Sat Nam
Kundalini Yoga / Sikh Dharma ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ Sat Nam Sat Naam "Truth is my name — truth is my identity" Chords — Key of C · Breath-slow (~68 bpm); each Sat Nam rides one full exhale CSat FNam, CSat GNam AmSat FNam, GSat CNam Word by Word Sat truth, being — that which is eternally real Nam name, identity — the vibration by which truth is known Full Translation Sat means truth — that which is eternally real — and Nam means name or identity: the vibration by which truth is known. Together they form both a statement about the divine and an affirmation about oneself: the deepest identity of every being is truth itself. The phrase comes from the opening of Guru Nanak's Japji Sahib — "Ik Onkar, Sat Nam": the One Creator, whose Name is Truth. Pronunciation Tips saht nahm — in chanting, Sat is often extended long (Saaaat) with a short, resonant Nam Traditional, public-domain text prepared by Kirtans.com — free to print for personal and group practice. kirtans.com/mantras/sat-nam

Kundalini Yoga / Sikh Dharma

ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ

Sat Nam

Sat Naam

"Truth is my name — truth is my identity"

Chords — Key of C · Breath-slow (~68 bpm); each Sat Nam rides one full exhale

CSat FNam, CSat GNam

AmSat FNam, GSat CNam

Word by Word

Sat: truth, being — that which is eternally real
Nam: name, identity — the vibration by which truth is known

Full Translation

Sat means truth — that which is eternally real — and Nam means name or identity: the vibration by which truth is known. Together they form both a statement about the divine and an affirmation about oneself: the deepest identity of every being is truth itself. The phrase comes from the opening of Guru Nanak's Japji Sahib — "Ik Onkar, Sat Nam": the One Creator, whose Name is Truth.

Pronunciation Tips

saht nahm — in chanting, Sat is often extended long (Saaaat) with a short, resonant Nam

Traditional, public-domain text prepared by Kirtans.com — free to print for personal and group practice.

kirtans.com/mantras/sat-nam