ ਗੁਣ ਕੇਤੇ ।।(ਪੰਨਾ 358)
15. ਸਰਬ ਜੋਤਿ ਨਾਮੇ ਕੀ ਚੇਰਿ।।(ਪੰਨਾ 1187)
16. ਸਭੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਨੋ ਪਰਤਾਪਦਾ ॥ (ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ, ਮਃ 1, 71:18)
17. ਜੇਤਾ ਕੀਤਾ ਤੇਤਾ ਨਾਉ।। ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਕੋ ਥਾਉ।। (ਜਪੁਜੀ, ਪੰਨਾ 4)
18. ਚਹੁ ਦਿਸਿ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਵਰਤੈ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਤੇਰਾ ਚਹੁ ਦਿਸਿ ਨਾਮ ਪਤਾਲੰ ॥ ਸਭ ਮਹਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਵਰਤੈ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸਾਚਾ ਕਰਮਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਬੈਆਲੰ ॥(ਮਲਾਰ, ਮਃ 1, 1275:10,11)
19. ਪੂਰੈ ਭਾਗਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਸਬiਦ ਮਿਲਾਵਾ ਹੋਇ ॥ (ਮਃ 3 ਪੰਨਾ 33:6)
20. ਜਪਿ ਜਪਿ ਜੀਵੈ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਉ ।। (ਗਉੜੀ ਸੁਖਮਨੀ, ਮਃ 5, 284:11)
ਨਾਮ ਕੇ ਧਾਰੇ ਸਗਲੇ ਜੰਤ॥ ਨਾਮ ਕੇ ਧਾਰੇ ਖੰਡ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੰਡ॥
ਨਾਮ ਕੇ ਧਾਰੇ ਸਿਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਬੇਦ ਪੁਰਾਨ॥ ਨਾਮ ਕੇ ਧਾਰੇ ਸੁਨਨ ਗਿਆਨ ਧਿਆਨ॥
ਨਾਮ ਕੇ ਧਾਰੇ ਆਗਾਸ ਪਾਤਾਲ ।।ਨਾਮ ਕੇ ਧਾਰੇ ਸਗਲ ਆਕਾਰ ॥
ਨਾਮ ਕੇ ਧਾਰੇ ਪੁਰੀਆ ਸਭ ਭਵਨ॥ ਨਾਮ ਕੈ ਸੰਗਿ ਉਧਰੇ ਸੁਨਿ ਸ੍ਰਵਨ॥
(ਗਉੜੀ ਸੁਖਮਨੀ, ਮਃ 5, 284:11-13)
21. ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਚਾ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਸਾਚ ਸਬਦਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥ (ਮਾਝ, ਮਃ 4, 141:15)
22. ਸਬਦੈ ਕਾ ਨਿਬੇੜਾ ਸੁਣਿ ਤੂ ਅਉਧੂ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਜੋਗੁ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥
(ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ 1, ਪੰਨਾ 946:12)
23. ਕਰਿ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ਮਨਿ ਦੇਖਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥੭੨॥
(ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ 1, ਪੰਨਾ 946:15)
24. ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਭੇਖ ਕਰਹਿ ਬਹੁਤੇਰੇ ਸਚੈ ਆਪਿ ਖੁਆਈ ॥(ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ 1, ਪੰਨਾ 946:14)
