हरि नांव हीरा हरि नांव हीरा।
हरि नांव लेत मिटै सब पीरा॥
हरि नांव जाती हरि नांव पांती।
हरि नांव सकल जीवन मैं क्रांती॥
हरि नांव सकल सुषन की रासी।
हरि नांव काटै जम की पासी॥
हरि नांव सकल भुवन ततसारा।
हरि नांव नामदेव उतरे पारा॥
Hari nanv hira Hari nanv hira,
Hari nanv let mitai sab pira.
Hari nanv jati Hari nanv panti,
Hari nanv sakal jivan main kranti.
Hari nanv sakal sukhan ki rasi,
Hari nanv katai jam ki pasi.
Hari nanv sakal bhuvan tatsara,
Hari nanv Namdev utare para.
Meaning
Hari’s name is a diamond, Hari’s name is a diamond. Taking Hari’s name, all pain goes.
Hari’s name is my caste, Hari’s name is my clan. Hari’s name is the radiance in all of life.
Hari’s name is the heap of every happiness. Hari’s name cuts the noose of Yama.
Hari’s name is the very substance of all the worlds. By Hari’s name Namdev crossed over.
About this bhajan
One of Namdev’s Hindi padas, preserved in the north Indian collections of his songs. It is a nama-sankirtan in its simplest form: one phrase, “Hari nanv”, repeated at the head of every half-line, so the singer is chanting the Name even while describing it. The line “Hari nanv jati Hari nanv panti” is Namdev’s answer to those who judged him by birth.
Namdev, Hindi padavali, pada 1 (raga Todi); text as on Kavita Kosh