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43: s`iqnwm dw pRqwp

Grandeur of the true name

bwbw boly nwQ jI sbdu sunhu scu muKhu AlweI ]

baabaa bolay naad jee sabadu sounahu sachu moukhahu alaaee.

Baba (further) said, O respected Nath! Please listen to the truth that I utter.

bwJo scy nwm dy horu krwmwiq AsW qy nwhI ]

baajho sachay naam day horu karaamaati asaan tay naahee.

Without the true Name no else miracle I have.

bsqir pihrO Agin kY brP ihmwly mMdru CweI ]

basatari pahirau agani kai baradh himaalay mandaru chhaaee.

I may wear the clothes of fire and build my house in the Himalayas.

krO rsoeI swr dI sglI DrqI niQ clweI ]

karau rasoee saari dee sagalee dharatee nadi chalaaee.

I may eat the iron and make earth move to my orders.

eyvfu krI ivQwr kau sglI DrqI niQ clweI ]

ayvadu karee vidaari kau sagalee dharatee hakee jaaee.

I may expand myself so much that I could push the earth.

qolI Driq Akwis duie ipCy Cwby tMku cVweI ]

tolee dharati akaasi dui pichhay chhaabay tanku charhaaee.

I may weigh the earth and the sky against few grams of weight.

ieh blu rKw Awip ivic ijsu AwKw iqsu pwis krweI ]

ihi balu rakhaa aapi vichi jisu aakhaa tisu paasi karaaee.

I may have so much of power that I push aside anybody by saying.

siqnwm ibnu bwdir CweI ]43]

sati naamu binu baadari chhaaee ||43||

But without the true Name, these all (powers) are momentary like the Shadow of the clouds.