Sri Guru Granth Sahib Translation
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Your Name carries us across; Your Name brings
respect and worship. Your Name embellishes us; it is the object
of the awakened mind. Your Name brings honor to everyone's
name. Without Your Name, no one is ever respected. || 1 ||
All other clever tricks are just for show. Whoever the Lord blesses
with forgiveness - his affairs are perfectly resolved.
|| 1 || Pause || Your Name is my strength; Your Name is my
support. Your Name is my army; Your Name is my king. Your Name
brings honor, glory and approval. By Your Grace, one is blessed
with the banner and the insignia of Your Mercy. || 2 || Your
Name brings intuitive peace and poise; Your Name brings praise.
Your Name is the Ambrosial Nectar which cleans out the poison.
Through Your Name, all peace and comfort comes to abide in the
mind. Without the Name, they are bound and gagged, and dragged
off to the City of Death. || 3 || Man is involved with his
wife, hearth and home, land and country, the pleasures of the
mind and fine clothes; but when the call comes, he cannot delay.
O Nanak, in the end, the false turn out to be false. || 4 ||
1 || PRABHAATEE, FIRST MEHL: Your Name is the Jewel, and Your
Grace is the Light. In awareness, there is Your Light. Darkness
fills the dark, and then everything is lost. || 1 || This whole
world is corrupt. Your Name is the only cure; nothing else works,
O Infinite Creator Lord. || 1 || Pause || One side of the
scale holds tens of thousands, millions of nether regions and
realms.
Page 1328 O my Beloved, Your Worth could only be estimated if something
else could be placed on the other side of the scale. || 2 ||
Out of pain, pleasure is produced, and out of pleasure comes
pain. That mouth which praises You - what hunger could
that mouth ever suffer? || 3 || O Nanak, you alone are foolish;
all the rest of the world is good. That body in which the Naam
does not well up - that body becomes miserable. || 4 ||
2 || PRABHAATEE, FIRST MEHL: For His sake, Brahma uttered
the Vedas, and Shiva renounced Maya. For His sake, the Siddhas
became hermits and renunciates; even the gods have not realized
His Mystery. || 1 || O Baba, keep the True Lord in your mind,
and utter the Name of the True Lord with your mouth; the True
Lord will carry you across. Enemies and pain shall not even approach
you; only a rare few realize the Wisdom of the Lord. || 1 ||
Pause || Fire, water and air make up the world; these three
are the slaves of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. One who does
not chant the Naam is a thief, dwelling in the fortress of the
five thieves. || 2 || If someone does a good deed for someone
else, he totally puffs himself up in his conscious mind. The Lord
bestows so many virtues and so much goodness; He does not ever
regret it. || 3 || Those who praise You gather the wealth in
their laps; this is Nanak's wealth. Whoever shows respect
to them is not summoned by the Messenger of Death. || 4 || 3
|| PRABHAATEE, FIRST MEHL: One who has no beauty, no social
status, no mouth, no flesh - meeting with the True Guru,
he finds the Immaculate Lord, and dwells in Your Name. || 1 ||
O detached Yogi, contemplate the essence of reality, and you
shall never again come to be born into the world. || 1 || Pause
|| One who does not have good karma or Dharmic faith, sacred
rosary or mala - through the Light of God, wisdom is bestowed;
the True Guru is our Protector. || 2 || One who does not observe
any fasts, make religious vows or chant - he does not have
to worry about good luck or bad, if he obeys the Command of the
True Guru. || 3 || One who is not hopeful, nor hopeless, who
has trained his intuitive consciousness - his being blends
with the Supreme Being. O Nanak, his awareness is awakened. ||
4 || 4 || PRABHAATEE, FIRST MEHL: What he says is approved
in the Court of the Lord. He looks upon poison and nectar as one
and the same. || 1 || What can I say? You are permeating and
pervading all. Whatever happens, is all by Your Will. || 1 ||
Pause || The Divine Light shines radiantly, and egotistical
pride is dispelled. The True Guru bestows the Ambrosial Naam,
the Name of the Lord. || 2 || In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga,
one's birth is approved, if one is honored in the True
Court. || 3 || Speaking and listening, one goes to the Celestial
Home of the Indescribable Lord. Mere words of mouth, O Nanak,
are burnt away. || 4 || 5 || PRABHAATEE, FIRST MEHL: One
who bathes in the Ambrosial Water of spiritual wisdom takes with
him the virtues of the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage.
The Guru's Teachings are the gems and jewels; the Sikh
who serves Him searches and finds them. || 1 || There is no
sacred shrine equal to the Guru. The Guru encompasses the ocean
of contentment.
Page 1329 || 1 || Pause || The Guru is the River, from which the Pure
Water is obtained forever; it washes away the filth and pollution
of evil-mindedness. Finding the True Guru, the perfect cleansing
bath is obtained, which transforms even beasts and ghosts into
gods. || 2 || He is said to be the Guru, with the scent of
sandalwood, who is imbued with the True Name to the bottom of
His Heart. By His Fragrance, the world of vegetation is perfumed.
Lovingly focus yourself on His Feet. || 3 || The life of the
soul wells up for the Gurmukh; the Gurmukh goes to the House of
God. The Gurmukh, O Nanak, merges in the True One; the Gurmukh
attains the exalted state of the self. || 4 || 6 || PRABHAATEE,
FIRST MEHL: By Guru's Grace, contemplate spiritual knowledge;
read it and study it, and you shall be honored. Within the self,
the self is revealed, when one is blessed with the Ambrosial Naam,
the Name of the Lord. || 1 || O Creator Lord, You alone are
my Benefactor. I beg for only one blessing from You: please bless
me with Your Name. || 1 || Pause || The five wandering thieves
are captured and held, and the egotistical pride of the mind is
subdued. Visions of corruption, vice and evil-mindedness run away.
Such is the spiritual wisdom of God. || 2 || Please bless me
with the rice of truth and self-restraint, the wheat of compassion,
and the leaf-plate of meditation. Bless me with the milk of good
karma, and the clarified butter, the ghee, of compassion. Such
are the gifts I beg of You, Lord. || 3 || Let forgiveness and
patience be my milk-cows, and let the calf of my mind intuitively
drink in this milk. I beg for the clothes of modesty and the Lord's
Praise; Nanak chants the Glorious Praises of the Lord. || 4 ||
7 || PRABHAATEE, FIRST MEHL: No one can hold anyone back from
coming; how could anyone hold anyone back from going? He alone
thoroughly understands this, from whom all beings come; all are
merged and immersed in Him. || 1 || Waaho! - You are
Great, and Wondrous is Your Will. Whatever You do, surely comes
to pass. Nothing else can happen. || 1 || Pause || The buckets
on the chain of the Persian wheel rotate; one empties out to fill
another. This is just like the Play of our Lord and Master; such
is His Glorious Greatness. || 2 || Following the path of intuitive
awareness, one turns away from the world, and one's vision
is enlightened. Contemplate this in your mind, and see, O spiritual
teacher. Who is the householder, and who is the renunciate? ||
3 || Hope comes from the Lord; surrendering to Him, we remain
in the state of nirvaanaa. We come from Him; surrendering to Him,
O Nanak, one is approved as a householder, and a renunciate.
|| 4 || 8 || PRABHAATEE, FIRST MEHL: I am a sacrifice to that
one who binds in bondage his evil and corrupted gaze. One who
does not know the difference between vice and virtue wanders around
uselessly. || 1 || Speak the True Name of the Creator Lord.
Then, you shall never again have to come into this world. ||
1 || Pause || The Creator transforms the high into the low,
and makes the lowly into kings. Those who know the All-knowing
Lord are approved and certified as perfect in this world. ||
2 || If anyone is mistaken and fooled, you should go to instruct
him.
Page 1330 The Creator Himself plays all the games; only a few understand
this. || 3 || Meditate on the Name, and the Word of the Shabad,
in the early hours before dawn; leave your worldly entanglements
behind. Prays Nanak, the slave of God's slaves: the world
loses, and he wins. || 4 || 9|| PRABHAATEE, FIRST MEHL: The
mind is Maya, the mind is a chaser; the mind is a bird flying
across the sky. The thieves are overpowered by the Shabad, and
then the body-village prospers and celebrates. Lord, when You
save someone, he is saved; his capital is safe and sound. ||
1 || Such is my Treasure, the Jewel of the Naam; please bless
me with the Guru's Teachings, so that I may fall at Your
Feet. || 1 || Pause || The mind is a Yogi, the mind is a
pleasure-seeker; the mind is foolish and ignorant. The mind is
the giver, the mind is the beggar; the mind is the Great Guru,
the Creator. The five thieves are conquered, and peace is attained;
such is the contemplative wisdom of God. || 2 || The One Lord
is said to be in each and every heart, but no one can see Him.
The false are cast upside-down into the womb of reincarnation;
without the Name, they lose their honor. Those whom You unite,
remain united, if it is Your Will. || 3 || God does not ask
about social class or birth; you must find your true home. That
is your social class and that is your status - the karma
of what you have done. The pains of death and rebirth are eradicated;
O Nanak, salvation is in the Lord's Name. || 4 || 10 ||
PRABHAATEE, FIRST MEHL: He is awake, and even happy, but he
is being plundered - he is blind! The noose is around his
neck, and yet, his head is busy with worldly affairs. In hope,
he comes and in desire, he leaves. The strings of his life are
all tangled up; he is utterly helpless. || 1 || The Lord of
Awareness, the Lord of Life is awake and aware. He is the Ocean
of peace, the Treasure of Ambrosial Nectar. || 1 || Pause ||
He does not understand what he is told; he is blind -
he does not see, and so he does his evil deeds. The Transcendent
Lord Himself showers His Love and Affection; by His Grace, He
bestows glorious greatness. || 2 || With the coming of each
and every day, his life is wearing away, bit by bit; but still,
his heart is attached to Maya. Without the Guru, he is drowned,
and finds no place of rest, as long as he is caught in duality.
|| 3 || Day and night, God watches over and takes care of His
living beings; they receive pleasure and pain according to their
past actions. Nanak, the unfortunate one, begs for the charity
of Truth; please bless him with this glory. || 4 || 11 || PRABHAATEE,
FIRST MEHL: If I remain silent, the world calls me a fool. If
I talk too much, I miss out on Your Love. My mistakes and faults
will be judged in Your Court. Without the Naam, the Name of the
Lord, how can I maintain good conduct? || 1 || Such is the
falsehood which is plundering the world. The slanderer slanders
me, but even so, I love him. || 1 || Pause || He alone knows
the way, who has been slandered. Through the Word of the Guru's
Shabad, he is stamped with the Lord's Insignia in His Court.
He realizes the Naam, the Cause of causes, deep within himself.
He alone knows the way, who is blessed by the Lord's Glance
of Grace. || 2 || I am filthy and polluted; the True Lord is
Immaculate and Sublime. Calling oneself sublime, one does not
become exalted. The self-willed manmukh openly eats the great
poison. But one who becomes Gurmukh is absorbed in the Name.
|| 3 ||
Page 1331 I am blind, deaf, foolish and ignorant, the lowest of the low,
the worst of the worst. I am poor, but I have the Wealth of Your
Name, O my Beloved. This is the most excellent wealth; all else
is poison and ashes. || 4 || I pay no attention to slander
and praise; I contemplate the Word of the Shabad. I celebrate
the One who blesses me with His Bounty. Whomever You forgive,
O Lord, is blessed with status and honor. Says Nanak, I speak
as He causes me to speak. || 5 || 12 || PRABHAATEE, FIRST
MEHL: Eating too much, one's filth only increases; wearing
fancy clothes, one's home is disgraced. Talking too much,
one only starts arguments. Without the Name, everything is poison
- know this well. || 1 || O Baba, such is the treacherous
trap which has caught my mind; riding out the waves of the storm,
it will be enlightened by intuitive wisdom. || 1 || Pause ||
They eat poison, speak poison and do poisonous deeds. Bound
and gagged at Death's door, they are punished; they can
be saved only through the True Name. || 2 || As they come,
they go. Their actions are recorded, and go along with them. The
self-willed manmukh loses his capital, and is punished in the
Court of the Lord. || 3 || The world is false and polluted;
only the True One is Pure. Contemplate Him through the Word of
the Guru's Shabad. Those who have God's spiritual
wisdom within, are known to be very rare. || 4 || They endure
the unendurable, and the Nectar of the Lord, the Embodiment of
Bliss, trickles into them continuously. O Nanak, the fish is in
love with the water; if it pleases You, Lord, please enshrine
such love within me. || 5 || 13 || PRABHAATEE, FIRST MEHL:
Songs, sounds, pleasures and clever tricks; joy, love and the
power to command; fine clothes and food - these have no
place in one's consciousness. True intuitive peace and
poise rest in the Naam. || 1 || What do I know about what God
does? Without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, nothing makes my
body feel good. || 1 || Pause || Yoga, thrills, delicious
flavors and ecstasy; wisdom, truth and love all come from devotion
to the Lord of the Universe. My own occupation is to work to praise
the Lord. Deep within, I dwell on the Lord of the sun and the
moon. || 2 || I have lovingly enshrined the love of my Beloved
within my heart. My Husband Lord, the Lord of the World, is the
Master of the meek and the poor. Night and day, the Naam is my
giving in charity and fasting. The waves have subsided, contemplating
the essence of reality. || 3 || What power do I have to speak
the Unspoken? I worship You with devotion; You inspire me to do
so. You dwell deep within; my egotism is dispelled. So whom should
I serve? There is no other than You. || 4 || The Word of the
Guru's Shabad is utterly sweet and sublime. Such is the
Ambrosial Nectar I see deep within. Those who taste this, attain
the state of perfection. O Nanak, they are satisfied, and their
bodies are at peace. || 5 || 14 || PRABHAATEE, FIRST MEHL:
Deep within, I see the Shabad, the Word of God; my mind is pleased
and appeased. Nothing else can touch and imbue me. Day and night,
God watches over and cares for His beings and creatures; He is
the Ruler of all. || 1 || My God is dyed in the most beautiful
and glorious color. Merciful to the meek and the poor, my Beloved
is the Enticer of the mind; He is so very sweet, imbued with the
deep crimson color of His Love. || 1 || Pause || The Well
is high up in the Tenth Gate; the Ambrosial Nectar flows, and
I drink it in.
Page 1332 The creation is His; He alone knows its ways and means. The Gurmukh
contemplates spiritual wisdom. || 2 || The rays of light spread
out, and the heart-lotus joyfully blossoms forth; the sun enters
into the house of the moon. I have conquered death; the desires
of the mind are destroyed. By Guru's Grace, I have found
God. || 3 || I am dyed in the deep crimson color of His Love.
I am not colored by any other color. O Nanak, my tongue is saturated
with the taste of God, who is permeating and pervading everywhere.
|| 4 || 15 || PRABHAATEE, FIRST MEHL: The Yogis are divided
into twelve schools, the Sannyaasees into ten. The Yogis and those
wearing religious robes, and the Jains with their all hair plucked
out - without the Word of the Shabad, the noose is around
their necks. || 1 || Those who are imbued with the Shabad are
the perfectly detached renunciates. They beg to receive charity
in the hands of their hearts, embracing love and affection for
the One. || 1 || Pause || The Brahmins study and argue about
the scriptures; they perform ceremonial rituals, and lead others
in these rituals. Without true understanding, those self-willed
manmukhs understand nothing. Separated from God, they suffer in
pain. || 2 || Those who receive the Shabad are sanctified and
pure; they are approved in the True Court. Night and day, they
remain lovingly attuned to the Naam; throughout the ages, they
are merged in the True One. || 3 || Good deeds, righteousness
and Dharmic faith, purification, austere self-discipline, chanting,
intense meditation and pilgrimages to sacred shrines -
all these abide in the Shabad. O Nanak, united in union with the
True Guru, suffering, sin and death run away. || 4 || 16 ||
PRABHAATEE, FIRST MEHL: The dust of the feet of the Saints,
the Company of the Holy, and the Praises of the Lord carry us
across to the other side. What can the wretched, terrified Messenger
of Death do to the Gurmukhs? The Lord abides in their hearts.
|| 1 || Without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, life might
just as well be burnt down. The Gurmukh chants and meditates on
the Lord, chanting the chant on the mala; the Flavor of the Lord
comes into the mind. || 1 || Pause || Those who follow the
Guru's Teachings find true peace - how can I even
describe the glory of such a person? The Gurmukh seeks and finds
the gems and jewels, diamonds, rubies and treasures. || 2 ||
So center yourself on the treasures of spiritual wisdom and
meditation; remain lovingly attuned to the One True Lord, and
the Word of His Shabad. Remain absorbed in the Primal State of
the Fearless, Immaculate, Independent, Self-sufficient Lord.
|| 3 || The seven seas are overflowing with the Immaculate Water;
the inverted boat floats across. The mind which wandered in external
distractions is restrained and held in check; the Gurmukh is intuitively
absorbed in God. || 4 || He is a householder, he is a renunciate
and God's slave, who, as Gurmukh, realizes his own self.
Says Nanak, his mind is pleased and appeased by the True Word
of the Shabad; there is no other at all. || 5 || 17 ||
Those who become Gurmukh and understand are
very rare; God is permeating and pervading through the Word of
His Shabad. Those who are imbued with the Naam, the Name of the
Lord, find everlasting peace; they remain lovingly attuned to
the True One.
Page 1333 || 1 || Chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, O Siblings of
Destiny. By Guru's Grace, the mind becomes steady and stable;
night and day, it remains satisfied with the Sublime Essence of
the Lord. || 1 || Pause || Night and day, perform devotional
worship service to the Lord, day and night; this is the profit
to be obtained in this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, O Siblings of Destiny.
The humble beings are forever immaculate; no filth ever sticks
to them. They focus their consciousness on the True Name. ||
2 || The True Guru has revealed the ornamentation of peace;
the Glorious Greatness of the Naam is Great! The Inexhaustible
Treasures are overflowing; they are never exhausted. So serve
the Lord forever, O Siblings of Destiny. || 3 || The Creator
comes to abide in the minds of those whom He Himself has blessed.
O Nanak, meditate forever on the Naam, which the True Guru has
revealed. || 4 || 1 || PRABHAATEE, THIRD MEHL: I am unworthy;
please forgive me and bless me, O my Lord and Master, and unite
me with Yourself. You are Endless; no one can find Your limits.
Through the Word of Your Shabad, You bestow understanding. ||
1 || O Dear Lord, I am a sacrifice to You. I dedicate my mind
and body and place them in offering before You; I shall remain
in Your Sanctuary forever. || 1 || Pause || Please keep me
forever under Your Will, O my Lord and Master; please bless me
with the Glorious Greatness of Your Name. Through the Perfect
Guru, God's Will is revealed; night and day, remain absorbed
in peace and poise. || 2 || Those devotees who accept Your
Will are pleasing to You, Lord; You Yourself forgive them, and
unite them with Yourself. Accepting Your Will, I have found everlasting
peace; the Guru has extinguished the fire of desire. || 3 ||
Whatever You do comes to pass, O Creator; nothing else can be
done. O Nanak, nothing is as great as the Blessing of the Name;
it is obtained through the Perfect Guru. || 4 || 2 || PRABHAATEE,
THIRD MEHL: The Gurmukhs praise the Lord; praising the Lord,
they know Him. Doubt and duality are gone from within; they realize
the Word of the Guru's Shabad. || 1 || O Dear Lord,
You are my One and Only. I meditate on You and praise You; salvation
and wisdom come from You. || 1 || Pause || The Gurmukhs praise
You; they receive the most excellent and sweet Ambrosial Nectar.
This Nectar is forever sweet; it never loses its taste. Contemplate
the Word of the Guru's Shabad. || 2 || He makes it seem
so sweet to me; I am a sacrifice to Him. Through the Shabad, I
praise the Giver of peace forever. I have eradicated self-conceit
from within. || 3 || My True Guru is forever the Giver. I receive
whatever fruits and rewards I desire. O Nanak, through the Naam,
glorious greatness is obtained; through the Word of the Guru's
Shabad, the True One is found. || 4 || 3 || PRABHAATEE, THIRD
MEHL: Those who enter Your Sanctuary, Dear Lord, are saved by
Your Protective Power. I cannot even conceive of any other as
Great as You. There never was, and there never shall be. || 1
|| O Dear Lord, I shall remain in Your Sanctuary forever. As
it pleases You, You save me, O my Lord and Master; this is Your
Glorious Greatness. || 1 || Pause || O Dear Lord, You cherish
and sustain those who seek Your Sanctuary.
Page 1334 O Dear Lord, the Messenger of Death cannot even touch those whom
You, in Your Mercy, protect. || 2 || True Is Your Sanctuary,
O Dear Lord; it never diminishes or goes away. Those who abandon
the Lord, and become attached to the love of duality, shall continue
to die and be reborn. || 3 || Those who seek Your Sanctuary,
Dear Lord, shall never suffer in pain or hunger for anything.
O Nanak, praise the Naam, the Name of the Lord forever, and merge
in the True Word of the Shabad. || 4 || 4 || PRABHAATEE, THIRD
MEHL: As Gurmukh, meditate on the Dear Lord forever, as long
as there is the breath of life. Through the Word of the Guru's
Shabad, the mind becomes immaculate, and egotistical pride is
expelled from the mind. Fruitful and prosperous is the life of
that mortal being, who is absorbed in the Name of the Lord. ||
1 || O my mind, listen to the Teachings of the Guru. The Name
of the Lord is the Giver of peace forever. With intuitive ease,
drink in the Sublime Essence of the Lord. || 1 || Pause ||
Those who understand their own origin dwell within the home
of their inner being, in intuitive peace and poise. Through the
Word of the Guru's Shabad, the heart-lotus blossoms forth,
and egotism and evil-mindedness are eradicated. The One True Lord
is pervading amongst all; those who realize this are very rare.
|| 2 || Through the Guru's Teachings, the mind becomes
immaculate, speaking the Ambrosial Essence. The Name of the Lord
dwells in the mind forever; within the mind, the mind is pleased
and appeased. I am forever a sacrifice to my Guru, through whom
I have realized the Lord, the Supreme Soul. || 3 || Those human
beings who do not serve the True Guru - their lives are
uselessly wasted. When God bestows His Glance of Grace, then we
meet the True Guru, merging in intuitive peace and poise. O Nanak,
by great good fortune, the Naam is bestowed; by perfect destiny,
meditate. || 4 || 5 || PRABHAATEE, THIRD MEHL: God Himself
fashioned the many forms and colors; He created the Universe and
staged the play. Creating the creation, He watches over it. He
acts, and causes all to act; He gives sustenance to all beings.
|| 1 || In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the Lord is All-pervading.
The One God is pervading and permeating each and every heart;
the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is revealed to the Gurmukh. ||
1 || Pause || The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is hidden, but
it is pervasive in the Dark Age. The Lord is totally pervading
and permeating each and every heart. The Jewel of the Naam is
revealed within the hearts of those who hurry to the Sanctuary
of the Guru. || 2 || Whoever overpowers the five sense organs,
is blessed with forgiveness, patience and contentment, through
the Guru's Teachings. Blessed, blessed, perfect and great
is that humble servant of the Lord, who is inspired by the Fear
of God and detached love, to sing the Glorious Praises of the
Lord. || 3 || If someone turns his face away from the Guru,
and does not enshrine the Guru's Words in his consciousness
- he may perform all sorts of rituals and accumulate wealth,
but in the end, he will fall into hell. || 4 || The One Shabad,
the Word of the One God, is prevailing everywhere. All the creation
came from the One Lord. O Nanak, the Gurmukh is united in union.
When the Gurmukh goes, he blends into the Lord, Har, Har. ||
5 || 6 || PRABHAATEE, THIRD MEHL: O my mind, praise your Guru.
Page 1335 Perfect destiny is inscribed upon your forehead and face; sing
the Praises of the Lord forever. || 1 || Pause || The Lord
bestows the Ambrosial Food of the Naam. Out of millions, only
a rare few receive it - only those who are blessed by God's
Glance of Grace. || 1 || Whoever enshrines the Guru's
Feet within his mind, is rid of pain and darkness from within.
The True Lord unites him with Himself. || 2 || So embrace love
for the Word of the Guru's Bani. Here and hereafter, this
is your only Support. The Creator Lord Himself bestows it. ||
3 || One whom the Lord inspires to accept His Will, is a wise
and knowing devotee. Nanak is forever a sacrifice to him. ||
4 || 7 || 17 || 7 || 24 ||
Through the Guru's Teachings, I sing
the Glorious Praises of the Lord with joyous love and delight;
I am enraptured, lovingly attuned to the Naam, the Name of the
Lord. Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, I drink in
the Ambrosial Essence; I am a sacrifice to the Naam. || 1 ||
The Lord, the Life of the World, is my Breath of Life. The Lofty
and Exalted Lord became pleasing to my heart and my inner being,
when the Guru breathed the Mantra of the Lord into my ears. ||
1 || Pause || Come, O Saints: let us join together, O Siblings
of Destiny; let us meet and chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.
How am I to find my God? Please bless me with the Gift of the
Lord's Teachings. || 2 || The Lord, Har, Har, abides
in the Society of the Saints; joining this Sangat, the Lord's
Glories are known. By great good fortune, the Society of the Saints
is found. Through the Guru, the True Guru, I receive the Touch
of the Lord God. || 3 || I sing the Glorious Praises of God,
my Inaccessible Lord and Master; singing His Praises, I am enraptured.
The Guru has showered His Mercy on servant Nanak; in an instant,
He blessed him with the Gift of the Lord's Name. || 4
|| 1 || PRABHAATEE, FOURTH MEHL: With the rising of the sun,
the Gurmukh speaks of the Lord. All through the night, he dwells
upon the Sermon of the Lord. My God has infused this longing within
me; I seek my Lord God. || 1 || My mind is the dust of the
feet of the Holy. The Guru has implanted the Sweet Name of the
Lord, Har, Har, within me. I dust the Guru's Feet with
my hair. || 1 || Pause || Dark are the days and nights of
the faithless cynics; they are caught in the trap of attachment
to Maya. The Lord God does not dwell in their hearts, even for
an instant; every hair of their heads is totally tied up in debts.
|| 2 || Joining the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, wisdom
and understanding are obtained, and one is released from the traps
of egotism and possessiveness. The Lord's Name, and the
Lord, seem sweet to me. Through the Word of His Shabad, the Guru
has made me happy. || 3 || I am just a child; the Guru is the
Unfathomable Lord of the World. In His Mercy, He cherishes and
sustains me. I am drowning in the ocean of poison; O God, Guru,
Lord of the World, please save Your child, Nanak. || 4 || 2 ||
PRABHAATEE, FOURTH MEHL: The Lord God showered me with His
Mercy for an instant;
Page 1336 I sing His Glorious Praises with joyous love and delight. Both
the singer and the listener are liberated, when, as Gurmukh, they
drink in the Lord's Name, even for an instant. || 1 ||
The Sublime Essence of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is enshrined
within my mind. As Gurmukh, I have obtained the cooling, soothing
Water of the Naam. I eagerly drink in the sublime essence of the
Name of the Lord, Har, Har. || 1 || Pause || Those whose
hearts are imbued with the Love of the Lord have the mark of radiant
purity upon their foreheads. The Glory of the Lord's humble
servant is manifest throughout the world, like the moon among
the stars. || 2 || Those whose hearts are not filled with the
Lord's Name - all their affairs are worthless and
insipid. They may adorn and decorate their bodies, but without
the Naam, they look like their noses have been cut off. || 3
|| The Sovereign Lord permeates each and every heart; the One
Lord is all-pervading everywhere. The Lord has showered His Mercy
upon servant Nanak; through the Word of the Guru's Teachings,
I have meditated on the Lord in an instant. || 4 || 3 || PRABHAATEE,
FOURTH MEHL: God, the Inaccessible and Merciful, has showered
me with His Mercy; I chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, with
my mouth. I meditate on the Name of the Lord, the Purifier of
sinners; I am rid of all the residues of my sins and mistakes.
|| 1 || O mind, chant the Name of the All-pervading Lord. I
sing the Praises of the Lord, Merciful to the meek, Destroyer
of pain. Following the Guru's Teachings, I gather in the
Wealth of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. || 1 || Pause ||
The Lord abides in the body-village; through the Wisdom of the
Guru's Teachings, the Lord, Har, Har, is revealed. In the
lake of the body, the Lord's Name has been revealed. Within
my own home and mansion, I have obtained the Lord God. || 2 ||
Those beings who wander in the wilderness of doubt -
those faithless cynics are foolish, and are plundered. They are
like the deer: the scent of musk comes from its own navel, but
it wanders and roams around, searching for it in the bushes.
|| 3 || You are Great and Unfathomable; Your Wisdom, God, is
Profound and Incomprehensible. Please bless me with that wisdom,
by which I might attain You, O Lord God. The Guru has placed His
Hand upon servant Nanak; he chants the Name of the Lord. || 4
|| 4 || PRABHAATEE, FOURTH MEHL: My mind is in love with the
Name of the Lord, Har, Har; I meditate on the Great Lord God.
The Word of the True Guru has become pleasing to my heart. The
Lord God has showered me with His Grace. || 1 || O my mind,
vibrate and meditate on the Lord's Name every instant.
The Perfect Guru has blessed me with the gift of the Name of the
Lord, Har, Har. The Lord's Name abides in my mind and body.
|| 1 || Pause || The Lord abides in the body-village, in
my home and mansion. As Gurmukh, I meditate on His Glory. Here
and hereafter, the Lord's humble servants are embellished
and exalted; their faces are radiant; as Gurmukh, they are carried
across. || 2 || I am lovingly attuned to the Fearless Lord,
Har, Har, Har; through the Guru, I have enshrined the Lord within
my heart in an instant. Millions upon millions of the faults and
mistakes of the Lord's humble servant are all taken away
in an instant. || 3 || Your humble servants are known only
through You, God; knowing You, they becomes supreme. The Lord,
Har, Har, has enshrined Himself within His humble servant.
Page 1337 O Nanak, the Lord God and His servant are one and the same. ||
4 || 5 || PRABHAATEE, FOURTH MEHL: The Guru, the True Guru,
has implanted the Naam, the Name of the Lord within me. I was
dead, but chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, I have been
brought back to life. Blessed, blessed is the Guru, the Guru,
the Perfect True Guru; He reached out to me with His Arm, and
pulled me up and out of the ocean of poison. || 1 || O mind,
meditate and worship the Lord's Name. God is never found,
even by making all sorts of new efforts. The Lord God is obtained
only through the Perfect Guru. || 1 || Pause || The Sublime
Essence of the Lord's Name is the source of nectar and
bliss; drinking in this Sublime Essence, following the Guru's
Teachings, I have become happy. Even iron slag is transformed
into gold, joining the Lord's Congregation. Through the
Guru, the Lord's Light is enshrined within the heart.
|| 2 || Those who are continually lured by greed, egotism and
corruption, who are lured away by emotional attachment to their
children and spouse - they never serve at the feet of the
Saints; those self-willed manmukhs are filled with ashes. ||
3 || O God, You alone know Your Glorious Virtues; I have grown
weary - I seek Your Sanctuary. As You know best, You preserve
and protect me, O my Lord and Master; servant Nanak is Your slave.
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O mind, meditate on the Treasure of the Name
of the Lord, Har, Har. You shall be honored in the Court of the
Lord. Those who chant and meditate shall be carried across to
the other shore. || 1 || Pause || Listen, O mind: meditate
on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. Listen, O mind: the Kirtan
of the Lord's Praises is equal to bathing at the sixty-eight
sacred shrines of pilgrimage. Listen, O mind: as Gurmukh, you
shall be blessed with honor. || 1 || O mind, chant and meditate
on the Supreme Transcendent Lord God. Millions of sins shall be
destroyed in an instant. O Nanak, you shall meet with the Lord
God. || 2 || 1 || 7 ||
The Lord created the mind, and fashioned the
entire body. From the five elements, He formed it, and infused
His Light within it. He made the earth its bed, and water for
it to use. Do not forget Him for an instant; serve the Lord of
the World. || 1 || O mind, serve the True Guru, and obtain
the supreme status. If you remain unattached and unaffected by
sorrow and joy, then you shall find the Lord of Life. || 1 ||
Pause || He makes all the various pleasures, clothes and foods
for you to enjoy. He made your mother, father and all relatives.
He provides sustenance to all, in the water and on the land, O
friend. So serve the Lord, forever and ever. || 2 || He shall
be your Helper and Support there, where no one else can help you.
He washes away the residues of millions of sins in an instant.
He bestows His Gifts, and never regrets them. |
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