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Japji Sahib · Pauri 14

ਮੰਨੈ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਮਨਿ ਬੁਧਿ ॥ਮੰਨੈ ਸਗਲ ਭਵਣ ਕੀ ਸੁਧਿ ॥ਮੰਨੈ ਮੁਹਿ ਚੋਟਾ ਨਾ ਖਾਇ ॥ਮੰਨੈ ਜਮ ਕੈ ਸਾਥਿ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥ਐਸਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਹੋਇ ॥ਜੇ ਕੋ ਮੰਨਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਮਨਿ ਕੋਇ ॥੧੩॥

Mannai surat hovai man budh. Mannai sagal bhavan kee sudh. Mannai muhi chotaa naa khaa-ay. Mannai jam kai saath na jaa-ay. Aisaa naam niranjan ho-ay. Jay ko mann jaanai man ko-ay.

By accepting — pure awareness and discerning intelligence arise in the mind. By accepting — knowledge of all realms. By accepting — no blows fall on your face. By accepting — you do not go bound with the messengers of death. Such is the Stainless Name. If one truly accepts it in the mind, only that one knows.

— Japji Sahib 14

Source: Original Gurmukhi by Guru Nanak Dev Ji (1469–1539). Public-domain English renderings drawn from Manmohan Singh and Pritam Singh Chahil translations.

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