Raag Bhairao

¹Raag Bhairao, First Mehl, First House, Chau-Padhay:

²One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred. Image Of The Undying. Beyond Birth. Self-Existent. By Guru's Grace:

³Without You, nothing happens.

⁴You create the creatures, and gazing on them, you know them. ||1||

⁵What can I say? I cannot say anything.

⁶Whatever exists, is by Your Will. ||Pause||

⁷Whatever is to be done, rests with You.

⁸Unto whom should I offer my prayer? ||2||

⁹I speak and hear the Bani of Your Word.

¹⁰You Yourself know all Your Wondrous Play. ||3||

¹¹You Yourself act, and inspire all to act; only You Yourself know.

¹²Says Nanak, You, Lord, see, establish and disestablish. ||4||1||

¹³One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹⁴Raag Bhairao, First Mehl, Second House:

¹⁵Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, so many silent sages have been saved; Indra and Brahma have also been saved.

¹⁶Sanak, Sanandan and many humble men of austerity, by Guru's Grace, have been carried across to the other side. ||1||

¹⁷Without the Word of the Shabad, how can anyone cross over the terrifying world-ocean?

¹⁸Without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the world is entangled in the disease of duality, and is drowned, drowned, and dies. ||1||Pause||

¹⁹The Guru is Divine; the Guru is Inscrutable and Mysterious. Serving the Guru, the three worlds are known and understood.

²⁰The Guru, the Giver, has Himself given me the Gift; I have obtained the Inscrutable, Mysterious Lord. ||2||

²¹The mind is the king; the mind is appeased and satisfied through the mind itself, and desire is stilled in the mind.

²²The mind is the Yogi, the mind wastes away in separation from the Lord; singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, the mind is instructed and reformed. ||3||

²³How very rare are those in this world who, through the Guru, subdue their minds, and contemplate the Word of the Shabad.

²⁴O Nanak, our Lord and Master is All-pervading; through the True Word of the Shabad, we are emancipated. ||4||1||2||

²⁵Bhairao, First Mehl:

²⁶The eyes lose their sight, and the body withers away; old age overtakes the mortal, and death hangs over his head.

²⁷Beauty, loving attachment and the pleasures of life are not permanent. How can anyone escape from the noose of death? ||1||

²⁸O mortal, meditate on the Lord - your life is passing away!

¹Without the True Word of the Shabad, you shall never be released, and your life shall be totally useless. ||1||Pause||

²Within the body are sexual desire, anger, egotism and attachment. This pain is so great, and so difficult to endure.

³As Gurmukh, chant the Lord's Name, and savor it with your tongue; in this way, you shall cross over to the other side. ||2||

⁴Your ears are deaf, and your intellect is worthless, and still, you do not intuitively understand the Word of the Shabad.

⁵The self-willed manmukh wastes this priceless human life and loses it. Without the Guru, the blind person cannot see. ||3||

⁶Whoever remains detached and free of desire in the midst of desire - and whoever, unattached, intuitively meditates on the Celestial Lord

⁷- prays Nanak, as Gurmukh, he is released. He is lovingly attuned to the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||4||||2||3||

⁸Bhairao, First Mehl:

⁹His walk becomes weak and clumsy, his feet and hands shake, and the skin of his body is withered and wrinkled.

¹⁰His eyes are dim, his ears are deaf, and yet, the self-willed manmukh does not know the Naam. ||1||

¹¹O blind man, what have you obtained by coming into the world?

¹²The Lord is not in your heart, and you do not serve the Guru. After wasting your capital, you shall have to depart. ||1||Pause||

¹³Your tongue is not imbued with the Love of the Lord; whatever you say is tasteless and insipid.

¹⁴You indulge in slander of the Saints; becoming a beast, you shall never be noble. ||2||

¹⁵Only a few obtain the sublime essence of the Ambrosial Amrit, united in Union with the True Guru.

¹⁶As long as the mortal does not come to understand the mystery of the Shabad, the Word of God, he shall continue to be tormented by death. ||3||

¹⁷Whoever finds the door of the One True Lord, does not know any other house or door.

¹⁸By Guru's Grace, I have obtained the supreme status; so says poor Nanak. ||4||3||4||

¹⁹Bhairao, First Mehl:

²⁰He spends the entire night in sleep; the noose is tied around his neck. His day is wasted in worldly entanglements.

²¹He does not know God, who created this world, for a moment, for even an instant. ||1||

²²O mortal, how will you escape this terrible disaster?

²³What did you bring with you, and what will you take away? Meditate on the Lord, the Most Worthy and Generous Lord. ||1||Pause||

²⁴The heart-lotus of the self-willed manmukh is upside-down; his intellect is shallow; his mind is blind, and his head is entangled in worldly affairs.

²⁵Death and re-birth constantly hang over your head; without the Name, your neck shall be caught in the noose. ||2||

²⁶Your steps are unsteady, and your eyes are blind; you are not aware of the Word of the Shabad, O Sibling of Destiny.

²⁷The Shaastras and the Vedas keep the mortal bound to the three modes of Maya, and so he performs his deeds blindly. ||3||

²⁸He loses his capital - how can he earn any profit? The evil-minded person has no spiritual wisdom at all.

²⁹Contemplating the Shabad, he drinks in the sublime essence of the Lord; O Nanak, his faith is confirmed in the Truth. ||4||4||5||

³⁰Bhairao, First Mehl:

³¹He remains with the Guru, day and night, and his tongue savors the savory taste of the Lord's Love.

³²He does not know any other; he realizes the Word of the Shabad. He knows and realizes the Lord deep within his own being. ||1||

³³Such a humble person is pleasing to my mind.

³⁴He conquers his self-conceit, and is imbued with the Infinite Lord. He serves the Guru. ||1||Pause||

³⁵Deep within my being, and outside as well, is the Immaculate Lord God. I bow humbly before that Primal Lord God.

³⁶Deep within each and every heart, and amidst all, the Embodiment of Truth is permeating and pervading. ||2||

¹Those who are imbued with Truth - their tongues are tinged with Truth; they do not have even an iota of the filth of falsehood.

²They taste the sweet Ambrosial Nectar of the Immaculate Naam, the Name of the Lord; imbued with the Shabad, they are blessed with honor. ||3||

³The virtuous meet with the virtuous, and earn the profit; as Gurmukh, they obtain the glorious greatness of the Naam.

⁴All sorrows are erased, by serving the Guru; O Nanak, the Naam is our only Friend and Companion. ||4||5||6||

⁵Bhairao, First Mehl:

⁶The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is the wealth and support of all; It is enshrined in the heart, by Guru's Grace.

⁷One who gathers this imperishable wealth is fulfilled, and through intuitive meditation, is lovingly focused on the Lord. ||1||

⁸O mortal, focus your consciousness on devotional worship of the Lord.

⁹As Gurmukh, meditate on the Name of the Lord in your heart, and you shall return to your home with intuitive ease. ||1||Pause||

¹⁰Doubt, separation and fear are never eradicated, and the mortal continues coming and going in reincarnation, as long as he does not know the Lord.

¹¹Without the Name of the Lord, no one is liberated; they drown and die without water. ||2||

¹²Busy with his worldly affairs, all honor is lost; the ignorant one is not rid of his doubts.

¹³Without the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the mortal is never liberated; he remains blindly entangled in the expanse of worldly affairs. ||3||

¹⁴My mind is pleased and appeased with the Immaculate Lord, who has no ancestry. Through the mind itself, the mind is subdued.

¹⁵Deep within my being, and outside as well, I know only the One Lord. O Nanak, there is no other at all. ||4||6||7||

¹⁶Bhairao, First Mehl:

¹⁷You may give feasts, make burnt offerings, donate to charity, perform austere penance and worship, and endure pain and suffering in the body.

¹⁸But without the Lord's Name, liberation is not obtained. As Gurmukh, obtain the Naam and liberation. ||1||

¹⁹Without the Lord's Name, birth into the world is useless.

²⁰Without the Name, the mortal eats poison and speaks poisonous words; he dies fruitlessly, and wanders in reincarnation. ||1||Pause||

²¹The mortal may read scriptures, study grammar and say his prayers three times a day.

²²Without the Word of the Guru's Shabad, where is liberation, O mortal? Without the Lord's Name, the mortal is entangled and dies. ||2||

²³Walking sticks, begging bowls, hair tufts, sacred threads, loin cloths, pilgrimages to sacred shrines and wandering all around

²⁴- without the Lord's Name, peace and tranquility are not obtained. One who chants the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, crosses over to the other side. ||3||

²⁵The mortal's hair may be matted and tangled upon his head, and he may smear his body with ashes; he may take off his clothes and go naked.

²⁶But without the Lord's Name, he is not satisfied; he wears religious robes, but he is bound by the karma of the actions he committed in past lives. ||4||

²⁷As many beings and creatures as there are in the water, on the land and in the sky - wherever they are, You are with them all, O Lord.

²⁸By Guru's Grace, please preserve Your humble servant; O Lord, Nanak stirs up this juice, and drinks it in. ||5||7||8||

²⁹Raag Bhairao, Third Mehl, Chau-Padhay, First House:

³⁰One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³¹No one should be proud of his social class and status.

³²He alone is a Brahmin, who knows God. ||1||

³³Do not be proud of your social class and status, you ignorant fool!

¹So much sin and corruption comes from this pride. ||1||Pause||

²Everyone says that there are four castes, four social classes.

³They all emanate from the drop of God's Seed. ||2||

⁴The entire universe is made of the same clay.

⁵The Potter has shaped it into all sorts of vessels. ||3||

⁶The five elements join together, to make up the form of the human body.

⁷Who can say which is less, and which is more? ||4||

⁸Says Nanak, this soul is bound by its actions.

⁹Without meeting the True Guru, it is not liberated. ||5||1||

¹⁰Bhairao, Third Mehl:

¹¹The Yogis, the householders, the Pandits, the religious scholars, and the beggars in religious robes

¹²- they are all asleep in egotism. ||1||

¹³They are asleep, intoxicated with the wine of Maya.

¹⁴Only those who remain awake and aware are not robbed. ||1||Pause||

¹⁵One who has met the True Guru, remains awake and aware.

¹⁶Such a person overpowers the five thieves. ||2||

¹⁷One who contemplates the essence of reality remains awake and aware.

¹⁸He kills his self-conceit, and does not kill anyone else. ||3||

¹⁹One who knows the One Lord remains awake and aware.

²⁰He abandons the service of others, and realizes the essence of reality. ||4||

²¹Of the four castes, whoever remains awake and aware

²²is released from birth and death. ||5||

²³Says Nanak, that humble being remains awake and aware,

²⁴who applies the ointment of spiritual wisdom to his eyes. ||6||2||

²⁵Bhairao, Third Mehl:

²⁶Whoever the Lord keeps in His Sanctuary,

²⁷is attached to the Truth, and receives the fruit of Truth. ||1||

²⁸O mortal, unto whom will you complain?

²⁹The Hukam of the Lord's Command is pervasive; by the Hukam of His Command, all things happen. ||1||Pause||

³⁰This Creation was established by You.

³¹In an instant You destroy it, and You create it again without a moment's delay. ||2||

³²By His Grace, He has staged this Play.

³³By the Guru's Merciful Grace, I have obtained the supreme status. ||3||

³⁴Says Nanak, He alone kills and revives.

³⁵Understand this well - do not be confused by doubt. ||4||3||

³⁶Bhairao, Third Mehl:

³⁷I am the bride; the Creator is my Husband Lord.

³⁸As He inspires me, I adorn myself. ||1||

³⁹When it pleases Him, He enjoys me.

⁴⁰I am joined, body and mind, to my True Lord and Master. ||1||Pause||

⁴¹How can anyone praise or slander anyone else?

⁴²The One Lord Himself is pervading and permeating all. ||2||

⁴³By Guru's Grace, I am attracted by His Love.

⁴⁴I shall meet with my Merciful Lord, and vibrate the Panch Shabad, the Five Primal Sounds. ||3||

⁴⁵Prays Nanak, what can anyone do?

⁴⁶He alone meets with the Lord, whom the Lord Himself meets. ||4||4||

⁴⁷Bhairao, Third Mehl:

⁴⁸He alone is a silent sage, who subdues his mind's duality.

⁴⁹Subduing his duality, he contemplates God. ||1||

⁵⁰Let each person examine his own mind, O Siblings of Destiny.

⁵¹Examine your mind, and you shall obtain the nine treasures of the Naam. ||1||Pause||

⁵²The Creator created the world, upon the foundation of worldly love and attachment.

⁵³Attaching it to possessiveness, He has led it into confusion with doubt. ||2||

⁵⁴From this Mind come all bodies, and the breath of life.

⁵⁵By mental contemplation, the mortal realizes the Hukam of the Lord's Command, and merges in Him. ||3||

¹When the mortal has good karma, the Guru grants His Grace.

²Then this mind is awakened, and the duality of this mind is subdued. ||4||

³It is the innate nature of the mind to remain forever detached.

⁴The Detached, Dispassionate Lord dwells within all. ||5||

⁵Says Nanak, one who understands this mystery,

⁶becomes the embodiment of the Primal, Immaculate, Divine Lord God. ||6||5||

⁷Bhairao, Third Mehl:

⁸The world is saved through Name of the Lord.

⁹It carries the mortal across the terrifying world-ocean. ||1||

¹⁰By Guru's Grace, dwell upon the Lord's Name.

¹¹It shall stand by you forever. ||1||Pause||

¹²The foolish self-willed manmukhs do not remember the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

¹³Without the Name, how will they cross over? ||2||

¹⁴The Lord, the Great Giver, Himself gives His Gifts.

¹⁵Celebrate and praise the Great Giver! ||3||

¹⁶Granting His Grace, the Lord unites the mortals with the True Guru.

¹⁷O Nanak, the Naam is enshrined within the heart. ||4||6||

¹⁸Bhairao, Third Mehl:

¹⁹All people are saved through the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

²⁰Those who become Gurmukh are blessed to receive It. ||1||

²¹When the Dear Lord showers His Mercy,

²²He blesses the Gurmukh with the glorious greatness of the Naam. ||1||Pause||

²³Those who love the Beloved Name of the Lord

²⁴save themselves, and save all their ancestors. ||2||

²⁵Without the Name, the self-willed manmukhs go to the City of Death.

²⁶They suffer in pain and endure beatings. ||3||

²⁷When the Creator Himself gives,

²⁸O Nanak, then the mortals receive the Naam. ||4||7||

²⁹Bhairao, Third Mehl:

³⁰Love of the Lord of the Universe saved Sanak and his brother, the sons of Brahma.

³¹They contemplated the Word of the Shabad, and the Name of the Lord. ||1||

³²O Dear Lord, please shower me with Your Mercy,

³³that as Gurmukh, I may embrace love for Your Name. ||1||Pause||

³⁴Whoever has true loving devotional worship deep within his being

³⁵meets the Lord, through the Perfect Guru. ||2||

³⁶He naturally, intuitively dwells within the home of his own inner being.

³⁷The Naam abides within the mind of the Gurmukh. ||3||

³⁸The Lord, the Seer, Himself sees.

³⁹O Nanak, enshrine the Naam within your heart. ||4||8||

⁴⁰Bhairao, Third Mehl:

⁴¹In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, enshrine the Lord's Name within your heart.

⁴²Without the Name, ashes will be blown in your face. ||1||

⁴³The Lord's Name is so difficult to obtain, O Siblings of Destiny.

⁴⁴By Guru's Grace, it comes to dwell in the mind. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁵That humble being who seeks the Lord's Name,

⁴⁶receives it from the Perfect Guru. ||2||

⁴⁷Those humble beings who accept the Will of the Lord, are approved and accepted.

⁴⁸Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they bear the insignia of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||3||

⁴⁹So serve the One, whose power supports the Universe.

⁵⁰O Nanak, the Gurmukh loves the Naam. ||4||9||

⁵¹Bhairao, Third Mehl:

⁵²In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, many rituals are performed.

⁵³But it is not the time for them, and so they are of no use. ||1||

⁵⁴In Kali Yuga, the Lord's Name is the most sublime.

⁵⁵As Gurmukh, be lovingly attached to Truth. ||1||Pause||

⁵⁶Searching my body and mind, I found Him within the home of my own heart.

⁵⁷The Gurmukh centers his consciousness on the Lord's Name. ||2||

¹The ointment of spiritual wisdom is obtained from the True Guru.

²The Lord's Name is pervading the three worlds. ||3||

³In Kali Yuga, it is the time for the One Dear Lord; it is not the time for anything else.

⁴O Nanak, as Gurmukh, let the Lord's Name grow within your heart. ||4||10||

⁵Bhairao, Third Mehl, Second House:

⁶One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁷The self-willed manmukhs are afflicted with the disease of duality; they are burnt by the intense fire of desire.

⁸They die and die again, and are reborn; they find no place of rest. They waste their lives uselessly. ||1||

⁹O my Beloved, grant Your Grace, and give me understanding.

¹⁰The world was created in the disease of egotism; without the Word of the Shabad, the disease is not cured. ||1||Pause||

¹¹There are so many silent sages, who read the Simritees and the Shaastras; without the Shabad, they have no clear awareness.

¹²All those under the influence of the three qualities are afflicted with the disease; through possessiveness, they lose their awareness. ||2||

¹³O God, you save some, and you enjoin others to serve the Guru.

¹⁴They obtain the treasure of the Name of the Lord; peace comes to abide within their minds. ||3||

¹⁵The Gurmukhs dwell in the fourth state; they obtain a dwelling in the home of their own inner being.

¹⁶The Perfect True Guru shows His Mercy to them; they eradicate their self-conceit from within. ||4||

¹⁷Everyone must serve the One Lord, who created Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.

¹⁸O Nanak, the One True Lord is permanent and stable. He does not die, and He is not born. ||5||1||11||

¹⁹Bhairao, Third Mehl:

²⁰The self-willed manmukh is afflicted with the disease of duality forever; the entire universe is diseased.

²¹The Gurmukh understands, and is cured of the disease, contemplating the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||1||

²²O Dear Lord, please let me join the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation.

²³O Nanak, the Lord blesses with glorious greatness, those who focus their consciousness on the Lord's Name. ||1||Pause||

²⁴Death takes all those who are afflicted with the disease of possessiveness. They are subject to the Messenger of Death.

²⁵The Messenger of Death does not even approach that mortal who, as Gurmukh, enshrines the Lord within his heart. ||2||

²⁶One who does not know the Lord's Name, and who does not become Gurmukh - why did he even come into the world?

²⁷He never serves the Guru; he wastes his life uselessly. ||3||

²⁸O Nanak, those whom the True Guru enjoins to His service, have perfect good fortune.

²⁹They obtain the fruits of their desires, and find peace in the Word of the Guru's Bani. ||4||2||12||

³⁰Bhairao, Third Mehl:

³¹In pain he is born, in pain he dies, and in pain he does his deeds.

³²He is never released from the womb of reincarnation; he rots away in manure. ||1||

³³Cursed, cursed is the self-willed manmukh, who wastes his life away.

³⁴He does not serve the Perfect Guru; he does not love the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

³⁵The Word of the Guru's Shabad cures all diseases; he alone is attached to it, whom the Dear Lord attaches.

¹Through the Naam, glorious greatness is obtained; he alone obtains it, whose mind is filled with the Lord. ||2||

²Meeting the True Guru, the fruitful rewards are obtained. This true lifestyle beings sublime peace.

³Those humble beings who are attached to the Lord are immaculate; they enshrine love for the Lord's Name. ||3||

⁴If I obtain the dust of their feet, I apply it to my forehead. They meditate on the Perfect True Guru.

⁵O Nanak, this dust is obtained only by perfect destiny. They focus their consciousness on the Lord's Name. ||4||3||13||

⁶Bhairao, Third Mehl:

⁷That humble being who contemplates the Word of the Shabad is true; the True Lord is within his heart.

⁸If someone performs true devotional worship day and night, then his body will not feel pain. ||1||

⁹Everyone calls him, "Devotee, devotee."

¹⁰But without serving the True Guru, devotional worship is not obtained. Only through perfect destiny does one meet God. ||1||Pause||

¹¹The self-willed manmukhs lose their capital, and still, they demand profits. How can they earn any profit?

¹²The Messenger of Death is always hovering above their heads. In the love of duality, they lose their honor. ||2||

¹³Trying on all sorts of religious robes, they wander around day and night, but the disease of their egotism is not cured.

¹⁴Reading and studying, they argue and debate; attached to Maya, they lose their awareness. ||3||

¹⁵Those who serve the True Guru are blessed with the supreme status; through the Naam, they are blessed with glorious greatness.

¹⁶O Nanak, those whose minds are filled with the Naam, are honored in the Court of the True Lord. ||4||4||14||

¹⁷Bhairao, Third Mehl:

¹⁸The self-willed manmukh cannot escape false hope. In the love of duality, he is ruined.

¹⁹His belly is like a river - it is never filled up. He is consumed by the fire of desire. ||1||

²⁰Eternally blissful are those who are imbued with the sublime essence of the Lord.

²¹The Naam, the Name of the Lord, fills their hearts, and duality runs away from their minds. Drinking in the Ambrosial Nectar of the Lord, Har, Har, they are satisfied. ||1||Pause||

²²The Supreme Lord God Himself created the Universe; He links each and every person to their tasks.

²³He Himself created love and attachment to Maya; He Himself attaches the mortals to duality. ||2||

²⁴If there were any other, then I would speak to him; all will be merged in You.

²⁵The Gurmukh contemplates the essence of spiritual wisdom; his light merges into the Light. ||3||

²⁶God is True, Forever True, and all His Creation is True.

²⁷O Nanak, the True Guru has given me this understanding; the True Name brings emancipation. ||4||5||15||

²⁸Bhairao, Third Mehl:

²⁹In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, those who do not realize the Lord are goblins. In the Golden Age of Sat Yuga, the supreme soul-swans contemplated the Lord.

³⁰In the Silver Age of Dwaapur Yuga, and the Brass Age of Traytaa Yuga, mankind prevailed, but only a rare few subdued their egos. ||1||

³¹In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, glorious greatness is obtained through the Lord's Name.

³²In each and every age, the Gurmukhs know the One Lord; without the Name, liberation is not attained. ||1||Pause||

³³The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is revealed in the heart of the True Lord's humble servant. It dwells in the mind of the Gurmukh.

³⁴Those who are lovingly focused on the Lord's Name save themselves; they save all their ancestors as well. ||2||

³⁵My Lord God is the Giver of virtue. The Word of the Shabad burns away all faults and demerits.

¹Those whose minds are filled with the Naam are beautiful; they enshrine the Naam within their hearts. ||3||

²The True Guru has revealed to me the Lord's Home and His Court, and the Mansion of His Presence. I joyfully enjoy His Love.

³Whatever He says, I accept as good; Nanak chants the Naam. ||4||6||16||

⁴Bhairao, Third Mehl:

⁵The desires of the mind are absorbed in the mind, contemplating the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

⁶Understanding is obtained from the Perfect Guru, and then the mortal does not die over and over again. ||1||

⁷My mind takes the Support of the Lord's Name.

⁸By Guru's Grace, I have obtained the supreme status; the Lord is the Fulfiller of all desires. ||1||Pause||

⁹The One Lord is permeating and pervading amongst all; without the Guru, this understanding is not obtained.

¹⁰My Lord God has been revealed to me, and I have become Gurmukh. Night and day, I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||2||

¹¹The One Lord is the Giver of peace; peace is not found anywhere else.

¹²Those who do not serve the Giver, the True Guru, depart regretfully in the end. ||3||

¹³Serving the True Guru, lasting peace is obtained, and the mortal does not suffer in pain any longer.

¹⁴Nanak has been blessed with devotional worship of the Lord; his light has merged into the Light. ||4||7||17||

¹⁵Bhairao, Third Mehl:

¹⁶Without the Guru, the world is insane; confused and deluded, it is beaten, and it suffers.

¹⁷It dies and dies again, and is reborn, always in pain, but it is unaware of the Lord's Gate. ||1||

¹⁸O my mind, remain always in the Protection of the True Guru's Sanctuary.

¹⁹Those people, to whose hearts the Lord's Name seems sweet, are carried across the terrifying world-ocean by the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||1||Pause||

²⁰The mortal wears various religious robes, but his consciousness is unsteady; deep within, he is filled with sexual desire, anger and egotism.

²¹Deep within is the great thirst and immense hunger; he wanders from door to door. ||2||

²²Those who die in the Word of the Guru's Shabad are reborn; they find the door of liberation.

²³With constant peace and tranquility deep within, they enshrine the Lord within their hearts. ||3||

²⁴As it pleases Him, He inspires us to act. Nothing else can be done.

²⁵O Nanak, the Gurmukh contemplates the Word of the Shabad, and is blessed with the glorious greatness of the Lord's Name. ||4||8||18||

²⁶Bhairao, Third Mehl:

²⁷Lost in egotism, Maya and attachment, the mortal earns pain, and eats pain.

²⁸The great disease, the rabid disease of greed, is deep within him; he wanders around indiscriminately. ||1||

²⁹The life of the self-willed manmukh in this world is cursed.

³⁰He does not remember the Lord's Name, even in his dreams. He is never in love with the Lord's Name. ||1||Pause||

³¹He acts like a beast, and does not understand anything. Practicing falsehood, he becomes false.

³²But when the mortal meets the True Guru, his way of looking at the world changes. How rare are those humble beings who seek and find the Lord. ||2||

³³That person, whose heart is forever filled with the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, obtains the Lord, the Treasure of Virtue.

³⁴By Guru's Grace, he finds the Perfect Lord; the egotistical pride of his mind is eradicated. ||3||

³⁵The Creator Himself acts, and causes all to act. He Himself places us on the path.

¹He Himself blesses the Gurmukh with glorious greatness; O Nanak, he merges in the Naam. ||4||9||19||

²Bhairao, Third Mehl:

³Upon my writing tablet, I write the Name of the Lord, the Lord of the Universe, the Lord of the World.

⁴In the love of duality, the mortals are caught in the noose of the Messenger of Death.

⁵The True Guru nurtures and sustains me.

⁶The Lord, the Giver of peace, is always with me. ||1||

⁷Following his Guru's instructions, Prahlaad chanted the Lord's Name;

⁸he was a child, but he was not afraid when his teacher yelled at him. ||1||Pause||

⁹Prahlaad's mother gave her beloved son some advice:

¹⁰"My son, you must abandon the Lord's Name, and save your life!"

¹¹Prahlaad said: "Listen, O my mother;

¹²I shall never give up the Lord's Name. My Guru has taught me this." ||2||

¹³Sandaa and Markaa, his teachers, went to his father the king, and complained:

¹⁴"Prahlaad himself has gone astray, and he leads all the other pupils astray."

¹⁵In the court of the wicked king, a plan was hatched.

¹⁶God is the Savior of Prahlaad. ||3||

¹⁷With sword in hand, and with great egotistical pride, Prahlaad's father ran up to him.

¹⁸"Where is your Lord, who will save you?"

¹⁹In an instant, the Lord appeared in a dreadful form, and shattered the pillar.

²⁰Harnaakhash was torn apart by His claws, and Prahlaad was saved. ||4||

²¹The Dear Lord completes the tasks of the Saints.

²²He saved twenty-one generations of Prahlaad's descendents.

²³Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the poison of egotism is neutralized.

²⁴O Nanak, through the Name of the Lord, the Saints are emancipated. ||5||10||20||

²⁵Bhairao, Third Mehl:

²⁶The Lord Himself makes demons pursue the Saints, and He Himself saves them.

²⁷Those who remain forever in Your Sanctuary, O Lord - their minds are never touched by sorrow. ||1||

²⁸In each and every age, the Lord saves the honor of His devotees.

²⁹Prahlaad, the demon's son, knew nothing of the Hindu morning prayer, the Gayatri, and nothing about ceremonial water-offerings to his ancestors; but through the Word of the Shabad, he was united in the Lord's Union. ||1||Pause||

³⁰Night and day, he performed devotional worship service, day and night, and through the Shabad, his duality was eradicated.

³¹Those who are imbued with Truth are immaculate and pure; the True Lord abides within their minds. ||2||

³²The fools in duality read, but they do not understand anything; they waste their lives uselessly.

³³The wicked demon slandered the Saint, and stirred up trouble. ||3||

³⁴Prahlaad did not read in duality, and he did not abandon the Lord's Name; he was not afraid of any fear.

³⁵The Dear Lord became the Savior of the Saint, and the demonic Death could not even approach him. ||4||

³⁶The Lord Himself saved his honor, and blessed his devotee with glorious greatness.

³⁷O Nanak, Harnaakhash was torn apart by the Lord with His claws; the blind demon knew nothing of the Lord's Court. ||5||11||21||

³⁸Raag Bhairao, Fourth Mehl, Chau-Padhay, First House:

³⁹One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁴⁰The Lord, in His Mercy, attaches mortals to the feet of the Saints.

¹Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, vibrate and meditate on the Lord; let your awareness be absorbed in Him. ||1||

²O my mind, vibrate and meditate on the Lord and the Name of the Lord.

³The Lord, Har, Har, the Giver of Peace, grants His Grace; the Gurmukh crosses over the terrifying world-ocean through the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

⁴Joining the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, sing of the Lord.

⁵Follow the Guru's Teachings, and you shall obtain the Lord, the Source of Nectar. ||2||

⁶Bathe in the pool of ambrosial nectar, the spiritual wisdom of the Holy Guru.

⁷All sins will be eliminated and eradicated. ||3||

⁸You Yourself are the Creator, the Support of the Universe.

⁹Please unite servant Nanak with Yourself; he is the slave of Your slaves. ||4||1||

¹⁰Bhairao, Fourth Mehl:

¹¹Fruitful is that moment when the Lord's Name is spoken.

¹²Following the Guru's Teachings, all pains are taken away. ||1||

¹³O my mind, vibrate the Name of the Lord.

¹⁴O Lord, be merciful, and unite me with the Perfect Guru. Joining with the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, I shall cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ||1||Pause||

¹⁵Meditate on the Life of the World; remember the Lord in your mind.

¹⁶Millions upon millions of your sins shall be taken away. ||2||

¹⁷In the Sat Sangat, apply the dust of the feet of the holy to your face;

¹⁸this is how to bathe in the sixty-eight sacred shrines, and the Ganges. ||3||

¹⁹I am a fool; the Lord has shown mercy to me.

²⁰The Savior Lord has saved servant Nanak. ||4||2||

²¹Bhairao, Fourth Mehl:

²²To do good deeds is the best rosary.

²³Chant on the beads within your heart, and it shall go along with you. ||1||

²⁴Chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, the Lord of the forest.

²⁵Have mercy on me, Lord, and unite me with the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, so that I may be released from Maya's noose of death. ||1||Pause||

²⁶Whoever, as Gurmukh, serves and works hard,

²⁷is molded and shaped in the true mint of the Shabad, the Word of God. ||2||

²⁸The Guru has revealed to me the Inaccessible and Unfathomable Lord.

²⁹Searching within the body-village, I have found the Lord. ||3||

³⁰I am just a child; the Lord is my Father, who nurtures and cherishes me.

³¹Please save servant Nanak, Lord; bless him with Your Glance of Grace. ||4||3||

³²Bhairao, Fourth Mehl:

³³All hearts are Yours, Lord; You are in all.

³⁴There is nothing at all except You. ||1||

³⁵O my mind, meditate on the Lord, the Giver of peace.

³⁶I praise You, O Lord God, You are my Father. ||1||Pause||

³⁷Wherever I look, I see only the Lord God.

³⁸All are under Your control; there is no other at all. ||2||

³⁹O Lord, when it is Your Will to save someone,

⁴⁰then nothing can threaten him. ||3||

⁴¹You are totally pervading and permeating the waters, the lands, the skies and all places.

⁴²Servant Nanak meditates on the Ever-present Lord. ||4||4||

⁴³Bhairao, Fourth Mehl, Second House:

⁴⁴One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁴⁵The Lord's Saint is the embodiment of the Lord; within his heart is the Name of the Lord.

⁴⁶One who has such destiny inscribed on his forehead, follows the Guru's Teachings, and contemplates the Name of the Lord within his heart. ||1||

¹Enshrine Him in your heart, and meditate on the Lord.

²The five plundering thieves are in the body-village; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the Lord has beaten them and driven them out. ||1||Pause||

³Those whose minds are satisfied with the Lord - the Lord Himself resolves their affairs.

⁴Their subservience and their dependence on other people is ended; the Creator Lord is on their side. ||2||

⁵If something were beyond the realm of the Lord's Power, only then would we have recourse to consult someone else.

⁶Whatever the Lord does is good. Meditate on the Name of the Lord, night and day. ||3||

⁷Whatever the Lord does, He does by Himself. He does not ask or consult anyone else.

⁸O Nanak, meditate forever on God; granting His Grace, He unites us with the True Guru. ||4||1||5||

⁹Bhairao, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁰O my Lord and Master, please unite me with the Holy people; meditating on You, I am saved.

¹¹Gazing upon the Blessed Vision of their Darshan, my mind blossoms forth. Each and every moment, I am a sacrifice to them. ||1||

¹²Meditate within your heart on the Name of the Lord.

¹³Show Mercy, Mercy to me, O Father of the World, O my Lord and Master; make me the water-carrier of the slave of Your slaves. ||1||Pause||

¹⁴Their intellect is sublime and exalted, and so is their honor; the Lord, the Lord of the forest, abides within their hearts.

¹⁵O my Lord and Master, please link me to the service of those who meditate in remembrance on You, and are saved. ||2||

¹⁶Those who do not find such a Holy True Guru are beaten, and driven out of the Court of the Lord.

¹⁷These slanderous people have no honor or reputation; their noses are cut by the Creator Lord. ||3||

¹⁸The Lord Himself speaks, and the Lord Himself inspires all to speak; He is Immaculate and Formless, and needs no sustenance.

¹⁹O Lord, he alone meets You, whom You cause to meet. Says servant Nanak, I am a wretched creature. What can I do? ||4||2||6||

²⁰Bhairao, Fourth Mehl:

²¹That is Your True Congregation, Lord, where the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises are heard.

²²The minds of those who listen to the Lord's Name are drenched with bliss; I worship their feet continually. ||1||

²³Meditating on the Lord, the Life of the World, the mortals cross over.

²⁴Your Names are so many, they are countless, O Lord. This tongue of mine cannot even count them. ||1||Pause||

²⁵O Gursikhs, chant the Lord's Name, and sing the Praises of the Lord. Take the Guru's Teachings, and meditate on the Lord.

²⁶Whoever listens to the Guru's Teachings - that humble being receives countless comforts and pleasures from the Lord. ||2||

²⁷Blessed is the ancestry, blessed is the father, and blessed is that mother who gave birth to this humble servant.

²⁸Those who meditate on my Lord, Har, Har, with every breath and morsel of food - those humble servants of the Lord look beautiful in the True Court of the Lord. ||3||

²⁹O Lord, Har, Har, Your Names are profound and infinite; Your devotees cherish them deep within.

³⁰Servant Nanak has obained the wisdom of the Guru's Teachings; meditating on the Lord, Har, Har, he crosses over to the other side. ||4||3||7||

¹Bhairao, Fifth Mehl, First House:

²One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³Setting aside all other days,

⁴Deluded and confused by doubt, the mortal practices falsehood.

⁵The Lord is beyond birth and death. ||1||Pause||

⁶You prepare sweet treats and feed them to your stone god.

⁷God is not born, and He does not die, you foolish, faithless cynic! ||2||

⁸You sing lullabyes to your stone god - this is the source of all your mistakes.

⁹Let that mouth be burnt, which says that our Lord and Master is subject to birth. ||3||

¹⁰He is not born, and He does not die; He does not come and go in reincarnation.

¹¹The God of Nanak is pervading and permeating everywhere. ||4||1||

¹²Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

¹³Standing up, I am at peace; sitting down, I am at peace.

¹⁴I feel no fear, because this is what I understand. ||1||

¹⁵The One Lord, my Lord and Master, is my Protector.

¹⁶He is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of Hearts. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷I sleep without worry, and I awake without worry.

¹⁸You, O God, are pervading everywhere. ||2||

¹⁹I dwell in peace in my home, and I am at peace outside.

²⁰Says Nanak, the Guru has implanted His Mantra within me. ||3||2||

²¹Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

²²I do not keep fasts, nor do I observe the month of Ramadaan.

²³I serve only the One, who will protect me in the end. ||1||

²⁴The One Lord, the Lord of the World, is my God Allah.

²⁵He adminsters justice to both Hindus and Muslims. ||1||Pause||

²⁶I do not make pilgrimages to Mecca, nor do I worship at Hindu sacred shrines.

²⁷I serve the One Lord, and not any other. ||2||

²⁸I do not perform Hindu worship services, nor do I offer the Muslim prayers.

²⁹I have taken the One Formless Lord into my heart; I humbly worship Him there. ||3||

³⁰I am not a Hindu, nor am I a Muslim.

³¹My body and breath of life belong to Allah - to Raam - the God of both. ||4||

³²Says Kabeer, this is what I say:

³³meeting with the Guru, my Spiritual Teacher, I realize God, my Lord and Master. ||5||3||

³⁴Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

³⁵I easily tied up the deer - the ten sensory organs.

³⁶I shot five of the desires with the Word of the Lord's Bani. ||1||

³⁷I go out hunting with the Saints,

³⁸and we capture the deer without horses or weapons. ||1||Pause||

³⁹My mind used to run around outside hunting.

⁴⁰But now, I have found the game within the home of my body-village. ||2||

⁴¹I caught the deer and brought them home.

⁴²Dividing them up, I shared them, bit by bit. ||3||

⁴³God has given this gift.

⁴⁴Nanak's home is filled with the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||4||4||

⁴⁵Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁶Even though he may be fed with hundreds of longings and yearnings,

⁴⁷still the faithless cynic does not remember the Lord, Har, Har. ||1||

⁴⁸Take in the teachings of the humble Saints.

⁴⁹In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, you shall obtain the supreme status. ||1||Pause||

⁵⁰Stones may be kept under water for a long time.

⁵¹Even so, they do not absorb the water; they remain hard and dry. ||2||

¹The six Shaastras may be read to a fool,

²but it is like the wind blowing in the ten directions. ||3||

³It is like threshing a crop without any corn - nothing is gained.

⁴In the same way, no benefit comes from the faithless cynic. ||4||

⁵As the Lord attaches them, so are all attached.

⁶Says Nanak, God has formed such a form. ||5||5||

⁷Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

⁸He created the soul, the breath of life and the body.

⁹He created all beings, and knows their pains. ||1||

¹⁰The Guru, the Lord of the Universe, is the Helper of the soul.

¹¹Here and herafter, He always provides shade. ||1||Pause||

¹²Worship and adoration of God is the pure way of life.

¹³In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, the love of duality vanishes. ||2||

¹⁴Friends, well-wishers and wealth will not support you.

¹⁵Blessed, blessed is my Lord. ||3||

¹⁶Nanak utters the Ambrosial Bani of the Lord.

¹⁷Except the One Lord, he does not know any other at all. ||4||6||

¹⁸Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁹The Lord is in front of me, and the Lord is behind me.

²⁰My Beloved Lord, the Source of Nectar, is in the middle as well. ||1||

²¹God is my Shaastra and my favorable omen.

²²In His Home and Mansion, I find peace, poise and bliss. ||1||Pause||

²³Chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, with my tongue, and hearing it with my ears, I live.

²⁴Meditating, meditating in remembrance on God, I have become eternal, permanent and stable. ||2||

²⁵The pains of countless lifetimes have been erased.

²⁶The Unstruck Sound-current of the Shabad, the Word of God, vibrates in the Court of the Lord. ||3||

²⁷Granting His Grace, God has blended me with Himself.

²⁸Nanak has entered the Sanctuary of God. ||4||7||

²⁹Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

³⁰It brings millions of desires to fulfillment.

³¹On the Path of Death, It will go with you and help you. ||1||

³²The Naam, the Name of the Lord of the Universe, is the holy water of the Ganges.

³³Whoever meditates on it, is saved; drinking it in, the mortal does not wander in reincarnation again. ||1||Pause||

³⁴It is my worship, meditation, austerity and cleansing bath.

³⁵Meditating in remembrance on the Naam, I have become free of desire. ||2||

³⁶It is my domain and empire, wealth, mansion and court.

³⁷Meditating in remembrance on the Naam brings perfect conduct. ||3||

³⁸Slave Nanak has deliberated, and has come to this conclusion:

³⁹Without the Lord's Name, everything is false and worthless, like ashes. ||4||8||

⁴⁰Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

⁴¹The poison had absolutely no harmful effect.

⁴²But the wicked Brahmin died in pain. ||1||

⁴³The Supreme Lord God Himself has saved His humble servant.

⁴⁴The sinner died through the Power of the Guru. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁵The humble servant of the Lord and Master meditates on Him.

⁴⁶He Himself has destroyed the ignorant sinner. ||2||

⁴⁷God is the Mother, the Father and the Protector of His slave.

⁴⁸The face of the slanderer, here and hereafter, is blackened. ||3||

⁴⁹The Transcendent Lord has heard the prayer of servant Nanak.

⁵⁰The filthy sinner lost hope and died. ||4||9||

⁵¹Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

⁵²Excellent, excellent, excellent, excellent, excellent is Your Name.

⁵³False, false, false, false is pride in the world. ||1||Pause||

⁵⁴The glorious vision of Your slaves, O Infinite Lord, is wonderful and beauteous.

¹Without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the whole world is just ashes. ||1||

²Your Creative Power is marvellous, and Your Lotus Feet are admirable.

³Your Praise is priceless, O True King. ||2||

⁴God is the Support of the unsupported.

⁵Meditate day and night on the Cherisher of the meek and humble. ||3||

⁶God has been merciful to Nanak.

⁷May I never forget God; He is my heart, my soul, my breath of life. ||4||10||

⁸Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

⁹As Gurmukh, obtain the true wealth.

¹⁰Accept the Will of God as True. ||1||

¹¹Live, live, live forever.

¹²Rise early each day, and drink in the Nectar of the Lord.

¹³With your tongue, chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, Har, Har. ||1||Pause||

¹⁴In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the One Name alone shall save you.

¹⁵Nanak speaks the wisdom of God. ||2||11||

¹⁶Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁷Serving the True Guru, all fruits and rewards are obtained.

¹⁸The filth of so many lifetimes is washed away. ||1||

¹⁹Your Name, God, is the Purifier of sinners.

²⁰Because of the karma of my past deeds, I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

²¹In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, I am saved.

²²I am blessed with honor in God's Court. ||2||

²³Serving at God's Feet, all comforts are obtained.

²⁴All the angels and demi-gods long for the dust of the feet of such beings. ||3||

²⁵Nanak has obtained the treasure of the Naam.

²⁶Chanting and meditating on the Lord, the whole world is saved. ||4||12||

²⁷Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

²⁸God hugs His slave close in His Embrace.

²⁹He throws the slanderer into the fire. ||1||

³⁰The Lord saves His servants from the sinners.

³¹No one can save the sinner. The sinner is destroyed by his own actions. ||1||Pause||

³²The Lord's slave is in love with the Dear Lord.

³³The slanderer loves something else. ||2||

³⁴The Supreme Lord God has revealed His Innate Nature.

³⁵The evil-doer obtains the fruits of his own actions. ||3||

³⁶God does not come or go; He is All-pervading and permeating.

³⁷Slave Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of the Lord. ||4||13||

³⁸Raag Bhairao, Fifth Mehl, Chau-Padhay, Second House:

³⁹One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁴⁰The Fascinating Lord, the Creator of all, the Formless Lord, is the Giver of Peace.

⁴¹You have abandoned this Lord, and you serve another. Why are you intoxicated with the pleasures of corruption? ||1||

⁴²O my mind, meditate on the Lord of the Universe.

⁴³I have seen all other sorts of efforts; whatever you can think of, will only bring failure. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁴The blind, ignorant, self-willed manmukhs forsake their Lord and Master, and dwell on His slave Maya.

⁴⁵They slander those who worship their Lord; they are like beasts, without a Guru. ||2||

⁴⁶Soul, life, body and wealth all belong to God, but the faithless cynics claim that they own them.

¹They are proud and arrogant, evil-minded and filthy; without the Guru, they are reincarnated into the terrifying world-ocean. ||3||

²Through burnt offerings, charitable feasts, ritualistic chants, penance, all sorts of austere self-discipline and pilgrimages to sacred shrines and rivers, they do not find God.

³Self-conceit is only erased when one seeks the Lord's Sanctuary and becomes Gurmukh; O Nanak, he crosses over the world-ocean. ||4||1||14||

⁴Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

⁵I have seen Him in the woods, and I have seen Him in the fields. I have seen Him in the household, and in renunciation.

⁶I have seen Him as a Yogi carrying His staff, as a Yogi with matted hair, fasting, making vows, and visiting sacred shrines of pilgrimage. ||1||

⁷I have seen Him in the Society of the Saints, and within my own mind.

⁸In the sky, in the nether regions of the underworld, and in everything, He is pervading and permeating. With love and joy, I sing His Glorious Praises. ||1||Pause||

⁹I have seen Him among the Yogis, the Sannyaasees, the celibates, the wandering hermits and the wearers of patched coats.

¹⁰I have seen Him among the men of severe self-discipline, the silent sages, the actors, dramas and dances. ||2||

¹¹I have seen Him in the four Vedas, I have seen Him in the six Shaastras, in the eighteen Puraanas and the Simritees as well.

¹²All together, they declare that there is only the One Lord. So tell me, from whom is He hidden? ||3||

¹³Unfathomable and Inaccessible, He is our Infinite Lord and Master; His Value is beyond valuation.

¹⁴Servant Nanak is a sacrifice, a sacrifice to those, within whose heart He is revealed. ||4||2||15||

¹⁵Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁶How can anyone do evil, if he realizes that the Lord is near?

¹⁷One who gathers corruption, constantly feels fear.

¹⁸He is near, but this mystery is not understood.

¹⁹Without the True Guru, all are enticed by Maya. ||1||

²⁰Everyone says that He is near, near at hand.

²¹But rare is that person, who, as Gurmukh, understands this mystery. ||1||Pause||

²²The mortal does not see the Lord near at hand; instead, he goes to the homes of others.

²³He steals their wealth and lives in falsehood.

²⁴Under the influence of the drug of illusion, he does not know that the Lord is with him.

²⁵Without the Guru, he is confused and deluded by doubt. ||2||

²⁶Not understanding that the Lord is near, he tells lies.

²⁷In love and attachment to Maya, the fool is plundered.

²⁸That which he seeks is within his own self, but he looks for it outside.

²⁹Without the Guru, he is confused and deluded by doubt. ||3||

³⁰One whose good karma is recorded on his forehead

³¹serves the True Guru; thus the hard and heavy shutters of his mind are opened wide.

³²Within his own being and beyond, he sees the Lord near at hand.

³³O servant Nanak, he does not come and go in reincarnation. ||4||3||16||

³⁴Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

³⁵Who can kill that person whom You protect, O Lord?

³⁶All beings, and the entire universe, is within You.

³⁷The mortal thinks up millions of plans,

³⁸but that alone happens, which the Lord of wondrous plays does. ||1||

³⁹Save me, save me, O Lord; shower me with Your Mercy.

⁴⁰I seek Your Sanctuary, and Your Court. ||1||Pause||

⁴¹Whoever serves the Fearless Lord, the Giver of Peace,

⁴²is rid of all his fears; he knows the One Lord.

⁴³Whatever You do, that alone comes to pass in the end.

⁴⁴There is no other who can kill or protect us. ||2||

⁴⁵What do you think, with your human understanding?

⁴⁶The All-knowing Lord is the Searcher of Hearts.

⁴⁷The One and only Lord is my Support and Protection.

⁴⁸The Creator Lord knows everything. ||3||

⁴⁹That person who is blessed by the Creator's Glance of Grace

¹all his affairs are resolved.

²The One Lord is his Protector.

³O servant Nanak, no one can equal him. ||4||4||17||

⁴Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

⁵We should feel sad, if God were beyond us.

⁶We should feel sad, if we forget the Lord.

⁷We should feel sad, if we are in love with duality.

⁸But why should we feel sad? The Lord is pervading everywhere. ||1||

⁹In love and attachment to Maya, the mortals are sad, and are consumed by sadness.

¹⁰Without the Name, they wander and wander and wander, and waste away. ||1||Pause||

¹¹We should feel sad, if there were another Creator Lord.

¹²We should feel sad, if someone dies by injustice.

¹³We should feel sad, if something were not known to the Lord.

¹⁴But why should we feel sad? The Lord is totally permeating everywhere. ||2||

¹⁵We should feel sad, if God were a tyrant.

¹⁶We should feel sad, if He made us suffer by mistake.

¹⁷The Guru says that whatever happens is all by God's Will.

¹⁸So I have abandoned sadness, and I now sleep without anxiety. ||3||

¹⁹O God, You alone are my Lord and Master; all belong to You.

²⁰According to Your Will, You pass judgement.

²¹There is no other at all; the One Lord is permeating and pervading everywhere.

²²Please save Nanak's honor; I have come to Your Sanctuary. ||4||5||18||

²³Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

²⁴Without music, how is one to dance?

²⁵Without a voice, how is one to sing?

²⁶Without strings, how is a guitar to be played?

²⁷Without the Naam, all affairs are useless. ||1||

²⁸Without the Naam - tell me: who has ever been saved?

²⁹Without the True Guru, how can anyone cross over to the other side? ||1||Pause||

³⁰Without a tongue, how can anyone speak?

³¹Without ears, how can anyone hear?

³²Without eyes, how can anyone see?

³³Without the Naam, the mortal is of no account at all. ||2||

³⁴Without learning, how can one be a Pandit - a religious scholar?

³⁵Without power, what is the glory of an empire?

³⁶Without understanding, how can the mind become steady?

³⁷Without the Naam, the whole world is insane. ||3||

³⁸Without detachment, how can one be a detached hermit?

³⁹Without renouncing egotism, how can anyone be a renunciate?

⁴⁰Without overcoming the five thieves, how can the mind be subdued?

⁴¹Without the Naam, the mortal regrets and repents forever and ever. ||4||

⁴²Without the Guru's Teachings, how can anyone obtain spiritual wisdom?

⁴³Without seeing - tell me: how can anyone visualize in meditation?

⁴⁴Without the Fear of God, all speech in useless.

⁴⁵Says Nanak, this is the wisdom of the Lord's Court. ||5||6||19||

⁴⁶Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁷Mankind is afflicted with the disease of egotism.

⁴⁸The disease of sexual desire overwhelms the elephant.

⁴⁹Because of the disease of vision, the moth is burnt to death.

⁵⁰Because of the disease of the sound of the bell, the deer is lured to its death. ||1||

⁵¹Whoever I see is diseased.

⁵²Only my True Guru, the True Yogi, is free of disease. ||1||Pause||

⁵³Because of the disease of taste, the fish is caught.

⁵⁴Because of the disease of smell, the bumble bee is destroyed.

⁵⁵The whole world is caught in the disease of attachment.

⁵⁶In the disease of the three qualities, corruption is multiplied. ||2||

⁵⁷In disease the mortals die, and in disease they are born.

⁵⁸In disease they wander in reincarnation again and again.

¹Entangled in disease, they cannot stay still, even for an instant.

²Without the True Guru, the disease is never cured. ||3||

³When the Supreme Lord God grants His Mercy,

⁴He grabs hold of the mortal's arm, and pulls him up and out of the disease.

⁵Reaching the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, the mortal's bonds are broken.

⁶Says Nanak, the Guru cures him of the disease. ||4||7||20||

⁷Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

⁸When He comes to mind, then I am in supreme bliss.

⁹When He comes to mind, then all my pains are shattered.

¹⁰When He comes to mind, my hopes are fulfilled.

¹¹When He comes to mind, I never feel sadness. ||1||

¹²Deep within my being, my Sovereign Lord King has revealed Himself to me.

¹³The Perfect Guru has inspired me to love Him. ||1||Pause||

¹⁴When He comes to mind, I am the king of all.

¹⁵When He comes to mind, all my affairs are completed.

¹⁶When He comes to mind, I am dyed in the deep crimson of His Love.

¹⁷When He comes to mind, I am ecstatic forever. ||2||

¹⁸When He comes to mind, I am wealthy forever.

¹⁹When He comes to mind, I am free of doubt forever.

²⁰When He comes to mind, then I enjoy all pleasures.

²¹When He comes to mind, I am rid of fear. ||3||

²²When He comes to mind, I find the home of peace and poise.

²³When He comes to mind, I am absorbed in the Primal Void of God.

²⁴When He comes to mind, I continually sing the Kirtan of His Praises.

²⁵Nanak's mind is pleased and satisfied with the Lord God. ||4||8||21||

²⁶Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

²⁷My Father is Eternal, forever alive.

²⁸My brothers live forever as well.

²⁹My friends are permanent and imperishable.

³⁰My family abides in the home of the self within. ||1||

³¹I have found peace, and so all are at peace.

³²The Perfect Guru has united me with my Father. ||1||Pause||

³³My mansions are the highest of all.

³⁴My countries are infinite and uncountable.

³⁵My kingdom is eternally stable.

³⁶My wealth is inexhaustible and permanent. ||2||

³⁷My glorious reputation resounds throughout the ages.

³⁸My fame has spread in all places and interspaces.

³⁹My praises echo in each and every house.

⁴⁰My devotional worship is known to all people. ||3||

⁴¹My Father has revealed Himself within me.

⁴²The Father and son have joined together in partnership.

⁴³Says Nanak, when my Father is pleased,

⁴⁴then the Father and son are joined together in love, and become one. ||4||9||22||

⁴⁵Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁶The True Guru, the Primal Being, is free of revenge and hate; He is God, the Great Giver.

⁴⁷I am a sinner; You are my Forgiver.

⁴⁸That sinner, who finds no protection anywhere

⁴⁹- if he comes seeking Your Sanctuary, then he becomes immaculate and pure. ||1||

⁵⁰Pleasing the True Guru, I have found peace.

⁵¹Meditating on the Guru, I have obtained all fruits and rewards. ||1||Pause||

⁵²I humbly bow to the Supreme Lord God, the True Guru.

⁵³My mind and body are Yours; all the world is Yours.

⁵⁴When the veil of illusion is removed, then I come to see You.

⁵⁵You are my Lord and Master; You are the King of all. ||2||

⁵⁶When it pleases Him, even dry wood becomes green.

⁵⁷When it pleases Him, rivers flow across the desert sands.

⁵⁸When it pleases Him, all fruits and rewards are obtained.

⁵⁹Grasping hold of the Guru's feet, my anxiety is dispelled. ||3||

¹I am unworthy and ungrateful, but He has been merciful to me.

²My mind and body have been cooled and soothed; the Ambrosial Nectar rains down in my mind.

³The Supreme Lord God, the Guru, has become kind and compassionate to me.

⁴Slave Nanak beholds the Lord, enraptured. ||4||10||23||

⁵Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

⁶My True Guru is totally independent.

⁷My True Guru is adorned with Truth.

⁸My True Guru is the Giver of all.

⁹My True Guru is the Primal Creator Lord, the Architect of Destiny. ||1||

¹⁰There is no deity equal to the Guru.

¹¹Whoever has good destiny inscribed on his forehead, applies himself to seva - selfless service. ||1||Pause||

¹²My True Guru is the Sustainer and Cherisher of all.

¹³My True Guru kills and revives.

¹⁴The glorious greatness of my True Guru

¹⁵My True Guru is the power of the powerless.

¹⁶My True Guru is my home and court.

¹⁷I am forever a sacrifice to the True Guru.

¹⁸He has shown me the path. ||3||

¹⁹One who serves the Guru is not afflicted with fear.

²⁰One who serves the Guru does not suffer in pain.

²¹Nanak has studied the Simritees and the Vedas.

²²There is no difference between the Supreme Lord God and the Guru. ||4||11||24||

²³Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

²⁴Repeating the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the mortal is exalted and glorified.

²⁵Repeating the Naam, sin is banished from the body.

²⁶Repeating the Naam, all festivals are celebrated.

²⁷Repeating the Naam, one is cleansed at the sixty-eight sacred shrines. ||1||

²⁸My sacred shrine of pilgrimage is the Name of the Lord.

²⁹The Guru has instructed me in the true essence of spiritual wisdom. ||1||Pause||

³⁰Repeating the Naam, the mortal's pains are taken away.

³¹Repeating the Naam, the most ignorant people become spiritual teachers.

³²Repeating the Naam, the Divine Light blazes forth.

³³Repeating the Naam, one's bonds are broken. ||2||

³⁴Repeating the Naam, the Messenger of Death does not draw near.

³⁵Repeating the Naam, one finds peace in the Court of the Lord.

³⁶Repeating the Naam, God gives His Approval.

³⁷The Naam is my true wealth. ||3||

³⁸The Guru has instructed me in these sublime teachings.

³⁹The Kirtan of the Lord's Praises and the Naam are the Support of the mind.

⁴⁰Nanak is saved through the atonement of the Naam.

⁴¹Other actions are just to please and appease the people. ||4||12||25||

⁴²Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

⁴³I bow in humble worship, tens of thousands of times.

⁴⁴I offer this mind as a sacrifice.

⁴⁵Meditating in remembrance on Him, sufferings are erased.

⁴⁶Bliss wells up, and no disease is contracted. ||1||

⁴⁷Such is the diamond, the Immaculate Naam, the Name of the Lord.

⁴⁸Chanting it, all works are perfectly completed. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁹Beholding Him, the house of pain is demolished.

⁵⁰The mind seizes the cooling, soothing, Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam.

⁵¹Millions of devotees worship His Feet.

⁵²He is the Fulfiller of all the mind's desires. ||2||

⁵³In an instant, He fills the empty to over-flowing.

⁵⁴In an instant, He transforms the dry into green.

⁵⁵In an instant, He gives the homeless a home.

⁵⁶In an instant, He bestows honor on the dishonored. ||3||

¹The One Lord is totally pervading and permeating all.

²He alone meditates on the Lord, whose True Guru is Perfect.

³Such a person has the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises for his Support.

⁴Says Nanak, the Lord Himself is merciful to him. ||4||13||26||

⁵Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

⁶I was discarded and abandoned, but He has embellished me.

⁷He has blessed me with beauty and His Love; through His Name, I am exalted.

⁸All my pains and sorrows have been eradicated.

⁹The Guru has become my Mother and Father. ||1||

¹⁰O my friends and companions, my household is in bliss.

¹¹Granting His Grace, my Husband Lord has met me. ||1||Pause||

¹²The fire of desire has been extinguished, and all my desires have been fulfilled.

¹³The darkness has been dispelled, and the Divine Light blazes forth.

¹⁴The Unstruck Sound-current of the Shabad, the Word of God, is wondrous and amazing!

¹⁵Perfect is the Grace of the Perfect Guru. ||2||

¹⁶That person, unto whom the Lord reveals Himself

¹⁷by the Blessed Vision of his Darshan, I am forever enraptured.

¹⁸He obtains all virtues and so many treasures.

¹⁹The True Guru blesses him with the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||3||

²⁰That person who meets with his Lord and Master

²¹his mind and body are cooled and soothed, chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

²²Says Nanak, such a humble being is pleasing to God;

²³only a rare few are blessed with the dust of his feet. ||4||14||27||

²⁴Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

²⁵The mortal does not hesitate to think about sin.

²⁶He is not ashamed to spend time with prostitutes.

²⁷He works all day long,

²⁸but when it is time to remember the Lord, then a heavy stone falls on his head. ||1||

²⁹Attached to Maya, the world is deluded and confused.

³⁰The Deluder Himself has deluded the mortal, and now he is engrossed in worthless worldly affairs. ||1||Pause||

³¹Gazing on Maya's illusion, its pleasures pass away.

³²He loves the shell, and ruins his life.

³³Bound to blind worldly affairs, his mind wavers and wanders.

³⁴The Creator Lord does not come into his mind. ||2||

³⁵Working and working like this, he only obtains pain,

³⁶and his affairs of Maya are never completed.

³⁷His mind is saturated with sexual desire, anger and greed.

³⁸Wiggling like a fish out of water, he dies. ||3||

³⁹One who has the Lord Himself as his Protector,

⁴⁰chants and meditates forever on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

⁴¹In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, he chants the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

⁴²O Nanak, he has found the Perfect True Guru. ||4||15||28||

⁴³Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁴He alone obtains it, unto whom the Lord shows Mercy.

⁴⁵He enshrines the Name of the Lord in his mind.

⁴⁶With the True Word of the Shabad in his heart and mind,

⁴⁷the sins of countless incarnations vanish. ||1||

⁴⁸The Lord's Name is the Support of the soul.

⁴⁹By Guru's Grace, chant the Name continually, O Siblings of Destiny; It shall carry you across the world-ocean. ||1||Pause||

⁵⁰Those who have this treasure of the Lord's Name written in their destiny,

⁵¹those humble beings are honored in the Court of the Lord.

⁵²Singing His Glorious Praises with peace, poise and bliss,

⁵³even the homeless obtain a home hereafter. ||2||

⁵⁴Throughout the ages, this has been the essence of reality.

⁵⁵Meditate in remembrance on the Lord, and contemplate the Truth.

¹He alone is attached to the hem of the Lord's robe, whom the Lord Himself attaches.

²Asleep for countless incarnations, he now awakens. ||3||

³Your devotees belong to You, and You belong to Your devotees.

⁴You Yourself inspire them to chant Your Praises.

⁵All beings and creatures are in Your Hands.

⁶Nanak's God is always with him. ||4||16||29||

⁷Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

⁸The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is the Inner-knower of my heart.

⁹The Naam is so useful to me.

¹⁰The Lord's Name permeates each and every hair of mine.

¹¹The Perfect True Guru has given me this gift. ||1||

¹²The Jewel of the Naam is my treasure.

¹³It is inaccessible, priceless, infinite and incomparable. ||1||Pause||

¹⁴The Naam is my unmoving, unchanging Lord and Master.

¹⁵The glory of the Naam spreads over the whole world.

¹⁶The Naam is my perfect master of wealth.

¹⁷The Naam is my independence. ||2||

¹⁸The Naam is my food and love.

¹⁹The Naam is the objective of my mind.

²⁰By the Grace of the Saints, I never forget the Naam.

²¹Repeating the Naam, the Unstruck Sound-current of the Naad resounds. ||3||

²²By God's Grace, I have obtained the nine treasures of the Naam.

²³By Guru's Grace, I am tuned in to the Naam.

²⁴They alone are wealthy and supreme,

²⁵O Nanak, who have the treasure of the Naam. ||4||17||30||

²⁶Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

²⁷You are my Father, and You are my Mother.

²⁸You are my Soul, my Breath of Life, the Giver of Peace.

²⁹You are my Lord and Master; I am Your slave.

³⁰Without You, I have no one at all. ||1||

³¹Please bless me with Your Mercy, God, and give me this gift,

³²that I may sing Your Praises, day and night. ||1||Pause||

³³I am Your musical instrument, and You are the Musician.

³⁴I am Your beggar; please bless me with Your charity, O Great Giver.

³⁵By Your Grace, I enjoy love and pleasures.

³⁶You are deep within each and every heart. ||2||

³⁷By Your Grace, I chant the Name.

³⁸In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, I sing Your Glorious Praises.

³⁹In Your Mercy, You take away our pains.

⁴⁰By Your Mercy, the heart-lotus blossoms forth. ||3||

⁴¹I am a sacrifice to the Divine Guru.

⁴²The Blessed Vision of His Darshan is fruitful and rewarding; His service is immaculate and pure.

⁴³Be Merciful to me, O my Lord God and Master,

⁴⁴that Nanak may continually sing Your Glorious Praises. ||4||18||31||

⁴⁵Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁶His Regal Court is the highest of all.

⁴⁷I humbly bow to Him, forever and ever.

⁴⁸His place is the highest of the high.

⁴⁹Millions of sins are erased by the Name of the Lord. ||1||

⁵⁰In His Sanctuary, we find eternal peace.

⁵¹He Mercifully unites us with Himself. ||1||Pause||

⁵²His wondrous actions cannot even be described.

⁵³All hearts rest their faith and hope in Him.

⁵⁴He is manifest in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

⁵⁵The devotees lovingly worship and adore Him night and day. ||2||

⁵⁶He gives, but His treasures are never exhausted.

⁵⁷In an instant, He establishes and disestablishes.

⁵⁸No one can erase the Hukam of His Command.

⁵⁹The True Lord is above the heads of kings. ||3||

⁶⁰He is my Anchor and Support; I place my hopes in Him.

¹I place my pain and pleasure before Him.

²He covers the faults of His humble servant.

³Nanak sings His Praises. ||4||19||32||

⁴Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

⁵The whiner whines every day.

⁶His attachment to his household and entanglements cloud his mind.

⁷If someone becomes detached through understanding,

⁸he will not have to suffer in birth and death again. ||1||

⁹All of his conflicts are extensions of his corruption.

¹⁰How rare is that person who takes the Naam as his Support. ||1||Pause||

¹¹The three-phased Maya infects all.

¹²Whoever clings to it suffers pain and sorrow.

¹³There is no peace without meditating on the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

¹⁴By great good fortune, the treasure of the Naam is received. ||2||

¹⁵One who loves the actor in his mind,

¹⁶later regrets it when the actor takes off his costume.

¹⁷The shade from a cloud is transitory,

¹⁸like the worldly paraphernalia of attachment and corruption. ||3||

¹⁹If someone is blessed with the singular substance,

²⁰then all of his tasks are accomplished to perfection.

²¹One who obtains the Naam, by Guru's Grace

²²- O Nanak, his coming into the world is certified and approved. ||4||20||33||

²³Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

²⁴Slandering the Saints, the mortal wanders in reincarnation.

²⁵Slandering the Saints, he is diseased.

²⁶Slandering the Saints, he suffers in pain.

²⁷The slanderer is punished by the Messenger of Death. ||1||

²⁸Those who argue and fight with the Saints

²⁹- those slanderers find no happiness at all. ||1||Pause||

³⁰Slandering the devotees, the wall of the mortal's body is shattered.

³¹Slandering the devotees, he suffers in hell.

³²Slandering the devotees, he rots in the womb.

³³Slandering the devotees, he loses his realm and power. ||2||

³⁴The slanderer finds no salvation at all.

³⁵He eats only that which he himself has planted.

³⁶He is worse than a thief, a lecher, or a gambler.

³⁷The slanderer places an unbearable burden upon his head. ||3||

³⁸The devotees of the Supreme Lord God are beyond hate and vengeance.

³⁹Whoever worships their feet is emancipated.

⁴⁰The Primal Lord God has deluded and confused the slanderer.

⁴¹O Nanak, the record of one's past actions cannot be erased. ||4||21||34||

⁴²Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

⁴³The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is for me the Vedas and the Sound-current of the Naad.

⁴⁴Through the Naam, my tasks are perfectly accomplished.

⁴⁵The Naam is my worship of deities.

⁴⁶The Naam is my service to the Guru. ||1||

⁴⁷The Perfect Guru has implanted the Naam within me.

⁴⁸The highest task of all is the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁹The Naam is my cleansing bath and purification.

⁵⁰The Naam is my perfect donation of charity.

⁵¹Those who repeat the Naam are totally purified.

⁵²Those who chant the Naam are my friends and Siblings of Destiny. ||2||

⁵³The Naam is my auspicious omen and good fortune.

⁵⁴The Naam is the sublime food which satisfies me.

⁵⁵The Naam is my good conduct.

⁵⁶The Naam is my immaculate occupation. ||3||

⁵⁷All those humble beings whose minds are filled with the One God

⁵⁸have the Support of the Lord, Har, Har.

⁵⁹O Nanak, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord with your mind and body.

⁶⁰In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, the Lord bestows His Name. ||4||22||35||

¹Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

²You bless the poor with wealth, O Lord.

³Countless sins are taken away, and the mind becomes immaculate and pure.

⁴All the mind's desires are fulfilled, and one's tasks are perfectly accomplished.

⁵You bestow Your Name upon Your devotee. ||1||

⁶Service to the Lord, our Sovereign King, is fruitful and rewarding.

⁷Our Lord and Master is the Creator, the Cause of causes; no one is turned away from His Door empty-handed. ||1||Pause||

⁸God eradicates the disease from the diseased person.

⁹God takes away the sorrows of the suffering.

¹⁰And those who have no place at all - You seat them upon the place.

¹¹You link Your slave to devotional worship. ||2||

¹²God bestows honor on the dishonored.

¹³He makes the foolish and ignorant become clever and wise.

¹⁴The fear of all fear disappears.

¹⁵The Lord dwells within the mind of His humble servant. ||3||

¹⁶The Supreme Lord God is the Treasure of Peace.

¹⁷The Ambrosial Name of the Lord is the essence of reality.

¹⁸Granting His Grace, He enjoins the mortals to serve the Saints.

¹⁹O Nanak, such a person merges in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||4||23||36||

²⁰Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

²¹In the Realm of the Saints, the Lord dwells in the mind.

²²In the Realm of the Saints, all sins run away.

²³In the Realm of the Saints, one's lifestyle is immaculate.

²⁴In the Society of the Saints, one comes to love the One Lord. ||1||

²⁵That alone is called the Realm of the Saints,

²⁶where only the Glorious Praises of the Supreme Lord God are sung. ||1||Pause||

²⁷In the Realm of the Saints, birth and death are ended.

²⁸In the Realm of the Saints, the Messenger of Death cannot touch the mortal.

²⁹In the Society of the Saints, one's speech becomes immaculate

³⁰In the realm of the saints, the Lord's Name is chanted. ||2||

³¹The Realm of the Saints is the eternal, ever-stable place.

³²In the Realm of the Saints, sins are destroyed.

³³In the Realm of the Saints, the immaculate sermon is spoken.

³⁴In the Society of the Saints, the pain of egotism runs away. ||3||

³⁵The Realm of the Saints cannot be destroyed.

³⁶In the Realm of the Saints, is the Lord, the Treasure of Virtue.

³⁷The Realm of the Saints is the resting place of our Lord and Master.

³⁸O Nanak, He is woven into the fabric of His devotees, through and through. ||4||24||37||

³⁹Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁰Why worry about disease, when the Lord Himself protects us?

⁴¹That person whom the Lord protects, does not suffer pain and sorrow.

⁴²That person, upon whom God showers His Mercy

⁴³- Death hovering above him is turned away. ||1||

⁴⁴The Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is forever our Help and Support.

⁴⁵When He comes to mind, the mortal finds lasting peace, and the Messenger of Death cannot even approach him. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁶When this being did not exist, who created him then?

⁴⁷What has been produced from the source?

⁴⁸He Himself kills, and He Himself rejuvenates.

⁴⁹He cherishes His devotees forever. ||2||

⁵⁰Know that everything is in His Hands.

⁵¹My God is the Master of the masterless.

⁵²His Name is the Destroyer of pain.

⁵³Singing His Glorious Praises, you shall find peace. ||3||

⁵⁴O my Lord and Master, please listen to the prayer of Your Saint.

⁵⁵I place my soul, my breath of life and wealth before You.

⁵⁶All this world is Yours; it meditates on You.

¹Please shower Nanak with Your Mercy and bless him with peace. ||4||25||38||

²Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

³With Your Support, I survive in the Dark Age of Kali Yuga.

⁴With Your Support, I sing Your Glorious Praises.

⁵With Your Support, death cannot even touch me.

⁶With Your Support, my entanglements vanish. ||1||

⁷In this world and the next, I have Your Support.

⁸The One Lord, our Lord and Master, is all-pervading. ||1||Pause||

⁹With Your Support, I celebrate blissfully.

¹⁰With Your Support, I chant the Guru's Mantra.

¹¹With Your Support, I cross over the terrifying world-ocean.

¹²The Perfect Lord, our Protector and Savior, is the Ocean of Peace. ||2||

¹³With Your Support, I have no fear.

¹⁴The True Lord is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts.

¹⁵With Your Support, my mind is filled with Your Power.

¹⁶Here and there, You are my Court of Appeal. ||3||

¹⁷I take Your Support, and place my faith in You.

¹⁸All meditate on God, the Treasure of Virtue.

¹⁹Chanting and meditating on You, Your slaves celebrate in bliss.

²⁰Nanak meditates in remembrance on the True Lord, the Treasure of Virtue. ||4||26||39||

²¹Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

²²First, I gave up slandering others.

²³All the anxiety of my mind was dispelled.

²⁴Greed and attachment were totally banished.

²⁵I see God ever-present, close at hand; I have become a great devotee. ||1||

²⁶Such a renunciate is very rare.

²⁷Such a humble servant chants the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||1||Pause||

²⁸I have forsaken my egotistical intellect.

²⁹The love of sexual desire and anger has vanished.

³⁰I meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

³¹In the Company of the Holy, I am emancipated. ||2||

³²Enemy and friend are all the same to me.

³³The Perfect Lord God is permeating all.

³⁴Accepting the Will of God, I have found peace.

³⁵The Perfect Guru has implanted the Name of the Lord within me. ||3||

³⁶That person, whom the Lord, in His Mercy, saves

³⁷that devotee chants and meditates on the Naam.

³⁸That person, whose mind is illumined, and who obtains understanding through the Guru

³⁹- says Nanak, he is totally fulfilled. ||4||27||40||

⁴⁰Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

⁴¹There is no peace in earning lots of money.

⁴²There is no peace in watching dances and plays.

⁴³There is no peace in conquering lots of countries.

⁴⁴All peace comes from singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, Har, Har. ||1||

⁴⁵You shall obtain peace, poise and bliss,

⁴⁶when you find the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, by great good fortune. As Gurmukh, utter the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁷Mother, father, children and spouse - all place the mortal in bondage.

⁴⁸Religious rituals and actions done in ego place the mortal in bondage.

⁴⁹If the Lord, the Shatterer of bonds, abides in the mind,

⁵⁰then peace is obtained, dwelling in the home of the self deep within. ||2||

⁵¹Everyone is a beggar; God is the Great Giver.

⁵²The Treasure of Virtue is the Infinite, Endless Lord.

⁵³That person, unto whom God grants His Mercy

⁵⁴- that humble being chants the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||3||

⁵⁵I offer my prayer to my Guru.

⁵⁶O Primal Lord God, Treasure of Virtue, please bless me with Your Grace.

⁵⁷Says Nanak, I have come to Your Sanctuary.

⁵⁸If it pleases You, please protect me, O Lord of the World. ||4||28||41||

⁵⁹Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

⁶⁰Meeting with the Guru, I have forsaken the love of duality.

¹As Gurmukh, I chant the Name of the Lord.

²My anxiety is gone, and I am in love with the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

³I was asleep for countless lifetimes, but I have now awakened. ||1||

⁴Granting His Grace, He has linked me to His service.

⁵In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, all pleasures are found. ||1||Pause||

⁶The Word of the Guru's Shabad has eradicated disease and evil.

⁷My mind has absorbed the medicine of the Naam.

⁸Meeting with the Guru, my mind is in bliss.

⁹All treasures are in the Name of the Lord God. ||2||

¹⁰My fear of birth and death and the Messenger of Death has been dispelled.

¹¹In the Saadh Sangat, the inverted lotus of my heart has blossomed forth.

¹²Singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, I have found eternal, abiding peace.

¹³All my tasks are perfectly accomplished. ||3||

¹⁴This human body, so difficult to obtain, is approved by the Lord.

¹⁵Chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, it has become fruitful.

¹⁶Says Nanak, God has blessed me with His Mercy.

¹⁷With every breath and morsel of food, I meditate on the Lord, Har, Har. ||4||29||42||

¹⁸Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁹His Name is the Highest of all.

²⁰Sing His Glorious Praises, forever and ever.

²¹Meditating in remembrance on Him, all pain is dispelled.

²²All pleasures come to dwell in the mind. ||1||

²³O my mind, meditate in remembrance on the True Lord.

²⁴In this world and the next, you shall be saved. ||1||Pause||

²⁵The Immaculate Lord God is the Creator of all.

²⁶He gives sustenance to all beings and creatures.

²⁷He forgives millions of sins and mistakes in an instant.

²⁸Through loving devotional worship, one is emancipated forever. ||2||

²⁹True wealth and true glorious greatness,

³⁰and eternal, unchanging wisdom, are obtained from the Perfect Guru.

³¹When the Protector, the Savior Lord, bestows His Mercy,

³²all spiritual darkness is dispelled. ||3||

³³I focus my meditation on the Supreme Lord God.

³⁴The Lord of Nirvaanaa is totally pervading and permeating all.

³⁵Eradicating doubt and fear, I have met the Lord of the World.

³⁶The Guru has become merciful to Nanak. ||4||30||43||

³⁷Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

³⁸Meditating in remembrance on Him, the mind is illumined.

³⁹Suffering is eradicated, and one comes to dwell in peace and poise.

⁴⁰They alone receive it, unto whom God gives it.

⁴¹They are blessed to serve the Perfect Guru. ||1||

⁴²All peace and comfort are in Your Name, God.

⁴³Twenty-four hours a day, O my mind, sing His Glorious Praises. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁴You shall receive the fruits of your desires,

⁴⁵when the Name of the Lord comes to dwell in the mind.

⁴⁶Meditating on the Lord, your comings and goings cease.

⁴⁷Through loving devotional worship, lovingly focus your attention on God. ||2||

⁴⁸Sexual desire, anger and egotism are dispelled.

⁴⁹Love and attachment to Maya are broken.

⁵⁰Lean on God's Support, day and night.

⁵¹The Supreme Lord God has given this gift. ||3||

⁵²Our Lord and Master is the Creator, the Cause of causes.

⁵³He is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of all hearts.

⁵⁴Bless me with Your Grace, Lord, and link me to Your service.

⁵⁵Slave Nanak has come to Your Sanctuary. ||4||31||44||

⁵⁶Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

⁵⁷One who does not repeat the Naam, the Name of the Lord, shall die of shame.

⁵⁸Without the Name, how can he ever sleep in peace?

⁵⁹The mortal abandons meditative remembrance of the Lord, and then wishes for the state of supreme salvation;

¹but without roots, how can there be any branches? ||1||

²O my mind, meditate on the Guru, the Lord of the Universe.

³The filth of countless incarnations shall be washed away. Breaking your bonds, you shall be united with the Lord. ||1||Pause||

⁴How can a stone be purified by bathing at a sacred shrine of pilgrimage?

⁵The filth of egotism clings to the mind.

⁶Millions of rituals and actions taken are the root of entanglements.

⁷Without meditating and vibrating on the Lord, the mortal gathers only worthless bundles of straw. ||2||

⁸Without eating, hunger is not satisfied.

⁹When the disease is cured, then the pain goes away.

¹⁰The mortal is engrossed in sexual desire, anger, greed and attachment.

¹¹He does not meditate on God, that God who created him. ||3||

¹²Blessed, blessed is the Holy Saint, and blessed is the Name of the Lord.

¹³Twenty-four hours a day, sing the Kirtan, the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

¹⁴Blessed is the devotee of the Lord, and blessed is the Creator Lord.

¹⁵Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of God, the Primal, the Infinite. ||4||32||45||

¹⁶Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁷When the Guru was totally pleased, my fear was taken away.

¹⁸I enshrine the Name of the Immaculate Lord within my mind.

¹⁹He is Merciful to the meek, forever Compassionate.

²⁰All my entanglements are finished. ||1||

²¹I have found peace, poise, and myriads of pleasures.

²²In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, fear and doubt are dispelled. My tongue chants the Ambrosial Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||1||Pause||

²³I have fallen in love with the Lord's Lotus Feet.

²⁴In an instant, the terrible demons are destroyed.

²⁵Twenty-four hours a day, I meditate and chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

²⁶The Guru is Himself the Savior Lord, the Lord of the Universe. ||2||

²⁷He Himself cherishes His servant forever.

²⁸He watches over every breath of His humble devotee.

²⁹Tell me, what is the nature of human beings?

³⁰The Lord extends His Hand, and saves them from the Messenger of Death. ||3||

³¹Immaculate is the Glory, and Immaculate is the way of life,

³²of those who remember the Supreme Lord God in their minds.

³³The Guru, in His Mercy, has granted this Gift.

³⁴Nanak has obtained the treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||4||33||46||

³⁵Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

³⁶My Guru is the All-powerful Lord, the Creator, the Cause of causes.

³⁷He is the Soul, the Breath of Life, the Giver of Peace, always near.

³⁸He is the Destroyer of fear, the Eternal, Unchanging, Sovereign Lord King.

³⁹Gazing upon the Blessed Vision of His Darshan, all fear is dispelled. ||1||

⁴⁰Wherever I look, is the Protection of Your Sanctuary.

⁴¹I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice to the Feet of the True Guru. ||1||Pause||

⁴²My tasks are perfectly accomplished, meeting the Divine Guru.

⁴³He is the Giver of all rewards. Serving Him, I am immaculate.

⁴⁴He reaches out with His Hand to His slaves.

⁴⁵The Name of the Lord abides in their hearts. ||2||

⁴⁶They are forever in bliss, and do not suffer at all.

⁴⁷No pain, sorrow or disease afflicts them.

⁴⁸Everything is Yours, O Creator Lord.

⁴⁹The Guru is the Supreme Lord God, the Inaccessible and Infinite. ||3||

⁵⁰His Glorious Grandeur is immaculate, and the Bani of His Word is wonderful!

⁵¹The Perfect Supreme Lord God is pleasing to my mind.

⁵²He is permeating the waters, the lands and the skies.

⁵³O Nanak, everything comes from God. ||4||34||47||

⁵⁴Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

⁵⁵My mind and body are imbued with the Love of the Lord's Feet.

¹All the desires of my mind have been perfectly fulfilled.

²Twenty-four hours a day, I sing of the Lord God.

³The True Guru has imparted this perfect wisdom. ||1||

⁴Very fortunate are those who love the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

⁵Associating with them, we cross over the world-ocean. ||1||Pause||

⁶They are spiritual teachers, who meditate in remembrance on the One Lord.

⁷Wealthy are those who have a discriminating intellect.

⁸Noble are those who remember their Lord and Master in meditation.

⁹Honorable are those who understand their own selves. ||2||

¹⁰By Guru's Grace, I have obtained the supreme status.

¹¹Day and night I meditate on the Glories of God.

¹²My bonds are broken, and my hopes are fulfilled.

¹³The Feet of the Lord now abide in my heart. ||3||

¹⁴Says Nanak, one whose karma is perfect

¹⁵that humble being enters the Sanctuary of God.

¹⁶He himself is pure, and he sanctifies all.

¹⁷His tongue chants the Name of the Lord, the Source of Nectar. ||4||35||48||

¹⁸Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁹Repeating the Naam, the Name of the Lord, no obstacles block the way.

²⁰Listening to the Naam, the Messenger of Death runs far away.

²¹Repeating the Naam, all pains vanish.

²²Chanting the Naam, the Lord's Lotus Feet dwell within. ||1||

²³Meditating, vibrating the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is unobstructed devotional worship.

²⁴Sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord with loving affection and energy. ||1||Pause||

²⁵Meditating in remembrance on the Lord, the Eye of Death cannot see you.

²⁶Meditating in remembrance on the Lord, demons and ghosts shall not touch you.

²⁷Meditating in remembrance on the Lord, attachment and pride shall not bind you.

²⁸Meditating in remembrance on the Lord, you shall not be consigned to the womb of reincarnation. ||2||

²⁹Any time is a good time to meditate in remembrance on the Lord.

³⁰Among the masses, only a few meditate in remembrance on the Lord.

³¹Social class or no social class, anyone may meditate on the Lord.

³²Whoever meditates on Him is emancipated. ||3||

³³Chant the Name of the Lord in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

³⁴Perfect is the Love of the Lord's Name.

³⁵O God, shower Your Mercy on Nanak,

³⁶that he may think of you with each and every breath. ||4||36||49||

³⁷Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

³⁸He Himself is the Shaastras, and He Himself is the Vedas.

³⁹He knows the secrets of each and every heart.

⁴⁰He is the Embodiment of Light; all beings belong to Him.

⁴¹The Creator, the Cause of causes, the Perfect All-powerful Lord. ||1||

⁴²Grab hold of the Support of God, O my mind.

⁴³As Gurmukh, worship and adore His Lotus Feet; enemies and pains shall not even approach you. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁴He Himself is the Essence of the forests and fields, and all the three worlds.

⁴⁵The universe is strung on His Thread.

⁴⁶He is the Uniter of Shiva and Shakti - mind and matter.

⁴⁷He Himself is in the detachment of Nirvaanaa, and He Himself is the Enjoyer. ||2||

⁴⁸Wherever I look, there He is.

⁴⁹Without Him, there is no one at all.

⁵⁰In the Love of the Naam, the world-ocean is crossed.

⁵¹Nanak sings His Glorious Praises in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||3||

⁵²Liberation, the ways and means of enjoyment and union are under His Control.

⁵³His humble servant lacks nothing.

⁵⁴That person, with whom the Lord, in His Mercy, is pleased

⁵⁵- O slave Nanak, that humble servant is blessed. ||4||37||50||

⁵⁶Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

⁵⁷The minds of the Lord's devotee are filled with bliss.

⁵⁸They become stable and permanent, and all their anxiety is gone.

¹Their fears and doubts are dispelled in an instant.

²The Supreme Lord God comes to dwell in their minds. ||1||

³The Lord is forever the Help and Support of the Saints.

⁴Inside the home of the heart, and outside as well, the Transcendent Lord is always with us, permeating and pervading all places. ||1||Pause||

⁵The Lord of the World is my wealth, property, youth and ways and means.

⁶He continually cherishes and brings peace to my soul and breath of life.

⁷He reaches out with His Hand and saves His slave.

⁸He does not abandon us, even for an instant; He is always with us. ||2||

⁹There is no other Beloved like the Lord.

¹⁰The True Lord takes care of all.

¹¹The Lord is our Mother, Father, Son and Relation.

¹²Since the beginning of time, and throughout the ages, His devotees sing His Glorious Praises. ||3||

¹³My mind is filled with the Support and the Power of the Lord.

¹⁴Without the Lord, there is no other at all.

¹⁵Nanak's mind is encouraged by this hope,

¹⁶that God will accomplish my objectives in life. ||4||38||51||

¹⁷Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁸Fear itself becomes afraid, when the mortal remembers the Lord's Name in meditation.

¹⁹All the diseases of the three gunas - the three qualities - are cured, and tasks of the Lord's slaves are perfectly accomplished. ||1||Pause||

²⁰The people of the Lord always sing His Glorious Praises; they attain His Perfect Mansion.

²¹Even the Righteous Judge of Dharma and the Messenger of Death yearn, day and night, to be sanctified by the Blessed Vision of the Lord's humble servant. ||1||

²²Sexual desire, anger, intoxication, egotism, slander and egotistical pride are eradicted in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

²³By great good fortune, such Saints are met. Nanak is forever a sacrifice to them. ||2||39||52||

²⁴Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

²⁵One who harbors the five thieves, becomes the embodiment of these five.

²⁶He gets up each day and tells lies.

²⁷He applies ceremonial religious marks to his body, but practices hypocrisy.

²⁸He wastes away in sadness and pain, like a lonely widow. ||1||

²⁹Without the Name of the Lord, everything is false.

³⁰Without the Perfect Guru, liberation is not obtained. In the Court of the True Lord, the faithless cynic is plundered. ||1||Pause||

³¹One who does not know the Lord's Creative Power is polluted.

³²Ritualistically plastering one's kitchen square does not make it pure in the Eyes of the Lord.

³³If a person is polluted within, he may wash himself everyday on the outside,

³⁴but in the Court of the True Lord, he forfeits his honor. ||2||

³⁵He works for the sake of Maya,

³⁶but he never places his feet on the right path.

³⁷He never even remembers the One who created him.

³⁸He speaks falsehood, only falsehood, with his mouth. ||3||

³⁹That person, unto whom the Creator Lord shows Mercy,

⁴⁰deals with the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

⁴¹One who lovingly worships the Lord's Name,

⁴²says Nanak - no obstacles ever block his way. ||4||40||53||

⁴³Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁴The entire universe curses the slanderer.

⁴⁵False are the dealings of the slanderer.

⁴⁶The slanderer's lifestyle is filthy and polluted.

⁴⁷The Lord is the Saving Grace and the Protector of His slave. ||1||

⁴⁸The slanderer dies with the rest of the slanderers.

⁴⁹The Supreme Lord God, the Transcendent Lord, protects and saves His humble servant. Death roars and thunders over the head of the slanderer. ||1||Pause||

¹No one belives what the slanderer says.

²The slanderer tells lies, and later regrets and repents.

³He wrings his hands, and hits his head against the ground.

⁴The Lord does not forgive the slanderer. ||2||

⁵The Lord's slave does not wish anyone ill.

⁶The slanderer suffers, as if stabbed by a spear.

⁷Like a crane, he spreads his feathers, to look like a swan.

⁸When he speaks with his mouth, then he is exposed and driven out. ||3||

⁹The Creator is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts.

¹⁰That person, whom the Lord makes His Own, becomes stable and steady.

¹¹The Lord's slave is true in the Court of the Lord.

¹²Servant Nanak speaks, after contemplating the essence of reality. ||4||41||54||

¹³Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁴With my palms pressed together, I offer this prayer.

¹⁵My soul, body and wealth are His property.

¹⁶He is the Creator, my Lord and Master.

¹⁷Millions of times, I am a sacrifice to Him. ||1||

¹⁸The dust of the feet of the Holy brings purity.

¹⁹Remembering God in meditation, the mind's corruption is eradicated, and the filth of countless incarnations is washed away. ||1||Pause||

²⁰All treasures are in His household.

²¹Serving Him, the mortal attains honor.

²²He is the Fulfiller of the mind's desires.

²³He is the Support of the soul and the breath of life of His devotees. ||2||

²⁴His Light shines in each and every heart.

²⁵Chanting and meditating on God, the Treasure of Virtue, His devotees live.

²⁶Service to Him does not go in vain.

²⁷Deep within your mind and body, meditate on the One Lord. ||3||

²⁸Following the Guru's Teachings, compassion and contentment are found.

²⁹This Treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is the immaculate object.

³⁰Please grant Your Grace, O Lord, and attach me to the hem of Your robe.

³¹Nanak meditates continually on the Lord's Lotus Feet. ||4||42||55||

³²Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

³³The True Guru has listened to my prayer.

³⁴All my affairs have been resolved.

³⁵Deep within my mind and body, I meditate on God.

³⁶The Perfect Guru has dispelled all my fears. ||1||

³⁷The All-powerful Divine Guru is the Greatest of all.

³⁸Serving Him, I obtain all comforts. ||Pause||

³⁹Everything is done by Him.

⁴⁰No one can erase His Eternal Decree.

⁴¹The Supreme Lord God, the Transcendent Lord, is incomparably beautiful.

⁴²The Guru is the Image of Fulfillment, the Embodiment of the Lord. ||2||

⁴³The Name of the Lord abides deep within him.

⁴⁴Wherever he looks, he sees the Wisdom of God.

⁴⁵His mind is totally enlightened and illuminated.

⁴⁶Within that person, the Supreme Lord God abides. ||3||

⁴⁷I humbly bow to that Guru forever.

⁴⁸I am forever a sacrifice to that Guru.

⁴⁹I wash the feet of the Guru, and drink in this water.

⁵⁰Chanting and meditating forever on Guru Nanak, I live. ||4||43||56||

¹Raag Bhairao, Fifth Mehl, Partaal, Third House:

²One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³God is the Compassionate Cherisher. Who can count His Glorious Virtues?

⁴Countless colors, and countless waves of joy; He is the Master of all. ||1||Pause||

⁵Endless spiritual wisdom, endless meditations, endless chants, intense meditations and austere self-disciplines.

⁶Countless virtues, musical notes and playful sports; countless silent sages enshrine Him in their hearts. ||1||

⁷Countless melodies, countless instruments, countless tastes, each and every instant. Countless mistakes and countless diseases are removed by hearing His Praise.

⁸O Nanak, serving the Infinite, Divine Lord, one earns all the rewards and merits of performing the six rituals, fasts, worship services, pilgrimages to sacred rivers, and journeys to sacred shrines. ||2||1||57||8||21||7||57||93||

⁹Bhairao, Ashtpadheeyaa, First Mehl, Second House:

¹⁰One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹¹The Lord is in the soul, and the soul is in the Lord. This is realized through the Guru's Teachings.

¹²The Ambrosial Word of the Guru's Bani is realized through the Word of the Shabad. Sorrow is dispelled, and egotism is eliminated. ||1||

¹³O Nanak, the disease of egotism is so very deadly.

¹⁴Wherever I look, I see the pain of the same disease. The Primal Lord Himself bestows the Shabad of His Word. ||1||Pause||

¹⁵When the Appraiser Himself appraises the mortal, then he is not tested again.

¹⁶Those who are blessed with His Grace meet with the Guru. They alone are true, who are pleasing to God. ||2||

¹⁷Air, water and fire are diseased; the world with its enjoyments is diseased.

¹⁸Mother, father, Maya and the body are diseased; those united with their relatives are diseased. ||3||

¹⁹Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are diseased; the whole world is diseased.

²⁰Those who remember the Lord's Feet and contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad are liberated. ||4||

²¹The seven seas are diseased, along with the rivers; the continents and the nether regions of the underworlds are full of disease.

²²The people of the Lord dwell in Truth and peace; He blesses them with His Grace everywhere. ||5||

²³The six Shaastras are diseased, as are the many who follow the different religious orders.

²⁴What can the poor Vedas and Bibles do? People do not understand the One and Only Lord. ||6||

²⁵Eating sweet treats, the mortal is filled with disease; he finds no peace at all.

²⁶Forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, they walk on other paths, and at the very last moment, they regret and repent. ||7||

²⁷Wandering around at sacred shrines of pilgrimage, the mortal is not cured of his disease. Reading scripture, he gets involved in useless arguments.

²⁸The disease of duality is so very deadly; it causes dependence on Maya. ||8||

²⁹One who becomes Gurmukh and praises the True Shabad with the True Lord in his mind is cured of his disease.

³⁰O Nanak, the humble servant of the Lord is immaculate, night and day; he bears the insignia of the Lord's Grace. ||9||1||

¹Bhairao, Third Mehl, Second House:

²One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³The Creator has staged His Wondrous Play.

⁴I listen to the Unstruck Sound-current of the Shabad, and the Bani of His Word.

⁵The self-willed manmukhs are deluded and confused, while the Gurmukhs understand.

⁶The Creator creates the Cause that causes. ||1||

⁷Deep within my being, I meditate on the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

⁸I shall never forsake the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

⁹Prahlaad's father sent him to school, to learn to read.

¹⁰He took his writing tablet and went to the teacher.

¹¹He said, "I shall not read anything except the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

¹²Write the Lord's Name on my tablet." ||2||

¹³Prahlaad's mother said to her son,

¹⁴"I advise you not to read anything except what you are taught."

¹⁵He answered, "The Great Giver, my Fearless Lord God is always with me.

¹⁶If I were to forsake the Lord, then my family would be disgraced." ||3||

¹⁷"Prahlaad has corrupted all the other students.

¹⁸He does not listen to what I say, and he does his own thing.

¹⁹He instigated devotional worship in the townspeople."

²⁰The gathering of the wicked people could not do anything against him. ||4||

²¹Sanda and Marka, his teachers, made the complaint.

²²All the demons kept trying in vain.

²³The Lord protected His humble devotee, and preserved his honor.

²⁴What can be done by mere created beings? ||5||

²⁵Because of his past karma, the demon ruled over his kingdom.

²⁶He did not realize the Lord; the Lord Himself confused him.

²⁷He started an argument with his son Prahlaad.

²⁸The blind one did not understand that his death was approaching. ||6||

²⁹Prahlaad was placed in a cell, and the door was locked.

³⁰The fearless child was not afraid at all. He said, "Within my being, is the Guru, the Lord of the World."

³¹The created being tried to compete with his Creator, but he assumed this name in vain.

³²That which was predestined for him has come to pass; he started an argument with the Lord's humble servant. ||7||

³³The father raised the club to strike down Prahlaad, saying,

³⁴"Where is your God, the Lord of the Universe, now?"

³⁵He replied, "The Life of the World, the Great Giver, is my Help and Support in the end.

³⁶Wherever I look, I see Him permeating and prevailing." ||8||

³⁷Tearing down the pillars, the Lord Himself appeared.

³⁸The egotistical demon was killed and destroyed.

³⁹The minds of the devotees were filled with bliss, and congratulations poured in.

⁴⁰He blessed His servant with glorious greatness. ||9||

⁴¹He created birth, death and attachment.

⁴²The Creator has ordained coming and going in reincarnation.

⁴³For the sake of Prahlaad, the Lord Himself appeared.

⁴⁴The word of the devotee came true. ||10||

⁴⁵The gods proclaimed the victory of Lakshmi, and said,

⁴⁶"O mother, make this form of the Man-lion disappear!"

⁴⁷Lakshmi was afraid, and did not approach.

¹The humble servant Prahlaad came and fell at the Lord's Feet. ||11||

²The True Guru implanted the treasure of the Naam within.

³Power, property and all Maya is false.

⁴But still, the greedy people continue clinging to them.

⁵Without the Name of the Lord, the mortals are punished in His Court. ||12||

⁶Says Nanak, everyone acts as the Lord makes them act.

⁷They alone are approved and accepted, who focus their consciousness on the Lord.

⁸He has made His devotees His Own.

⁹The Creator has appeared in His Own Form. ||13||1||2||

¹⁰Bhairao, Third Mehl:

¹¹Serving the Guru, I obtain the Ambrosial Fruit; my egotism and desire have been quenched.

¹²The Name of the Lord dwells within my heart and mind, and the desires of my mind are quieted. ||1||

¹³O Dear Lord, my Beloved, please bless me with Your Mercy.

¹⁴Night and day, Your humble servant begs for Your Glorious Praises; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, he is saved. ||1||Pause||

¹⁵The Messenger of Death cannot even touch the humble Saints; it does not cause them even an iota of suffering or pain.

¹⁶Those who enter Your Sanctuary, Lord, save themselves, and save all their ancestors as well. ||2||

¹⁷You Yourself save the honor of Your devotees; this is Your Glory, O Lord.

¹⁸You cleanse them of the sins and the pains of countless incarnations; You love them without even an iota of duality. ||3||

¹⁹I am foolish and ignorant, and understand nothing. You Yourself bless me with understanding.

²⁰You do whatever You please; nothing else can be done at all. ||4||

²¹Creating the world, You have linked all to their tasks - even the evil deeds which men do.

²²They lose this precious human life in the gamble, and do not understand the Word of the Shabad. ||5||

²³The self-willed manmukhs die, understanding nothing; they are enveloped by the darkness of evil-mindedness and ignorance.

²⁴They do not cross over the terrible world-ocean; without the Guru, they drown and die. ||6||

²⁵True are those humble beings who are imbued with the True Shabad; the Lord God unites them with Himself.

²⁶Through the Word of the Guru's Bani, they come to understand the Shabad. They remain lovingly focused on the True Lord. ||7||

²⁷You Yourself are Immaculate and Pure, and pure are Your humble servants who contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

²⁸Nanak is forever a sacrifice to those, who enshrine the Lord's Name within their hearts. ||8||2||3||

²⁹Bhairao, Fifth Mehl, Ashtpadheeyaa, Second House:

³⁰One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³¹He alone is a great king, who keeps the Naam, the Name of the Lord, within his heart.

³²One who keeps the Naam in his heart - his tasks are perfectly accomplished.

³³One who keeps the Naam in his heart, obtains millions of treasures.

³⁴Without the Naam, life is useless. ||1||

³⁵I praise that person, who has the capital of the Lord's Wealth.

³⁶He is very fortunate, on whose forehead the Guru has placed His Hand. ||1||Pause||

³⁷One who keeps the Naam in his heart, has many millions of armies on his side.

³⁸One who keeps the Naam in his heart, enjoys peace and poise.

¹One who keeps the Naam in his heart becomes cool and calm.

²Without the Naam, both life and death are cursed. ||2||

³One who keeps the Naam in his heart is Jivan-mukta, liberated while yet alive.

⁴One who keeps the Naam in his heart knows all ways and means.

⁵One who keeps the Naam in his heart obtains the nine treasures.

⁶Without the Naam, the mortal wanders, coming and going in reincarnation. ||3||

⁷One who keeps the Naam in his heart is carefree and independent.

⁸One who keeps the Naam in his heart always earns a profit.

⁹One who keeps the Naam in his heart has a large family.

¹⁰Without the Naam, the mortal is just an ignorant, self-willed manmukh. ||4||

¹¹One who keeps the Naam in his heart has a permanent position.

¹²One who keeps the Naam in his heart is seated on the throne.

¹³One who keeps the Naam in his heart is the true king.

¹⁴Without the Naam, no one has any honor or respect. ||5||

¹⁵One who keeps the Naam in his heart is famous everywhere.

¹⁶One who keeps the Naam in his heart is the Embodiment of the Creator Lord.

¹⁷One who keeps the Naam in his heart is the highest of all.

¹⁸Without the Naam, the mortal wanders in reincarnation. ||6||

¹⁹One who keeps the Naam in his heart sees the Lord manifested in His Creation.

²⁰One who keeps the Naam in his heart - his darkness is dispelled.

²¹One who keeps the Naam in his heart is approved and accepted.

²²Without the Naam, the mortal continues coming and going in reincarnation. ||7||

²³He alone receives the Naam, who is blessed by the Lord's Mercy.

²⁴In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, the Lord of the World is understood.

²⁵Coming and going in reincarnation ends, and peace is found.

²⁶Says Nanak, my essence has merged in the Essence of the Lord. ||8||1||4||

²⁷Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

²⁸He created millions of incarnations of Vishnu.

²⁹He created millions of universes as places to practice righteousness.

³⁰He created and destroyed millions of Shivas.

³¹He employed millions of Brahmas to create the worlds. ||1||

³²Such is my Lord and Master, the Lord of the Universe.

³³I cannot even describe His Many Virtues. ||1||Pause||

³⁴Millions of Mayas are His maid-servants.

³⁵Millions of souls are His beds.

³⁶Millions of universes are the limbs of His Being.

³⁷Millions of devotees abide with the Lord. ||2||

³⁸Millions of kings with their crowns and canopies bow before Him.

³⁹Millions of Indras stand at His Door.

⁴⁰Millions of heavenly paradises are within the scope of His Vision.

⁴¹Millions of His Names cannot even be appraised. ||3||

⁴²Millions of celestial sounds resound for Him.

⁴³His Wondrous Plays are enacted on millions of stages.

⁴⁴Millions of Shaktis and Shivas are obedient to Him.

⁴⁵He gives sustenance and support to millions of beings. ||4||

⁴⁶In His Feet are millions of sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

⁴⁷Millions chant His Sacred and Beautiful Name.

⁴⁸Millions of worshippers worship Him.

⁴⁹Millions of expanses are His; there is no other at all. ||5||

⁵⁰Millions of swan-souls sing His Immaculate Praises.

⁵¹Millions of Brahma's sons sing His Praises.

⁵²He creates and destroys millions, in an instant.

⁵³Millions are Your Virtues, Lord - they cannot even be counted. ||6||

⁵⁴Millions of spiritual teachers teach His spiritual wisdom.

⁵⁵Millions of meditators focus on His meditation.

⁵⁶Millions of austere penitents practice austerities.

¹Millions of silent sages dwell in silence. ||7||

²Our Eternal, Imperishable, Incomprehensible Lord and Master,

³Wherever I look, I see Your Dwelling, O Lord.

⁴The Guru has blessed Nanak with enlightenment. ||8||2||5||

⁵Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

⁶The True Guru has blessed me with this gift.

⁷He has given me the Priceless Jewel of the Lord's Name.

⁸Now, I intuitively enjoy endless pleasures and wondrous play.

⁹God has spontaneously met with Nanak. ||1||

¹⁰Says Nanak, True is the Kirtan of the Lord's Praise.

¹¹Again and again, my mind remains immersed in it. ||1||Pause||

¹²Spontaneously, I feed on the Love of God.

¹³Spontaneously, I take God's Name.

¹⁴Spontaneously, I am saved by the Word of the Shabad.

¹⁵Spontaneously, my treasures are filled to overflowing. ||2||

¹⁶Spontaneously, my works are perfectly accomplished.

¹⁷Spontaneously, I am rid of sorrow.

¹⁸Spontaneously, my enemies have become friends.

¹⁹Spontaneously, I have brought my mind under control. ||3||

²⁰Spontaneously, God has comforted me.

²¹Spontaneously, my hopes have been fulfilled.

²²Spontaneously, I have totally realized the essence of reality.

²³Spontaneously, I have been blessed with the Guru's Mantra. ||4||

²⁴Spontaneously, I am rid of hatred.

²⁵Spontaneously, my darkness has been dispelled.

²⁶Spontaneously, the Kirtan of the Lord's Praise seems so sweet to my mind.

²⁷Spontaneously, I behold God in each and every heart. ||5||

²⁸Spontaneously, all my doubts have been dispelled.

²⁹Spontaneously, peace and celestial harmony fill my mind.

³⁰Spontaneously, the Unstruck Melody of the Sound-current resounds within me.

³¹Spontaneously, the Lord of the Universe has revealed Himself to me. ||6||

³²Spontaneously, my mind has been pleased and appeased.

³³I have spontaneously realized the Eternal, Unchanging Lord.

³⁴Spontaneously, all wisdom and knowledge has welled up within me.

³⁵Spontaneously, the Support of the Lord, Har, Har, has come into my hands. ||7||

³⁶Spontaneously, God has recorded my pre-ordained destiny.

³⁷Spontaneously, the One Lord and Master God has met me.

³⁸Spontaneously, all my cares and worries have been taken away.

³⁹Nanak, Nanak, Nanak, has merged into the Image of God. ||8||3||6||

⁴⁰Bhairao, The Word Of The Devotees, Kabeer Jee, First House:

⁴¹One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁴²The Name of the Lord - this alone is my wealth.

⁴³I do not tie it up to hide it, nor do I sell it to make my living. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁴The Name is my crop, and the Name is my field.

⁴⁵As Your humble servant, I perform devotional worship to You; I seek Your Sanctuary. ||1||

⁴⁶The Name is Maya and wealth for me; the Name is my capital.

⁴⁷I do not forsake You; I do not know any other at all. ||2||

⁴⁸The Name is my family, the Name is my brother.

⁴⁹The Name is my companion, who will help me in the end. ||3||

⁵⁰One whom the Lord keeps detached from Maya

⁵¹- says Kabeer, I am his slave. ||4||1||

⁵²Naked we come, and naked we go.

⁵³No one, not even the kings and queens, shall remain. ||1||

¹The Sovereign Lord is the nine treasures for me.

²The possessions and the spouse to which the mortal is lovingly attached, are Your wealth, O Lord. ||1||Pause||

³They do not come with the mortal, and they do not go with him.

⁴What good does it do him, if he has elephants tied up at his doorway? ||2||

⁵The fortress of Sri Lanka was made out of gold,

⁶but what could the foolish Raawan take with him when he left? ||3||

⁷Says Kabeer, think of doing some good deeds.

⁸In the end, the gambler shall depart empty-handed. ||4||2||

⁹Brahma is polluted, and Indra is polluted.

¹⁰The sun is polluted, and the moon is polluted. ||1||

¹¹This world is polluted with pollution.

¹²Only the One Lord is Immaculate; He has no end or limitation. ||1||Pause||

¹³The rulers of kingdoms are polluted.

¹⁴Nights and days, and the days of the month are polluted. ||2||

¹⁵The pearl is polluted, the diamond is polluted.

¹⁶Wind, fire and water are polluted. ||3||

¹⁷Shiva, Shankara and Mahaysh are polluted.

¹⁸The Siddhas, seekers and strivers, and those who wear religious robes, are polluted. ||4||

¹⁹The Yogis and wandering hermits with their matted hair are polluted.

²⁰The body, along with the swan-soul, is polluted. ||5||

²¹Says Kabeer, those humble beings are approved and pure,

²²Let your mind be Mecca, and your body the temple of worship.

²³Let the Supreme Guru be the One who speaks. ||1||

²⁴O Mullah, utter the call to prayer.

²⁵The one mosque has ten doors. ||1||Pause||

²⁶So slaughter your evil nature, doubt and cruelty;

²⁷consume the five demons and you shall be blessed with contentment. ||2||

²⁸Hindus and Muslims have the same One Lord and Master.

²⁹What can the Mullah do, and what can the Shaykh do? ||3||

³⁰Says Kabeer, I have gone insane.

³¹Slaughtering, slaughtering my mind, I have merged into the Celestial Lord. ||4||4||

³²When the stream flows into the Ganges,

³³Just so, Kabeer has changed.

³⁴He has become the Embodiment of Truth, and he does not go anywhere else. ||1||Pause||

³⁵Associating with the sandalwood tree, the tree nearby is changed;

³⁶that tree begins to smell just like the sandalwood tree. ||2||

³⁷Coming into contact with the philosophers' stone, copper is transformed;

³⁸that copper is transformed into gold. ||3||

³⁹In the Society of the Saints, Kabeer is transformed;

⁴⁰that Kabeer is transformed into the Lord. ||4||5||

⁴¹Some apply ceremonial marks to their foreheads, hold malas in their hands, and wear religious robes.

⁴²Some people think that the Lord is a play-thing. ||1||

⁴³If I am insane, then I am Yours, O Lord.

⁴⁴How can people know my secret? ||1||Pause||

⁴⁵I do not pick leaves as offerings, and I do not worship idols.

⁴⁶Without devotional worship of the Lord, service is useless. ||2||

⁴⁷I worship the True Guru; forever and ever, I surrender to Him.

⁴⁸By such service, I find peace in the Court of the Lord. ||3||

⁴⁹People say that Kabeer has gone insane.

⁵⁰Only the Lord realizes the secret of Kabeer. ||4||6||

⁵¹Turning away from the world, I have forgotten both my social class and ancestry.

⁵²My weaving now is in the most profound celestial stillness. ||1||

⁵³I have no quarrel with anyone.

¹I have abandoned both the Pandits, the Hindu religious scholars, and the Mullahs, the Muslim priests. ||1||Pause||

²I weave and weave, and wear what I weave.

³Where egotism does not exist, there I sing God's Praises. ||2||

⁴Whatever the Pandits and Mullahs have written,

⁵I reject; I do not accept any of it. ||3||

⁶My heart is pure, and so I have seen the Lord within.

⁷Searching, searching within the self, Kabeer has met the Lord. ||4||7||

⁸No one respects the poor man.

⁹He may make thousands of efforts, but no one pays any attention to him. ||1||Pause||

¹⁰When the poor man goes to the rich man,

¹¹and sits right in front of him, the rich man turns his back on him. ||1||

¹²But when the rich man goes to the poor man,

¹³the poor man welcomes him with respect. ||2||

¹⁴The poor man and the rich man are both brothers.

¹⁵God's pre-ordained plan cannot be erased. ||3||

¹⁶Says Kabeer, he alone is poor,

¹⁷who does not have the Naam, the Name of the Lord, in his heart. ||4||8||

¹⁸Serving the Guru, devotional worship is practiced.

¹⁹Then, this human body is obtained.

²⁰Even the gods long for this human body.

²¹So vibrate that human body, and think of serving the Lord. ||1||

²²Vibrate, and meditate on the Lord of the Universe, and never forget Him.

²³This is the blessed opportunity of this human incarnation. ||1||Pause||

²⁴As long as the disease of old age has not come to the body,

²⁵and as long as death has not come and seized the body,

²⁶and as long as your voice has not lost its power,

²⁷O mortal being, vibrate and meditate on the Lord of the World. ||2||

²⁸If you do not vibrate and meditate on Him now, when will you, O Sibing of Destiny?

²⁹When the end comes, you will not be able to vibrate and meditate on Him.

³⁰Whatever you have to do - now is the best time to do it.

³¹Otherwise, you shall regret and repent afterwards, and you shall not be carried across to the other side. ||3||

³²He alone is a servant, whom the Lord enjoins to His service.

³³He alone attains the Immaculate Divine Lord.

³⁴Meeting with the Guru, his doors are opened wide,

³⁵and he does not have to journey again on the path of reincarnation. ||4||

³⁶This is your chance, and this is your time.

³⁷Look deep into your own heart, and reflect on this.

³⁸Says Kabeer, you can win or lose.

³⁹In so many ways, I have proclaimed this out loud. ||5||1||9||

⁴⁰In the City of God, sublime understanding prevails.

⁴¹There, you shall meet with the Lord, and reflect on Him.

⁴²Thus, you shall understand this world and the next.

⁴³What is the use of claiming that you own everything, if you only die in the end? ||1||

⁴⁴I focus my meditation on my inner self, deep within.

⁴⁵The Name of the Sovereign Lord is my spiritual wisdom. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁶In the first chakra, the root chakra, I have grasped the reins and tied them.

⁴⁷I have firmly placed the moon above the sun.

⁴⁸The sun blazes forth at the western gate.

⁴⁹Through the central channel of the Shushmanaa, it rises up above my head. ||2||

⁵⁰There is a stone at that western gate,

⁵¹and above that stone, is another window.

⁵²Above that window is the Tenth Gate.

⁵³Says Kabeer, it has no end or limitation. ||3||2||10||

⁵⁴He alone is a Mullah, who struggles with his mind,

⁵⁵and through the Guru's Teachings, fights with death.

⁵⁶He crushes the pride of the Messenger of Death.

⁵⁷Unto that Mullah, I ever offer greetings of respect. ||1||

¹God is present, right here at hand; why do you say that He is far away?

²Tie up your disturbing passions, and find the Beauteous Lord. ||1||Pause||

³He alone is a Qazi, who contemplates the human body,

⁴and through the fire of the body, is illumined by God.

⁵He does not lose his semen, even in his dreams;

⁶for such a Qazi, there is no old age or death. ||2||

⁷He alone is a sultan and a king, who shoots the two arrows,

⁸gathers in his outgoing mind,

⁹and assembles his army in the realm of the mind's sky, the Tenth Gate.

¹⁰The canopy of royalty waves over such a sultan. ||3||

¹¹The Yogi cries out, "Gorakh, Gorakh".

¹²The Hindu utters the Name of Raam.

¹³The Muslim has only One God.

¹⁴The Lord and Master of Kabeer is all-pervading. ||4||3||11||

¹⁵Fifth Mehl:

¹⁶Those who call a stone their god

¹⁷their service is useless.

¹⁸Those who fall at the feet of a stone god

¹⁹- their work is wasted in vain. ||1||

²⁰My Lord and Master speaks forever.

²¹God gives His gifts to all living beings. ||1||Pause||

²²The Divine Lord is within the self, but the spiritually blind one does not know this.

²³Deluded by doubt, he is caught in the noose.

²⁴The stone does not speak; it does not give anything to anyone.

²⁵Such religious rituals are useless; such service is fruitless. ||2||

²⁶If a corpse is anointed with sandalwood oil,

²⁷what good does it do?

²⁸If a corpse is rolled in manure,

²⁹what does it lose from this? ||3||

³⁰Says Kabeer, I proclaim this out loud

³¹behold, and understand, you ignorant, faithless cynic.

³²The love of duality has ruined countless homes.

³³The Lord's devotees are forever in bliss. ||4||4||12||

³⁴The fish in the water is attached to Maya.

³⁵The moth fluttering around the lamp is pierced through by Maya.

³⁶The sexual desire of Maya afflicts the elephant.

³⁷The snakes and bumble bees are destroyed through Maya. ||1||

³⁸Such are the enticements of Maya, O Siblings of Destiny.

³⁹As many living beings are there are, have been deceived. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁰The birds and the deer are imbued with Maya.

⁴¹Sugar is a deadly trap for the flies.

⁴²Horses and camels are absorbed in Maya.

⁴³The eighty-four Siddhas, the beings of miraculous spiritual powers, play in Maya. ||2||

⁴⁴The six celibates are slaves of Maya.

⁴⁵So are the nine masters of Yoga, and the sun and the moon.

⁴⁶The austere disciplinarians and the Rishis are asleep in Maya.

⁴⁷Death and the five demons are in Maya. ||3||

⁴⁸Dogs and jackals are imbued with Maya.

⁴⁹Monkeys, leopards and lions,

⁵⁰cats, sheep, foxes,

⁵¹trees and roots are planted in Maya. ||4||

⁵²Even the gods are drenched with Maya,

⁵³as are the oceans, the sky and the earth.

⁵⁴Says Kabeer, whoever has a belly to fill, is under the spell of Maya.

⁵⁵The mortal is emancipated only when he meets the Holy Saint. ||5||5||13||

⁵⁶As long as he cries out, Mine! Mine!,

⁵⁷none of his tasks is accomplished.

⁵⁸When such possessiveness is erased and removed,

¹then God comes and resolves his affairs. ||1||

²Contemplate such spiritual wisdom, O mortal man.

³Why not meditate in remembrance on the Lord, the Destroyer of pain? ||1||Pause||

⁴As long as the tiger lives in the forest,

⁵the forest does not flower.

⁶But when the jackal eats the tiger,

⁷then the entire forest flowers. ||2||

⁸The victorious are drowned, while the defeated swim across.

⁹By Guru's Grace, one crosses over and is saved.

¹⁰Slave Kabeer speaks and teaches:

¹¹remain lovingly absorbed, attuned to the Lord alone. ||3||6||14||

¹²He has 7,000 commanders,

¹³and hundreds of thousands of prophets;

¹⁴He is said to have 88,000,000 shaykhs,

¹⁵and 56,000,000 attendants. ||1||

¹⁶I am meek and poor - what chance do I have of being heard there?

¹⁷His Court is so far away; only a rare few attain the Mansion of His Presence. ||1||Pause||

¹⁸He has 33,000,000 play-houses.

¹⁹His beings wander insanely through 8.4 million incarnations.

²⁰He bestowed His Grace on Adam, the father of mankind,

²¹who then lived in paradise for a long time. ||2||

²²Pale are the faces of those whose hearts are disturbed.

²³They have forsaken their Bible, and practice Satanic evil.

²⁴One who blames the world, and is angry with people,

²⁵shall receive the fruits of his own actions. ||3||

²⁶You are the Great Giver, O Lord; I am forever a beggar at Your Door.

²⁷If I were to deny You, then I would be a wretched sinner.

²⁸Slave Kabeer has entered Your Shelter.

²⁹Keep me near You, O Merciful Lord God - that is heaven for me. ||4||7||15||

³⁰Everyone speaks of going there,

³¹but I do not even know where heaven is. ||1||Pause||

³²One who does not even know the mystery of his own self,

³³speaks of heaven, but it is only talk. ||1||

³⁴As long as the mortal hopes for heaven,

³⁵he will not dwell at the Lord's Feet. ||2||

³⁶Heaven is not a fort with moats and ramparts, and walls plastered with mud;

³⁷I do not know what heaven's gate is like. ||3||

³⁸Says Kabeer, now what more can I say?

³⁹The Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, is heaven itself. ||4||8||16||

⁴⁰How can the beautiful fortress be conquered, O Siblings of Destiny?

⁴¹It has double walls and triple moats. ||1||Pause||

⁴²It is defended by the five elements, the twenty-five categories, attachment, pride, jealousy and the awesomely powerful Maya.

⁴³The poor mortal being does not have the strength to conquer it; what should I do now, O Lord? ||1||

⁴⁴Sexual desire is the window, pain and pleasure are the gate-keepers, virtue and sin are the gates.

⁴⁵Anger is the great supreme commander, full of argument and strife, and the mind is the rebel king there. ||2||

⁴⁶Their armor is the pleasure of tastes and flavors, their helmets are worldly attachments; they take aim with their bows of corrupt intellect.

⁴⁷The greed that fills their hearts is the arrow; with these things, their fortress is impregnable. ||3||

⁴⁸But I have made divine love the fuse, and deep meditation the bomb; I have launched the rocket of spiritual wisdom.

⁴⁹The fire of God is lit by intuition, and with one shot, the fortress is taken. ||4||

⁵⁰Taking truth and contentment with me, I begin the battle and storm both the gates.

⁵¹In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, and by Guru's Grace, I have captured the king of the fortress. ||5||

¹With the army of God's devotees, and Shakti, the power of meditation, I have snapped the noose of the fear of death.

²Slave Kabeer has climbed to the top of the fortress; I have obtained the eternal, imperishable domain. ||6||9||17||

³The mother Ganges is deep and profound.

⁴Tied up in chains, they took Kabeer there. ||1||

⁵My mind was not shaken; why should my body be afraid?

⁶My consciousness remained immersed in the Lotus Feet of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

⁷The waves of the Ganges broke the chains,

⁸and Kabeer was seated on a deer skin. ||2||

⁹Says Kabeer, I have no friend or companion.

¹⁰On the water, and on the land, the Lord is my Protector. ||3||10||18||

¹¹Bhairao, Kabeer Jee, Ashtpadheeyaa, Second House:

¹²One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹³God constructed a fortress, inaccessible and unreachable, in which He dwells.

¹⁴There, His Divine Light radiates forth.

¹⁵Lightning blazes, and bliss prevails there,

¹⁶where the Eternally Young Lord God abides. ||1||

¹⁷This soul is lovingly attuned to the Lord's Name.

¹⁸It is saved from old age and death, and its doubt runs away. ||1||Pause||

¹⁹Those who believe in high and low social classes,

²⁰only sing songs and chants of egotism.

²¹The Unstruck Sound-current of the Shabad, the Word of God, resounds in that place,

²²where the Supreme Lord God abides. ||2||

²³He creates planets, solar systems and galaxies;

²⁴He destroys the three worlds, the three gods and the three qualities.

²⁵The Inaccessible and Unfathomable Lord God dwells in the heart.

²⁶No one can find the limits or the secrets of the Lord of the World. ||3||

²⁷The Lord shines forth in the plantain flower and the sunshine.

²⁸He dwells in the pollen of the lotus flower.

²⁹The Lord's secret is within the twelve petals of the heart-lotus.

³⁰The Supreme Lord, the Lord of Lakshmi dwells there. ||4||

³¹He is like the sky, stretching across the lower, upper and middle realms.

³²In the profoundly silent celestial realm, He radiates forth.

³³Neither the sun nor the moon are there,

³⁴but the Primal Immaculate Lord celebrates there. ||5||

³⁵Know that He is in the universe, and in the body as well.

³⁶Take your cleansing bath in the Mansarovar Lake.

³⁷Chant "Sohang" - "He is me."

³⁸He is not affected by either virtue or vice. ||6||

³⁹He is not affected by either high or low social class, sunshine or shade.

⁴⁰He is in the Guru's Sanctuary, and nowhere else.

⁴¹He is not diverted by diversions, comings or goings.

⁴²Remain intuitively absorbed in the celestial void. ||7||

⁴³One who knows the Lord in the mind

⁴⁴whatever he says, comes to pass.

⁴⁵One who firmly implants the Lord's Divine Light, and His Mantra within the mind

⁴⁶- says Kabeer, such a mortal crosses over to the other side. ||8||1||

⁴⁷Millions of suns shine for Him,

⁴⁸millions of Shivas and Kailash mountains.

⁴⁹Millions of Durga goddesses massage His Feet.

⁵⁰Millions of Brahmas chant the Vedas for Him. ||1||

⁵¹When I beg, I beg only from the Lord.

⁵²I have nothing to do with any other deities. ||1||Pause||

⁵³Millions of moons twinkle in the sky.

¹Three hundred thirty million gods eat the Lord's offerings.

²The nine stars, a million times over, stand at His Door.

³Millions of Righteous Judges of Dharma are His gate-keepers. ||2||

⁴Millions of winds blow around Him in the four directions.

⁵Millions of serpents prepare His bed.

⁶Millions of oceans are His water-carriers.

⁷The eighteen million loads of vegetation are His Hair. ||3||

⁸Millions of treasurers fill His Treasury.

⁹Millions of Lakshmis adorn themselves for Him.

¹⁰Many millions of vices and virtues look up to Him.

¹¹Millions of Indras serve Him. ||4||

¹²Fifty-six million clouds are His.

¹³In each and every village, His infinite fame has spread.

¹⁴Wild demons with dishevelled hair move about.

¹⁵The Lord plays in countless ways. ||5||

¹⁶Millions of charitable feasts are held in His Court,

¹⁷and millions of celestial singers celebrate His victory.

¹⁸Millions of sciences all sing His Praises.

¹⁹Even so, the limits of the Supreme Lord God cannot be found. ||6||

²⁰Rama, with millions of monkeys,

²¹Billions of Puraanas greatly praise Him;

²²He humbled the pride of Duyodhan. ||7||

²³Millions of gods of love cannot compete with Him.

²⁴He steals the hearts of mortal beings.

²⁵Says Kabeer, please hear me, O Lord of the World.

²⁶I beg for the blessing of fearless dignity. ||8||2||18||20||

²⁷Bhairao, The Word Of Naam Dayv Jee, First House:

²⁸One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²⁹O my tongue, I will cut you into a hundred pieces,

³⁰if you do not chant the Name of the Lord. ||1||

³¹O my tongue, be imbued with the Lord's Name.

³²Meditate on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, and imbue yourself with this most excellent color. ||1||Pause||

³³O my tongue, other occupations are false.

³⁴The state of Nirvaanaa comes only through the Lord's Name. ||2||

³⁵The performance of countless millions of other devotions

³⁶is not equal to even one devotion to the Name of the Lord. ||3||

³⁷Prays Naam Dayv, this is my occupation.

³⁸O Lord, Your Forms are endless. ||4||1||

³⁹One who stays away from others' wealth and others' spouses

⁴⁰- the Lord abides near that person. ||1||

⁴¹Those who do not meditate and vibrate on the Lord

⁴²- I do not even want to see them. ||1||Pause||

⁴³Those whose inner beings are not in harmony with the Lord,

⁴⁴are nothing more than beasts. ||2||

⁴⁵Prays Naam Dayv, a man without a nose

⁴⁶does not look handsome, even if he has the thirty-two beauty marks. ||3||2||

⁴⁷Naam Dayv milked the brown cow,

⁴⁸"Please drink this milk, O my Sovereign Lord God.

⁴⁹Drink this milk and my mind will be happy.

⁵⁰Otherwise, my father will be angry with me." ||1||Pause||

⁵¹Taking the golden cup, Naam Dayv filled it with the ambrosial milk,

⁵²and placed it before the Lord. ||2||

⁵³The Lord looked upon Naam Dayv and smiled.

⁵⁴The Lord drank the milk, and the devotee returned home.

¹Thus did Naam Dayv come to receive the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan. ||4||3||

²I am crazy - the Lord is my Husband.

³I decorate and adorn myself for Him. ||1||

⁴Slander me well, slander me well, slander me well, O people.

⁵My body and mind are united with my Beloved Lord. ||1||Pause||

⁶Do not engage in any arguments or debates with anyone.

⁷With your tongue, savor the Lord's sublime essence. ||2||

⁸Now, I know within my soul, that such an arrangement has been made;

⁹I will meet with my Lord by the beat of the drum. ||3||

¹⁰Anyone can praise or slander me.

¹¹Naam Dayv has met the Lord. ||4||4||

¹²Sometimes, people do not appreciate milk, sugar and ghee.

¹³Sometimes, they have to beg for bread from door to door.

¹⁴Sometimes, they have to pick out the grain from the chaff. ||1||

¹⁵As the Lord keeps us, so do we live, O Siblings of Destiny.

¹⁶The Lord's Glory cannot even be described. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷Sometimes, people prance around on horses.

¹⁸Sometimes, they do not even have shoes for their feet. ||2||

¹⁹Sometimes, people sleep on cozy beds with white sheets.

²⁰Sometimes, they do not even have straw to put down on the ground. ||3||

²¹Naam Dayv prays, only the Naam, the Name of the Lord, can save us.

²²One who meets the Guru, is carried across to the other side. ||4||5||

²³Laughing and playing, I came to Your Temple, O Lord.

²⁴While Naam Dayv was worshipping, he was grabbed and driven out. ||1||

²⁵I am of a low social class, O Lord;

²⁶why was I born into a family of fabric dyers? ||1||Pause||

²⁷I picked up my blanket and went back,

²⁸to sit behind the temple. ||2||

²⁹As Naam Dayv uttered the Glorious Praises of the Lord,

³⁰the temple turned around to face the Lord's humble devotee. ||3||6||

³¹Bhairao, Naam Dayv Jee, Second House:

³²One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³³As the hungry person loves food,

³⁴and the thirsty person is obsessed with water,

³⁵and as the fool is attached to his family

³⁶- just so, the Lord is very dear to Naam Dayv. ||1||

³⁷Naam Dayv is in love with the Lord.

³⁸He has naturally and intuitively become detached from the world. ||1||Pause||

³⁹Like the woman who falls in love with another man,

⁴⁰and the greedy man who loves only wealth,

⁴¹and the sexually promiscuous man who loves women and sex,

⁴²just so, Naam Dayv is in love with the Lord. ||2||

⁴³But that alone is real love, which the Lord Himself inspires;

⁴⁴by Guru's Grace, duality is eradicated.

⁴⁵Such love never breaks; through it, the mortal remains merged in the Lord.

⁴⁶Naam Dayv has focused his consciousness on the True Name. ||3||

⁴⁷Like the love between the child and its mother,

⁴⁸so is my mind imbued with the Lord.

⁴⁹Prays Naam Dayv, I am in love with the Lord.

⁵⁰The Lord of the Universe abides within my consciousness. ||4||1||7||

⁵¹The blind fool abandons the wife of his own home,

¹and has an affair with another woman.

²He is like the parrot, who is pleased to see the simbal tree;

³but in the end, he dies, stuck to it. ||1||

⁴The home of the sinner is on fire.

⁵It keeps burning, and the fire cannot be extinguished. ||1||Pause||

⁶He does not go to see where the Lord is being worshipped.

⁷He abandons the Lord's Path, and takes the wrong path.

⁸He forgets the Primal Lord God, and is caught in the cycle of reincarnation.

⁹He throws away the Ambrosial Nectar, and gathers poison to eat. ||2||

¹⁰He is like the prostitute, who comes to dance,

¹¹wearing beautiful clothes, decorated and adorned.

¹²She dances to the beat, exciting the breath of those who watch her.

¹³But the noose of the Messenger of Death is around her neck. ||3||

¹⁴One who has good karma recorded on his forehead,

¹⁵hurries to enter the Guru's Sanctuary.

¹⁶Says Naam Dayv, consider this:

¹⁷O Saints, this is the way to cross over to the other side. ||4||2||8||

¹⁸Sanda and Marka went and complained to Harnaakhash, "Your son does not read his lessons. We are tired of trying to teach him.

¹⁹"Your son does not read his lessons. We are tired of trying to teach him.

²⁰He chants the Lord's Name, clapping his hands to keep the beat; he has spoiled all the other students. ||1||

²¹He chants the Lord's Name,

²²and he has enshrined meditative remembrance of the Lord within his heart." ||1||Pause||

²³"Your father the king has conquered the whole world", said his mother the queen.

²⁴"O Prahlad my son, you do not obey him, so he has decided to deal with you in another way." ||2||

²⁵The council of villians met and resolved to send Prahlaad into the life hereafter.

²⁶Prahlaad was thrown off a mountain, into the water, and into a fire, but the Sovereign Lord God saved him, by changing the laws of nature. ||3||

²⁷Harnaakhash thundered with rage and threatened to kill Prahlaad. "Tell me, who can save you?"

²⁸Prahlaad answered, "The Lord, the Master of the three worlds, is contained even in this pillar to which I am tied." ||4||

²⁹The Lord who tore Harnaakhash apart with His nails proclaimed Himself the Lord of gods and men.

³⁰Says Naam Dayv, I meditate on the Lord, the Man-lion, the Giver of fearless dignity. ||5||3||9||

³¹The Sultan said, "Listen, Naam Dayv:

³²let me see the actions of your Lord." ||1||

³³The Sultan arrested Naam Dayv,

³⁴and said, "Let me see your Beloved Lord." ||1||Pause||

³⁵"Bring this dead cow back to life.

³⁶Otherwise, I shall cut off your head here and now." ||2||

³⁷Naam Dayv answered, "O king, how can this happen?

³⁸No one can bring the dead back to life. ||3||

³⁹I cannot do anything by my own actions.

⁴⁰Whatever the Lord does, that alone happens." ||4||

⁴¹The arrogant king was enraged at this reply.

⁴²He incited an elephant to attack. ||5||

⁴³Naam Dayv's mother began to cry,

⁴⁴And she said, "Why don't you abandon your Lord Raam, and worship his Lord Allah?" ||6||

⁴⁵Naam Dayv answered, "I am not your son, and you are not my mother.

⁴⁶Even if my body dies, I will still sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord." ||7||

⁴⁷The elephant attacked him with his trunk,

⁴⁸but Naam Dayv was saved, protected by the Lord. ||8||

⁴⁹The king said, "The Qazis and the Mullahs bow down to me,

⁵⁰but this Hindu has trampled my honor." ||9||

⁵¹The people pleaded with the king, "Hear our prayer, O king.

¹Here, take Naam Dayvs weight in gold, and release him." ||10||

²The king replied, "If I take the gold, then I will be consigned to hell,

³by forsaking my faith and gathering worldly wealth." ||11||

⁴With his feet in chains, Naam Dayv kept the beat with his hands,

⁵singing the Praises of the Lord. ||12||

⁶"Even if the Ganges and the Jamunaa rivers flow backwards,

⁷I will still continue singing the Praises of the Lord." ||13||

⁸Three hours passed,

⁹and even then, the Lord of the three worlds had not come. ||14||

¹⁰Playing on the instrument of the feathered wings,

¹¹the Lord of the Universe came, mounted on the eagle garura. ||15||

¹²He cherished His devotee,

¹³and the Lord came, mounted on the eagle garura. ||16||

¹⁴The Lord said to him, "If you wish, I shall turn the earth sideways.

¹⁵If you wish, I shall turn it upside down. ||17||

¹⁶If you wish, I shall bring the dead cow back to life.

¹⁷Everyone will see and be convinced." ||18||

¹⁸Naam Dayv prayed, and milked the cow.

¹⁹He brought the calf to the cow, and milked her. ||19||

²⁰When the pitcher was filled with milk,

²¹Naam Dayv took it and placed it before the king. ||20||

²²The king went into his palace,

²³and his heart was troubled. ||21||

²⁴Through the Qazis and the Mullahs, the king offered his prayer,

²⁵"Forgive me, please, O Hindu; I am just a cow before you." ||22||

²⁶Naam Dayv said, "Listen, O king:

²⁷have I done this miracle? ||23||

²⁸The purpose of this miracle is

²⁹that you, O king, should walk on the path of truth and humility." ||24||

³⁰Naam Dayv became famous everywhere for this.

³¹The Hindus all went together to Naam Dayv. ||25||

³²If the cow had not been revived,

³³people would have lost faith in Naam Dayv. ||26||

³⁴The fame of Naam Dayv spread throughout the world.

³⁵The humble devotees were saved and carried across with him. ||27||

³⁶All sorts of troubles and pains afflicted the slanderer.

³⁷There is no difference between Naam Dayv and the Lord. ||28||1||10||

³⁸Second House:

³⁹By the Grace of the Divine Guru, one meets the Lord.

⁴⁰By the Grace of the Divine Guru, one is carried across to the other side.

⁴¹By the Grace of the Divine Guru, one swims across to heaven.

⁴²By the Grace of the Divine Guru, one remains dead while yet alive. ||1||

⁴³True, True, True True, True is the Divine Guru.

⁴⁴False, false, false, false is all other service. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁵When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is implanted within.

⁴⁶When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, one does not wander in the ten directions.

⁴⁷When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, the five demons are kept far away.

⁴⁸When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, one does not die regretting. ||2||

⁴⁹When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, one is blessed with the Ambrosial Bani of the Word.

⁵⁰When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, one speaks the Unspoken Speech.

⁵¹When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, one's body becomes like ambrosial nectar.

⁵²When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, one utters and chants the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||3||

⁵³When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, one sees the three worlds.

⁵⁴When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, one understands the state of supreme dignity.

⁵⁵When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, one's head is in the Akaashic ethers.

⁵⁶When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, one is always congratulated everywhere. ||4||

⁵⁷When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, one remains detached forever.

⁵⁸When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, one forsakes the slander of others.

¹When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, one looks upon good and bad as the same.

²When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, one has good destiny written on his forehead. ||5||

³When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, the wall of the body is not eroded.

⁴When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, the temple turns itself towards the mortal.

⁵When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, one's home is constructed.

⁶When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, one's bed is lifted up out of the water. ||6||

⁷When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, one has bathed at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

⁸When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, one's body is stamped with the sacred mark of Vishnu.

⁹When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, one has performed the twelve devotional services.

¹⁰When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, all poison is transformed into fruit. ||7||

¹¹When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, skepticism is shattered.

¹²When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, one escapes from the Messenger of Death.

¹³When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, one crosses over the terrifying world-ocean.

¹⁴When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, one is not subject to the cycle of reincarnation. ||8||

¹⁵When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, one understands the rituals of the eighteen Puraanas.

¹⁶When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, it is as if one has made an offering of the eighten loads of vegetation.

¹⁷When the Divine Guru grants His Grace, one needs no other place of rest.

¹⁸Naam Dayv has entered the Sanctuary of the Guru. ||9||1||2||11||

¹⁹Bhairao, The Word Of Ravi Daas Jee, Second House:

²⁰One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²¹Without seeing something, the yearning for it does not arise.

²²Whatever is seen, shall pass away.

²³Whoever chants and praises the Naam, the Name of the Lord,

²⁴is the true Yogi, free of desire. ||1||

²⁵When someone utters the Name of the Lord with love,

²⁶it is as if he has touched the philosopher's stone; his sense of duality is eradicated. ||1||Pause||

²⁷He alone is a silent sage, who destroys the duality of his mind.

²⁸Keeping the doors of his body closed, he merges in the Lord of the three worlds.

²⁹Everyone acts according to the inclinations of the mind.

³⁰Attuned to the Creator Lord, one remains free of fear. ||2||

³¹Plants blossom forth to produce fruit.

³²When the fruit is produced, the flowers wither away.

³³For the sake of spiritual wisdom, people act and practice rituals.

³⁴When spiritual wisdom wells up, then actions are left behind. ||3||

³⁵For the sake of ghee, wise people churn milk.

³⁶Those who are Jivan-mukta, liberated while yet alive - are forever in the state of Nirvaanaa.

³⁷Says Ravi Daas, O you unfortunate people,

³⁸why not meditate on the Lord with love in your heart? ||4||1||

³⁹Naam Dayv:

⁴⁰Come, O Lord of beautiful hair,

⁴¹wearing the robes of a Sufi Saint. ||Pause||

⁴²Your cap is the realm of the Akaashic ethers; the seven nether worlds are Your sandals.

⁴³The body covered with skin is Your temple; You are so beautiful, O Lord of the World. ||1||

⁴⁴The fifty-six million clouds are Your gowns, the 16,000 milkmaids are your skirts.

⁴⁵The eighteen loads of vegetation is Your stick, and all the world is Your plate. ||2||

⁴⁶The human body is the mosque, and the mind is the priest, who peacefully leads the prayer.

⁴⁷You are married to Maya, O Formless Lord, and so You have taken form. ||3||

⁴⁸Performing devotional worship services to You, my cymbals were taken away; unto whom should I complain?

⁴⁹Naam Dayv's Lord and Master, the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts, wanders everywhere; He has no specific home. ||4||1||