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Japji Sahib · Pauri 15

ਮੰਨੈ ਮਾਰਗਿ ਠਾਕ ਨ ਪਾਇ ॥ਮੰਨੈ ਪਤਿ ਸਿਉ ਪਰਗਟੁ ਜਾਇ ॥ਮੰਨੈ ਮਗੁ ਨ ਚਲੈ ਪੰਥੁ ॥ਮੰਨੈ ਧਰਮ ਸੇਤੀ ਸਨਬੰਧੁ ॥ਐਸਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਹੋਇ ॥ਜੇ ਕੋ ਮੰਨਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਮਨਿ ਕੋਇ ॥੧੪॥

Mannai maarag thaak na paa-ay. Mannai pat si-o pargat jaa-ay. Mannai mag na chalai panth. Mannai dharam saytee sanbandh. Aisaa naam niranjan ho-ay. Jay ko mann jaanai man ko-ay.

By accepting — no obstacle is placed on the path. By accepting — one goes openly, with honor. By accepting — one does not wander on sectarian roads and divergent paths. By accepting — one's bond is with Dharma itself. Such is the Stainless Name. If one truly accepts it in the mind, only that one knows.

— Japji Sahib 15

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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