Is there any purpose of repeating Paath if you don’t understand it’s meaning?
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As per Gurbani, there is no value to repeating any PATH or word / words if you do not understand the meaning.
ਗੂਜਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
ਰਾਮ ਰਾਮ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਕਹੈ ਕਹਿਐ ਰਾਮੁ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥
ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਰਾਮੁ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਤਾ ਫਲੁ ਪਾਵੈ ਕੋਇ ॥੧॥ (ਮ:੩, ਪੰ:੪੯੧)
The spirit of the message is that, everyone repeats the name of the Ram (mean the Creator in this case) but verbal repetition doesn’t help, It bears fruit only when the message is imbibed in one’s mind. Meaning when one adopts it in one’s way of life.
Yes, normally Sikh are told to recite certain Banis, with the hope that one spends some time thinking about it and maybe, someday, one might care enough to try to know / understand what they have been reciting for all that long.
ਗਾਵੀਐ ਸੁਣੀਐ ਮਨਿ ਰਖੀਐ ਭਾਉ ॥ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਰਹਰਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਘਰਿ ਲੈ ਜਾਇ ॥ Jap – 2
We have to sing the praises of Akal Purkh, Listen them and have love in our heart.
We should not do ritual recitation, but should have full understanding and involvement.
Singing is a slow process with complete involvement. Listening needs full attention. Love is possible if we develop our relation with Akal Purkh with the help of Gurbani written in Guru Granth Sahib.
Rote recitation is rejected in the first line of the first Pauri of the Japu Bani.
।।ਸੋਚੈ ਸੋਚਿ ਨ ਹੋਵਈ ਜੇ ਸੋਚੀ ਲਖ ਵਾਰ।।
It rejects doing ritualistic Bhagti or Pooja after purification rituals.
Repeating Paath for memorizing is fine, but not adopting it as a daily routine.