Japji Sahib Pauree 34
- Dec 25, 2025
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Japji Sahib Pauree 34
Nadri Mokh Dwar: The Door of Liberation Opens by Grace
Original Gurmukhi
ਅਖਰੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਖਰੀ ਸਾਲਾਹ ॥
ਅਖਰੀ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਗੀਤ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਹ ॥
ਅਖਰੀ ਲਿਖਣੁ ਬੋਲਣੁ ਬਾਣਿ ॥
ਅਖਰਾ ਸਿਰਿ ਸੰਜੋਗੁ ਵਖਾਣਿ ॥
ਜਿਨਿ ਏਹਿ ਲਿਖੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਸਿਰਿ ਨਾਹਿ ॥
ਜਿਵ ਫੁਰਮਾਏ ਤਿਵ ਤਿਵ ਪਾਹਿ ॥
ਜੇਤਾ ਕੀਤਾ ਤੇਤਾ ਨਾਉ ॥
ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਕੋ ਥਾਉ ॥
ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਕਵਣ ਕਹਾ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥
ਵਾਰਿਆ ਨ ਜਾਵਾ ਏਕ ਵਾਰ ॥
ਜੋ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਸਾਈ ਭਲੀ ਕਾਰ ॥
ਤੂ ਸਦਾ ਸਲਾਮਤਿ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ॥੩੪॥
Transliteration
Akẖrī nām akẖrī sālāh.
Akẖrī giān gīṯ guṇ gāh.
Akẖrī likẖaṇ bolaṇ bāṇ.
Akẖrā sir sanjog vakẖāṇ.
Jin eh likẖe ṯis sir nāhi.
Jiv furmāe ṯiv ṯiv pāhi.
Jeṯā kīṯā ṯeṯā nāo.
Viṇ nāvai nāhī ko thāo.
Kuḏraṯ kavaṇ kahā vīcẖār.
Vāriā na jāvā ek vār.
Jo ṯuḏẖ bhāvai sāī bẖalī kār.
Ṯū sadā salāmaṯ niraṅkār.
Straight Meaning (Sikh-Accurate)
Guru Nanak teaches:
Through words, we speak the Name
.Through words, we offer praise.
Through words, we learn knowledge, sing songs, recite virtues.
Through words, we write and speak the sacred language
Through words, destiny itself is revealed.
But the One who writes this destiny
is above all written things.
As He commands, so we receive.
Everything He creates is an expression of His Name.
Without the Name, nothing has any place or existence.
How can one speak of His creation?
I am not worthy even once to offer myself.
Whatever pleases the Divine,
that alone is the right action.
The Formless One is forever whole.
Sacred Commentary
Devotional, Clear, Non-Didactic
Pauree 34 brings us into the heart of language, destiny, and surrender.
Guru Nanak begins with a profound acknowledgment:
Words shape our entire relationship with the Divine.
Through them, we name, praise, learn, sing, write, express, reflect.
Language becomes the thread connecting human consciousness to the Infinite.
But then he turns the jewel:
“The One who writes destiny is beyond all words.”
The Divine is not captured by language.
Words are tools, sacred, powerful, beautiful,
but they can only point, never contain.
The entire cosmos is an expression of the Name,
the underlying vibration, the essence, the Divine pulse.
Without the Name, nothing exists.
Not because the Name is a label,
but because Naam is the sustaining consciousness behind all form.
Then Nanak descends into humility:
“How can I speak of such creation?”
He bows before the vastness,
recognizing that even awe feels too small.
“Whatever pleases You is the perfect action.”
This is radical surrender, not passivity, but trust.
A willingness to flow with the current that holds everything.
And the pauree closes on the eternal truth:
The Formless is forever safe, whole, untouched.
The IFS Lens
In IFS, Pauree 34 reveals the limits of language within the inner world.
Words help parts express themselves.
Words help us name burdens, roles, fears, and wounds.
Words help guide healing.
But Self-energy, like the Divine,
is beyond language.
It is known through presence, resonance, felt experience.
Parts may cling to words:
stories, scripts, beliefs, narratives.
Words can both imprison and liberate.
Nanak’s teaching mirrors this inner truth:
The deeper healing happens not through explanation,
but through connection.
“Destiny is written above words”
reflects how parts often carry burdens created long before conscious thought.
Their stories were written before language,
and they are healed through compassion, not analysis.
“Whatever pleases the Divine” echoes the core of IFS:
Self leads, not force.
Protectors soften when they feel the safety of Self-energy.
Healing unfolds naturally, not by command.
And “The Formless is forever whole” parallels the deepest IFS truth:
Your Self, the core of who you are, has always been unbroken.
Trauma-Informed Practice
Curiosity Only
As you sit with this pauree, you might gently explore:
Is there a part of me that relies heavily on words to feel safe or in control?
Is there a part that feels frustrated when words fall short?
What is it like to imagine that healing an happen even when no words come?
How does it feel to consider that something deeper than language is guiding my life?
Is there a part that softens at the idea that my core has never been broken?
Allow whatever arises, thoughts, sensations, silence, tension, or stillness.
This is the practice.
Closing Reflection
Pauree 34 invites us to bow before the mystery that lies beneath every word we speak.
We use language to reach toward the Infinite,
but the Infinite meets us in a place beyond language
,in presence, in grace, in quiet recognition.
May this pauree remind your system
that healing does not depend on perfect words.
May your parts feel the safety of knowing
they do not need to explain themselves to be held.
And may you rest in the quiet truth Nanak whispers:
You were created by the Formless One,
and nothing, not trauma, not fear, not forgetting,
has ever touched your core.
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