Raag Gauree

¹Raag Gauree Gwaarayree, First Mehl, Chau-Padhay & Dho-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:

³The Fear of God is overpowering, and so very heavy,

⁴while the intellect is lightweight, as is the speech one speaks.

⁵So place the Fear of God upon your head, and bear that weight;

⁶by the Grace of the Merciful Lord, contemplate the Guru. ||1||

⁷Without the Fear of God, no one crosses over the world-ocean.

⁸This Fear of God adorns the Love of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

⁹The fire of fear within the body is burnt away by the Fear of God.

¹⁰Through this Fear of God, we are adorned with the Word of the Shabad.

¹¹Without the Fear of God, all that is fashioned is false.

¹²Useless is the mold, and useless are the hammer-strokes on the mold. ||2||

¹³The desire for the worldly drama arises in the intellect,

¹⁴but even with thousands of clever mental tricks, the heat of the Fear of God does not come into play.

¹⁵O Nanak, the speech of the self-willed manmukh is just wind.

¹⁶His words are worthless and empty, like the wind. ||3||1||

¹⁷Gauree, First Mehl:

¹⁸Place the Fear of God within the home of your heart; with this Fear of God in your heart, all other fears shall be frightened away.

¹⁹What sort of fear is that, which frightens other fears?

²⁰Without You, I have other place of rest at all.

²¹Whatever happens is all according to Your Will. ||1||

²²Be afraid, if you have any fear, other than the Fear of God.

²³Afraid of fear, and living in fear, the mind is held in tumult. ||1||Pause||

²⁴The soul does not die; it does not drown, and it does not swim across.

²⁵The One who created everything does everything.

²⁶By the Hukam of His Command we come, and by the Hukam of His Command we go.

²⁷Before and after, His Command is pervading. ||2||

²⁸Cruelty, attachment, desire and egotism

²⁹there is great hunger in these, like the raging torrent of a wild stream.

³⁰Let the Fear of God be your food, drink and support.

³¹Without doing this, the fools simply die. ||3||

³²If anyone really has anyone else - how rare is that person!

³³All are Yours - You are the Lord of all.

³⁴All beings and creatures, wealth and property belong to Him.

³⁵O Nanak, it is so difficult to describe and contemplate Him. ||4||2||

³⁶Gauree, First Mehl:

³⁷Let wisdom be your mother, and contentment your father.

³⁸Let Truth be your brother - these are your best relatives. ||1||

³⁹He has been described, but He cannot be described at all.

⁴⁰Your All-pervading creative nature cannot be estimated. ||1||Pause||

¹Modesty, humility and intuitive understanding are my mother-in-law and father-in-law;

²I have made good deeds my spouse. ||2||

³Union with the Holy is my wedding date, and separation from the world is my marriage.

⁴Says Nanak, Truth is the child born of this Union. ||3||3||

⁵Gauree, First Mehl:

⁶The union of air, water and fire

⁷the body is the play-thing of the fickle and unsteady intellect.

⁸It has nine doors, and then there is the Tenth Gate.

⁹Reflect upon this and understand it, O wise one. ||1||

¹⁰The Lord is the One who speaks, teaches and listens.

¹¹One who contemplates his own self is truly wise. ||1||Pause||

¹²The body is dust; the wind speaks through it.

¹³Understand, O wise one, who has died.

¹⁴Awareness, conflict and ego have died,

¹⁵but the One who sees does not die. ||2||

¹⁶For the sake of it, you journey to sacred shrines and holy rivers;

¹⁷but this priceless jewel is within your own heart.

¹⁸The Pandits, the religious scholars, read and read endlessly; they stir up arguments and controversies,

¹⁹but they do not know the secret deep within. ||3||

²⁰I have not died - that evil nature within me has died.

²¹The One who is pervading everywhere does not die.

²²Says Nanak, the Guru has revealed God to me,

²³and now I see that there is no such thing as birth or death. ||4||4||

²⁴Gauree, First Mehl, Dakhanee:

²⁵I am forever a sacrifice to the one who listens and hears,

²⁶When the Lord Himself leads us astray, there is no other place of rest for us to find.

²⁷You impart understanding, and You unite us in Your Union. ||1||

²⁸I obtain the Naam, which shall go along with me in the end.

²⁹Without the Name, all are held in the grip of Death. ||1||Pause||

³⁰My farming and my trading are by the Support of the Name.

³¹The seeds of sin and virtue are bound together.

³²Sexual desire and anger are the wounds of the soul.

³³The evil-minded ones forget the Naam, and then depart. ||2||

³⁴True are the Teachings of the True Guru.

³⁵The body and mind are cooled and soothed, by the touchstone of Truth.

³⁶This is the true mark of wisdom: that one remains detached, like the water-lily, or the lotus upon the water.

³⁷Attuned to the Word of the Shabad, one becomes sweet, like the juice of the sugar cane. ||3||

³⁸By the Hukam of the Lord's Command, the castle of the body has ten gates.

³⁹The five passions dwell there, together with the Divine Light of the Infinite.

⁴⁰The Lord Himself is the merchandise, and He Himself is the trader.

⁴¹O Nanak, through the Naam, the Name of the Lord, we are adorned and rejuvenated. ||4||5||

⁴²Gauree, First Mehl:

⁴³How can we know where we came from?

⁴⁴Where did we originate, and where will we go and merge?

⁴⁵How are we bound, and how do we obtain liberation?

⁴⁶How do we merge with intuitive ease into the Eternal, Imperishable Lord? ||1||

⁴⁷With the Naam in the heart and the Ambrosial Naam on our lips,

⁴⁸through the Name of the Lord, we rise above desire, like the Lord. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁹With intuitive ease we come, and with intuitive ease we depart.

⁵⁰From the mind we originate, and into the mind we are absorbed.

⁵¹As Gurmukh, we are liberated, and are not bound.

⁵²Contemplating the Word of the Shabad, we are emancipated through the Name of the Lord. ||2||

⁵³At night, lots of birds settle on the tree.

⁵⁴Some are happy, and some are sad. Caught in the desires of the mind, they perish.

⁵⁵And when the life-night comes to its end, then they look to the sky.

⁵⁶They fly away in all ten directions, according to their pre-ordained destiny. ||3||

¹Those who are committed to the Naam, see the world as merely a temporary pasture.

²Sexual desire and anger are broken, like a jar of poison.

³Without the merchandise of the Name, the house of the body and the store of the mind are empty.

⁴Meeting the Guru, the hard and heavy doors are opened. ||4||

⁵One meets the Holy Saint only through perfect destiny.

⁶The Lord's perfect people rejoice in the Truth.

⁷Surrendering their minds and bodies, they find the Lord with intuitive ease.

⁸Nanak falls at their feet. ||5||6||

⁹Gauree, First Mehl:

¹⁰The conscious mind is engrossed in sexual desire, anger and Maya.

¹¹The conscious mind is awake only to falsehood, corruption and attachment.

¹²It gathers in the assets of sin and greed.

¹³So swim across the river of life, O my mind, with the Sacred Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||

¹⁴Waaho! Waaho! - Great! Great is my True Lord! I seek Your All-powerful Support.

¹⁵I am a sinner - You alone are pure. ||1||Pause||

¹⁶Fire and water join together, and the breath roars in its fury!

¹⁷The tongue and the sex organs each seek to taste.

¹⁸The eyes which look upon corruption do not know the Love and the Fear of God.

¹⁹Conquering self-conceit, one obtains the Name. ||2||

²⁰One who dies in the Word of the Shabad, shall never again have to die.

²¹Without such a death, how can one attain perfection?

²²The mind is engrossed in deception, treachery and duality.

²³Whatever the Immortal Lord does, comes to pass. ||3||

²⁴So get aboard that boat when your turn comes.

²⁵Those who fail to embark upon that boat shall be beaten in the Court of the Lord.

²⁶Blessed is that Gurdwara, the Guru's Gate, where the Praises of the True Lord are sung.

²⁷O Nanak, the One Creator Lord is pervading hearth and home. ||4||7||

²⁸Gauree, First Mehl:

²⁹The inverted heart-lotus has been turned upright, through reflective meditation on God.

³⁰From the Sky of the Tenth Gate, the Ambrosial Nectar trickles down.

³¹The Lord Himself is pervading the three worlds. ||1||

³²O my mind, do not give in to doubt.

³³When the mind surrenders to the Name, it drinks in the essence of Ambrosial Nectar. ||1||Pause||

³⁴So win the game of life; let your mind surrender and accept death.

³⁵When the self dies, the individual mind comes to know the Supreme Mind.

³⁶As the inner vision is awakened, one comes to know one's own home, deep within the self. ||2||

³⁷The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is austerity, chastity and cleansing baths at sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

³⁸What good are ostentatious displays?

³⁹The All-pervading Lord is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts. ||3||

⁴⁰If I had faith in someone else, then I would go to that one's house.

⁴¹But where should I go, to beg? There is no other place for me.

⁴²O Nanak, through the Guru's Teachings, I am intuitively absorbed in the Lord. ||4||8||

⁴³Gauree, First Mehl:

⁴⁴Meeting the True Guru, we are shown the way to die.

⁴⁵Remaining alive in this death brings joy deep within.

⁴⁶Overcoming egotistical pride, the Tenth Gate is found. ||1||

⁴⁷Death is pre-ordained - no one who comes can remain here.

⁴⁸So chant and meditate on the Lord, and remain in the Sanctuary of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁹Meeting the True Guru, duality is dispelled.

⁵⁰The heart-lotus blossoms forth, and the mind is attached to the Lord God.

⁵¹One who remains dead while yet alive obtains the greatest happiness hereafter. ||2||

⁵²Meeting the True Guru, one becomes truthful, chaste and pure.

⁵³Climbing up the steps of the Guru's Path, one becomes the highest of the high.

⁵⁴When the Lord grants His Mercy, the fear of death is conquered. ||3||

⁵⁵Uniting in Guru's Union, we are absorbed in His Loving Embrace.

⁵⁶Granting His Grace, He reveals the Mansion of His Presence, within the home of the self.

⁵⁷O Nanak, conquering egotism, we are absorbed into the Lord. ||4||9||

¹Gauree, First Mehl:

²Past actions cannot be erased.

³What do we know of what will happen hereafter?

⁴Whatever pleases Him shall come to pass.

⁵There is no other Doer except Him. ||1||

⁶I do not know about karma, or how great Your gifts are.

⁷The karma of actions, the Dharma of righteousness, social class and status, are contained within Your Name. ||1||Pause||

⁸You are So Great, O Giver, O Great Giver!

⁹The treasure of Your devotional worship is never exhausted.

¹⁰One who takes pride in himself shall never be right.

¹¹The soul and body are all at Your disposal. ||2||

¹²You kill and rejuvenate. You forgive and merge us into Yourself.

¹³As it pleases You, You inspire us to chant Your Name.

¹⁴You are All-knowing, All-seeing and True, O my Supreme Lord.

¹⁵Please, bless me with the Guru's Teachings; my faith is in You alone. ||3||

¹⁶One whose mind is attuned to the Lord, has no pollution in his body.

¹⁷Through the Guru's Word, the True Shabad is realized.

¹⁸All Power is Yours, through the greatness of Your Name.

¹⁹Nanak abides in the Sanctuary of Your devotees. ||4||10||

²⁰Gauree, First Mehl:

²¹Those who speak the Unspoken, drink in the Nectar.

²²Other fears are forgotten, and they are absorbed into the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||

²³Why should we fear, when fear is dispelled by the Fear of God?

²⁴Through the Shabad, the Word of the Perfect Guru, I recognize God. ||1||Pause||

²⁵Those whose hearts are filled with the Lord's essence are blessed and acclaimed,

²⁶Those whom the Lord puts to sleep, evening and morning

²⁷- those self-willed manmukhs are bound and gagged by Death, here and hereafter. ||3||

²⁸Those whose hearts are filled with the Lord, day and night, are perfect.

²⁹O Nanak, they merge into the Lord, and their doubts are cast away. ||4||11||

³⁰Gauree, First Mehl:

³¹One who loves the three qualities is subject to birth and death.

³²The four Vedas speak only of the visible forms.

³³They describe and explain the three states of mind,

³⁴but the fourth state, union with the Lord, is known only through the True Guru. ||1||

³⁵Through devotional worship of the Lord, and service to the Guru, one swims across.

³⁶Then, one is not born again, and is not subject to death. ||1||Pause||

³⁷Everyone speaks of the four great blessings;

³⁸the Simritees, the Shaastras and the Pandits speak of them as well.

³⁹But without the Guru, they do not understand their true significance.

⁴⁰The treasure of liberation is obtained through devotional worship of the Lord. ||2||

⁴¹Those, within whose hearts the Lord dwells,

⁴²become Gurmukh; they receive the blessings of devotional worship.

⁴³Through devotional worship of the Lord, liberation and bliss are obtained.

⁴⁴Through the Guru's Teachings, supreme ecstasy is obtained. ||3||

⁴⁵One who meets the Guru, beholds Him, and inspires others to behold Him as well.

⁴⁶In the midst of hope, the Guru teaches us to live above hope and desire.

⁴⁷He is the Master of the meek, the Giver of peace to all.

⁴⁸Nanak's mind is imbued with the Lotus Feet of the Lord. ||4||12||

⁴⁹Gauree Chaytee, First Mehl:

⁵⁰With your nectar-like body, you live in comfort, but this world is just a passing drama.

⁵¹You practice greed, avarice and great falsehood, and you carry such a heavy burden.

⁵²O body, I have seen you blowing away like dust on the earth. ||1||

⁵³Listen - listen to my advice!

⁵⁴Only the good deeds which you have done shall remain with you, O my soul. This opportunity shall not come again! ||1||Pause||

¹I say to you, O my body: listen to my advice!

²You slander, and then praise others; you indulge in lies and gossip.

³You gaze upon the wives of others, O my soul; you steal and commit evil deeds.

⁴But when the swan departs, you shall remain behind, like an abandoned woman. ||2||

⁵O body, you are living in a dream! What good deeds have you done?

⁶When I stole something by deception, then my mind was pleased.

⁷I have no honor in this world, and I shall find no shelter in the world hereafter. My life has been lost, wasted in vain! ||3||

⁸I am totally miserable! O Baba Nanak, no one cares for me at all! ||1||Pause||

⁹Turkish horses, gold, silver and loads of gorgeous clothes

¹⁰- none of these shall go with you, O Nanak. They are lost and left behind, you fool!

¹¹I have tasted all the sugar candy and sweets, but Your Name alone is Ambrosial Nectar. ||4||

¹²Digging deep foundations, the walls are constructed, but in the end, the buildings return to heaps of dust.

¹³People gather and hoard their possessions, and give nothing to anyone else - the poor fools think that everything is theirs.

¹⁴Riches do not remain with anyone - not even the golden palaces of Sri Lanka. ||5||

¹⁵Listen, you foolish and ignorant mind

¹⁶- only His Will prevails. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷My Banker is the Great Lord and Master. I am only His petty merchant.

¹⁸This soul and body all are His. He Himself kills, and brings back to life. ||6||1||13||

¹⁹Gauree Chaytee, First Mehl:

²⁰There are five of them, but I am all alone. How can I protect my hearth and home, O my mind?

²¹They are beating and plundering me over and over again; unto whom can I complain? ||1||

²²Chant the Name of the Supreme Lord, O my mind.

²³Otherwise, in the world hereafter, you will have to face the awesome and cruel army of Death. ||1||Pause||

²⁴God has erected the temple of the body; He has placed the nine doors, and the soul-bride sits within.

²⁵She enjoys the sweet play again and again, while the five demons are plundering her. ||2||

²⁶In this way, the temple is being demolished; the body is being plundered, and the soul-bride, left all alone, is captured.

²⁷Death strikes her down with his rod, the shackles are placed around her neck, and now the five have left. ||3||

²⁸The wife yearns for gold and silver, and her friends, the senses, yearn for good food.

²⁹O Nanak, she commits sins for their sake; she shall go, bound and gagged, to the City of Death. ||4||2||14||

³⁰Gauree Chaytee, First Mehl:

³¹Let your ear-rings be those ear-rings which pierce deep within your heart. Let your body be your patched coat.

³²Let the five passions be disciples under your control, O begging Yogi, and make this mind your walking stick. ||1||

³³Thus you shall find the Way of Yoga.

³⁴There is only the One Word of the Shabad; everything else shall pass away. Let this be the fruits and roots of your mind's diet. ||1||Pause||

³⁵Some try to find the Guru by shaving their heads at the Ganges, but I have made the Guru my Ganges.

³⁶The Saving Grace of the three worlds is the One Lord and Master, but those in darkness do not remember Him. ||2||

³⁷Practicing hypocrisy and attaching your mind to worldly objects, your doubt shall never depart.

¹If you focus your consciousness on the Feet of the One Lord, what reason would you have to chase after greed? ||3||

²Meditate on the Immaculate Lord, and saturate your mind with Him.

³Why, O Yogi, do you make so many false and deceptive claims? ||1||Pause||

⁴The body is wild, and the mind is foolish. Practicing egotism, selfishness and conceit, your life is passing away.

⁵Prays Nanak, when the naked body is cremated, then you will come to regret and repent. ||4||3||15||

⁶Gauree Chaytee, First Mehl:

⁷O mind, there is only the One medicine, mantra and healing herb - center your consciousness firmly on the One Lord.

⁸Take to the Lord, the Destroyer of the sins and karma of past incarnations. ||1||

⁹The One Lord and Master is pleasing to my mind.

¹⁰In Your three qualities, the world is engrossed; the Unknowable cannot be known. ||1||Pause||

¹¹Maya is so sweet to the body, like sugar or molasses. We all carry loads of it.

¹²In the dark of the night, nothing can be seen. The mouse of death is gnawing away at the rope of life, O Siblings of Destiny! ||2||

¹³As the self-willed manmukhs act, they suffer in pain. The Gurmukh obtains honor and greatness.

¹⁴Whatever He does, that alone happens; past actions cannot be erased. ||3||

¹⁵Those who are imbued with, and committed to the Lord's Love, are filled to overflowing; they never lack anything.

¹⁶If Nanak could be the dust of their feet, then he, the ignorant one, might also obtain some. ||4||4||16||

¹⁷Gauree Chaytee, First Mehl:

¹⁸Who is our mother, and who is our father? Where did we come from?

¹⁹We are formed from the fire of the womb within, and the bubble of water of the sperm. For what purpose are we created? ||1||

²⁰O my Master, who can know Your Glorious Virtues?

²¹My own demerits cannot be counted. ||1||Pause||

²²I took the form of so many plants and trees, and so many animals.

²³Many times I entered the families of snakes and flying birds. ||2||

²⁴I broke into the shops of the city and well-guarded palaces; stealing from them, I snuck home again.

²⁵I looked in front of me, and I looked behind me, but where could I hide from You? ||3||

²⁶I saw the banks of sacred rivers, the nine continents, the shops and bazaars of the cities.

²⁷Taking the scale, the merchant begins to weigh his actions within his own heart. ||4||

²⁸As the seas and the oceans are overflowing with water, so vast are my own sins.

²⁹Please, shower me with Your Mercy, and take pity upon me. I am a sinking stone - please carry me across! ||5||

³⁰My soul is burning like fire, and the knife is cutting deep.

³¹Prays Nanak, recognizing the Lord's Command, I am at peace, day and night. ||6||5||17||

³²Gauree Bairaagan, First Mehl:

³³The nights are wasted sleeping, and the days are wasted eating.

³⁴Human life is such a precious jewel, but it is being lost in exchange for a mere shell. ||1||

³⁵You do not know the Name of the Lord.

³⁶You fool - you shall regret and repent in the end! ||1||Pause||

³⁷You bury your temporary wealth in the ground, but how can you love that which is temporary?

³⁸Those who have departed, after craving for temporary wealth, have returned home without this temporary wealth. ||2||

³⁹If people could gather it in by their own efforts, then everyone would be so lucky.

¹According to the karma of past actions, one's destiny unfolds, even though everyone wants to be so lucky. ||3||

²O Nanak, the One who created the creation - He alone takes care of it.

³The Hukam of our Lord and Master's Command cannot be known; He Himself blesses us with greatness. ||4||1||18||

⁴Gauree Bairaagan, First Mehl:

⁵What if I were to become a deer, and live in the forest, picking and eating fruits and roots

⁶- by Guru's Grace, I am a sacrifice to my Master. Again and again, I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice. ||1||

⁷I am the shop-keeper of the Lord.

⁸Your Name is my merchandise and trade. ||1||Pause||

⁹If I were to become a cuckoo, living in a mango tree, I would still contemplate the Word of the Shabad.

¹⁰I would still meet my Lord and Master, with intuitive ease; the Darshan, the Blessed Vision of His Form, is incomparably beautiful. ||2||

¹¹If I were to become a fish, living in the water, I would still remember the Lord, who watches over all beings and creatures.

¹²My Husband Lord dwells on this shore, and on the shore beyond; I would still meet Him, and hug Him close in my embrace. ||3||

¹³If I were to become a snake, living in the ground, the Shabad would still dwell in my mind, and my fears would be dispelled.

¹⁴O Nanak, they are forever the happy soul-brides, whose light merges into His Light. ||4||2||19||

¹⁵Gauree Poorbee Deepkee, First Mehl:

¹⁶One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹⁷In that house where the Praises of the Creator are chanted

¹⁸- in that house, sing the Songs of Praise, and meditate in remembrance on the Creator Lord. ||1||

¹⁹Sing the Songs of Praise of my Fearless Lord.

²⁰I am a sacrifice to that Song of Praise which brings eternal peace. ||1||Pause||

²¹Day after day, He cares for His beings; the Great Giver watches over all.

²²Your gifts cannot be appraised; how can anyone compare to the Giver? ||2||

²³The day of my wedding is pre-ordained. Come - let's gather together and pour the oil over the threshold.

²⁴My friends, give me your blessings, that I may merge with my Lord and Master. ||3||

²⁵Unto each and every home, into each and every heart, this summons is sent out; the call comes each and every day.

²⁶Remember in meditation the One who summons us; O Nanak, that day is drawing near! ||4||1||20||

²⁷Raag Gauree Gwaarayree: Third Mehl, Chau-Padhay:

²⁸Third Mehla, Chau-Padhay:

²⁹One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³⁰Meeting the Guru, we meet the Lord.

³¹He Himself unites us in His Union.

³²My God knows all His Own Ways.

³³By the Hukam of His Command, He unites those who recognize the Word of the Shabad. ||1||

³⁴By the Fear of the True Guru, doubt and fear are dispelled.

³⁵Imbued with His Fear, we are absorbed in the Love of the True One. ||1||Pause||

³⁶Meeting the Guru, the Lord naturally dwells within the mind.

³⁷My God is Great and Almighty; His value cannot be estimated.

³⁸Through the Shabad, I praise Him; He has no end or limitations.

³⁹My God is the Forgiver. I pray that He may forgive me. ||2||

⁴⁰Meeting the Guru, all wisdom and understanding are obtained.

¹The mind becomes pure, when the True Lord dwells within.

²When one dwells in Truth, all actions become true.

³The ultimate action is to contemplate the Word of the Shabad. ||3||

⁴Through the Guru, true service is performed.

⁵How rare is that Gurmukh who recognizes the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

⁶The Giver, the Great Giver, lives forever.

⁷Nanak enshrines love for the Name of the Lord. ||4||1||21||

⁸Gauree Gwaarayree, Third Mehl:

⁹Those who obtain spiritual wisdom from the Guru are very rare.

¹⁰Those who obtain this understanding from the Guru become acceptable.

¹¹Through the Guru, we intuitively contemplate the True One.

¹²Through the Guru, the Gate of Liberation is found. ||1||

¹³Through perfect good destiny, we come to meet the Guru.

¹⁴The true ones are intuitively absorbed in the True Lord. ||1||Pause||

¹⁵Meeting the Guru, the fire of desire is quenched.

¹⁶Through the Guru, peace and tranquility come to dwell within the mind.

¹⁷Through the Guru, we become pure, holy and true.

¹⁸Through the Guru, we are absorbed in the Word of the Shabad. ||2||

¹⁹Without the Guru, everyone wanders in doubt.

²⁰Without the Name, they suffer in terrible pain.

²¹Those who meditate on the Naam become Gurmukh.

²²True honor is obtained through the Darshan, the Blessed Vision of the True Lord. ||3||

²³Why speak of any other? He alone is the Giver.

²⁴When He grants His Grace, union with the Shabad is obtained.

²⁵Meeting with my Beloved, I sing the Glorious Praises of the True Lord.

²⁶O Nanak, becoming true, I am absorbed in the True One. ||4||2||22||

²⁷Gauree Gwaarayree, Third Mehl:

²⁸True is that place, where the mind becomes pure.

²⁹True is the one who abides in Truth.

³⁰The True Bani of the Word is known throughout the four ages.

³¹The True One Himself is everything. ||1||

³²Through the karma of good actions, one joins the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation.

³³Sing the Glories of the Lord, sitting in that place. ||1||Pause||

³⁴Burn this tongue, which loves duality,

³⁵which does not taste the sublime essence of the Lord, and which utters insipid words.

³⁶Without understanding, the body and mind become tasteless and insipid.

³⁷Without the Name, the miserable ones depart crying out in pain. ||2||

³⁸One whose tongue naturally and intuitively tastes the Lord's sublime essence,

³⁹Imbued with Truth, one contemplates the Word of the Guru's Shabad,

⁴⁰and drinks in the Ambrosial Nectar, from the immaculate stream within. ||3||

⁴¹The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is collected in the vessel of the mind.

⁴²Nothing is collected if the vessel is upside-down.

⁴³Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the Naam abides within the mind.

⁴⁴O Nanak, True is that vessel of the mind, which thirsts for the Shabad. ||4||3||23||

⁴⁵Gauree Gwaarayree, Third Mehl:

⁴⁶Some sing on and on, but their minds do not find happiness.

⁴⁷In egotism, they sing, but it is wasted uselessly.

⁴⁸Those who love the Naam, sing the song.

⁴⁹They contemplate the True Bani of the Word, and the Shabad. ||1||

⁵⁰They sing on and on, if it pleases the True Guru.

⁵¹Their minds and bodies are embellished and adorned, attuned to the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

⁵²Some sing, and some perform devotional worship.

⁵³Without heart-felt love, the Naam is not obtained.

⁵⁴True devotional worship consists of love for the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

⁵⁵The devotee keeps his Beloved clasped tightly to his heart. ||2||

¹The fools perform devotional worship by showing off;

²they dance and dance and jump all around, but they only suffer in terrible pain.

³By dancing and jumping, devotional worship is not performed.

⁴But one who dies in the Word of the Shabad, obtains devotional worship. ||3||

⁵The Lord is the Lover of His devotees; He inspires them to perform devotional worship.

⁶True devotional worship consists of eliminating selfishness and conceit from within.

⁷My True God knows all ways and means.

⁸O Nanak, He forgives those who recognize the Naam. ||4||4||24||

⁹Gauree Gwaarayree, Third Mehl:

¹⁰When someone kills and subdues his own mind, his wandering nature is also subdued.

¹¹Without such a death, how can one find the Lord?

¹²Only a few know the medicine to kill the mind.

¹³One whose mind dies in the Word of the Shabad, understands Him. ||1||

¹⁴He grants greatness to those whom He forgives.

¹⁵By Guru's Grace, the Lord comes to dwell within the mind. ||1||Pause||

¹⁶The Gurmukh practices doing good deeds;

¹⁷thus he comes to understand this mind.

¹⁸The mind is like an elephant, drunk with wine.

¹⁹The Guru is the rod which controls it, and shows it the way. ||2||

²⁰The mind is uncontrollable; how rare are those who subdue it.

²¹Those who move the immovable become pure.

²²The Gurmukhs embellish and beautify this mind.

²³They eradicate egotism and corruption from within. ||3||

²⁴Those who, by pre-ordained destiny, are united in the Lord's Union,

²⁵are never separated from Him again; they are absorbed in the Shabad.

²⁶He Himself knows His Own Almighty Power.

²⁷O Nanak, the Gurmukh realizes the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||4||5||25||

²⁸Gauree Gwaarayree, Third Mehl:

²⁹The entire world has gone insane in egotism.

³⁰In the love of duality, it wanders deluded by doubt.

³¹The mind is distracted by great anxiety; no one recognizes one's own self.

³²Occupied with their own affairs, their nights and days are passing away. ||1||

³³Meditate on the Lord in your hearts, O my Siblings of Destiny.

³⁴The Gurmukh's tongue savors the sublime essence of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

³⁵The Gurmukhs recognize the Lord in their own hearts;

³⁶they serve the Lord, the Life of the World. They are famous throughout the four ages.

³⁷They subdue egotism, and realize the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

³⁸God, the Architect of Destiny, showers His Mercy upon them. ||2||

³⁹True are those who merge into the Word of the Guru's Shabad;

⁴⁰they restrain their wandering mind and keep it steady.

⁴¹The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is the nine treasures. It is obtained from the Guru.

⁴²By the Lord's Grace, the Lord comes to dwell in the mind. ||3||

⁴³Chanting the Name of the Lord, Raam, Raam, the body becomes peaceful and tranquil.

⁴⁴He dwells deep within - the pain of death does not touch Him.

⁴⁵He Himself is our Lord and Master; He is His Own Advisor.

⁴⁶O Nanak, serve the Lord forever; He is the treasure of glorious virtue. ||4||6||26||

⁴⁷Gauree Gwaarayree, Third Mehl:

⁴⁸Why forget Him, unto whom the soul and the breath of life belong?

⁴⁹Why forget Him, who is all-pervading?

⁵⁰Serving Him, one is honored and accepted in the Court of the Lord. ||1||

⁵¹I am a sacrifice to the Name of the Lord.

⁵²If I were to forget You, at that very instant, I would die. ||1||Pause||

⁵³Those whom You Yourself have led astray, forget You.

¹Thse who are in love with duality forget You.

²The ignorant, self-willed manmukhs are consigned to reincarnation. ||2||

³Those who are pleasing to the One Lord are assigned

⁴Through the Guru's Teachings, they are absorbed in the Lord's Name. ||3||

⁵Those who have virtue as their treasure, contemplate spiritual wisdom.

⁶Those who have virtue as their treasure, subdue egotism.

⁷Nanak is a sacrifice to those who are attuned to the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||4||7||27||

⁸Gauree Gwaarayree, Third Mehl:

⁹You are Indescribable; how can I describe You?

¹⁰Those who subdue their minds, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, are absorbed in You.

¹¹Your Glorious Virtues are countless; their value cannot be estimated. ||1||

¹²The Word of His Bani belongs to Him; in Him, it is diffused.

¹³Your Speech cannot be spoken; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, it is chanted. ||1||Pause||

¹⁴Where the True Guru is - there is the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation.

¹⁵Where the True Guru is - there, the Glorious Praises of the Lord are intuitively sung.

¹⁶Where the True Guru is - there egotism is burnt away, through the Word of the Shabad. ||2||

¹⁷The Gurmukhs serve Him; they obtain a place in the Mansion of His Presence.

¹⁸The Gurmukhs enshrine the Naam within the mind.

¹⁹The Gurmukhs worship the Lord, and are absorbed in the Naam. ||3||

²⁰The Giver Himself gives His Gifts,

²¹as we enshrine love for the True Guru.

²²Nanak celebrates those who are attuned to the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||4||8||28||

²³Gauree Gwaarayree, Third Mehl:

²⁴All forms and colors come from the One Lord.

²⁵Air, water and fire are all kept together.

²⁶The Lord God beholds the many and various colors. ||1||

²⁷The One Lord is wondrous and amazing! He is the One, the One and Only.

²⁸How rare is that Gurmukh who meditates on the Lord. ||1||Pause||

²⁹God is naturally pervading all places.

³⁰Sometimes He is hidden, and sometimes He is revealed; thus God has made the world of His making.

³¹He Himself wakes us from sleep. ||2||

³²No one can estimate His value,

³³although everyone has tried, over and over again, to describe Him.

³⁴Those who merge in the Word of the Guru's Shabad, come to understand the Lord. ||3||

³⁵They listen to the Shabad continually; beholding Him, they merge into Him.

³⁶They obtain glorious greatness by serving the Guru.

³⁷O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Name are absorbed in the Lord's Name. ||4||9||29||

³⁸Gauree Gwaarayree, Third Mehl:

³⁹The self-willed manmukhs are asleep, in love and attachment to Maya.

⁴⁰The Gurmukhs are awake, contemplating spiritual wisdom and the Glory of God.

⁴¹Those humble beings who love the Naam, are awake and aware. ||1||

⁴²One who is awake to this intuitive wisdom does not fall asleep.

⁴³How rare are those humble beings who understand this through the Perfect Guru. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁴The unsaintly blockhead shall never understand.

⁴⁵He babbles on and on, but he is infatuated with Maya.

⁴⁶Blind and ignorant, he shall never be reformed. ||2||

⁴⁷In this age, salvation comes only from the Lord's Name.

⁴⁸How rare are those who contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

⁴⁹They save themselves, and save all their family and ancestors as well. ||3||

¹In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, no one is interested in good karma, or Dharmic faith.

²This Dark Age was born in the house of evil.

³O Nanak, without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, no one is liberated. ||4||10||30||

⁴Gauree, Third Mehl, Gwaarayree:

⁵True is the Lord King, True is His Royal Command.

⁶Those whose minds are attuned to the True,

⁷Listen, O my mind: contemplate the Word of the Shabad.

⁸Chant the Lord's Name, and cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ||1||Pause||

⁹In doubt he comes, and in doubt he goes.

¹⁰This world is born out of the love of duality.

¹¹The self-willed manmukh does not remember the Lord; he continues coming and going in reincarnation. ||2||

¹²Does he himself go astray, or does God lead him astray?

¹³This soul is enjoined to the service of someone else.

¹⁴It earns only terrible pain, and this life is lost in vain. ||3||

¹⁵Granting His Grace, He leads us to meet the True Guru.

¹⁶Remembering the One Name, doubt is cast out from within.

¹⁷O Nanak, chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the nine treasures of the Name are obtained. ||4||11||31||

¹⁸Gauree Gwaarayree, Third Mehl:

¹⁹Go and ask the Gurmukhs, who meditate on the Lord.

²⁰Serving the Guru, the mind is satisfied.

²¹Those who earn the Lord's Name are wealthy.

²²Through the Perfect Guru, understanding is obtained. ||1||

²³Chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, O my Siblings of Destiny.

²⁴The Gurmukhs serve the Lord, and so they are accepted. ||1||Pause||

²⁵Those who recognize the self - their minds become pure.

²⁶They become Jivan-mukta, liberated while yet alive, and they find the Lord.

²⁷Singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, the intellect becomes pure and sublime,

²⁸and they are easily and intuitively absorbed in the Lord. ||2||

²⁹In the love of duality, no one can serve the Lord.

³⁰In egotism and Maya, they are eating toxic poison.

³¹They are emotionally attached to their children, family and home.

³²The blind, self-willed manmukhs come and go in reincarnation. ||3||

³³Those, unto whom the Lord bestows His Name,

³⁴How rare are those who understand the Guru's Teachings!

³⁵O Nanak, they are absorbed in the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||4||12||32||

³⁶Gauree Gwaarayree, Third Mehl:

³⁷The Guru's service has been performed throughout the four ages.

³⁸Very few are those perfect ones who do this good deed.

³⁹The wealth of the Lord's Name is inexhaustible; it shall never be exhausted.

⁴⁰In this world, it brings a constant peace, and at the Lord's Gate, it brings honor. ||1||

⁴¹O my mind, have no doubt about this.

⁴²Those Gurmukhs who serve, drink in the Ambrosial Nectar. ||1||Pause||

⁴³Those who serve the True Guru are the greatest people of the world.

⁴⁴They save themselves, and they redeem all their generations as well.

⁴⁵They keep the Name of the Lord clasped tightly to their hearts.

⁴⁶Attuned to the Naam, they cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ||2||

⁴⁷Serving the True Guru, the mind becomes humble forever.

⁴⁸Egotism is subdued, and the heart-lotus blossoms forth.

⁴⁹The Unstruck Melody vibrates, as they dwell within the home of the self.

⁵⁰Attuned to the Naam, they remain detached within their own home. ||3||

⁵¹Serving the True Guru, their words are true.

⁵²Throughout the ages, the devotees chant and repeat these words.

⁵³Night and day, they meditate on the Lord, the Sustainer of the Earth.

¹O Nanak, attuned to the Naam, the Name of the Lord, they are detached, in the perfect balance of Nirvaanaa. ||4||13||33||

²Gauree Gwaarayree, Third Mehl:

³Through great good fortune and high destiny, one meets the True Guru.

⁴The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is constantly within the heart, and one enjoys the sublime essence of the Lord. ||1||

⁵O mortal, become Gurmukh, and meditate on the Name of the Lord.

⁶Be victorious in the game of life, and earn the profit of the Naam. ||1||Pause||

⁷Spiritual wisdom and meditation come to those unto whom the Word of the Guru's Shabad is sweet.

⁸By Guru's Grace, a few have tasted, and seen it. ||2||

⁹They may perform all sorts of religious rituals and good actions,

¹⁰but without the Name, the egotistical ones are cursed and doomed. ||3||

¹¹They are bound and gagged, and hung by Maya's noose;

¹²O servant Nanak, they shall be released only by Guru's Grace. ||4||14||34||

¹³Third Mehl, Gauree Bairaagan:

¹⁴The clouds pour their rain down upon the earth, but isn't there water within the earth as well?

¹⁵Water is contained within the earth; without feet, the clouds run around and let down their rain. ||1||

¹⁶O Baba, get rid of your doubts like this.

¹⁷As you act, so shall you become, and so you shall go and mingle. ||1||Pause||

¹⁸As woman or man, what can anyone do?

¹⁹The many and various forms are always Yours, O Lord; they shall merge again into You. ||2||

²⁰In countless incarnations, I went astray. Now that I have found You, I shall no longer wander.

²¹It is His work; those who are absorbed in the Word of the Guru's Shabad come to know it well. ||3||

²²The Shabad is Yours; You are Yourself. Where is there any doubt?

²³O Nanak, one whose essence is merged with the Lord's essence does not have to enter the cycle of reincarnation again. ||4||1||15||35||

²⁴Gauree Bairaagan, Third Mehl:

²⁵The whole world is under the power of Death, bound by the love of duality.

²⁶The self-willed manmukhs do their deeds in ego; they receive their just rewards. ||1||

²⁷O my mind, focus your consciousness on the Guru's Feet.

²⁸As Gurmukh, you shall be awarded the treasure of the Naam. In the Court of the Lord, you shall be saved. ||1||Pause||

²⁹Through 8.4 million incarnations, people wander lost; in stubborn-mindedness, they come and go.

³⁰They do not realize the Word of the Guru's Shabad; they are reincarnated over and over again. ||2||

³¹The Gurmukh understands his own self. The Lord's Name comes to dwell within the mind.

³²Imbued with devotion to the Lord's Name, night and day, he merges in peace. ||3||

³³When one's mind dies in the Shabad, one radiates faith and confidence, shedding egotism and corruption.

³⁴O servant Nanak, through the karma of good actions, the treasure of devotional worship and the Name of the Lord are attained. ||4||2||16||36||

³⁵Gauree Bairaagan, Third Mehl:

³⁶The Lord, Har, Har, has ordained that the soul is to stay in her parents' home for only a few short days.

³⁷Glorious is that soul-bride, who as Gurmukh, sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

³⁸She who cultivates virtue in her parents' home, shall obtain a home at her in-laws.

³⁹The Gurmukhs are intuitively absorbed into the Lord. The Lord is pleasing to their minds. ||1||

⁴⁰Our Husband Lord dwells in this world, and in the world beyond. Tell me, how can He be found?

⁴¹The Immaculate Lord Himself is unseen. He unites us with Himself. ||1||Pause||

¹God Himself bestows wisdom; meditate on the Name of the Lord.

²By great good fortune, one meets the True Guru, who places the Ambrosial Nectar in the mouth.

³When egotism and duality are eradicated, one intuitively merges in peace.

⁴He Himself is All-pervading; He Himself links us to His Name. ||2||

⁵The self-willed manmukhs, in their arrogant pride, do not find God; they are so ignorant and foolish!

⁶They do not serve the True Guru, and in the end, they regret and repent, over and over again.

⁷They are cast into the womb to be reincarnated, and within the womb, they rot.

⁸As it pleases my Creator Lord, the self-willed manmukhs wander around lost. ||3||

⁹My Lord God inscribed the full pre-ordained destiny upon the forehead.

¹⁰When one meets the Great and Courageous Guru, one meditates on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

¹¹The Lord's Name is my mother and father; the Lord is my relative and brother.

¹²O Lord, Har, Har, please forgive me and unite me with Yourself. Servant Nanak is a lowly worm. ||4||3||17||37||

¹³Gauree Bairaagan, Third Mehl:

¹⁴From the True Guru, I obtained spiritual wisdom; I contemplate the Lord's essence.

¹⁵My polluted intellect was enlightened by chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

¹⁶The distinction between Shiva and Shakti - mind and matter - has been destroyed, and the darkness has been dispelled.

¹⁷The Lord's Name is loved by those, upon whose foreheads such pre-ordained destiny was written. ||1||

¹⁸How can the Lord be obtained, O Saints? Seeing Him, my life is sustained.

¹⁹Without the Lord, I cannot live, even for an instant. Unite me with the Guru, so that I may drink in the sublime essence of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

²⁰I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and I listen to them daily; the Lord, Har, Har, has emancipated me.

²¹I have obtained the Lord's essence from the Guru; my mind and body are drenched with it.

²²Blessed, blessed is the Guru, the True Being, who has blessed me with devotional worship of the Lord.

²³From the Guru, I have obtained the Lord; I have made Him my Guru. ||2||

²⁴The Sovereign Lord is the Giver of virtue. I am worthless and without virtue.

²⁵The sinners sink like stones; through the Guru's Teachings, the Lord carries us across.

²⁶You are the Giver of virtue, O Immaculate Lord; I am worthless and without virtue.

²⁷I have entered Your Sanctuary, Lord; please save me, as You have saved the idiots and fools. ||3||

²⁸Eternal celestial bliss comes through the Guru's Teachings, by meditating continually on the Lord, Har, Har.

²⁹I have obtained the Lord God as my Best Friend, within the home of my own self. I sing the Songs of Joy.

³⁰Please shower me with Your Mercy, O Lord God, that I may meditate on Your Name, Har, Har.

³¹Servant Nanak begs for the dust of the feet of those who have found the True Guru. ||4||4||18||38||

³²Gauree Gwaarayree, Fourth Mehl, Chau-Padhay:

³³One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³⁴The Pandit - the religious scholar - recites the Shaastras and the Simritees;

³⁵the Yogi cries out, "Gorakh, Gorakh".

³⁶But I am just a fool - I just chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||1||

³⁷I do not know what my condition shall be, Lord.

³⁸O my mind, vibrate and meditate on the Name of the Lord. You shall cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ||1||Pause||

¹The Sannyaasee smears his body with ashes;

²renouncing other men's women, he practices celibacy.

³I am just a fool, Lord; I place my hopes in You! ||2||

⁴The Kh'shaatriya acts bravely, and is recognized as a warrior.

⁵The Shoodra and the Vaisha work and slave for others;

⁶I am just a fool - I am saved by the Lord's Name. ||3||

⁷The entire Universe is Yours; You Yourself permeate and pervade it.

⁸O Nanak, the Gurmukhs are blessed with glorious greatness.

⁹I am blind - I have taken the Lord as my Support. ||4||1||39||

¹⁰Gauree Gwaarayree, Fourth Mehl:

¹¹The Speech of the Lord is the most sublime speech, free of any attributes.

¹²Vibrate on it, meditate on it, and join the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

¹³Cross over the terrifying world-ocean, listening to the Unspoken Speech of the Lord. ||1||

¹⁴O Lord of the Universe, unite me with the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation.

¹⁵My tongue savors the sublime essence of the Lord, singing the Lord's Glorious Praises. ||1||Pause||

¹⁶Those humble beings who meditate on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har

¹⁷please make me the slave of their slaves, Lord.

¹⁸Serving Your slaves is the ultimate good deed. ||2||

¹⁹One who chants the Speech of the Lord

²⁰that humble servant is pleasing to my conscious mind.

²¹Those who are blessed with great good fortune obtain the dust of the feet of the humble. ||3||

²²Those who are blessed with such pre-ordained destiny

²³Those humble beings, O Nanak, are absorbed in the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||4||2||40||

²⁴Gauree Gwaarayree, Fourth Mehl:

²⁵The mother loves to see her son eat.

²⁶The fish loves to bathe in the water.

²⁷The True Guru loves to place food in the mouth of His GurSikh. ||1||

²⁸If only I could meet those humble servants of the Lord, O my Beloved.

²⁹Meeting with them, my sorrows depart. ||1||Pause||

³⁰As the cow shows her love to her strayed calf when she finds it,

³¹and as the bride shows her love for her husband when he returns home,

³²so does the Lord's humble servant love to sing the Praises of the Lord. ||2||

³³The rainbird loves the rainwater, falling in torrents;

³⁴the king loves to see his wealth on display.

³⁵The humble servant of the Lord loves to meditate on the Formless Lord. ||3||

³⁶The mortal man loves to accumulate wealth and property.

³⁷The GurSikh loves to meet and embrace the Guru.

³⁸Servant Nanak loves to kiss the feet of the Holy. ||4||3||41||

³⁹Gauree Gwaarayree, Fourth Mehl:

⁴⁰The beggar loves to receive charity from the wealthy landlord.

⁴¹The hungry person loves to eat food.

⁴²The GurSikh loves to find satisfaction by meeting the Guru. ||1||

⁴³O Lord, grant me the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan; I place my hopes in You, Lord.

⁴⁴Shower me with Your Mercy, and fulfill my longing. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁵The song-bird loves the sun shining in her face.

⁴⁶Meeting her Beloved, all her pains are left behind.

⁴⁷The GurSikh loves to gaze upon the Face of the Guru. ||2||

⁴⁸The calf loves to suck its mother's milk;

⁴⁹its heart blossoms forth upon seeing its mother.

⁵⁰The GurSikh loves to gaze upon the Face of the Guru. ||3||

⁵¹All other loves and emotional attachment to Maya are false.

⁵²They shall pass away, like false and transitory decorations.

⁵³Servant Nanak is fulfilled, through the Love of the True Guru. ||4||4||42||

¹Gauree Gwaarayree, Fourth Mehl:

²Service to the True Guru is fruitful and rewarding;

³meeting Him, I meditate on the Name of the Lord, the Lord Master.

⁴So many are emancipated along with those who meditate on the Lord. ||1||

⁵O GurSikhs, chant the Name of the Lord, O my Siblings of Destiny.

⁶Chanting the Lord's Name, all sins are washed away. ||1||Pause||

⁷When one meets the Guru, then the mind becomes centered.

⁸The five passions, running wild, are brought to rest by meditating on the Lord.

⁹Night and day, within the body-village, the Glorious Praises of the Lord are sung. ||2||

¹⁰Those who apply the dust of the Feet of the True Guru to their faces,

¹¹renounce falsehood and enshrine love for the Lord.

¹²Their faces are radiant in the Court of the Lord, O Siblings of Destiny. ||3||

¹³Service to the Guru is pleasing to the Lord Himself.

¹⁴Even Krishna and Balbhadar meditated on the Lord, falling at the Guru's Feet.

¹⁵O Nanak, the Lord Himself saves the Gurmukhs. ||4||5||43||

¹⁶Gauree Gwaarayree, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁷The Lord Himself is the Yogi, who wields the staff of authority.

¹⁸The Lord Himself practices tapa - intense self-disciplined meditation;

¹⁹Such is my Lord, who is all-pervading everywhere.

²⁰He dwells near at hand - the Lord is not far away. ||1||Pause||

²¹The Lord Himself is the Word of the Shabad. He Himself is the awareness, attuned to its music.

²²The Lord Himself beholds, and He Himself blossoms forth.

²³The Lord Himself chants, and the Lord Himself inspires others to chant. ||2||

²⁴He Himself is the rainbird, and the Ambrosial Nectar raining down.

²⁵The Lord is the Ambrosial Nectar; He Himself leads us to drink it in.

²⁶The Lord Himself is the Doer; He Himself is our Saving Grace. ||3||

²⁷The Lord Himself is the Boat, the Raft and the Boatman.

²⁸The Lord Himself, through the Guru's Teachings, saves us.

²⁹O Nanak, the Lord Himself carries us across to the other side. ||4||6||44||

³⁰Gauree Bairaagan, Fourth Mehl:

³¹O Master, You are my Banker. I receive only that capital which You give me.

³²I would purchase the Lord's Name with love, if You Yourself, in Your Mercy, would sell it to me. ||1||

³³I am the merchant, the peddler of the Lord.

³⁴I trade in the merchandise and capital of the Lord's Name. ||1||Pause||

³⁵I have earned the profit, the wealth of devotional worship of the Lord. I have become pleasing to the Mind of the Lord, the True Banker.

³⁶I chant and meditate on the Lord, loading the merchandise of the Lord's Name. The Messenger of Death, the tax collector, does not even approach me. ||2||

³⁷Those traders who trade in other merchandise, are caught up in the endless waves of the pain of Maya.

³⁸According to the business in which the Lord has placed them, so are the rewards they obtain. ||3||

³⁹People trade in the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, when the God shows His Mercy and bestows it.

⁴⁰Servant Nanak serves the Lord, the Banker; he shall never again be called to render his account. ||4||1||7||45||

⁴¹Gauree Bairaagan, Fourth Mehl:

⁴²The mother nourishes the fetus in the womb, hoping for a son,

⁴³who will grow and earn and give her money to enjoy herself.

⁴⁴In just the same way, the humble servant of the Lord loves the Lord, who extends His Helping Hand to us. ||1||

¹O my Lord, I am so foolish; save me, O my Lord God!

²Your servant's praise is Your Own Glorious Greatness. ||1||Pause||

³Those whose minds are pleased by the Praises of the Lord, Har, Har, are joyful in the palaces of their own homes.

⁴Their mouths savor all the sweet delicacies when they sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

⁵The Lord's humble servants are the saviors of their families; they save their families for twenty-one generations - they save the entire world! ||2||

⁶Whatever has been done, has been done by the Lord; it is the Glorious Greatness of the Lord.

⁷O Lord, in Your creatures, You are pervading; You inspire them to worship You.

⁸The Lord leads us to the treasure of devotional worship; He Himself bestows it. ||3||

⁹I am a slave, purchased in Your market; what clever tricks do I have?

¹⁰If the Lord were to set me upon a throne, I would still be His slave. If I were a grass-cutter, I would still chant the Lord's Name.

¹¹Servant Nanak is the slave of the Lord; contemplate the Glorious Greatness of the Lord||4||2||8||46||

¹²Gauree Bairaagan, Fourth Mehl:

¹³The farmers love to work their farms;

¹⁴they plow and work the fields, so that their sons and daughters may eat.

¹⁵In just the same way, the Lord's humble servants chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, and in the end, the Lord shall save them. ||1||

¹⁶I am foolish - save me, O my Lord!

¹⁷O Lord, enjoin me to work and serve the Guru, the True Guru. ||1||Pause||

¹⁸The traders buy horses, planning to trade them.

¹⁹They hope to earn wealth; their attachment to Maya increases.

²⁰In just the same way, the Lord's humble servants chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har; chanting the Lord's Name, they find peace. ||2||

²¹The shop-keepers collect poison, sitting in their shops, carrying on their business.

²²Their love is false, their displays are false, and they are engrossed in falsehood.

²³In just the same way, the Lord's humble servants gather the wealth of the Lord's Name; they take the Lord's Name as their supplies. ||3||

²⁴This emotional attachment to Maya and family, and the love of duality, is a noose around the neck.

²⁵Following the Guru's Teachings, the humble servants are carried across; they become the slaves of the Lord's slaves.

²⁶Servant Nanak meditates on the Naam; the Gurmukh is enlightened. ||4||3||9||47||

²⁷Gauree Bairaagan, Fourth Mehl:

²⁸Continuously, day and night, they are gripped by greed and deluded by doubt.

²⁹The slaves labor in slavery, carrying the loads upon their heads.

³⁰That humble being who serves the Guru is put to work by the Lord in His Home. ||1||

³¹O my Lord, please break these bonds of Maya, and put me to work in Your Home.

³²I continuously sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord; I am absorbed in the Lord's Name. ||1||Pause||

³³Mortal men work for kings, all for the sake of wealth and Maya.

³⁴But the king either imprisons them, or fines them, or else dies himself.

³⁵Blessed, rewarding and fruitful is the service of the True Guru; through it, I chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, and I have found peace. ||2||

³⁶Everyday, people carry on their business, with all sorts of devices to earn interest, for the sake of Maya.

³⁷If they earn a profit, they are pleased, but their hearts are broken by losses.

³⁸One who is worthy, becomes a partner with the Guru, and finds a lasting peace forever. ||3||

¹The more one feels hunger for other tastes and pleasures, the more this hunger persists.

²Those unto whom the Lord Himself shows mercy, sell their head to the Guru.

³Servant Nanak is satisfied by the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. He shall never feel hungry again. ||4||4||10||48||

⁴Gauree Bairaagan, Fourth Mehl:

⁵Within my conscious mind is the constant longing for the Lord. How can I behold the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan, Lord?

⁶One who loves the Lord knows this; the Lord is very dear to my conscious mind.

⁷I am a sacrifice to my Guru, who has re-united me with my Creator Lord; I was separated from Him for such a long time! ||1||

⁸O my Lord, I am a sinner; I have come to Your Sanctuary, and fallen at Your Door, Lord.

⁹My intellect is worthless; I am filthy and polluted. Please shower me with Your Mercy sometime. ||1||Pause||

¹⁰My demerits are so many and numerous. I have sinned so many times, over and over again. O Lord, they cannot be counted.

¹¹You, Lord, are the Merciful Treasure of Virtue. When it pleases You, Lord, You forgive me.

¹²I am a sinner, saved only by the Company of the Guru. He has bestowed the Teachings of the Lord's Name, which saves me. ||2||

¹³What Glorious Virtues of Yours can I describe, O my True Guru? When the Guru speaks, I am transfixed with wonder.

¹⁴Can anyone else save a sinner like me? The True Guru has protected and saved me.

¹⁵O Guru, You are my father. O Guru, You are my mother. O Guru, You are my relative, companion and friend. ||3||

¹⁶My condition, O my True Guru - that condition, O Lord, is known only to You.

¹⁷I was rolling around in the dirt, and no one cared for me at all. In the Company of the Guru, the True Guru, I, the worm, have been raised up and exalted.

¹⁸Blessed, blessed is the Guru of servant Nanak; meeting Him, all my sorrows and troubles have come to an end. ||4||5||11||49||

¹⁹Gauree Bairaagan, Fourth Mehl:

²⁰The soul of the man is lured by gold and women; emotional attachment to Maya is so sweet to him.

²¹The mind has become attached to the pleasures of houses, palaces, horses and other enjoyments.

²²The Lord God does not even enter his thoughts; how can he be saved, O my Lord King? ||1||

²³O my Lord, these are my lowly actions, O my Lord.

²⁴O Lord, Har, Har, Treasure of Virtue, Merciful Lord: please bless me with Your Grace and forgive me for all my mistakes. ||1||Pause||

²⁵I have no beauty, no social status, no manners.

²⁶With what face am I to speak? I have no virtue at all; I have not chanted Your Name.

²⁷I am a sinner, saved only by the Company of the Guru. This is the generous blessing of the True Guru. ||2||

²⁸He gave all beings souls, bodies, mouths, noses and water to drink.

²⁹He gave them corn to eat, clothes to wear, and other pleasures to enjoy.

³⁰But they do not remember the One who gave them all this. The animals think that they made themselves! ||3||

³¹You made them all; You are all-pervading. You are the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts.

³²What can these wretched creatures do? This whole drama is Yours, O Lord and Master.

³³Servant Nanak was purchased in the slave-market. He is the slave of the Lord's slaves. ||4||6||12||50||

¹Gauree Bairaagan, Fourth Mehl:

²Just as the mother, having given birth to a son, feeds him and keeps him in her vision

³- indoors and outdoors, she puts food in his mouth; each and every moment, she caresses him.

⁴In just the same way, the True Guru protects His GurSikhs, who love their Beloved Lord. ||1||

⁵O my Lord, we are just the ignorant children of our Lord God.

⁶Hail, hail, to the Guru, the Guru, the True Guru, the Divine Teacher who has made me wise through the Lord's Teachings. ||1||Pause||

⁷The white flamingo circles through the sky,

⁸but she keeps her young ones in her mind; she has left them behind, but she constantly remembers them in her heart.

⁹In just the same way, the True Guru loves His Sikhs. The Lord cherishes His GurSikhs, and keeps them clasped to His Heart. ||2||

¹⁰Just as the tongue, made of flesh and blood, is protected within the scissors of the thirty-two teeth

¹¹who thinks that the power lies in the flesh or the scissors? Everything is in the Power of the Lord.

¹²In just the same way, when someone slanders the Saint, the Lord preserves the honor of His servant. ||3||

¹³O Siblings of Destiny, let none think that they have any power. All act as the Lord causes them to act.

¹⁴Old age, death, fever, poisons and snakes - everything is in the Hands of the Lord. Nothing can touch anyone without the Lord's Order.

¹⁵Within your conscious mind, O servant Nanak, meditate forever on the Name of the Lord, who shall deliver you in the end. ||4||7||13||51||

¹⁶Gauree Bairaagan, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁷Meeting Him, the mind is filled with bliss. He is called the True Guru.

¹⁸Double-mindedness departs, and the supreme status of the Lord is obtained. ||1||

¹⁹How can I meet my Beloved True Guru?

²⁰Each and every moment, I humbly bow to Him. How will I meet my Perfect Guru? ||1||Pause||

²¹Granting His Grace, the Lord has led me to meet my Perfect True Guru.

²²The desire of His humble servant has been fulfilled. I have received the dust of the Feet of the True Guru. ||2||

²³Those who meet the True Guru implant devotional worship to the Lord, and listen to this devotional worship of the Lord.

²⁴They never suffer any loss; they continually earn the profit of the Lord. ||3||

²⁵One whose heart blossoms forth, is not in love with duality.

²⁶O Nanak, meeting the Guru, one is saved, singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||4||8||14||52||

²⁷Fourth Mehl, Gauree Poorbee:

²⁸The Merciful Lord God showered me with His Mercy; with mind and body and mouth, I chant the Lord's Name.

²⁹As Gurmukh, I have been dyed in the deep and lasting color of the Lord's Love. The robe of my body is drenched with His Love. ||1||

³⁰I am the maid-servant of my Lord God.

³¹When my mind surrendered to the Lord, He made all the world my slave. ||1||Pause||

³²Consider this well, O Saints, O Siblings of Destiny - search your own hearts, seek and find Him there.

³³The Beauty and the Light of the Lord, Har, Har, is present in all. In all places, the Lord dwells near by, close at hand. ||2||

¹The Lord, Har, Har, dwells close by, all over the world. He is Infinite, All-powerful and Immeasurable.

²The Perfect Guru has revealed the Lord, Har, Har, to me. I have sold my head to the Guru. ||3||

³O Dear Lord, inside and outside, I am in the protection of Your Sanctuary; You are the Greatest of the Great, All-powerful Lord.

⁴Servant Nanak sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord, night and day, meeting the Guru, the True Guru, the Divine Intermediary. ||4||1||15||53||

⁵Gauree Poorbee, Fourth Mehl:

⁶Life of the World, Infinite Lord and Master, Master of the Universe, All-powerful Architect of Destiny.

⁷Whichever way You turn me, O my Lord and Master, that is the way I shall go. ||1||

⁸O Lord, my mind is attuned to the Lord's Love.

⁹Joining the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, I have obtained the sublime essence of the Lord. I am absorbed in the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

¹⁰The Lord, Har, Har, and the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is the panacea, the medicine for the world. The Lord, and the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, bring peace and tranquility.

¹¹Those who partake of the Lord's sublime essence, through the Guru's Teachings - their sins and sufferings are all eliminated. ||2||

¹²Those who have such pre-ordained destiny inscribed on their foreheads, bathe in the pool of contentment of the Guru.

¹³The filth of evil-mindedness is totally washed away, from those who are imbued with the Love of the Lord's Name. ||3||

¹⁴O Lord, You Yourself are Your Own Master, O God. There is no other Giver as Great as You.

¹⁵Servant Nanak lives by the Naam, the Name of the Lord; by the Lord's Mercy, he chants the Lord's Name. ||4||2||16||54||

¹⁶Gauree Poorbee, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁷Show Mercy to me, O Life of the World, O Great Giver, so that my mind may merge with the Lord.

¹⁸The True Guru has bestowed His most pure and sacred Teachings. Chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, Har, my mind is transfixed and enraptured. ||1||

¹⁹O Lord, my mind and body have been pierced through by the True Lord.

²⁰The whole world is caught and held in the mouth of Death. Through the Teachings of the Guru, the True Guru, O Lord, I am saved. ||1||Pause||

²¹Those who are not in love with the Lord are foolish and false - they are faithless cynics.

²²They suffer the most extreme agonies of birth and death; they die over and over again, and they rot away in manure. ||2||

²³You are the Merciful Cherisher of those who seek Your Sanctuary. I beg of You: please grant me Your gift, Lord.

²⁴Make me the slave of the Lord's slaves, so that my mind might dance in Your Love. ||3||

²⁵He Himself is the Great Banker; God is our Lord and Master. I am His petty merchant.

²⁶My mind, body and soul are all Your capital assets. You, O God, are the True Banker of servant Nanak. ||4||3||17||55||

²⁷Gauree Poorbee, Fourth Mehl:

²⁸You are Merciful, the Destroyer of all pain. Please give me Your Ear and listen to my prayer.

²⁹Please unite me with the True Guru, my breath of life; through Him, O my Lord and Master, You are known. ||1||

³⁰O Lord, I acknowledge the True Guru as the Supreme Lord God.

³¹I am foolish and ignorant, and my intellect is impure. Through the Teachings of the Guru, the True Guru, O Lord, I come to know You. ||1||Pause||

³²All the pleasures and enjoyments which I have seen - I have found them all to be bland and insipid.

¹I have tasted the Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, by meeting the True Guru. It is sweet, like the juice of the sugarcane. ||2||

²Those who have not met the Guru, the True Guru, are foolish and insane - they are faithless cynics.

³Those who were pre-ordained to have no good karma at all - gazing into the lamp of emotional attachment, they are burnt, like moths in a flame. ||3||

⁴Those whom You, in Your Mercy, have met, Lord, are committed to Your Service.

⁵Servant Nanak chants the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, Har. He is famous, and through the Guru's Teachings, He merges in the Name. ||4||4||18||56||

⁶Gauree Poorbee, Fourth Mehl:

⁷O my mind, God is always with you; He is your Lord and Master. Tell me, where could you run to get away from the Lord?

⁸The True Lord God Himself grants forgiveness; we are emancipated only when the Lord Himself emancipates us. ||1||

⁹O my mind, chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, Har - chant it in your mind.

¹⁰Quickly now, run to the Sanctuary of the True Guru, O my mind; following the Guru, the True Guru, you shall be saved. ||1||Pause||

¹¹O my mind, serve God, the Giver of all peace; serving Him, you shall come to dwell in your own home deep within.

¹²As Gurmukh, go and enter your own home; anoint yourself with the sandalwood oil of the Lord's Praises. ||2||

¹³O my mind, the Praises of the Lord, Har, Har, Har, Har, Har, are exalted and sublime. Earn the profit of the Lord's Name, and let your mind be happy.

¹⁴If the Lord, Har, Har, in His Mercy, bestows it, then we partake of the ambrosial essence of the Lord's Name. ||3||

¹⁵O my mind, without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and attached to duality, those faithless cynics are strangled by the Messenger of Death.

¹⁶Such faithless cynics, who have forgotten the Naam, are thieves. O my mind, do not even go near them. ||4||

¹⁷O my mind, serve the Unknowable and Immaculate Lord, the Man-lion; serving Him, your account will be cleared.

¹⁸The Lord God has made servant Nanak perfect; he is not diminished by even the tiniest particle. ||5||5||19||57||

¹⁹Gauree Poorbee, Fourth Mehl:

²⁰My breath of life is in Your Power, God; my soul and body are totally Yours.

²¹Be merciful to me, and show me the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan. There is such a great longing within my mind and body! ||1||

²²O my Lord, there is such a great longing within my mind and body to meet the Lord.

²³When the Guru, the Merciful Guru, showed just a little mercy to me, my Lord God came and met me. ||1||Pause||

²⁴Whatever is in my conscious mind, O Lord and Master - that condition of mine is known only to You, Lord.

²⁵Night and day, I chant Your Name, and I find peace. I live by placing my hopes in You, Lord. ||2||

²⁶The Guru, the True Guru, the Giver, has shown me the Way; my Lord God came and met me.

²⁷Night and day, I am filled with bliss; by great good fortune, all of the hopes of His humble servant have been fulfilled. ||3||

²⁸O Lord of the World, Master of the Universe, everything is under Your control.

²⁹Servant Nanak has come to Your Sanctuary, Lord; please, preserve the honor of Your humble servant. ||4||6||20||58||

³⁰Gauree Poorbee, Fourth Mehl:

³¹This mind does not hold still, even for an instant. Distracted by all sorts of distractions, it wanders around aimlessly in the ten directions.

¹I have found the Perfect Guru, through great good fortune; He has given me the Mantra of the Lord's Name, and my mind has become quiet and tranquil. ||1||

²O Lord, I am the slave of the True Guru. ||1||Pause||

³My forehead has been branded with His brand; I owe such a great debt to the Guru.

⁴He has been so generous and kind to me; He has carried me across the treacherous and terrifying world-ocean. ||2||

⁵Those who do not have love for the Lord within their hearts, harbor only false intentions and goals.

⁶As paper breaks down and dissolves in water, the self-willed manmukh wastes away in arrogant pride. ||3||

⁷I know nothing, and I do not know the future; as the Lord keeps me, so do I stand.

⁸For my failings and mistakes, O Guru, grant me Your Grace; servant Nanak is Your obedient dog. ||4||7||21||59||

⁹Gauree Poorbee, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁰The body-village is filled to overflowing with sexual desire and anger, which were broken into bits when I met with the Holy Saint.

¹¹By pre-ordained destiny, I have met with the Guru. I have entered into the realm of the Lord's Love. ||1||

¹²Greet the Holy Saint with your palms pressed together; this is an act of great merit.

¹³Bow down before Him; this is a virtuous action indeed. ||1||Pause||

¹⁴The wicked shaaktas, the faithless cynics, do not know the taste of the Lord's sublime essence. The thorn of egotism is embedded deep within them.

¹⁵The more they walk away, the deeper it sticks into them, and the more they suffer in pain, until finally, the Messenger of Death smashes his club against their heads. ||2||

¹⁶The humble servants of the Lord are absorbed in the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. The pain of birth and the fear of death are eradicated.

¹⁷They have obtained the Imperishable Supreme Being, the Transcendent Lord God, and they obtain great honor throughout all the worlds and realms. ||3||

¹⁸I am poor and meek, God, but I am Yours! Save me, please save me, O Greatest of the Great!

¹⁹Servant Nanak takes the Sustenance and Support of the Naam. In the Name of the Lord, he enjoys celestial peace. ||4||8||22||60||

²⁰Gauree Poorbee, Fourth Mehl:

²¹Within this body-fortress is the Lord, the Sovereign Lord King, but the stubborn ones do not find the taste.

²²When the Lord, Merciful to the meek, showed His Mercy, I found and tasted it, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||1||

²³Lovingly focused upon the Guru, the Kirtan of the Lord's Praise has become sweet to me. ||1||Pause||

²⁴The Lord, the Supreme Lord God, is Inaccessible and Unfathomable. Those who are committed to the True Guru, the Divine Intermediary, meet the Lord.

²⁵Those whose hearts are pleased with the Guru's Teachings - the Lord's Presence is revealed to them. ||2||

²⁶The hearts of the self-willed manmukhs are hard and cruel; their inner beings are dark.

²⁷Even if the poisonous snake is fed large amounts of milk, it will still yield only poison. ||3||

²⁸O Lord God, please unite me with the Holy Guru, so that I might joyfully grind and eat the Shabad.

²⁹Servant Nanak is the slave of the Guru; in the Sangat, the Holy Congregation, the bitter becomes sweet. ||4||9||23||61||

³⁰Gauree Poorbee, Fourth Mehl:

³¹For the sake of the Lord, Har, Har, I have sold my body to the Perfect Guru.

³²The True Guru, the Giver, has implanted the Naam, the Name of the Lord, within me. A very blessed and fortunate destiny is recorded upon my forehead. ||1||

³³Through the Guru's Teachings, I am lovingly centered on the Lord. ||1||Pause||

¹The All-pervading Sovereign Lord King is contained in each and every heart. Through the Guru, and the Word of the Guru's Shabad, I am lovingly centered on the Lord.

²Cutting my mind and body into pieces, I offer them to my Guru. The Guru's Teachings have dispelled my doubt and fear. ||2||

³In the darkness, the Guru has lit the lamp of the Guru's wisdom; I am lovingly focused on the Lord.

⁴The darkness of ignorance has been dispelled, and my mind has been awakened; within the home of my inner being, I have found the genuine article. ||3||

⁵The vicious hunters, the faithless cynics, are hunted down by the Messenger of Death.

⁶They have not sold their heads to the True Guru; those wretched, unfortunate ones continue coming and going in reincarnation. ||4||

⁷Hear my prayer, O God, my Lord and Master: I beg for the Sanctuary of the Lord God.

⁸Servant Nanak's honor and respect is the Guru; he has sold his head to the True Guru. ||5||10||24||62||

⁹Gauree Poorbee, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁰I am egotistical and conceited, and my intellect is ignorant. Meeting the Guru, my selfishness and conceit have been abolished.

¹¹The illness of egotism is gone, and I have found peace. Blessed, blessed is the Guru, the Sovereign Lord King. ||1||

¹²I have found the Lord, through the Teachings of the Guru. ||1||Pause||

¹³My heart is filled with love for the Sovereign Lord King; the Guru has shown me the path and the way to find Him.

¹⁴My soul and body all belong to the Guru; I was separated, and He has led me into the Lord's Embrace. ||2||

¹⁵Deep within myself, I would love to see the Lord; the Guru has inspired me to see Him within my heart.

¹⁶Within my mind, intuitive peace and bliss have arisen; I have sold myself to the Guru. ||3||

¹⁷I am a sinner - I have committed so many sins; I am a villainous, thieving thief.

¹⁸Now, Nanak has come to the Lord's Sanctuary; preserve my honor, Lord, as it pleases Your Will. ||4||11||25||63||

¹⁹Gauree Poorbee, Fourth Mehl:

²⁰Through the Guru's Teachings, the unstruck music resounds; through the Guru's Teachings, the mind sings.

²¹By great good fortune, I received the Blessed Vision of the Guru's Darshan. Blessed, blessed is the Guru, who has led me to love the Lord. ||1||

²²The Gurmukh is lovingly centered on the Lord. ||1||Pause||

²³My Lord and Master is the Perfect True Guru. My mind works to serve the Guru.

²⁴I massage and wash the Feet of the Guru, who recites the Sermon of the Lord. ||2||

²⁵The Teachings of the Guru are in my heart; the Lord is the Source of nectar. My tongue sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

²⁶My mind is immersed in, and drenched with the Lord's essence. Fulfilled with the Lord's Love, I shall never feel hunger again. ||3||

²⁷People try all sorts of things, but without the Lord's Mercy, His Name is not obtained.

²⁸The Lord has showered His Mercy upon servant Nanak; through the wisdom of the Guru's Teachings, he has enshrined the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||4||12||26||64||

²⁹Raag Gauree Maajh, Fourth Mehl:

³⁰O my soul, as Gurmukh, do this deed: chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

³¹Make that teaching your mother, that it may teach you to keep the Lord's Name in your mouth.

³²Let contentment be your father; the Guru is the Primal Being, beyond birth or incarnation.

¹By great good fortune, you shall meet with the Lord. ||1||

²I have met the Guru, the Yogi, the Primal Being; I am delighted with His Love.

³The Guru is imbued with the Love of the Lord; He dwells forever in Nirvaanaa.

⁴By great good fortune, I met the most accomplished and all-knowing Lord.

⁵My mind and body are drenched in the Love of the Lord. ||2||

⁶Come, O Saints - let's meet together and chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

⁷In the Sangat, the Holy Congregation, let's earn the lasting profit of the Naam.

⁸Let's serve the Saints, and drink in the Ambrosial Nectar.

⁹By one's karma and pre-ordained destiny, they are met. ||3||

¹⁰In the month of Saawan, the clouds of Ambrosial Nectar hang over the world.

¹¹The peacock of the mind chirps, and receives the Word of the Shabad, in its mouth;

¹²the Ambrosial Nectar of the Lord rains down, and the Sovereign Lord King is met.

¹³Servant Nanak is imbued with the Love of the Lord. ||4||1||27||65||

¹⁴Gauree Maajh, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁵Come, O sisters - let's make virtue our charms.

¹⁶Let's join the Saints, and enjoy the pleasure of the Lord's Love.

¹⁷The lamp of the Guru's spiritual wisdom burns steadily in my mind.

¹⁸The Lord, being pleased and moved by pity, has led me to meet Him. ||1||

¹⁹My mind and body are filled with love for my Darling Lord.

²⁰The True Guru, the Divine Intermediary, has united me with my Friend.

²¹I offer my mind to the Guru, who has led me to meet my God.

²²I am forever a sacrifice to the Lord. ||2||

²³Dwell, O my Beloved, dwell, O my Lord of the Universe; O Lord, show mercy to me and come to dwell within my mind.

²⁴I have obtained the fruits of my mind's desires, O my Lord of the Universe; I am transfixed with ecstasy, gazing upon the Perfect Guru.

²⁵The happy soul-brides receive the Lord's Name, O my Lord of the Universe; night and day, their minds are blissful and happy.

²⁶By great good fortune, the Lord is found, O my Lord of the Universe; earning profit continually, the mind laughs with joy. ||3||

²⁷The Lord Himself creates, and the Lord Himself beholds; the Lord Himself assigns all to their tasks.

²⁸Some partake of the bounty of the Lord's favor, which never runs out, while others receive only a handful.

²⁹Some sit upon thrones as kings, and enjoy constant pleasures, while others must beg for charity.

³⁰The Word of the Shabad is pervading in everyone, O my Lord of the Universe; servant Nanak meditates on the Naam. ||4||2||28||66||

³¹Gauree Maajh, Fourth Mehl:

³²From within my mind, from within my mind, O my Lord of the Universe, I am imbued with the Love of the Lord, from within my mind.

³³The Lord's Love is with me, but it cannot be seen, O my Lord of the Universe; the Perfect Guru has led me to see the unseen.

³⁴He has revealed the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, O my Lord of the Universe; all poverty and pain have departed.

³⁵I have obtained the supreme status of the Lord, O my Lord of the Universe; by great good fortune, I am absorbed in the Naam. ||1||

³⁶With his eyes, O my Beloved, with his eyes, O my Lord of the Universe - has anyone ever seen the Lord God with his eyes?

³⁷My mind and body are sad and depressed, O my Lord of the Universe; without her Husband Lord, the soul-bride is withering away.

¹Meeting the Saints, O my Lord of the Universe, I have found my Lord God, my Companion, my Best Friend.

²The Lord, the Life of the World, has come to meet me, O my Lord of the Universe. The night of my life now passes in peace. ||2||

³O Saints, unite me with my Lord God, my Best Friend; my mind and body are hungry for Him.

⁴I cannot survive without seeing my Beloved; deep within, I feel the pain of separation from the Lord.

⁵The Sovereign Lord King is my Beloved, my Best Friend. Through the Guru, I have met Him, and my mind has been rejuvenated.

⁶The hopes of my mind and body have been fulfilled, O my Lord of the Universe; meeting the Lord, my mind vibrates with joy. ||3||

⁷A sacrifice, O my Lord of the Universe, a sacrifice, O my Beloved; I am forever a sacrifice to You.

⁸My mind and body are filled with love for my Husband Lord; O my Lord of the Universe, please preserve my assets.

⁹Unite me with the True Guru, Your Advisor, O my Lord of the Universe; through His guidance, He shall lead me to the Lord.

¹⁰I have obtained the Lord's Name, by Your Mercy, O my Lord of the Universe; servant Nanak has entered Your Sanctuary. ||4||3||29||67||

¹¹Gauree Maajh, Fourth Mehl:

¹²Playful is my Lord of the Universe; playful is my Beloved. My Lord God is wondrous and playful.

¹³The Lord Himself created Krishna, O my Lord of the Universe; the Lord Himself is the milkmaids who seek Him.

¹⁴The Lord Himself enjoys every heart, O my Lord of the Universe; He Himself is the Ravisher and the Enjoyer.

¹⁵The Lord is All-knowing - He cannot be fooled, O my Lord of the Universe. He is the True Guru, the Yogi. ||1||

¹⁶He Himself created the world, O my Lord of the Universe; the Lord Himself plays in so many ways!

¹⁷Some enjoy enjoyments, O my Lord of the Universe, while others wander around naked, the poorest of the poor.

¹⁸He Himself created the world, O my Lord of the Universe; the Lord gives His gifts to all who beg for them.

¹⁹His devotees have the Support of the Naam, O my Lord of the Universe; they beg for the sublime sermon of the Lord. ||2||

²⁰The Lord Himself inspires His devotees to worship Him, O my Lord of the Universe; the Lord fulfills the desires of the minds of His devotees.

²¹He Himself is permeating and pervading the waters and the lands, O my Lord of the Universe; He is All-pervading - He is not far away.

²²The Lord Himself is within the self, and outside as well, O my Lord of the Universe; the Lord Himself is fully pervading everywhere.

²³The Lord, the Supreme Soul, is diffused everywhere, O my Lord of the Universe. The Lord Himself beholds all; His Immanent Presence is pervading everywhere. ||3||

²⁴O Lord, the music of the praanic wind is deep within, O my Lord of the Universe; as the Lord Himself plays this music, so does it vibrate and resound.

²⁵O Lord, the treasure of the Naam is deep within, O my Lord of the Universe; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the Lord God is revealed.

²⁶He Himself leads us to enter His Sanctuary, O my Lord of the Universe; the Lord preserves the honor of His devotees.

¹By great good fortune, one joins the Sangat, the Holy Congregation, O my Lord of the Universe; O servant Nanak, through the Naam, one's affairs are resolved. ||4||4||30||68||

²Gauree Maajh, Fourth Mehl:

³The Lord has implanted a longing for the Lord's Name within me.

⁴I have met the Lord God, my Best Friend, and I have found peace.

⁵Beholding my Lord God, I live, O my mother.

⁶The Lord's Name is my Friend and Brother. ||1||

⁷O Dear Saints, sing the Glorious Praises of my Lord God.

⁸As Gurmukh, chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord, O very fortunate ones.

⁹The Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is my soul and my breath of life.

¹⁰I shall never again have to cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ||2||

¹¹How shall I behold my Lord God? My mind and body yearn for Him.

¹²Unite me with the Lord, Dear Saints; my mind is in love with Him.

¹³Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, I have found the Sovereign Lord, my Beloved.

¹⁴O very fortunate ones, chant the Name of the Lord. ||3||

¹⁵Within my mind and body, there is such a great longing for God, the Lord of the Universe.

¹⁶Unite me with the Lord, Dear Saints. God, the Lord of the Universe, is so close to me.

¹⁷Through the Teachings of the True Guru, the Naam is always revealed;

¹⁸the desires of servant Nanak's mind have been fulfilled. ||4||5||31||69||

¹⁹Gauree Maajh, Fourth Mehl:

²⁰If I receive my Love, the Naam, then I live.

²¹In the temple of the mind, is the Ambrosial Nectar of the Lord; through the Guru's Teachings, we drink it in.

²²My mind is drenched with the Love of the Lord. I continually drink in the sublime essence of the Lord.

²³I have found the Lord within my mind, and so I live. ||1||

²⁴The arrow of the Lord's Love has pierced by mind and body.

²⁵The Lord, the Primal Being, is All-knowing; He is my Beloved and my Best Friend.

²⁶The Saintly Guru has united me with the All-knowing and All-seeing Lord.

²⁷I am a sacrifice to the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||2||

²⁸I seek my Lord, Har, Har, my Intimate, my Best Friend.

²⁹Show me the way to the Lord, Dear Saints; I am searching all over for Him.

³⁰The Kind and Compassionate True Guru has shown me the Way, and I have found the Lord.

³¹Through the Name of the Lord, I am absorbed in the Naam. ||3||

³²I am consumed with the pain of separation from the Love of the Lord.

³³The Guru has fulfilled my desire, and I have received the Ambrosial Nectar in my mouth.

³⁴The Lord has become merciful, and now I meditate on the Name of the Lord.

³⁵Servant Nanak has obtained the sublime essence of the Lord. ||4||6||20||18||32||70||

³⁶Fifth Mehl, Raag Gauree Gwaarayree, Chau-Padhay:

³⁷One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³⁸How can happiness be found, O my Siblings of Destiny?

³⁹How can the Lord, our Help and Support, be found? ||1||Pause||

⁴⁰There is no happiness in owning one's own home, in all of Maya,

⁴¹or in lofty mansions casting beautiful shadows.

⁴²In fraud and greed, this human life is being wasted. ||1||

¹He is pleased at the sight of his elephants and horses

²and his armies assembled, his servants and his soldiers.

³But the noose of egotism is tightening around his neck. ||2||

⁴His rule may extend in all ten directions;

⁵he may revel in pleasures, and enjoy many women

⁶- but he is just a beggar, who in his dream, is a king. ||3||

⁷The True Guru has shown me that there is only one pleasure.

⁸Whatever the Lord does, is pleasing to the Lord's devotee.

⁹Servant Nanak has abolished his ego, and he is absorbed in the Lord. ||4||

¹⁰This is the way to find happiness, O my Siblings of Destiny.

¹¹This is the way to find the Lord, our Help and Support. ||1||Second Pause||

¹²Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

¹³Why do you doubt? What do you doubt?

¹⁴God is pervading the water, the land and the sky.

¹⁵The Gurmukhs are saved, while the self-willed manmukhs lose their honor. ||1||

¹⁶One who is protected by the Merciful Lord

¹⁷- no one else can rival him. ||1||Pause||

¹⁸The Infinite One is pervading among all.

¹⁹So sleep in peace, and don't worry.

²⁰He knows everything which happens. ||2||

²¹The self-willed manmukhs are dying in the thirst of duality.

²²They wander lost through countless incarnations; this is their pre-ordained destiny.

²³As they plant, so shall they harvest. ||3||

²⁴Beholding the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan, my mind has blossomed forth.

²⁵And now everywhere I look, God is revealed to me.

²⁶Servant Nanak's hopes have been fulfilled by the Lord. ||4||2||71||

²⁷Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

²⁸In so many incarnations, you were a worm and an insect;

²⁹in so many incarnations, you were an elephant, a fish and a deer.

³⁰In so many incarnations, you were a bird and a snake.

³¹In so many incarnations, you were yoked as an ox and a horse. ||1||

³²Meet the Lord of the Universe - now is the time to meet Him.

³³After so very long, this human body was fashioned for you. ||1||Pause||

³⁴In so many incarnations, you were rocks and mountains;

³⁵in so many incarnations, you were aborted in the womb;

³⁶in so many incarnations, you developed branches and leaves;

³⁷you wandered through 8.4 million incarnations. ||2||

³⁸Through the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, you obtained this human life.

³⁹Do seva - selfless service; follow the Guru's Teachings, and vibrate the Lord's Name, Har, Har.

⁴⁰Abandon pride, falsehood and arrogance.

⁴¹Remain dead while yet alive, and you shall be welcomed in the Court of the Lord. ||3||

⁴²Whatever has been, and whatever shall be, comes from You, Lord.

⁴³No one else can do anything at all.

⁴⁴We are united with You, when You unite us with Yourself.

⁴⁵Says Nanak, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, Har, Har. ||4||3||72||

⁴⁶Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁷In the field of karma, plant the seed of the Naam.

⁴⁸Your works shall be brought to fruition.

⁴⁹You shall obtain these fruits, and the fear of death shall be dispelled.

⁵⁰Sing continually the Glorious Praises of the Lord, Har, Har. ||1||

⁵¹Keep the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, enshrined in your heart,

⁵²and your affairs shall be quickly resolved. ||1||Pause||

⁵³Be always attentive to your God;

⁵⁴thus you shall be honored in His Court.

¹Give up all your clever tricks and devices,

²and hold tight to the Feet of the Saints. ||2||

³The One, who holds all creatures in His Hands,

⁴is never separated from them; He is with them all.

⁵Abandon your clever devices, and grasp hold of His Support.

⁶In an instant, you shall be saved. ||3||

⁷Know that He is always near at hand.

⁸Accept the Order of God as True.

⁹Through the Guru's Teachings, eradicate selfishness and conceit.

¹⁰O Nanak, chant and meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||4||4||73||

¹¹Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

¹²The Guru's Word is eternal and everlasting.

¹³The Guru's Word cuts away the noose of Death.

¹⁴The Guru's Word is always with the soul.

¹⁵Through the Guru's Word, one is immersed in the Love of the Lord. ||1||

¹⁶Whatever the Guru gives, is useful to the mind.

¹⁷Whatever the Saint does - accept that as True. ||1||Pause||

¹⁸The Guru's Word is infallible and unchanging.

¹⁹Through the Guru's Word, doubt and prejudice are dispelled.

²⁰The Guru's Word never goes away;

²¹through the Guru's Word, we sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||2||

²²The Guru's Word accompanies the soul.

²³The Guru's Word is the Master of the masterless.

²⁴The Guru's Word saves one from falling into hell.

²⁵Through the Guru's Word, the tongue savors the Ambrosial Nectar. ||3||

²⁶The Guru's Word is revealed in the world.

²⁷Through the Guru's Word, no one suffers defeat.

²⁸O Nanak, the True Guru is always kind and compassionate,

²⁹Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

³⁰He makes jewels out of the dust,

³¹and He managed to preserve you in the womb.

³²He has given you fame and greatness;

³³meditate on that God, twenty-four hours a day. ||1||

³⁴O Lord, I seek the dust of the feet of the Holy.

³⁵Meeting the Guru, I meditate on my Lord and Master. ||1||Pause||

³⁶He transformed me, the fool, into a fine speaker,

³⁷and He made the unconscious become conscious;

³⁸by His Grace, I have obtained the nine treasures.

³⁹May I never forget that God from my mind. ||2||

⁴⁰He has given a home to the homeless;

⁴¹He has given honor to the dishonored.

⁴²He has fulfilled all desires;

⁴³remember Him in meditation, day and night, with every breath and every morsel of food. ||3||

⁴⁴By His Grace, the bonds of Maya are cut away.

⁴⁵By Guru's Grace, the bitter poison has become Ambrosial Nectar.

⁴⁶Says Nanak, I cannot do anything;

⁴⁷I praise the Lord, the Protector. ||4||6||75||

⁴⁸Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁹In His Sanctuary, there is no fear or sorrow.

⁵⁰Without Him, nothing at all can be done.

⁵¹I have renounced clever tricks, power and intellectual corruption.

⁵²God is the Protector of His servant. ||1||

⁵³Meditate, O my mind, on the Lord, Raam, Raam, with love.

⁵⁴Within your home, and beyond it, He is always with you. ||1||Pause||

⁵⁵Keep His Support in your mind.

¹Taste the ambrosial essence, the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

²Of what use are other efforts?

³Showing His Mercy, the Lord Himself protects our honor. ||2||

⁴What is the human? What power does he have?

⁵All the tumult of Maya is false.

⁶Our Lord and Master is the One who acts, and causes others to act.

⁷He is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of all hearts. ||3||

⁸Of all comforts, this is the true comfort.

⁹Keep the Guru's Teachings in your mind.

¹⁰Those who bear love for the Name of the Lord

¹¹- says Nanak, they are blessed, and very fortunate. ||4||7||76||

¹²Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

¹³Listening to the Lord's sermon, my pollution has been washed away.

¹⁴I have become totally pure, and I now walk in peace.

¹⁵By great good fortune, I found the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy;

¹⁶I have fallen in love with the Supreme Lord God. ||1||

¹⁷Chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, His servant has been carried across.

¹⁸The Guru has lifted me up and carried me across the ocean of fire. ||1||Pause||

¹⁹Singing the Kirtan of His Praises, my mind has become peaceful;

²⁰the sins of countless incarnations have been washed away.

²¹I have seen all the treasures within my own mind;

²²why should I now go out searching for them? ||2||

²³When God Himself becomes merciful,

²⁴the work of His servant becomes perfect.

²⁵He has cut away my bonds, and made me His slave.

²⁶Remember, remember, remember Him in meditation; He is the treasure of excellence. ||3||

²⁷He alone is in the mind; He alone is everywhere.

²⁸The Perfect Lord is totally permeating and pervading everywhere.

²⁹The Perfect Guru has dispelled all doubts.

³⁰Remembering the Lord in meditation, Nanak has found peace. ||4||8||77||

³¹Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

³²Those who have died have been forgotten.

³³Those who survive have fastened their belts.

³⁴They are busily occupied in their affairs;

³⁵they cling twice as hard to Maya. ||1||

³⁶No one thinks of the time of death;

³⁷people grasp to hold that which shall pass away. ||1||Pause||

³⁸The fools - their bodies are bound down by desires.

³⁹They are mired in sexual desire, anger and attachment;

⁴⁰the Righteous Judge of Dharma stands over their heads.

⁴¹Believing it to be sweet, the fools eat poison. ||2||

⁴²They say, "I shall tie up my enemy, and I shall cut him down.

⁴³I am learned, I am clever and wise."

⁴⁴The ignorant ones do not recognize their Creator. ||3||

⁴⁵The Lord Himself knows His Own state and condition.

⁴⁶What can anyone say? How can anyone describe Him?

⁴⁷Whatever He attaches us to - to that we are attached.

⁴⁸Everyone begs for their own good. ||4||

⁴⁹Everything is Yours; You are the Creator Lord.

⁵⁰You have no end or limitation.

⁵¹Please give this gift to Your servant,

⁵²that Nanak might never forget the Naam. ||5||9||78||

⁵³Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

⁵⁴By all sorts of efforts, people do not find salvation.

⁵⁵Through clever tricks, the weight is only piled on more and more.

⁵⁶Serving the Lord with a pure heart,

⁵⁷you shall be received with honor at God's Court. ||1||

¹O my mind, hold tight to the Support of the Lord's Name.

²The hot winds shall never even touch you. ||1||Pause||

³Like a boat in the ocean of fear;

⁴like a lamp which illumines the darkness;

⁵like fire which takes away the pain of cold

⁶- just so, chanting the Name, the mind becomes peaceful. ||2||

⁷The thirst of your mind shall be quenched,

⁸and all hopes shall be fulfilled.

⁹Your consciousness shall not waver.

¹⁰Meditate on the Ambrosial Naam as Gurmukh, O my friend. ||3||

¹¹He alone receives the panacea, the medicine of the Naam,

¹²unto whom the Lord, in His Grace, bestows it.

¹³One whose heart is filled with the Name of the Lord, Har, Har

¹⁴- O Nanak, his pains and sorrows are eliminated. ||4||10||79||

¹⁵Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁶Even with vast sums of wealth, the mind is not satisfied.

¹⁷Gazing upon countless beauties, the man is not satisfied.

¹⁸He is so involved with his wife and sons - he believes that they belong to him.

¹⁹That wealth shall pass away, and those relatives shall be reduced to ashes. ||1||

²⁰Without meditating and vibrating on the Lord, they are crying out in pain.

²¹Their bodies are cursed, and their wealth is cursed - they are imbued with Maya. ||1||Pause||

²²The servant carries the bags of money on his head,

²³but it goes to his master's house, and he receives only pain.

²⁴The man sits as a king in his dreams,

²⁵but when he opens his eyes, he sees that it was all in vain. ||2||

²⁶The watchman oversees the field of another,

²⁷but the field belongs to his master, while he must get up and depart.

²⁸He works so hard, and suffers for that field,

²⁹but still, nothing comes into his hands. ||3||

³⁰The dream is His, and the kingdom is His;

³¹He who has given the wealth of Maya, has infused the desire for it.

³²He Himself annihilates, and He Himself restores.

³³Nanak offers this prayer to God. ||4||11||80||

³⁴Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

³⁵I have gazed upon the many forms of Maya, in so many ways.

³⁶With pen and paper, I have written clever things.

³⁷I have seen what it is to be a chief, a king, and an emperor,

³⁸but they do not satisfy the mind. ||1||

³⁹Show me that peace, O Saints,

⁴⁰which will quench my thirst and satisfy my mind. ||1||Pause||

⁴¹You may have horses as fast as the wind, elephants to ride on,

⁴²sandalwood oil, and beautiful women in bed,

⁴³actors in dramas, singing in theaters

⁴⁴- but even with them, the mind does not find contentment. ||2||

⁴⁵You may have a throne at the royal court, with beautiful decorations and soft carpets,

⁴⁶all sorts of luscious fruits and beautiful gardens,

⁴⁷the excitement of the chase and princely pleasures

⁴⁸- but still, the mind is not made happy by such illusory diversions. ||3||

⁴⁹In their kindness, the Saints have told me of the True One,

⁵⁰and so I have obtained all comforts and joy.

⁵¹In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, I sing the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises.

⁵²Says Nanak, through great good fortune, I have found this. ||4||

⁵³One who obtains the wealth of the Lord becomes happy.

⁵⁴By God's Grace, I have joined the Saadh Sangat. ||1||Second Pause||12||81||

⁵⁵Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

¹The mortal claims this body as his own.

²Again and again, he clings to it.

³He is entangled with his children, his wife and household affairs.

⁴He cannot be the slave of the Lord. ||1||

⁵What is that way, by which the Lord's Praises might be sung?

⁶What is that intellect, by which this person might swim across, O mother? ||1||Pause||

⁷That which is for his own good, he thinks is evil.

⁸If someone tells him the truth, he looks upon that as poison.

⁹He cannot tell victory from defeat.

¹⁰This is the way of life in the world of the faithless cynic. ||2||

¹¹The demented fool drinks in the deadly poison,

¹²while he believes the Ambrosial Naam to be bitter.

¹³He does not even approach the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy;

¹⁴he wanders lost through 8.4 million incarnations. ||3||

¹⁵The birds are caught in the net of Maya;

¹⁶immersed in the pleasures of love, they frolic in so many ways.

¹⁷Says Nanak, the Perfect Guru has cut away the noose from those,

¹⁸Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁹By Your Grace, we find the Way.

²⁰By God's Grace, we meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

²¹By God's Grace, we are released from our bondage.

²²By Your Grace, egotism is eradicated. ||1||

²³As You assign me, so I take to Your service.

²⁴By myself, I cannot do anything at all, O Divine Lord. ||1||Pause||

²⁵If it pleases You, then I sing the Word of Your Bani.

²⁶If it pleases You, then I speak the Truth.

²⁷If it pleases You, then the True Guru showers His Mercy upon me.

²⁸All peace comes by Your Kindness, God. ||2||

²⁹Whatever pleases You is a pure action of karma.

³⁰Whatever pleases You is the true faith of Dharma.

³¹The treasure of all excellence is with You.

³²Your servant prays to You, O Lord and Master. ||3||

³³The mind and body become immaculate through the Lord's Love.

³⁴All peace is found in the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation.

³⁵My mind remains attuned to Your Name;

³⁶Nanak affirms this as his greatest pleasure. ||4||14||83||

³⁷Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

³⁸You may taste the other flavors,

³⁹but your thirst shall not depart, even for an instant.

⁴⁰But when you taste the sweet flavor the the Lord's sublime essence

⁴¹- upon tasting it, you shall be wonder-struck and amazed. ||1||

⁴²O dear beloved tongue, drink in the Ambrosial Nectar.

⁴³Imbued with this sublime essence, you shall be satisfied. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁴O tongue, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

⁴⁵Each and every moment, meditate on the Lord, Har, Har, Har.

⁴⁶Do not listen to any other, and do not go anywhere else.

⁴⁷By great good fortune, you shall find the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||2||

⁴⁸Twenty-four hours a day, O tongue, dwell upon God,

⁴⁹Here and hereafter, you shall be happy forever.

⁵⁰Chanting the Glorious Praises of the Lord, O tongue, you shall become priceless. ||3||

⁵¹All the vegetation will blossom forth for you, flowering in fruition;

⁵²imbued with this sublime essence, you shall never leave it again.

⁵³No other sweet and tasty flavors can compare to it.

⁵⁴Says Nanak, the Guru has become my Support. ||4||15||84||

⁵⁵Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

⁵⁶The mind is the temple, and the body is the fence built around it.

¹The infinite substance is within it.

²Within it, the great merchant is said to dwell.

³Who is the trader who deals there? ||1||

⁴How rare is that trader who deals in the jewel of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

⁵He takes the Ambrosial Nectar as his food. ||1||Pause||

⁶He dedicates his mind and body to serving the Lord.

⁷How can we please the Lord?

⁸I fall at His Feet, and I renounce all sense of 'mine and yours'.

⁹Who can settle this bargain? ||2||

¹⁰How can I attain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence?

¹¹How can I get Him to call me inside?

¹²You are the Great Merchant; You have millions of traders.

¹³Who is the benefactor? Who can take me to Him? ||3||

¹⁴Seeking and searching, I have found my own home, deep within my own being.

¹⁵The True Lord has shown me the priceless jewel.

¹⁶When the Great Merchant shows His Mercy, He blends us into Himself.

¹⁷Says Nanak, place your faith in the Guru. ||4||16||85||

¹⁸Gauree, Fifth Mehl, Gwaarayree:

¹⁹Night and day, they remain in the Love of the One.

²⁰They know that God is always with them.

²¹They make the Name of their Lord and Master their way of life;

²²they are satisfied and fulfilled with the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan. ||1||

²³Imbued with the Love of the Lord, their minds and bodies are rejuvenated,

²⁴entering the Sanctuary of the Perfect Guru. ||1||Pause||

²⁵The Lord's Lotus Feet are the Support of the soul.

²⁶They see only the One, and obey His Order.

²⁷There is only one trade, and one occupation.

²⁸They know no other than the Formless Lord. ||2||

²⁹They are free of both pleasure and pain.

³⁰They remain unattached, joined to the Lord's Way.

³¹They are seen among all, and yet they are distinct from all.

³²They focus their meditation on the Supreme Lord God. ||3||

³³How can I describe the Glories of the Saints?

³⁴Their knowledge is unfathomable; their limits cannot be known.

³⁵O Supreme Lord God, please shower Your Mercy upon me.

³⁶Bless Nanak with the dust of the feet of the Saints. ||4||17||86||

³⁷Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

³⁸You are my Companion; You are my Best Friend.

³⁹You are my Beloved; I am in love with You.

⁴⁰You are my honor; You are my decoration.

⁴¹Without You, I cannot survive, even for an instant. ||1||

⁴²You are my Intimate Beloved, You are my breath of life.

⁴³You are my Lord and Master; You are my Leader. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁴As You keep me, so do I survive.

⁴⁵Whatever You say, that is what I do.

⁴⁶Wherever I look, there I see You dwelling.

⁴⁷O my Fearless Lord, with my tongue, I chant Your Name. ||2||

⁴⁸You are my nine treasures, You are my storehouse.

⁴⁹I am imbued with Your Love; You are the Support of my mind.

⁵⁰You are my Glory; I am blended with You.

⁵¹You are my Shelter; You are my Anchoring Support. ||3||

⁵²Deep within my mind and body, I meditate on You.

⁵³I have obtained Your secret from the Guru.

⁵⁴Through the True Guru, the One and only Lord was implanted within me;

⁵⁵servant Nanak has taken to the Support of the Lord, Har, Har, Har. ||4||18||87||

⁵⁶Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

¹It torments us with the expression of pleasure and pain.

²It torments us through incarnations in heaven and hell.

³It is seen to afflict the rich, the poor and the glorious.

⁴The source of this illness which torments us is greed. ||1||

⁵Maya torments us in so many ways.

⁶But the Saints live under Your Protection, God. ||1||Pause||

⁷It torments us through intoxication with intellectual pride.

⁸It torments us through the love of children and spouse.

⁹It torments us through elephants, horses and beautiful clothes.

¹⁰It torments us through the intoxication of wine and the beauty of youth. ||2||

¹¹It torments landlords, paupers and lovers of pleasure.

¹²It torments us through the sweet sounds of music and parties.

¹³It torments us through beautiful beds, palaces and decorations.

¹⁴It torments us through the darkness of the five evil passions. ||3||

¹⁵It torments those who act, entangled in ego.

¹⁶It torments us through household affairs, and it torments us in renunciation.

¹⁷It torments us through character, lifestyle and social status.

¹⁸It torments us through everything, except for those who are imbued with the Love of the Lord. ||4||

¹⁹The Sovereign Lord King has cut away the bonds of His Saints.

²⁰How can Maya torment them?

²¹Says Nanak, Maya does not draw near those

²²Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

²³The eyes are asleep in corruption, gazing upon the beauty of another.

²⁴The ears are asleep, listening to slanderous stories.

²⁵The tongue is asleep, in its desire for sweet flavors.

²⁶The mind is asleep, fascinated by Maya. ||1||

²⁷Those who remain awake in this house are very rare;

²⁸by doing so, they receive the whole thing. ||1||Pause||

²⁹All of my companions are intoxicated with their sensory pleasures;

³⁰they do not know how to guard their own home.

³¹The five thieves have plundered them;

³²the thugs descend upon the unguarded village. ||2||

³³Our mothers and fathers cannot save us from them;

³⁴friends and brothers cannot protect us from them

³⁵they cannot be restrained by wealth or cleverness.

³⁶Only through the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, can those villains be brought under control. ||3||

³⁷Have Mercy upon me, O Lord, Sustainer of the world.

³⁸The dust of the feet of the Saints is all the treasure I need.

³⁹In the Company of the True Guru, one's investment remains intact.

⁴⁰Nanak is awake to the Love of the Supreme Lord. ||4||

⁴¹He alone is awake, unto whom God shows His Mercy.

⁴²This investment, wealth and property shall remain intact. ||1||Second Pause||20||89||

⁴³Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁴Kings and emperors are under His Power.

⁴⁵The whole world is under His Power.

⁴⁶Everything is done by His doing;

⁴⁷other than Him, there is nothing at all. ||1||

⁴⁸Offer your prayers to your True Guru;

⁴⁹He will resolve your affairs. ||1||Pause||

⁵⁰The Darbaar of His Court is the most exalted of all.

⁵¹His Name is the Support of all His devotees.

⁵²The Perfect Master is pervading everywhere.

⁵³His Glory is manifest in each and every heart. ||2||

⁵⁴Remembering Him in meditation, the home of sorrow is abolished.

⁵⁵Remembering Him in meditation, the Messenger of Death shall not touch you.

⁵⁶Remembering Him in meditation, the dry branches become green again.

¹Remembering Him in meditation, sinking stones are made to float. ||3||

²I salute and applaud the Society of the Saints.

³The Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is the Support of the breath of life of His servant.

⁴Says Nanak, the Lord has heard my prayer;

⁵by the Grace of the Saints, I dwell in the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||4||21||90||

⁶Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

⁷By the Blessed Vision of the True Guru's Darshan, the fire of desire is quenched.

⁸Meeting the True Guru, egotism is subdued.

⁹In the Company of the True Guru, the mind does not waver.

¹⁰The Gurmukh speaks the Ambrosial Word of Gurbani. ||1||

¹¹He sees the True One pervading the whole world; he is imbued with the True One.

¹²I have become cool and tranquil, knowing God, through the Guru. ||1||Pause||

¹³By the Grace of the Saints, one chants the Lord's Name.

¹⁴By the Grace of the Saints, one sings the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises.

¹⁵By the Grace of the Saints, all pains are erased.

¹⁶By the Grace of the Saints, one is released from bondage. ||2||

¹⁷By the kind Mercy of the Saints, emotional attachment and doubt are removed.

¹⁸Taking a bath in the dust of the feet of the Holy - this is true Dharmic faith.

¹⁹By the kindness of the Holy, the Lord of the Universe becomes merciful.

²⁰The life of my soul is with the Holy. ||3||

²¹Meditating on the Merciful Lord, the Treasure of Mercy,

²²I am worthless, but God has been kind to me.

²³In the Saadh Sangat, Nanak has taken to the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||4||22||91||

²⁴Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

²⁵In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, I meditate on the Lord God.

²⁶The Guru has given me the Mantra of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

²⁷Shedding my ego, I have become free of hate.

²⁸Twenty-four hours a day, I worship the Guru's Feet. ||1||

²⁹Now, my evil sense of alienation is eliminated,

³⁰since I have heard the Praises of the Lord with my ears. ||1||Pause||

³¹The Savior Lord is the treasure of intuitive peace, poise and bliss.

³²He shall save me in the end.

³³My pains, sufferings, fears and doubts have been erased.

³⁴He has mercifully saved me from coming and going in reincarnation. ||2||

³⁵He Himself beholds, speaks and hears all.

³⁶O my mind, meditate on the One who is always with you.

³⁷By the Grace of the Saints, the Light has dawned.

³⁸The One Lord, the Treasure of Excellence, is perfectly pervading everywhere. ||3||

³⁹Pure are those who speak, and sanctified are those who hear and sing,

⁴⁰Says Nanak, when the Lord bestows His Mercy,

⁴¹all one's efforts are fulfilled. ||4||23||92||

⁴²Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

⁴³He breaks our bonds, and inspires us to chant the Lord's Name.

⁴⁴With the mind centered in meditation on the True Lord,

⁴⁵Such is the True Guru, the Great Giver. ||1||

⁴⁶He alone is the Giver of peace, who inspires us to chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

⁴⁷By His Grace, He leads us to merge with Him. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁸He unites with Himself those unto whom He has shown His Mercy.

⁴⁹All treasures are received from the Guru.

⁵⁰Renouncing selfishness and conceit, coming and going come to an end.

⁵¹In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, the Supreme Lord God is recognized. ||2||

⁵²God has become merciful to His humble servant.

¹The One Lord of the Universe is the Support of His humble servants.

²They love the One Lord; their minds are filled with love for the Lord.

³The Name of the Lord is all treasures for them. ||3||

⁴They are in love with the Supreme Lord God;

⁵their actions are pure, and their lifestyle is true.

⁶The Perfect Guru has dispelled the darkness.

⁷Nanak's God is Incomparable and Infinite. ||4||24||93||

⁸Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

⁹Those whose minds are filled with the Lord, swim across.

¹⁰Those who have the blessing of good karma, meet with the Lord.

¹¹Pain, disease and fear do not affect them at all.

¹²They meditate on the Ambrosial Name of the Lord within their hearts. ||1||

¹³Meditate on the Supreme Lord God, the Transcendent Lord.

¹⁴From the Perfect Guru, this understanding is obtained. ||1||Pause||

¹⁵The Merciful Lord is the Doer, the Cause of causes.

¹⁶He cherishes and nurtures all beings and creatures.

¹⁷He is Inaccessible, Incomprehensible, Eternal and Infinite.

¹⁸Meditate on Him, O my mind, through the Teachings of the Perfect Guru. ||2||

¹⁹Serving Him, all treasures are obtained.

²⁰Worshipping God, honor is obtained.

²¹Working for Him is never in vain;

²²forever and ever, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||3||

²³Show Mercy to me, O God, O Searcher of hearts.

²⁴The Unseen Lord and Master is the Treasure of Peace.

²⁵All beings and creatures seek Your Sanctuary;

²⁶Nanak is blessed to receive the greatness of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||4||25||94||

²⁷Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

²⁸Our way of life is in His Hands;

²⁹remember Him, the Master of the masterless.

³⁰When God comes to mind, all pains depart.

³¹All fears are dispelled through the Name of the Lord. ||1||

³²Why do you fear any other than the Lord?

³³Forgetting the Lord, why do you pretend to be at peace? ||1||Pause||

³⁴He established the many worlds and skies.

³⁵The soul is illumined with His Light;

³⁶no one can revoke His Blessing.

³⁷Meditate, meditate in remembrance on God, and become fearless. ||2||

³⁸Twenty-four hours a day, meditate in remembrance on God's Name.

³⁹In it are the many sacred shrines of pilgrimage and cleansing baths.

⁴⁰Seek the Sanctuary of the Supreme Lord God.

⁴¹Millions of mistakes shall be erased in an instant. ||3||

⁴²The Perfect King is self-sufficient.

⁴³God's servant has true faith in Him.

⁴⁴Giving him His Hand, the Perfect Guru protects him.

⁴⁵O Nanak, the Supreme Lord God is All-powerful. ||4||26||95||

⁴⁶Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁷By Guru's Grace, my mind is attached to the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

⁴⁸Asleep for so many incarnations, it is now awakened.

⁴⁹I chant the Ambrosial Bani, the Glorious Praises of God.

⁵⁰The Pure Teachings of the Perfect Guru have been revealed to me. ||1||

⁵¹Meditating in remembrance on God, I have found total peace.

⁵²Within my home, and outside as well, there is peace and poise all around. ||1||Pause||

⁵³I have recognized the One who created me.

⁵⁴Showing His Mercy, God has blended me with Himself.

⁵⁵Taking me by the arm, He has made me His Own.

⁵⁶I continually chant and meditate on the Sermon of the Lord, Har, Har. ||2||

⁵⁷Mantras, tantras, all-curing medicines and acts of atonement,

¹are all in the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, the Support of the soul and the breath of life.

²I have obtained the true wealth of the Lord's Love.

³I have crossed over the treacherous world-ocean in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||3||

⁴Sit in peace, O Saints, with the family of friends.

⁵Earn the wealth of the Lord, which is beyond estimation.

⁶He alone obtains it, unto whom the Guru has bestowed it.

⁷O Nanak, no one shall go away empty-handed. ||4||27||96||

⁸Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

⁹The hands are sanctified instantly,

¹⁰and the entanglements of Maya are dispelled.

¹¹Repeat constantly with your tongue the Glorious Praises of the Lord,

¹²and you shall find peace, O my friends, O Siblings of Destiny. ||1||

¹³With pen and ink, write upon your paper

¹⁴the Name of the Lord, the Ambrosial Word of the Lord's Bani. ||1||Pause||

¹⁵By this act, your sins shall be washed away.

¹⁶Remembering the Lord in meditation, you shall not be punished by the Messenger of Death.

¹⁷The couriers of the Righteous Judge of Dharma shall not touch you.

¹⁸The intoxication of Maya shall not entice you at all. ||2||

¹⁹You shall be redeemed, and through you, the whole world shall be saved,

²⁰if you chant the Name of the One and Only Lord.

²¹Practice this yourself, and teach others;

²²instill the Lord's Name in your heart. ||3||

²³That person, who has this treasure upon his forehead

²⁴that person meditates on God.

²⁵Twenty-four hours a day, chant the Glorious Praises of the Lord, Har, Har.

²⁶Says Nanak, I am a sacrifice to Him. ||4||28||97||

²⁷Raag Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl, Chau-Padhay, Dho-Padhay:

²⁸One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²⁹That which belongs to another - he claims as his own.

³⁰That which he must abandon - to that, his mind is attracted. ||1||

³¹Tell me, how can he meet the Lord of the World?

³²That which is forbidden - with that, he is in love. ||1||Pause||

³³That which is false - he deems as true.

³⁴That which is true - his mind is not attached to that at all. ||2||

³⁵He takes the crooked path of the unrighteous way;

³⁶leaving the straight and narrow path, he weaves his way backwards. ||3||

³⁷God is the Lord and Master of both worlds.

³⁸He, whom the Lord unites with Himself, O Nanak, is liberated. ||4||29||98||

³⁹Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁰In the Dark Age of Kali Yuga, they come together through destiny.

⁴¹As long as the Lord commands, they enjoy their pleasures. ||1||

⁴²By burning oneself, the Beloved Lord is not obtained.

⁴³Only by the actions of destiny does she rise up and burn herself, as a 'satee'. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁴Imitating what she sees, with her stubborn mind-set, she goes into the fire.

⁴⁵She does not obtain the Company of her Beloved Lord, and she wanders through countless incarnations. ||2||

⁴⁶With pure conduct and self-restraint, she surrenders to her Husband Lord's Will;

⁴⁷that woman shall not suffer pain at the hands of the Messenger of Death. ||3||

⁴⁸Says Nanak, she who looks upon the Transcendent Lord as her Husband,

⁴⁹is the blessed 'satee'; she is received with honor in the Court of the Lord. ||4||30||99||

⁵⁰Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

⁵¹I am prosperous and fortunate, for I have received the True Name.

⁵²I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, with natural, intuitive ease. ||1||Pause||

¹When I opened it up and gazed upon the treasures of my father and grandfather,

²then my mind became very happy. ||1||

³The storehouse is inexhaustible and immeasurable,

⁴The Siblings of Destiny meet together, and eat and spend,

⁵but these resources do not diminish; they continue to increase. ||3||

⁶Says Nanak, one who has such destiny written on his forehead,

⁷becomes a partner in these treasures. ||4||31||100||

⁸Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁹I was scared, scared to death, when I thought that He was far away.

¹⁰But my fear was removed, when I saw that He is pervading everywhere. ||1||

¹¹I am a sacrifice to my True Guru.

¹²He shall not abandon me; He shall surely carry me across. ||1||Pause||

¹³Pain, disease and sorrow come when one forgets the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

¹⁴Eternal bliss comes when one sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||2||

¹⁵Do not say that anyone is good or bad.

¹⁶Renounce your arrogant pride, and grasp the Feet of the Lord. ||3||

¹⁷Says Nanak, remember the GurMantra;

¹⁸you shall find peace at the True Court. ||4||32||101||

¹⁹Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²⁰Those who have the Lord as their Friend and Companion

²¹- tell me, what else do they need? ||1||

²²Those who are in love with the Lord of the Universe

²³- pain, suffering and doubt run away from them. ||1||Pause||

²⁴Those who have enjoyed the flavor of the Lord's sublime essence

²⁵are not attracted to any other pleasures. ||2||

²⁶Those whose speech is accepted in the Court of the Lord

²⁷- what do they care about anything else? ||3||

²⁸Those who belong to the One, unto whom all things belong

²⁹- O Nanak, they find a lasting peace. ||4||33||102||

³⁰Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

³¹Those who look alike upon pleasure and pain

³²- how can anxiety touch them? ||1||

³³The Lord's Holy Saints abide in celestial bliss.

³⁴They remain obedient to the Lord, the Sovereign Lord King. ||1||Pause||

³⁵Those who have the Carefree Lord abiding in their minds

³⁶- no cares will ever bother them. ||2||

³⁷Those who have banished doubt from their minds

³⁸are not afraid of death at all. ||3||

³⁹Those whose hearts are filled with the Lord's Name by the Guru

⁴⁰- says Nanak, all treasures come to them. ||4||34||103||

⁴¹Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁴²The Lord of Unfathomable Form has His Place in the mind.

⁴³By Guru's Grace, a rare few come to understand this. ||1||

⁴⁴The Ambrosial Pools of the celestial sermon

⁴⁵- those who find them, drink them in. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁶The unstruck melody of the Guru's Bani vibrates in that most special place.

⁴⁷The Lord of the World is fascinated with this melody. ||2||

⁴⁸The numerous, countless places of celestial peace

⁴⁹- there, the Saints dwell, in the Company of the Supreme Lord God. ||3||

⁵⁰There is infinite joy, and no sorrow or duality.

⁵¹The Guru has blessed Nanak with this home. ||4||35||104||

⁵²Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁵³What form of Yours should I worship and adore?

⁵⁴What Yoga should I practice to control my body? ||1||

¹What is that virtue, by which I may sing of You?

²What is that speech, by which I may please the Supreme Lord God? ||1||Pause||

³What worship service shall I perform for You?

⁴How can I cross over the terrifying world-ocean? ||2||

⁵What is that penance, by which I may become a penitent?

⁶What is that Name, by which the filth of egotism may be washed away? ||3||

⁷Virtue, worship, spiritual wisdom, meditation and all service, O Nanak,

⁸are obtained from the True Guru, when, in His Mercy and Kindness, He meets us. ||4||

⁹They alone receive this merit, and they alone know God,

¹⁰who are approved by the Giver of peace. ||1||Second Pause||36||105||

¹¹Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

¹²The body which you are so proud of, does not belong to you.

¹³Power, property and wealth are not yours. ||1||

¹⁴They are not yours, so why do you cling to them?

¹⁵Only the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is yours; it is received from the True Guru. ||1||Pause||

¹⁶Children, spouse and siblings are not yours.

¹⁷Dear friends, mother and father are not yours. ||2||

¹⁸Gold, silver and money are not yours.

¹⁹Fine horses and magnificent elephants are of no use to you. ||3||

²⁰Says Nanak, those whom the Guru forgives, meet with the Lord.

²¹Everything belongs to those who have the Lord as their King. ||4||37||106||

²²Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²³I place the Guru's Feet on my forehead,

²⁴and all my pains are gone. ||1||

²⁵I am a sacrifice to my True Guru.

²⁶I have come to understand my soul, and I enjoy supreme bliss. ||1||Pause||

²⁷I have applied the dust of the Guru's Feet to my face,

²⁸which has removed all my arrogant intellect. ||2||

²⁹The Word of the Guru's Shabad has become sweet to my mind,

³⁰and I behold the Supreme Lord God. ||3||

³¹The Guru is the Giver of peace; the Guru is the Creator.

³²O Nanak, the Guru is the Support of the breath of life and the soul. ||4||38||107||

³³Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

³⁴O my mind, seek the One,

³⁵Make the Beloved Lord your friend.

³⁶Keep Him constantly in your mind; He is the Support of the breath of life. ||1||Pause||

³⁷O my mind, serve Him;

³⁸He is the Primal Being, the Infinite Divine Lord. ||2||

³⁹Place your hopes in the One

⁴⁰who is the Support of all beings, from the very beginning of time, and throughout the ages. ||3||

⁴¹His Love brings eternal peace;

⁴²meeting the Guru, Nanak sings His Glorious Praises. ||4||39||108||

⁴³Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁴Whatever my Friend does, I accept.

⁴⁵My Friend's actions are pleasing to me. ||1||

⁴⁶Within my conscious mind, the One Lord is my only Support.

⁴⁷One who does this is my Friend. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁸My Friend is Carefree.

⁴⁹By Guru's Grace, I give my love to Him. ||2||

⁵⁰My Friend is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts.

⁵¹He is the All-powerful Being, the Supreme Lord and Master. ||3||

⁵²I am Your servant; You are my Lord and Master.

¹Nanak: my honor and glory are Yours, God. ||4||40||109||

²Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

³Those who have You on their side, O All-powerful Lord

⁴- no black stain can stick to them. ||1||

⁵O Lord of wealth, those who place their hopes in You

⁶- nothing of the world can touch them at all. ||1||Pause||

⁷Those whose hearts are filled with their Lord and Master

⁸- no anxiety can affect them. ||2||

⁹Those, unto whom You give Your consolation, God

¹⁰- pain does not even approach them. ||3||

¹¹Says Nanak, I have found that Guru,

¹²who has shown me the Perfect, Supreme Lord God. ||4||41||110||

¹³Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁴This human body is so difficult to obtain; it is only obtained by great good fortune.

¹⁵Those who do not meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, are murderers of the soul. ||1||

¹⁶Those who forget the Lord might just as well die.

¹⁷Without the Naam, of what use are their lives? ||1||Pause||

¹⁸Eating, drinking, playing, laughing and showing off

¹⁹- what use are the ostentatious displays of the dead? ||2||

²⁰Those who do not listen to the Praises of the Lord of supreme bliss,

²¹are worse off than beasts, birds or creeping creatures. ||3||

²²Says Nanak, the GurMantra has been implanted within me;

²³the Name alone is contained within my heart. ||4||42||111||

²⁴Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²⁵Whose mother is this? Whose father is this?

²⁶They are relatives in name only- they are all false. ||1||

²⁷Why are you screaming and shouting, you fool?

²⁸By good destiny and the Lord's Order, you have come into the world. ||1||Pause||

²⁹There is the one dust, the one light,

³⁰the one praanic wind. Why are you crying? For whom do you cry? ||2||

³¹People weep and cry out, "Mine, mine!"

³²This soul is not perishable. ||3||

³³Says Nanak, the Guru has opened my shutters;

³⁴I am liberated, and my doubts have been dispelled. ||4||43||112||

³⁵Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

³⁶Those who seem to be great and powerful,

³⁷are afflicted by the disease of anxiety. ||1||

³⁸Who is great by the greatness of Maya?

³⁹They alone are great, who are lovingly attached to the Lord. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁰The landlord fights over his land each day.

⁴¹He shall have to leave it in the end, and yet his desire is still not satisfied. ||2||

⁴²Says Nanak, this is the essence of Truth:

⁴³without the Lord's meditation, there is no salvation. ||3||44||113||

⁴⁴Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁵Perfect is the path; perfect is the cleansing bath.

⁴⁶Everything is perfect, if the Naam is in the heart. ||1||

⁴⁷One's honor remains perfect, when the Perfect Lord preserves it.

⁴⁸His servant takes to the Sanctuary of the Supreme Lord God. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁹Perfect is the peace; perfect is the contentment.

⁵⁰Perfect is the penance; perfect is the Raja Yoga, the Yoga of meditation and success. ||2||

⁵¹On the Lord's Path, sinners are purified.

⁵²Perfect is their glory; perfect is their humanity. ||3||

⁵³They dwell forever in the Presence of the Creator Lord.

⁵⁴Says Nanak, my True Guru is Perfect. ||4||45||114||

⁵⁵Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁵⁶Millions of sins are wiped away by the dust of the feet of the Saints.

¹By the Grace of the Saints, one is released from birth and death. ||1||

²The Blessed Vision of the Saints is the perfect cleansing bath.

³By the Grace of the Saints, one comes to chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

⁴In the Society of the Saints, egotism is shed,

⁵and the One Lord is seen everywhere. ||2||

⁶By the pleasure of the Saints, the five passions are overpowered,

⁷and the heart is irrigated with the Ambrosial Naam. ||3||

⁸Says Nanak, one whose karma is perfect,

⁹touches the feet of the Holy. ||4||46||115||

¹⁰Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

¹¹Meditating on the Glories of the Lord, the heart-lotus blossoms radiantly.

¹²Remembering the Lord in meditation, all fears are dispelled. ||1||

¹³Perfect is that intellect, by which the Glorious Praises of the Lord are sung.

¹⁴By great good fortune, one finds the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||1||Pause||

¹⁵In the Saadh Sangat, the treasure of the Name is obtained.

¹⁶In the Saadh Sangat, all one's works are brought to fruition. ||2||

¹⁷Through devotion to the Lord, one's life is approved.

¹⁸By Guru's Grace, one chants the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||3||

¹⁹Says Nanak, that humble being is accepted,

²⁰within whose heart the Lord God abides. ||4||47||116||

²¹Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²²Those whose minds are imbued with the One Lord,

²³forget to feel jealous of others. ||1||

²⁴They see none other than the Lord of the Universe.

²⁵The Creator is the Doer, the Cause of causes. ||1||Pause||

²⁶Those who work willingly, and chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har

²⁷- they do not waver, here or hereafter. ||2||

²⁸Those who possess the wealth of the Lord are the true bankers.

²⁹The Perfect Guru has established their line of credit. ||3||

³⁰The Giver of life, the Sovereign Lord King meets them.

³¹Says Nanak, they attain the supreme status. ||4||48||117||

³²Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

³³The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is the Support of the breath of life of His devotees.

³⁴The Naam is their wealth, the Naam is their occupation. ||1||

³⁵By the greatness of the Naam, His humble servants are blessed with glory.

³⁶The Lord Himself bestows it, in His Mercy. ||1||Pause||

³⁷The Naam is the home of peace of His devotees.

³⁸Attuned to the Naam, His devotees are approved. ||2||

³⁹The Name of the Lord is the support of His humble servants.

⁴⁰With each and every breath, they remember the Naam. ||3||

⁴¹Says Nanak, those who have perfect destiny

⁴²- their minds are attached to the Naam. ||4||49||118||

⁴³Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁴By the Grace of the Saints, I meditated on the Name of the Lord.

⁴⁵Since then, my restless mind has been satisfied. ||1||

⁴⁶I have obtained the home of peace, singing His Glorious Praises.

⁴⁷My troubles have ended, and the demon has been destroyed. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁸Worship and adore the Lotus Feet of the Lord God.

⁴⁹Meditating in remembrance on the Lord, my anxiety has come to an end. ||2||

⁵⁰I have renounced all - I am an orphan. I have come to the Sanctuary of the One Lord.

⁵¹Since then, I have found the highest celestial home. ||3||

⁵²My pains, troubles, doubts and fears are gone.

⁵³The Creator Lord abides in Nanak's mind. ||4||50||119||

⁵⁴Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁵⁵With my hands I do His work; with my tongue I sing His Glorious Praises.

¹With my feet, I walk on the Path of my Lord and Master. ||1||

²It is a good time, when I remember Him in meditation.

³Meditating on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, I cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ||1||Pause||

⁴With your eyes, behold the Blessed Vision of the Saints.

⁵Record the Immortal Lord God within your mind. ||2||

⁶Listen to the Kirtan of His Praises, at the Feet of the Holy.

⁷Your fears of birth and death shall depart. ||3||

⁸Enshrine the Lotus Feet of your Lord and Master within your heart.

⁹Thus this human life, so difficult to obtain, shall be redeemed. ||4||51||120||

¹⁰Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

¹¹Those, upon whom the Lord Himself showers His Mercy,

¹²chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord, with their tongues. ||1||

¹³Forgetting the Lord, superstition and sorrow shall overtake you.

¹⁴Meditating on the Naam, doubt and fear shall depart. ||1||Pause||

¹⁵Listening to the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises, and singing the Lord's Kirtan,

¹⁶misfortune shall not even come near you. ||2||

¹⁷Working for the Lord, His humble servants look beautiful.

¹⁸The fire of Maya does not touch them. ||3||

¹⁹Within their minds, bodies and mouths, is the Name of the Merciful Lord.

²⁰Nanak has renounced other entanglements. ||4||52||121||

²¹Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²²Renounce your cleverness, and your cunning tricks.

²³Seek the Support of the Perfect Guru. ||1||

²⁴Your pain shall depart, and in peace, you shall sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

²⁵Meeting the Perfect Guru, let yourself be absorbed in the Lord's Love. ||1||Pause||

²⁶The Guru has given me the Mantra of the Name of the Lord.

²⁷My worries are forgotten, and my anxiety is gone. ||2||

²⁸Meeting with the Merciful Guru, I am in ecstasy.

²⁹Showering His Mercy, He has cut away the noose of the Messenger of Death. ||3||

³⁰Says Nanak, I have found the Perfect Guru;

³¹Maya shall no longer harass me. ||4||53||122||

³²Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

³³The Perfect Guru Himself has saved me.

³⁴The self-willed manmukhs are afflicted with misfortune. ||1||

³⁵Chant and meditate on the Guru, the Guru, O my friend.

³⁶Your face shall be radiant in the Court of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

³⁷Enshrine the Feet of the Guru within your heart;

³⁸your pains, enemies and bad luck shall be destroyed. ||2||

³⁹The Word of the Guru's Shabad is your Companion and Helper.

⁴⁰O Siblings of Destiny, all beings shall be kind to you. ||3||

⁴¹When the Perfect Guru granted His Grace,

⁴²says Nanak, I was totally, completely fulfilled. ||4||54||123||

⁴³Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁴Like beasts, they consume all sorts of tasty treats.

⁴⁵With the rope of emotional attachment, they are bound and gagged like thieves. ||1||

⁴⁶Their bodies are corpses, without the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

⁴⁷They come and go in reincarnation, and are destroyed by pain. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁸They wear all sorts of beautiful robes,

⁴⁹but they are still just scarecrows in the field, frightening away the birds. ||2||

⁵⁰All bodies are of some use,

⁵¹but those who do not meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, are totally useless. ||3||

⁵²Says Nanak, those unto whom the Lord becomes Merciful,

⁵³join the Saadh Sangat, and meditate on the Lord of the Universe. ||4||55||124||

⁵⁴Gauree, Fifth Mehla:

¹The Word of the Guru's Shabad quiets worries and troubles.

²Coming and going ceases, and all comforts are obtained. ||1||

³Fear is dispelled, meditating on the Fearless Lord.

⁴In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, I chant the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

⁵I have enshrined the Lotus Feet of the Lord within my heart.

⁶The Guru has carried me across the ocean of fire. ||2||

⁷I was sinking down, and the Perfect Guru pulled me out.

⁸I was cut off from the Lord for countless incarnations, and now the Guru united me with Him again. ||3||

⁹Says Nanak, I am a sacrifice to the Guru;

¹⁰meeting Him, I have been saved. ||4||56||125||

¹¹Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

¹²In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, seek His Sanctuary.

¹³Place your mind and body in offering before Him. ||1||

¹⁴Drink in the Ambrosial Nectar of the Name, O my Siblings of Destiny.

¹⁵Meditating, meditating in remembrance on the Lord, the fire of desire is totally quenched. ||1||Pause||

¹⁶Renounce your arrogant pride, and end the cycle of birth and death.

¹⁷Bow in humility to the feet of the Lord's slave. ||2||

¹⁸Remember God in your mind, with each and every breath.

¹⁹Gather only that wealth, which shall go with you. ||3||

²⁰He alone obtains it, upon whose forehead such destiny is written.

²¹Says Nanak, fall at the Feet of that Lord. ||4||57||126||

²²Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²³The dried branches are made green again in an instant.

²⁴His Ambrosial Glance irrigates and revives them. ||1||

²⁵The Perfect Divine Guru has removed my sorrow.

²⁶He blesses His servant with His service. ||1||Pause||

²⁷Anxiety is removed, and the desires of the mind are fulfilled,

²⁸when the True Guru, the Treasure of Excellence, shows His Kindness. ||2||

²⁹Pain is driven far away, and peace comes in its place;

³⁰there is no delay, when the Guru gives the Order. ||3||

³¹Desires are fulfilled, when one meets the True Guru;

³²O Nanak, His humble servant is fruitful and prosperous. ||4||58||127||

³³Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

³⁴The fever has departed; God has showered us with peace and tranquility.

³⁵A cooling peace prevails; God has granted this gift. ||1||

³⁶By God's Grace, we have become comfortable.

³⁷Separated from Him for countless incarnations, we are now reunited with Him. ||1||Pause||

³⁸Meditating, meditating in remembrance on God's Name,

³⁹the dwelling of all disease is destroyed. ||2||

⁴⁰In intuitive peace and poise, chant the Word of the Lord's Bani.

⁴¹Twenty-four hours a day, O mortal, meditate on God. ||3||

⁴²Pain, suffering and the Messenger of Death do not even approach that one,

⁴³says Nanak, who sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||4||59||128||

⁴⁴Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁵Auspicious is the day, and auspicious is the chance,

⁴⁶which brought me to the Supreme Lord God, the Unjoined, Unlimited One. ||1||

⁴⁷I am a sacrifice to that time,

⁴⁸when my mind chants the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁹Blessed is that moment, and blessed is that time,

⁵⁰when my tongue chants the Name of the Lord, Har, Haree. ||2||

⁵¹Blessed is that forehead, which bows in humility to the Saints.

⁵²Sacred are those feet, which walk on the Lord's Path. ||3||

⁵³Says Nanak, auspicious is my karma,

⁵⁴which has led me to touch the Feet of the Holy. ||4||60||129||

¹Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²Keep the Word of the Guru's Shabad in your mind.

³Meditating in remembrance on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, all anxiety is removed. ||1||

⁴Without the Lord God, there is no one else at all.

⁵He alone preserves and destroys. ||1||Pause||

⁶Enshrine the Guru's Feet in your heart.

⁷Meditate on Him and cross over the ocean of fire. ||2||

⁸Focus your meditation on the Guru's Sublime Form.

⁹Here and hereafter, you shall be honored. ||3||

¹⁰Renouncing everything, I have come to the Guru's Sanctuary.

¹¹My anxieties are over - O Nanak, I have found peace. ||4||61||130||

¹²Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

¹³Remembering Him in meditation, all pains are gone.

¹⁴The jewel of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, comes to dwell in the mind. ||1||

¹⁵O my mind, chant the Bani, the Hymns of the Lord of the Universe.

¹⁶The Holy People chant the Lord's Name with their tongues. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷Without the One Lord, there is no other at all.

¹⁸By His Glance of Grace, eternal peace is obtained. ||2||

¹⁹Make the One Lord your friend, intimate and companion.

²⁰Write in your mind the Word of the Lord, Har, Har. ||3||

²¹The Lord Master is totally pervading everywhere.

²²Nanak sings the Praises of the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts. ||4||62||131||

²³Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²⁴The whole world is engrossed in fear.

²⁵Those who have the Naam, the Name of the Lord, as their Support, feel no fear. ||1||

²⁶Fear does not affect those who take to Your Sanctuary.

²⁷You do whatever You please. ||1||Pause||

²⁸In pleasure and in pain, the world is coming and going in reincarnation.

²⁹Those who are pleasing to God, find peace. ||2||

³⁰Maya pervades the awesome ocean of fire.

³¹Those who have found the True Guru are calm and cool. ||3||

³²Please preserve me, O God, O Great Preserver!

³³Says Nanak, what a helpless creature I am! ||4||63||132||

³⁴Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

³⁵By Your Grace, I chant Your Name.

³⁶By Your Grace, I obtain a seat in Your Court. ||1||

³⁷Without You, O Supreme Lord God, there is no one.

³⁸By Your Grace, everlasting peace is obtained. ||1||Pause||

³⁹If You abide in the mind, we do not suffer in sorrow.

⁴⁰By Your Grace, doubt and fear run away. ||2||

⁴¹O Supreme Lord God, Infinite Lord and Master,

⁴²You are the Inner-knower, the Searcher of all hearts. ||3||

⁴³I offer this prayer to the True Guru:

⁴⁴O Nanak, may I be blessed with the treasure of the True Name. ||4||64||133||

⁴⁵Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁶As the husk is empty without the grain,

⁴⁷so is the mouth empty without the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||

⁴⁸O mortal, chant continually the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

⁴⁹Without the Naam, cursed is the body, which shall be taken back by Death. ||1||Pause||

⁵⁰Without the Naam, no one's face shows good fortune.

⁵¹Without the Husband, where is the marriage? ||2||

⁵²Forgetting the Naam, and attached to other tastes,

⁵³no desires are fulfilled. ||3||

⁵⁴O God, grant Your Grace, and give me this gift.

⁵⁵Please, let Nanak chant Your Name, day and night. ||4||65||134||

¹Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²You are All-powerful, You are my Lord and Master.

³Everything comes from You; You are the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts. ||1||

⁴The Perfect Supreme Lord God is the Support of His humble servant.

⁵Millions are saved in Your Sanctuary. ||1||Pause||

⁶As many creatures as there are - they are all Yours.

⁷By Your Grace, all sorts of comforts are obtained. ||2||

⁸Whatever happens, is all according to Your Will.

⁹One who understands the Hukam of the Lord's Command, is absorbed in the True Lord. ||3||

¹⁰Please grant Your Grace, God, and bestow this gift

¹¹upon Nanak, that he may meditate on the treasure of the Naam. ||4||66||135||

¹²Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

¹³By great good fortune, the Blessed Vision of His Darshan is obtained,

¹⁴by those who are lovingly absorbed in the Lord's Name. ||1||

¹⁵Those whose minds are filled with the Lord,

¹⁶do not suffer pain, even in dreams. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷All treasures have been placed within the minds of His humble servants.

¹⁸In their company, sinful mistakes and sorrows are taken away. ||2||

¹⁹The Glories of the Lord's humble servants cannot be described.

²⁰The servants of the Supreme Lord God remain absorbed in Him. ||3||

²¹Grant Your Grace, God, and hear my prayer:

²²please bless Nanak with the dust of the feet of Your slave. ||4||67||136||

²³Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²⁴Remembering the Lord in meditation, your misfortune shall be taken away,

²⁵and all joy shall come to abide in your mind. ||1||

²⁶Meditate, O my mind, on the One Name.

²⁷It alone shall be of use to your soul. ||1||Pause||

²⁸Night and day, sing the Glorious Praises of the Infinite Lord,

²⁹through the Pure Mantra of the Perfect Guru. ||2||

³⁰Give up other efforts, and place your faith in the Support of the One Lord.

³¹Taste the Ambrosial Essence of this, the greatest treasure. ||3||

³²They alone cross over the treacherous world-ocean,

³³O Nanak, upon whom the Lord casts His Glance of Grace. ||4||68||137||

³⁴Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

³⁵I have enshrined the Lotus Feet of God within my heart.

³⁶Meeting the Perfect True Guru, I am emancipated. ||1||

³⁷Sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe, O my Siblings of Destiny.

³⁸Joining the Holy Saints, meditate on the Lord's Name. ||1||Pause||

³⁹This human body, so difficult to obtain, is redeemed

⁴⁰when one receives the banner of the Naam from the True Guru. ||2||

⁴¹Meditating in remembrance on the Lord, the state of perfection is attained.

⁴²In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, fear and doubt depart. ||3||

⁴³Wherever I look, there I see the Lord pervading.

⁴⁴Slave Nanak has entered the Lord's Sanctuary. ||4||69||138||

⁴⁵Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁶I am a sacrifice to the Blessed Vision of the Guru's Darshan.

⁴⁷Chanting and meditating on the Name of the True Guru, I live. ||1||

⁴⁸O Supreme Lord God, O Perfect Divine Guru,

⁴⁹show mercy to me, and commit me to Your service. ||1||Pause||

⁵⁰I enshrine His Lotus Feet within my heart.

⁵¹I offer my mind, body and wealth to the Guru, the Support of the breath of life. ||2||

⁵²My life is prosperous, fruitful and approved;

⁵³I know that the Guru, the Supreme Lord God, is near me. ||3||

⁵⁴By great good fortune, I have obtained the dust of the feet of the Saints.

⁵⁵O Nanak, meeting the Guru, I have fallen in love with the Lord. ||4||70||139||

¹Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²They do their evil deeds, and pretend otherwise;

³but in the Court of the Lord, they shall be bound and gagged like thieves. ||1||

⁴Those who remember the Lord belong to the Lord.

⁵The One Lord is contained in the water, the land and the sky. ||1||Pause||

⁶Their inner beings are filled with poison, and yet with their mouths, they preach words of Ambrosial Nectar.

⁷Bound and gagged in the City of Death, they are punished and beaten. ||2||

⁸Hiding behind many screens, they commit acts of corruption,

⁹but in an instant, they are revealed to all the world. ||3||

¹⁰Those whose inner beings are true, who are attuned to the ambrosial essence of the Naam, the Name of the Lord

¹¹- O Nanak, the Lord, the Architect of Destiny, is merciful to them. ||4||71||140||

¹²Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

¹³The Lord's Love shall never leave or depart.

¹⁴They alone understand, unto whom the Perfect Guru gives it. ||1||

¹⁵One whose mind is attuned to the Lord's Love is true.

¹⁶The Love of the Beloved, the Architect of Destiny, is perfect. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷Sitting in the Society of the Saints, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

¹⁸The color of His Love shall never fade away. ||2||

¹⁹Without meditating in remembrance on the Lord, peace is not found.

²⁰All the other loves and tastes of Maya are bland and insipid. ||3||

²¹Those who are imbued with love by the Guru become happy.

²²Says Nanak, the Guru has become merciful to them. ||4||72||141||

²³Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²⁴Meditating in remembrance on the Lord Master, sinful mistakes are erased,

²⁵and one comes to abide in peace, celestial joy and bliss. ||1||

²⁶The Lord's humble servants place their faith in the Lord.

²⁷Chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, all anxieties are dispelled. ||1||Pause||

²⁸In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, there is no fear or doubt.

²⁹The Glorious Praises of the Lord are sung there, day and night. ||2||

³⁰Granting His Grace, God has released me from bondage.

³¹He has given me the Support of His Lotus Feet. ||3||

³²Says Nanak, faith comes into the mind of His servant,

³³Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

³⁴Those who keep their minds attached to the Lord's Feet

³⁵- pain, suffering and doubt run away from them. ||1||

³⁶Those who deal in the Lord's wealth are perfect.

³⁷Those who are honored by the Lord are the true spiritual heroes. ||1||Pause||

³⁸Those humble beings, unto whom the Lord of the Universe shows mercy,

³⁹fall at the Guru's Feet. ||2||

⁴⁰They are blessed with peace, celestial bliss, tranquility and ecstasy;

⁴¹chanting and meditating, they live in supreme bliss. ||3||

⁴²In the Saadh Sangat, I have earned the wealth of the Naam.

⁴³Says Nanak, God has relieved my pain. ||4||74||143||

⁴⁴Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁵Meditating in remembrance on the Lord, all suffering is eradicated.

⁴⁶The Lord's Lotus Feet are enshrined within my mind. ||1||

⁴⁷Chant the Lord's Name, hundreds of thousands of times, O my dear,

⁴⁸and drink deeply of the Ambrosial Essence of God. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁹Peace, celestial bliss, pleasures and the greatest ecstasy are obtained;

⁵⁰chanting and meditating, you shall live in supreme bliss. ||2||

⁵¹Sexual desire, anger, greed and ego are eradicated;

⁵²in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, all sinful mistakes are washed away. ||3||

⁵³Grant Your Grace, O God, O Merciful to the meek.

⁵⁴Please bless Nanak with the dust of the feet of the Holy. ||4||75||144||

¹Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²They wear and eat the gifts from the Lord;

³how can laziness help them, O mother? ||1||

⁴Forgetting her Husband Lord, and attaching herself to other affairs,

⁵the soul-bride throws away the precious jewel in exchange for a mere shell. ||1||Pause||

⁶Forsaking God, she is attached to other desires.

⁷But who has gained honor by saluting the slave? ||2||

⁸They consume food and drink, delicious and sublime as ambrosial nectar.

⁹But the dog does not know the One who has bestowed these. ||3||

¹⁰Says Nanak, I have been unfaithful to my own nature.

¹¹Please forgive me, O God, O Searcher of hearts. ||4||76||145||

¹²Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

¹³I meditate on the Feet of God within my mind.

¹⁴This is my cleansing bath at all the sacred shrines of pilgrimage. ||1||

¹⁵Meditate in remembrance on the Lord every day, O my Siblings of Destiny.

¹⁶Thus, the filth of millions of incarnations shall be taken away. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷Enshrine the Lord's Sermon within your heart,

¹⁸and you shall obtain all the desires of your mind. ||2||

¹⁹Redeemed is the life, death and birth of those,

²⁰within whose hearts the Lord God abides. ||3||

²¹Says Nanak, those humble beings are perfect,

²²who are blessed with the dust of the feet of the Holy. ||4||77||146||

²³Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²⁴They eat and wear what they are given, but still, they deny the Lord.

²⁵The messengers of the Righteous Judge of Dharma shall hunt them down. ||1||

²⁶They are unfaithful to the One, who has given them body and soul.

²⁷Through millions of incarnations, for so many lifetimes, they wander lost. ||1||Pause||

²⁸Such is the lifestyle of the faithless cynics;

²⁹everything they do is evil. ||2||

³⁰Within their minds, they have forgotten that Lord and Master,

³¹Their wickedness and corruption have increased - they are recorded in volumes of books.

³²O Nanak, they are saved only by the Mercy of God, the Ocean of peace. ||4||

³³O Supreme Lord God, I have come to Your Sanctuary.

³⁴Break my bonds, and carry me across, with the Lord's Name. ||1||Second Pause||78||147||

³⁵Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

³⁶For their own advantage, they make God their friend.

³⁷He fulfills all their desires, and blesses them with the state of liberation. ||1||

³⁸Everyone should make Him such a friend.

³⁹No one goes away empty-handed from Him. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁰For their own purposes, they enshrine the Lord in the heart;

⁴¹all pain, suffering and disease are taken away. ||2||

⁴²Their tongues learn the habit of chanting the Lord's Name,

⁴³and all their works are brought to perfection. ||3||

⁴⁴So many times, Nanak is a sacrifice to Him;

⁴⁵fruitful is the Blessed Vision, the Darshan, of my Lord of the Universe. ||4||79||148||

⁴⁶Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁷Millions of obstacles are removed in an instant,

⁴⁸for those who listen to the Sermon of the Lord, Har, Har, in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||1||

⁴⁹They drink in the sublime essence of the Lord's Name, the Ambrosial Elixir.

⁵⁰Meditating on the Lord's Feet, hunger is taken away. ||1||Pause||

⁵¹The treasure of all happiness, celestial peace and poise,

⁵²are obtained by those, whose hearts are filled with the Lord God. ||2||

¹All medicines and remedies, mantras and tantras are nothing more than ashes.

²Enshrine the Creator Lord within your heart. ||3||

³Renounce all your doubts, and vibrate upon the Supreme Lord God.

⁴Says Nanak, this path of Dharma is eternal and unchanging. ||4||80||149||

⁵Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁶The Lord bestowed His Mercy, and led me to meet the Guru.

⁷By His power, no disease afflicts me. ||1||

⁸Remembering the Lord, I cross over the terrifying world-ocean.

⁹In the Sanctuary of the spiritual warrior, the account books of the Messenger of Death are torn up. ||1||Pause||

¹⁰The True Guru has given me the Mantra of the Lord's Name.

¹¹By this Support, my affairs have been resolved. ||2||

¹²Meditation, self-discipline, self-control and perfect greatness were obtained when the Merciful Lord,

¹³The Guru has dispelled pride, emotional attachment and superstition.

¹⁴Nanak sees the Supreme Lord God pervading everywhere. ||4||81||150||

¹⁵Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁶The blind beggar is better off than the vicious king.

¹⁷Overcome by pain, the blind man invokes the Lord's Name. ||1||

¹⁸You are the glorious greatness of Your slave.

¹⁹The intoxication of Maya leads the others to hell. ||1||Pause||

²⁰Gripped by disease, they invoke the Name.

²¹But those who are intoxicated with vice shall find no home, no place of rest. ||2||

²²One who is in love with the Lord's Lotus Feet,

²³does not think of any other comforts. ||3||

²⁴Forever and ever, meditate on God, your Lord and Master.

²⁵O Nanak, meet with the Lord, the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts. ||4||82||151||

²⁶Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²⁷Twenty-four hours a day, the highway robbers are my companions.

²⁸Granting His Grace, God has driven them away. ||1||

²⁹Everyone should dwell on the Sweet Name of such a Lord.

³⁰God is overflowing with all power. ||1||Pause||

³¹The world-ocean is burning hot!

³²In an instant, God saves us, and carries us across. ||2||

³³There are so many bonds, they cannot be broken.

³⁴Remembering the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the fruit of liberation is obtained. ||3||

³⁵By clever devices, nothing is accomplished.

³⁶Grant Your Grace to Nanak, that he may sing the Glories of God. ||4||83||152||

³⁷Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

³⁸Those who obtain the wealth of the Lord's Name

³⁹move freely in the world; all their affairs are resolved. ||1||

⁴⁰By great good fortune, the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises are sung.

⁴¹O Supreme Lord God, as You give, so do I receive. ||1||Pause||

⁴²Enshrine the Lord's Feet within your heart.

⁴³Get aboard this boat, and cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ||2||

⁴⁴Everyone who joins the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy,

⁴⁵obtains eternal peace; pain does not afflict them any longer. ||3||

⁴⁶With loving devotional worship, meditate on the treasure of excellence.

⁴⁷O Nanak, you shall be honored in the Court of the Lord. ||4||84||153||

⁴⁸Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁹The Lord, our Friend, is totally pervading the water, the land and the skies.

⁵⁰Doubts are dispelled by continually singing the Lord's Glorious Praises. ||1||

⁵¹While rising up, and while lying down in sleep, the Lord is always with you, watching over you.

⁵²Remembering Him in meditation, the fear of Death departs. ||1||Pause||

⁵³With God's Lotus Feet abiding in the heart,

¹all suffering comes to an end. ||2||

²The One Lord is my hope, honor, power and wealth.

³Within my mind is the Support of the True Banker. ||3||

⁴I am the poorest and most helpless servant of the Holy.

⁵O Nanak, giving me His Hand, God has protected me. ||4||85||154||

⁶Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁷Taking my cleansing bath in the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, I have been purified.

⁸Its reward surpasses the giving of charity at millions of solar eclipses. ||1||Pause||

⁹With the Lord's Feet abiding in the heart,

¹⁰the sinful mistakes of countless incarnations are removed. ||1||

¹¹I have obtained the reward of the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises, in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

¹²I no longer have to gaze upon the way of death. ||2||

¹³In thought, word and deed, seek the Support of the Lord of the Universe;

¹⁴thus you shall be saved from the poisonous world-ocean. ||3||

¹⁵Granting His Grace, God has made me His Own.

¹⁶Nanak chants and meditates on the Chant of the Lord's Name. ||4||86||155||

¹⁷Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁸Seek the Sanctuary of those who have come to know the Lord.

¹⁹Your mind and body shall become cool and peaceful, imbued with the Feet of the Lord. ||1||

²⁰If God, the Destroyer of fear, does not dwell within your mind,

²¹you shall spend countless incarnations in fear and dread. ||1||Pause||

²²Those who have the Lord's Name dwelling within their hearts

²³have all their desires and tasks fulfilled. ||2||

²⁴Birth, old age and death are in His Power,

²⁵so remember that All-powerful Lord with each breath and morsel of food. ||3||

²⁶The One God is my Intimate, Best Friend and Companion.

²⁷The Naam, the Name of my Lord and Master, is Nanak's only Support. ||4||87||156||

²⁸Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²⁹When they are out and about, they keep Him enshrined in their hearts;

³⁰returning home, the Lord of the Universe is still with them. ||1||

³¹The Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is the Companion of His Saints.

³²Their minds and bodies are imbued with the Love of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

³³By Guru's Grace, one crosses over the world-ocean;

³⁴the sinful mistakes of countless incarnations are all washed away. ||2||

³⁵Honor and intuitive awareness are acquired through the Name of the Lord God.

³⁶The Teachings of the Perfect Guru are immaculate and pure. ||3||

³⁷Within your heart, meditate on the His Lotus Feet.

³⁸Nanak lives by beholding the Lord's Expansive Power. ||4||88||157||

³⁹Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁰Blessed is this place, where the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe are sung.

⁴¹God Himself bestows peace and pleasure. ||1||Pause||

⁴²Misfortune occurs where the Lord is not remembered in meditation.

⁴³There are millions of joys where the Glorious Praises of the Lord are sung. ||1||

⁴⁴Forgetting the Lord, all sorts of pains and diseases come.

⁴⁵Serving God, the Messenger of Death will not even approach you. ||2||

⁴⁶Very blessed, stable and sublime is that place,

⁴⁷where the Name of God alone is chanted. ||3||

⁴⁸Wherever I go, my Lord and Master is with me.

⁴⁹Nanak has met the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts. ||4||89||158||

⁵⁰Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁵¹That mortal who meditates on the Lord of the Universe,

⁵²whether educated or uneducated, obtains the state of supreme dignity. ||1||

⁵³In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, meditate on the Lord of the World.

⁵⁴Without the Name, wealth and property are false. ||1||Pause||

¹They alone are handsome, clever and wise,

²who surrender to the Will of God. ||2||

³Blessed is their coming into this world,

⁴if they recognize their Lord and Master in each and every heart. ||3||

⁵Says Nanak, their good fortune is perfect,

⁶if they enshrine the Lord's Feet within their minds. ||4||90||159||

⁷Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁸The Lord's servant does not associate with the faithless cynic.

⁹One is in the clutches of vice, while the other is in love with the Lord. ||1||Pause||

¹⁰It would be like an imaginary rider on a decorated horse,

¹¹or a eunuch caressing a woman. ||1||

¹²It would be like tying up an ox and trying to milk it,

¹³or riding a cow to chase a tiger. ||2||

¹⁴It would be like taking a sheep and worshipping it as the Elysian cow,

¹⁵the giver of all blessings; it would be like going out shopping without any money. ||3||

¹⁶O Nanak, consciously meditate on the Lord's Name.

¹⁷Meditate in remembrance on the Lord Master, your Best Friend. ||4||91||160||

¹⁸Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁹Pure and steady is that intellect,

²⁰which drinks in the Lord's sublime essence. ||1||

²¹Keep the Support of the Lord's Feet in your heart,

²²and you shall be saved from the cycle of birth and death. ||1||Pause||

²³Pure is that body, in which sin does not arise.

²⁴In the Love of the Lord is pure glory. ||2||

²⁵In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, corruption is eradicated.

²⁶This is the greatest blessing of all. ||3||

²⁷Imbued with loving devotional worship of the Sustainer of the Universe,

²⁸Nanak asks for the dust of the feet of the Holy. ||4||92||161||

²⁹Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

³⁰Such is my love for the Lord of the Universe;

³¹through perfect good destiny, I have been united with Him. ||1||Pause||

³²As the wife is delighted upon beholding her husband,

³³so does the Lord's humble servant live by chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||

³⁴As the mother is rejuvenated upon seeing her son,

³⁵so is the Lord's humble servant imbued with Him, through and through. ||2||

³⁶As the greedy man rejoices upon beholding his wealth,

³⁷so is the mind of the Lord's humble servant attached to His Lotus Feet. ||3||

³⁸May I never forget You, for even an instant, O Great Giver!

³⁹Nanak's God is the Support of his breath of life. ||4||93||162||

⁴⁰Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁴¹Those humble beings who are accustomed to the Lord's sublime essence,

⁴²are pierced through with loving devotional worship of the Lord's Lotus Feet. ||1||Pause||

⁴³All other pleasures look like ashes;

⁴⁴without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the world is fruitless. ||1||

⁴⁵He Himself rescues us from the deep dark well.

⁴⁶Wondrous and Glorious are the Praises of the Lord of the Universe. ||2||

⁴⁷In the woods and meadows, and throughout the three worlds, the Sustainer of the Universe is pervading.

⁴⁸The Expansive Lord God is Merciful to all beings. ||3||

⁴⁹Says Nanak, that speech alone is excellent,

⁵⁰which is approved by the Creator Lord. ||4||94||163||

⁵¹Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁵²Every day, take your bath in the Sacred Pool of the Lord.

⁵³Mix and drink in the most delicious, sublime Ambrosial Nectar of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

⁵⁴The water of the Name of the Lord of the Universe is immaculate and pure.

⁵⁵Take your cleansing bath in it, and all your affairs shall be resolved. ||1||

¹In the Society of the Saints, spiritual conversations take place.

²The sinful mistakes of millions of incarnations are erased. ||2||

³The Holy Saints meditate in remembrance, in ecstasy.

⁴Their minds and bodies are immersed in supreme ecstasy. ||3||

⁵Slave Nanak is a sacrifice to those

⁶Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁷Do only that, by which no filth or pollution shall stick to you.

⁸Let your mind remain awake and aware, singing the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises. ||1||Pause||

⁹Meditate in remembrance on the One Lord; do not be in love with duality.

¹⁰In the Society of the Saints, chant only the Name. ||1||

¹¹The karma of good actions, the Dharma of righteous living, religious rituals, fasts and worship

¹²- practice these, but do not know any other than the Supreme Lord God. ||2||

¹³Their works are brought to fruition,

¹⁴Infinitely invaluable is that Vaishnaav, that worshipper of Vishnu,

¹⁵says Nanak, who has renounced corruption. ||4||96||165||

¹⁶Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁷They desert you even when you are alive, O madman;

¹⁸what good can they do when someone is dead? ||1||

¹⁹Meditate in remembrance on the Lord of the Universe in your mind and body - this is your pre-ordained destiny.

²⁰The poison of Maya is of no use at all. ||1||Pause||

²¹Those who have eaten this poison of deception

²²- their thirst shall never depart. ||2||

²³The treacherous world-ocean is filled with terrible pain.

²⁴Without the Lord's Name, how can anyone cross over? ||3||

²⁵Joining the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, you shall be saved here and hereafter.

²⁶O Nanak, worship and adore the Name of the Lord. ||4||97||166||

²⁷Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²⁸The bearded emperor who struck down the poor,

²⁹has been burnt in the fire by the Supreme Lord God. ||1||

³⁰The Creator administers true justice.

³¹He is the Saving Grace of His slaves. ||1||Pause||

³²In the beginning, and throughout the ages, His glory is manifest.

³³The slanderer died after contracting the deadly fever. ||2||

³⁴He is killed, and no one can save him.

³⁵Here and hereafter, his reputation is evil. ||3||

³⁶The Lord hugs His slaves close in His Embrace.

³⁷Nanak seeks the Lord's Sanctuary, and meditates on the Naam. ||4||98||167||

³⁸Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

³⁹The memorandum was proven to be false by the Lord Himself.

⁴⁰The sinner is now suffering in despair. ||1||

⁴¹Those who have my Lord of the Universe as their support

⁴²- death does not even approach them. ||1||Pause||

⁴³In the True Court, they lie;

⁴⁴the blind fools strike their own heads with their own hands. ||2||

⁴⁵Sickness afflicts those who commit sins;

⁴⁶God Himself sits as the Judge. ||3||

⁴⁷By their own actions, they are bound and gagged.

⁴⁸All their wealth is gone, along with their lives. ||4||

⁴⁹Nanak has taken to the Sanctuary of the Lord's Court;

⁵⁰my Creator has preserved my honor. ||5||99||168||

⁵¹Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁵²The dust of the feet of the humble beings is so sweet to my mind.

⁵³Perfect karma is the mortal's pre-ordained destiny. ||1||Pause||

¹The mind is overflowing with the greasy dirt of egotistical pride.

²With the dust of the feet of the Holy, it is scrubbed clean. ||1||

³The body may be washed with loads of water,

⁴and yet its filth is not removed, and it does not become clean. ||2||

⁵I have met the True Guru, who is merciful forever.

⁶Meditating, meditating in remembrance on the Lord, I am rid of the fear of death. ||3||

⁷Liberation, pleasures and worldly success are all in the Lord's Name.

⁸With loving devotional worship, O Nanak, sing His Glorious Praises. ||4||100||169||

⁹Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁰The Lord's slaves attain the highest status of life.

¹¹Meeting them, the soul is enlightened. ||1||

¹²Those who listen with their mind and ears to the Lord's meditative remembrance,

¹³are blessed with peace at the Lord's Gate, O mortal. ||1||Pause||

¹⁴Twenty-four hours a day, meditate on the Sustainer of the World.

¹⁵O Nanak, gazing on the Blessed Vision of His Darshan, I am enraptured. ||2||101||170||

¹⁶Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁷Peace and tranquility have come; the Guru, the Lord of the Universe, has brought it.

¹⁸The burning sins have departed, O my Siblings of Destiny. ||1||Pause||

¹⁹With your tongue, continually chant the Lord's Name.

²⁰Disease shall depart, and you shall be saved. ||1||

²¹Contemplate the Glorious Virtues of the Unfathomable Supreme Lord God.

²²In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, you shall be emancipated. ||2||

²³Sing the Glories of God each and every day;

²⁴your afflictions shall be dispelled, and you shall be saved, my humble friend. ||3||

²⁵In thought, word and deed, I meditate on my God.

²⁶Slave Nanak has come to Your Sanctuary. ||4||102||171||

²⁷Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²⁸The Divine Guru has opened his eyes.

²⁹Doubt has been dispelled; my service has been successful. ||1||Pause||

³⁰The Giver of joy has saved him from smallpox.

³¹The Supreme Lord God has granted His Grace. ||1||

³²O Nanak, he alone lives, who chants the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

³³In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, drink deeply of the Lord's Ambrosial Nectar. ||2||103||172||

³⁴Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

³⁵Blessed is that forehead, and blessed are those eyes;

³⁶blessed are those devotees who are in love with You. ||1||

³⁷Without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, how anyone find peace?

³⁸With your tongue, chant the Praises of the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

³⁹Nanak is a sacrifice to those

⁴⁰who meditate on the Lord of Nirvaanaa. ||2||104||173||

⁴¹Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁴²You are my Advisor; You are always with me.

⁴³You preserve, protect and care for me. ||1||

⁴⁴Such is the Lord, our Help and Support in this world and the next.

⁴⁵He protects the honor of His slave, O my Sibling of Destiny. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁶He alone exists hereafter; this place is in His Power.

⁴⁷Twenty-four hours a day, O my mind, chant and meditate on the Lord. ||2||

⁴⁸His honor is acknowledged, and he bears the True Insignia;

⁴⁹the Lord Himself issues His Royal Command. ||3||

⁵⁰He Himself is the Giver; He Himself is the Cherisher.

⁵¹Continually, continuously, O Nanak, dwell upon the Name of the Lord. ||4||105||174||

⁵²Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁵³When the Perfect True Guru becomes merciful,

⁵⁴the Lord of the World abides in the heart forever. ||1||

⁵⁵Meditating on the Lord, I have found eternal peace.

¹The Sovereign Lord, the Perfect King, has shown His Mercy to me. ||1||Pause||

²Says Nanak, one whose destiny is perfect,

³meditates on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, the Everlasting Husband. ||2||106||

⁴Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁵He opens his loin-cloth, and spreads it out beneath him.

⁶Like a donkey, he gulps down all that comes his way. ||1||

⁷Without good deeds, liberation is not obtained.

⁸The wealth of liberation is only obtained by meditating on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

⁹He performs worship ceremonies, applies the ceremonial tilak mark to his forehead, and takes his ritual cleansing baths;

¹⁰he pulls out his knife, and demands donations. ||2||

¹¹With his mouth, he recites the Vedas in sweet musical measures,

¹²and yet he does not hesitate to take the lives of others. ||3||

¹³Says Nanak, when God showers His Mercy,

¹⁴even his heart becomes pure, and he contemplates God. ||4||107||

¹⁵Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁶Remain steady in the home of your own self, O beloved servant of the Lord.

¹⁷The True Guru shall resolve all your affairs. ||1||Pause||

¹⁸The Transcendent Lord has struck down the wicked and the evil.

¹⁹The Creator has preserved the honor of His servant. ||1||

²⁰The kings and emperors are all under his power;

²¹he drinks deeply of the most sublime essence of the Ambrosial Naam. ||2||

²²Meditate fearlessly on the Lord God.

²³Joining the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, this gift is given. ||3||

²⁴Nanak has entered the Sanctuary of God, the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts;

²⁵he grasps the Support of God, his Lord and Master. ||4||108||

²⁶Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²⁷One who is attuned to the Lord, shall not be burned in the fire.

²⁸One who is attuned to the Lord, shall not be enticed by Maya.

²⁹One who is attuned to the Lord, shall not be drowned in water.

³⁰One who is attuned to the Lord, is prosperous and fruitful. ||1||

³¹All fear is eradicated by Your Name.

³²Joining the Sangat, the Holy Congregation, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, Har, Har. ||Pause||

³³One who is attuned to the Lord, is free of all anxieties.

³⁴One who is attuned to the Lord, is blessed with the Mantra of the Holy.

³⁵One who is attuned to the Lord, is not haunted by the fear of death.

³⁶One who is attuned to the Lord, sees all his hopes fulfilled. ||2||

³⁷One who is attuned to the Lord, does not suffer in pain.

³⁸One who is attuned to the Lord, remains awake and aware, night and day.

³⁹One who is attuned to the Lord, dwells in the home of intuitive peace.

⁴⁰One who is attuned to the Lord, sees his doubts and fears run away. ||3||

⁴¹One who is attuned to the Lord, has the most sublime and exalted intellect.

⁴²One who is attuned to the Lord, has a pure and spotless reputation.

⁴³Says Nanak, I am a sacrifice to those,

⁴⁴Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁵Through sincere efforts, the mind is made peaceful and calm.

⁴⁶Walking on the Lord's Way, all pains are taken away.

⁴⁷Chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the mind becomes blissful.

⁴⁸Singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, supreme bliss is obtained. ||1||

⁴⁹There is joy all around, and peace has come to my home.

⁵⁰Joining the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, misfortune disappears. ||Pause||

⁵¹My eyes are purified, beholding the Blessed Vision of His Darshan.

⁵²Blessed is the forehead which touches His Lotus Feet.

⁵³Working for the Lord of the Universe, the body becomes fruitful.

¹By the Grace of the Saints, I have obtained the supreme status. ||2||

²The Lord is the Help and Support of His humble servant.

³I have found peace, falling at the feet of His slaves.

⁴When selfishness is gone, then one becomes the Lord Himself;

⁵seek the Sanctuary of the treasure of mercy. ||3||

⁶When someone finds the One he has desired,

⁷then where should he go to look for Him?

⁸I have become steady and stable, and I dwell in the seat of peace.

⁹By Guru's Grace, Nanak has entered the home of peace. ||4||110||

¹⁰Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

¹¹The merits of taking millions of ceremonial cleansing baths,

¹²the giving of hundreds of thousands, billions and trillions in charity

¹³- these are obtained by those whose minds are filled with the Name of the Lord. ||1||

¹⁴Those who sing the Glories of the Lord of the World are totally pure.

¹⁵Their sins are erased, in the Sanctuary of the Kind and Holy Saints. ||Pause||

¹⁶The merits of performing all sorts of austere acts of penance and self-discipline,

¹⁷earning huge profits and seeing one's desires fulfilled

¹⁸- these are obtained by chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, with the tongue. ||2||

¹⁹The merits of reciting the Simritees, the Shaastras and the Vedas,

²⁰knowledge of the science of Yoga, spiritual wisdom and the pleasure of miraculous spiritual powers

²¹- these come by surrendering the mind and meditating on the Name of God. ||3||

²²The wisdom of the Inaccessible and Infinite Lord is incomprehensible.

²³Meditating on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and contemplating the Naam within our hearts,

²⁴O Nanak, God has showered His Mercy upon us. ||4||111||

²⁵Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²⁶Meditating, meditating, meditating in remembrance, I have found peace.

²⁷I have enshrined the Lotus Feet of the Guru within my heart. ||1||

²⁸The Guru, the Lord of the Universe, the Supreme Lord God, is perfect.

²⁹Worshipping Him, my mind has found a lasting peace. ||Pause||

³⁰Night and day, I meditate on the Guru, and the Name of the Guru.

³¹Thus all my works are brought to perfection. ||2||

³²Beholding the Blessed Vision of His Darshan, my mind has become cool and tranquil,

³³and the sinful mistakes of countless incarnations have been washed away. ||3||

³⁴Says Nanak, where is fear now, O Siblings of Destiny?

³⁵The Guru Himself has preserved the honor of His servant. ||4||112||

³⁶Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

³⁷The Lord Himself is the Help and Support of His servants.

³⁸He always cherishes them, like their father and mother. ||1||

³⁹In God's Sanctuary, everyone is saved.

⁴⁰That Perfect True Lord is the Doer, the Cause of causes. ||Pause||

⁴¹My mind now dwells in the Creator Lord.

⁴²My fears have been dispelled, and my soul has found the most sublime peace. ||2||

⁴³The Lord has granted His Grace, and saved His humble servant.

⁴⁴The sinful mistakes of so many incarnations have been washed away. ||3||

⁴⁵The Greatness of God cannot be described.

⁴⁶Servant Nanak is forever in His Sanctuary. ||4||113||

⁴⁷Raag Gauree Chaytee, Fifth Mehl, Dho-Padhay:

⁴⁸One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁴⁹The power of the Lord is universal and perfect, O Siblings of Destiny.

⁵⁰So no pain can ever afflict me. ||1||Pause||

⁵¹Whatever the Lord's slave wishes, O mother,

⁵²the Creator Himself causes that to be done. ||1||

⁵³God causes the slanderers to lose their honor.

⁵⁴Nanak sings the Glorious Praises of the Fearless Lord. ||2||114||

¹Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²O Brave and Powerful God, Ocean of Peace, I fell into the pit - please, take my hand. ||1||Pause||

³My ears do not hear, and my eyes are not beautiful. I am in such pain; I am a poor cripple, crying at Your Door. ||1||

⁴O Master of the poor and helpless, O Embodiment of Compassion, You are my Friend and Intimate, my Father and Mother.

⁵Nanak holds tight to the Lord's Lotus Feet in his heart; thus the Saints cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ||2||2||115||

⁶Raag Gauree Bairaagan, Fifth Mehl:

⁷One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁸O Dear Lord God, my Best Friend, please, abide with me. ||1||Pause||

⁹Without You, I cannot live, even for an instant, and my life in this world is cursed.

¹⁰O Breath of Life of the soul, O Giver of peace, each and every instant I am a sacrifice to You. ||1||

¹¹Please, God, give me the Support of Your Hand; lift me up and pull me out of this pit, O Lord of the World.

¹²I am worthless, with such a shallow intellect; You are always Merciful to the meek. ||2||

¹³What comforts of Yours can I dwell upon? How can I contemplate You?

¹⁴You lovingly absorb Your slaves into Your Sanctuary, O Lofty, Inaccessible and Infinite Lord. ||3||

¹⁵All wealth, and the eight miraculous spiritual powers are in the supremely sublime essence of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

¹⁶Those humble beings, with whom the beautifully-haired Lord is thoroughly pleased, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||4||

¹⁷You are my mother, father, son and relative; You are the Support of the breath of life.

¹⁸In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, Nanak meditates on the Lord, and swims across the poisonous world-ocean. ||5||1||116||

¹⁹Gauree Bairaagan, Chhants Of Rehoay, Fifth Mehl:

²⁰One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²¹Is there anyone who will sing of the Beloved Lord?

²²Surely, this will bring all pleasures and comforts. ||Pause||

²³The renunciate goes out into the woods, searching for Him.

²⁴But those who embrace love for the One Lord are very rare.

²⁵Those who find the Lord are very fortunate and blessed. ||1||

²⁶The Gods like Brahma and Sanak yearn for Him;

²⁷the Yogis, celibates and Siddhas yearn for the Lord.

²⁸One who is so blessed, sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||2||

²⁹I seek the Sanctuary of those who have not forgotten Him.

³⁰By great good fortune, one meets the Lord's Saint.

³¹They are not subject to the cycle of birth and death. ||3||

³²Show Your Mercy, and lead me to meet You, O my Darling Beloved.

³³Hear my prayer, O Lofty and Infinite God;

³⁴Nanak begs for the Support of Your Name. ||4||1||117||

¹Raag Gauree Poorbee, Fifth Mehl:

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

³By what virtues can I meet the Lord of life, O my mother? ||1||Pause||

⁴I have no beauty, understanding or strength; I am a stranger, from far away. ||1||

⁵I am not wealthy or youthful. I am an orphan - please, unite me with Yourself. ||2||

⁶Searching and searching, I have become a renunciate, free of desire. I wander around, searching for the Blessed Vision of God's Darshan. ||3||

⁷God is Compassionate, and Merciful to the meek; O Nanak, in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, the fire of desire has been quenched. ||4||1||118||

⁸Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁹The loving desire to meet my Beloved has arisen within my mind.

¹⁰I touch His Feet, and offer my prayer to Him. If only I had the great good fortune to meet the Saint. ||1||Pause||

¹¹I surrender my mind to Him; I place my wealth before Him. I totally renounce my selfish ways.

¹²One who teaches me the Sermon of the Lord God - night and day, I shall follow Him. ||1||

¹³When the seed of the karma of past actions sprouted, I met the Lord; He is both the Enjoyer and the Renunciate.

¹⁴My darkness was dispelled when I met the Lord. O Nanak, after being asleep for countless incarnations, I have awakened. ||2||2||119||

¹⁵Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁶Come out, O soul-bird, and let the meditative remembrance of the Lord be your wings.

¹⁷Meet the Holy Saint, take to His Sanctuary, and keep the perfect jewel of the Lord enshrined in your heart. ||1||Pause||

¹⁸Superstition is the well, thirst for pleasure is the mud, and emotional attachment is the noose, so tight around your neck.

¹⁹The only one who can cut this is the Guru of the World, the Lord of the Universe. So let yourself dwell at His Lotus Feet. ||1||

²⁰Bestow Your Mercy, O Lord of the Universe, O God, My Beloved, Master of the meek - please, listen to my prayer.

²¹Take my hand, O Lord and Master of Nanak; my body and soul all belong to You. ||2||3||120||

²²Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²³My mind yearns to behold the Lord in meditation.

²⁴I think of Him, I hope and thirst for Him, day and night; is there any Saint who may bring Him near me? ||1||Pause||

²⁵I serve the slaves of His slaves; in so many ways, I beg of Him.

²⁶Setting them upon the scale, I have weighed all comforts and pleasures; without the Lord's Blessed Vision, they are all totally inadequate. ||1||

²⁷By the Grace of the Saints, I sing the Praises of the Ocean of virtue; after countless incarnations, I have been released.

²⁸Meeting the Lord, Nanak has found peace and bliss; his life is redeemed, and prosperity dawns for him. ||2||4||121||

²⁹Raag Gauree Poorbee, Fifth Mehl:

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

³¹How may I meet my Master, the King, the Lord of the Universe?

³²Is there any Saint, who can bestow such celestial peace, and show me the Way to Him? ||1||Pause||

¹The Unseen Lord is deep within the self; He cannot be seen; the curtain of egotism intervenes.

²In emotional attachment to Maya, all the world is asleep. Tell me, how can this doubt be dispelled? ||1||

³The one lives together with the other in the same house, but they do not talk to one another, O Siblings of Destiny.

⁴Without the one substance, the five are miserable; that substance is in the unapproachable place. ||2||

⁵And the one whose home it is, has locked it up, and given the key to the Guru.

⁶You may make all sorts of efforts, but it cannot be obtained, without the Sanctuary of the True Guru. ||3||

⁷Those whose bonds have been broken by the True Guru, enshrine love for the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

⁸The self-elect, the self-realized beings, meet together and sing the joyous songs of the Lord. Nanak, there is no difference between them, O Siblings of Destiny. ||4||

⁹This is how my Sovereign Lord King, the Lord of the Universe, is met;

¹⁰celestial bliss is attained in an instant, and doubt is dispelled. Meeting Him, my light merges in the Light. ||1||Second Pause||1||122||

¹¹Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

¹²I am intimate with Him;

¹³granting His Grace, my Kind Beloved has told me of the True Guru. ||1||Pause||

¹⁴Wherever I look, there You are; I am totally convinced of this.

¹⁵Unto whom should I pray? The Lord Himself hears all. ||1||

¹⁶My anxiety is over. The Guru has cut away my bonds, and I have found eternal peace.

¹⁷Whatever shall be, shall be in the end; so where can pain and pleasure be seen? ||2||

¹⁸The continents and the solar systems rest in the support of the One Lord. The Guru has removed the veil of illusion, and shown this to me.

¹⁹The nine treasures of the wealth of the Name of the Lord are in that one place. Where else should we go? ||3||

²⁰The same gold is fashioned into various articles; just so, the Lord has made the many patterns of the creation.

²¹Says Nanak, the Guru has dispelled my doubt; in this way, my essence merges into God's essence. ||4||2||123||

²²Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²³This life is diminishing, day and night.

²⁴Meeting with the Guru, your affairs shall be resolved. ||1||Pause||

²⁵Listen, my friends, I beg of you: now is the time to serve the Saints!

²⁶In this world, earn the profit of the Lord's Name, and hereafter, you shall dwell in peace. ||1||

²⁷This world is engrossed in corruption and cynicism. Only those who know God are saved.

²⁸Those who are awakened by the Lord to drink in this sublime essence, come to know the Unspoken Speech of the Lord. ||2||

²⁹Purchase only that for which you have come into the world, and through the Guru, the Lord shall dwell within your mind.

³⁰Within the home of your own inner being, you shall obtain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence with intuitive ease. You shall not be consigned again to the wheel of reincarnation. ||3||

³¹O Inner-knower, Searcher of hearts, Primal Being, Architect of Destiny: please fulfill this yearning of my mind.

³²Nanak, Your slave, begs for this happiness: let me be the dust of the feet of the Saints. ||4||3||124||

³³Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

³⁴Save me, O My Father God.

³⁵I am worthless and without virtue; all virtues are Yours. ||1||Pause||

³⁶The five vicious thieves are assaulting my poor being; save me, O Savior Lord!

³⁷They are tormenting and torturing me. I have come, seeking Your Sanctuary. ||1||

¹Trying all sorts of things, I have grown weary, but still, they will not leave me alone.

²But I have heard that they can be rooted out, in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy; and so I seek their Shelter. ||2||

³In their Mercy, the Saints have met me, and from them, I have obtained satisfaction.

⁴The Saints have given me the Mantra of the Fearless Lord, and now I practice the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||3||

⁵I have now conquered those terrible evil-doers, and my speech is now sweet and sublime.

⁶Says Nanak, the Divine Light has dawned within my mind; I have obtained the state of Nirvaanaa. ||4||4||125||

⁷Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁸He is the Eternal King.

⁹The Fearless Lord abides with you. So where does this fear come from? ||1||Pause||

¹⁰In one person, You are arrogant and proud, and in another, You are meek and humble.

¹¹In one person, You are all by Yourself, and in another, You are poor. ||1||

¹²In one person, you are a Pandit, a religious scholar and a preacher, and in another, You are just a fool.

¹³In one person, You grab hold of everything, and in another, You accept nothing. ||2||

¹⁴What can the poor wooden puppet do? The Master Puppeteer knows everything.

¹⁵As the Puppeteer dresses the puppet, so is the role the puppet plays. ||3||

¹⁶The Lord has created the various chambers of assorted descriptions, and He Himself protects them.

¹⁷As is that vessel in which the Lord places the soul, so does it dwell. What can this poor being do? ||4||

¹⁸The One who created the thing, understands it; He has fashioned all of this.

¹⁹Says Nanak, the Lord and Master is Infinite; He alone understands the value of His Creation. ||5||5||126||

²⁰Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²¹Give them up - give up the pleasures of corruption;

²²you are entangled in them, you crazy fool, like an animal grazing in the green fields. ||1||Pause||

²³That which you believe to be of use to you, shall not go even an inch with you.

²⁴Naked you came, and naked you shall depart. You shall go round and round the cycle of birth and death, and you shall be food for Death. ||1||

²⁵Watching, watching the transitory dramas of the world, you are embroiled and enmeshed in them, and you laugh with delight.

²⁶The string of life is wearing thin, day and night, and you have done nothing for your soul. ||2||

²⁷Doing your deeds, you have grown old; your voice fails you, and your body has become weak.

²⁸You were enticed by Maya in your youth, and your attachment for it has not diminished, one little bit. ||3||

²⁹The Guru has shown me that this is the way of the world; I have abandoned the dwelling of pride, and entered Your Sanctuary.

³⁰The Saint has shown me the Path of God; slave Nanak has implanted devotional worship and the Praise of the Lord. ||4||6||127||

³¹Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

³²Except for You, who is mine?

³³O my Beloved, You are the Support of the breath of life. ||1||Pause||

³⁴You alone know the condition of my inner being. You are my Beautiful Friend.

³⁵I receive all comforts from You, O my Unfathomable and Immeasurable Lord and Master. ||1||

¹I cannot describe Your Manifestations, O Treasure of Excellence, O Giver of peace.

²God is Inaccessible, Incomprehensible and Imperishable; He is known through the Perfect Guru. ||2||

³My doubt and fear have been taken away, and I have been made pure, since my ego was conquered.

⁴My fear of birth and death has been abolished, beholding Your Blessed Vision in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||3||

⁵I wash the Guru's Feet and serve Him; I am a sacrifice to Him, 100,000 times.

⁶By His Grace, servant Nanak has crossed over this terrifying world-ocean; I am united with my Beloved. ||4||7||128||

⁷Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁸Who can please You, except You Yourself?

⁹Gazing upon Your Beauteous Form, all are entranced. ||1||Pause||

¹⁰In the heavenly paradise, in the nether regions of the underworld, on the planet earth and throughout the galaxies, the One Lord is pervading everywhere.

¹¹Everyone calls upon You with their palms pressed together, saying, "Shiva, Shiva". O Merciful Lord and Master, everyone cries out for Your Help. ||1||

¹²Your Name, O Lord and Master, is the Purifier of sinners, the Giver of peace, immaculate, cooling and soothing.

¹³O Nanak, spiritual wisdom, meditation and glorious greatness come from dialogue and discourse with Your Saints. ||2||8||129||

¹⁴Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁵Meet with me, O my Dear Beloved.

¹⁶O God, whatever You do - that alone happens. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷Wandering around through countless incarnations, I endured pain and suffering in so many lives, over and over again.

¹⁸By Your Grace, I obtained this human body; grant me the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan, O Sovereign Lord King. ||1||

¹⁹That which pleases His Will has come to pass; no one else can do anything.

²⁰By Your Will, enticed by the illusion of emotional attachment, the people are asleep; they do not wake up. ||2||

²¹Please hear my prayer, O Lord of Life, O Beloved, Ocean of mercy and compassion.

²²Save me, O my Father God. I am an orphan - please, cherish me! ||3||

²³You reveal the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan, for the sake of the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

²⁴Grant Your Grace, and bless us with the dust of the feet of the Saints; Nanak yearns for this peace. ||4||9||130||

²⁵Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²⁶I am a sacrifice to those

²⁷who take the Support of the Naam. ||1||Pause||

²⁸How can I recount the praises of those humble beings who are attuned to the Love of the Supreme Lord God?

²⁹Peace, intuitive poise and bliss are with them. There are no other givers equal to them. ||1||

³⁰They have come to save the world - those humble beings who thirst for His Blessed Vision.

³¹Those who seek their Sanctuary are carried across; in the Society of the Saints, their hopes are fulfilled. ||2||

³²If I fall at their Feet, then I live; associating with those humble beings, I remain happy.

³³O God, please be merciful to me, that my mind might become the dust of the feet of Your devotees. ||3||

³⁴Power and authority, youth and age - whatever is seen in this world, all of it shall fade away.

³⁵The treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is forever new and immaculate. Nanak has earned this wealth of the Lord. ||4||10||131||

¹Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²I came to the Guru, to learn the Way of Yoga.

³The True Guru has revealed it to me through the Word of the Shabad. ||1||Pause||

⁴He is contained in the nine continents of the world, and within this body; each and every moment, I humbly bow to Him.

⁵I have made the Guru's Teachings my ear-rings, and I have enshrined the One Formless Lord within my being. ||1||

⁶I have brought the five disciples together, and they are now under the control of the one mind.

⁷When the ten hermits become obedient to the Lord, then I became an immaculate Yogi. ||2||

⁸I have burnt my doubt, and smeared my body with the ashes. My path is to see the One and Only Lord.

⁹I have made that intuitive peace my food; the Lord Master has written this pre-ordained destiny upon my forehead. ||3||

¹⁰In that place where there is no fear, I have assumed my Yogic posture. The unstruck melody of His Bani is my horn.

¹¹I have made contemplation upon the essential reality my Yogic staff. The Love of the Name in my mind is my Yogic lifestyle. ||4||

¹²By great good fortune, such a Yogi is met, who cuts away the bonds of Maya.

¹³Nanak serves and adores this wondrous person, and kisses his feet. ||5||11||132||

¹⁴Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁵The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is an incomparably beautiful treasure. Listen, everyone, and meditate on it, O friends.

¹⁶Those, unto whom the Guru has given the Lord's medicine - their minds become pure and immaculate. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷Darkness is dispelled from within that body, in which the Divine Light of the Guru's Shabad shines.

¹⁸The noose of doubt is cut away from those who place their faith in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||1||

¹⁹The treacherous and terrifying world-ocean is crossed over, in the boat of the Saadh Sangat.

²⁰My mind's desires are fulfilled, meeting the Guru, in love with the Lord. ||2||

²¹The devotees have found the treasure of the Naam; their minds and bodies are satisfied and satiated.

²²O Nanak, the Dear Lord gives it only to those who surrender to the Lord's Command. ||3||12||133||

²³Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²⁴Please be kind and compassionate, O Lord of my life; I am helpless, and I seek Your Sanctuary, God.

²⁵Please, give me Your Hand, and lift me up, out of the deep dark pit. I have no clever tricks at all. ||1||Pause||

²⁶You are the Doer, the Cause of causes - You are everything. You are All-powerful; there is no other than You.

²⁷You alone know Your condition and extent. They alone become Your servants, upon whose foreheads such good destiny is recorded. ||1||

²⁸You are imbued with Your servant, God; Your devotees are woven into Your Fabric, through and through.

²⁹O Darling Beloved, they yearn for Your Name and the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan, like the chakvee bird which longs to see the moon. ||2||

³⁰Between the Lord and His Saint, there is no difference at all. Among hundreds of thousands and millions, there is scarcely one humble being.

³¹Those whose hearts are illuminated by God, sing the Kirtan of His Praises night and day with their tongues. ||3||

³²You are All-powerful and Infinite, the most lofty and exalted, the Giver of peace; O God, You are the Support of the breath of life.

³³Please show mercy to Nanak, O God, that he may remain in the Society of the Saints. ||4||13||134||

¹Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²O Saint, You are attuned to the Lord.

³Please stand my me, Architect of Destiny; please take me to my destination, Great Giver. ||1||Pause||

⁴You alone know Your mystery; You are the Perfect Architect of Destiny.

⁵I am a helpless orphan - please keep me under Your Protection and save me. ||1||

⁶Your Feet are the boat to carry us across the world-ocean; You alone know Your ways.

⁷Those whom You keep protected, by Your Kindness, cross over to the other side. ||2||

⁸Here and hereafter, God, You are All-powerful; everything is in Your Hands.

⁹Please give me that treasure, which will go along with me, O servant of the Lord. ||3||

¹⁰I am without virtue - please bless me with virtue, so that my mind might chant the Name of the Lord.

¹¹By the Grace of the Saints, Nanak has met the Lord; his mind and body are soothed and satisfied. ||4||14||135||

¹²Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

¹³I am intuitively absorbed in the Divine Lord.

¹⁴The Divine True Guru has become Merciful to me. ||1||Pause||

¹⁵Cutting away the halter, He has made me His slave, and now I work for the Saints.

¹⁶I have become a worshipper of the One Name; the Guru has shown me this amazing wonder. ||1||

¹⁷The Divine Light has dawned, and everything is illuminated; the Guru has revealed this spiritual wisdom to my mind.

¹⁸Drinking deeply of the Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord, my mind is satisfied, and my fears have been vanquished. ||2||

¹⁹Accepting the Command of the Lord's Will, I have found total peace; the home of suffering has been destroyed.

²⁰When God, our Lord and Master was totally pleased, He revealed everything in the form of ecstasy. ||3||

²¹Nothing comes, and nothing goes; this play is all set in motion by the Lord, the Sovereign King.

²²Says Nanak, our Lord and Master is inaccessible and unfathomable. The Lord's devotees take His Name as their Support. ||4||15||136||

²³Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²⁴He is the Supreme Lord God, the Perfect Transcendent Lord; O my mind, hold tight to the Support of the One

²⁵who established the solar systems and galaxies. Chant the Name of that Lord. ||1||Pause||

²⁶Renounce the intellectual cleverness of your mind, O humble servants of the Lord; understanding the Hukam of His Command, peace is found.

²⁷Whatever God does, accept that with pleasure; in comfort and in suffering, meditate on Him. ||1||

²⁸The Creator emancipates millions of sinners in an instant, without a moment's delay.

²⁹The Lord, the Destroyer of the pain and sorrow of the poor, blesses those with whom He is pleased. ||2||

³⁰He is Mother and Father, the Cherisher of all; He is the Breath of life of all beings, the Ocean of peace.

³¹While giving so generously, the Creator does not diminish at all. The Source of jewels, He is All-pervading. ||3||

³²The beggar begs for Your Name, O Lord and Master; God is contained deep within the nucleus of each and every heart.

³³Slave Nanak has entered His Sanctuary; no one returns from Him empty-handed. ||4||16||137||

¹Raag Gauree Poorbee, Fifth Mehl:

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

³Never forget the Lord, Har, Har, from your mind.

⁴Here and hereafter, He is the Giver of all peace. He is the Cherisher of all hearts. ||1||Pause||

⁵He removes the most terrible pains in an instant, if the tongue repeats His Name.

⁶In the Lord's Sanctuary there is soothing coolness, peace and tranquility. He has extinguished the burning fire. ||1||

⁷He saves us from the hellish pit of the womb, and carries us across the terrifying world-ocean.

⁸Adoring His Lotus Feet in the mind, the fear of death is banished. ||2||

⁹He is the Perfect, Supreme Lord God, the Transcendent Lord, lofty, unfathomable and infinite.

¹⁰Singing His Glorious Praises, and meditating on the Ocean of peace, one's life is not lost in the gamble. ||3||

¹¹My mind is engrossed in sexual desire, anger, greed and attachment, O Giver to the unworthy.

¹²Please grant Your Grace, and bless me with Your Name; Nanak is forever a sacrifice to You. ||4||1||138||

¹³Raag Gauree Chaytee, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁴One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹⁵There is no peace without devotional worship of the Lord.

¹⁶Be victorious, and win the priceless jewel of this human life, by meditating on Him in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, even for an instant. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷Many have renounced and left their children,

¹⁸Horses, elephants and the pleasures of power

¹⁹- leaving these behind, the fool must depart naked. ||2||

²⁰The body, scented with musk and sandalwood

²¹- that body shall come to roll in the dust. ||3||

²²Infatuated with emotional attachment, they think that God is far away.

²³Says Nanak, he is Ever-present! ||4||1||139||

²⁴Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²⁵O mind, cross over with the Support of the Lord's Name.

²⁶The Guru is the boat to carry you across the world-ocean, through the waves of cynicism and doubt. ||1||Pause||

²⁷In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, there is only pitch darkness.

²⁸The lamp of the Guru's spiritual wisdom illuminates and enlightens. ||1||

²⁹The poison of corruption is spread out far and wide.

³⁰Only the virtuous are saved, chanting and meditating on the Lord. ||2||

³¹Intoxicated with Maya, the people are asleep.

³²Meeting the Guru, doubt and fear are dispelled. ||3||

³³Says Nanak, meditate on the One Lord;

³⁴behold Him in each and every heart. ||4||2||140||

³⁵Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

³⁶You alone are my Chief Advisor.

³⁷I serve You with the Support of the Guru. ||1||Pause||

³⁸By various devices, I could not find You.

³⁹Taking hold of me, the Guru has made me Your slave. ||1||

⁴⁰I have conquered the five tyrants.

⁴¹By Guru's Grace, I have vanquished the army of evil. ||2||

⁴²I have received the One Name as His bounty and blessing.

⁴³Now, I dwell in peace, poise and bliss. ||3||

¹The slaves of God are good.

²O Nanak, their faces are radiant. ||4||3||141||

³Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁴Hey, soul: your only Support is the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

⁵Whatever else you do or make happen, the fear of death still hangs over you. ||1||Pause||

⁶He is not obtained by any other efforts.

⁷By great good fortune, meditate on the Lord. ||1||

⁸You may know hundreds of thousands of clever tricks,

⁹but not even one will be of any use at all hereafter. ||2||

¹⁰Good deeds done in the pride of ego are swept away,

¹¹When God the Merciful shows His Mercy,

¹²Nanak receives the Naam in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||4||4||142||

¹³Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁴I am a sacrifice, dedicated hundreds of thousands of times, to my Lord and Master.

¹⁵His Name, and His Name alone, is the Support of the breath of life. ||1||Pause||

¹⁶You alone are the Doer, the Cause of causes.

¹⁷You are the Support of all beings and creatures. ||1||

¹⁸O God, You are my power, authority and youth.

¹⁹Here and hereafter, You are my Savior and Protector.

²⁰By Guru's Grace, some understand You. ||3||

²¹God is All-knowing, the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts.

²²You are Nanak's strength and support. ||4||5||143||

²³Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²⁴Worship and adore the Lord, Har, Har, Har.

²⁵In the Society of the Saints, He dwells in the mind; doubt, emotional attachment and fear are vanquished. ||1||Pause||

²⁶The Vedas, the Puraanas and the Simritees are heard to proclaim

²⁷that the Lord's servant dwells as the highest of all. ||1||

²⁸All places are filled with fear - know this well.

²⁹Only the Lord's servants are free of fear. ||2||

³⁰People wander through 8.4 million incarnations.

³¹God's people are not subject to birth and death. ||3||

³²He has given up power, wisdom, cleverness and egotism.

³³Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

³⁴O my mind, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord's Name.

³⁵Serve the Lord continually and continuously; with each and every breath, meditate on the Lord. ||1||Pause||

³⁶In the Society of the Saints, the Lord dwells in the mind,

³⁷and pain, suffering, darkness and doubt depart. ||1||

³⁸That humble being, who meditates on the Lord,

³⁹Those unto whom the Guru gives the Mantra of the Lord's Name,

⁴⁰are saved from the fire of Maya. ||3||

⁴¹Be kind to Nanak, O God;

⁴²let the Lord's Name dwell within my mind and body. ||4||7||145||

⁴³Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁴With your tongue, chant the Name of the One Lord.

⁴⁵In this world, it shall bring you peace, comfort and great joy; hereafter, it shall go with your soul, and shall be of use to you. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁶The disease of your ego shall be eradicated.

⁴⁷By Guru's Grace, practice Raja Yoga, the Yoga of meditation and success. ||1||

⁴⁸Those who taste the sublime essence of the Lord

⁴⁹have their thirst quenched. ||2||

⁵⁰Those who have found the Lord, the Treasure of peace,

⁵¹shall not go anywhere else again. ||3||

⁵²Those, unto whom the Guru has given the Lord's Name, Har, Har

⁵³- O Nanak, their fears are removed. ||4||8||146||

¹Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²One who forgets the Lord's Name, suffers in pain.

³Those who join the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, and dwell upon the Lord, find the Ocean of virtue. ||1||Pause||

⁴Those Gurmukhs whose hearts are filled with wisdom,

⁵hold the nine treasures, and the miraculous spiritual powers of the Siddhas in the palms of their hands. ||1||

⁶Those who know the Lord God as their Master,

⁷do not lack anything. ||2||

⁸Those who realize the Creator Lord,

⁹enjoy all peace and pleasure. ||3||

¹⁰Those whose inner homes are filled with the Lord's wealth

¹¹- says Nanak, in their company, pain departs. ||4||9||147||

¹²Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

¹³Your pride is so great, but what about your origins?

¹⁴You cannot remain, no matter how much you try to hold on. ||1||Pause||

¹⁵That which is forbidden by the Vedas and the Saints - with that, you are in love.

¹⁶Like the gambler losing the game of chance, you are held in the power of sensory desires. ||1||

¹⁷The One who is All-powerful to empty out and fill up - you have no love for His Lotus Feet.

¹⁸O Nanak, I have been saved, in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. I have been blessed by the Treasure of Mercy. ||2||10||148||

¹⁹Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²⁰I am the slave of my Lord and Master.

²¹I eat whatever God gives me. ||1||Pause||

²²Such is my Lord and Master.

²³In an instant, He creates and embellishes. ||1||

²⁴I do that work which pleases my Lord and Master.

²⁵I sing the songs of God's glory, and His wondrous play. ||2||

²⁶I seek the Sanctuary of the Lord's Prime Minister;

²⁷beholding Him, my mind is comforted and consoled. ||3||

²⁸The One Lord is my support, the One is my steady anchor.

²⁹Servant Nanak is engaged in the Lord's work. ||4||11||149||

³⁰Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

³¹Is there anyone, who can shatter his ego,

³²and turn his mind away from this sweet Maya? ||1||Pause||

³³Humanity is in spiritual ignorance; people see things that do not exist.

³⁴The night is dark and gloomy; how will the morning dawn? ||1||

³⁵Wandering, wandering all around, I have grown weary; trying all sorts of things, I have been searching.

³⁶Says Nanak, He has shown mercy to me; I have found the treasure of the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||2||12||150||

³⁷Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

³⁸He is the Wish-fulfilling Jewel, the Embodiment of Mercy. ||1||Pause||

³⁹The Supreme Lord God is Merciful to the meek; Meditating in remembrance on Him, peace is obtained. ||1||

⁴⁰meditating in remembrance on Him, peace is obtained. ||1||

⁴¹The Wisdom of the Undying Primal Being is beyond comprehension. Hearing His Praises, millions of sins are erased. ||2||

⁴²Hearing His Praises, millions of sins are erased. ||2||

⁴³O God, Treasure of Mercy, please bless Nanak with Your kindness, that he may repeat the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||3||13||151||

⁴⁴Gauree Poorbee, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁵O my mind, in the Sanctuary of God, peace is found.

⁴⁶That day, when the Giver of life and peace is forgotten - that day passes uselessly. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁷You have come as a guest for one short night, and yet you hope to live for many ages.

⁴⁸Households, mansions and wealth - whatever is seen, is like the shade of a tree. ||1||

⁴⁹My body, wealth, and all my gardens and property shall all pass away.

⁵⁰You have forgotten your Lord and Master, the Great Giver. In an instant, these shall belong to somebody else. ||2||

¹You wear white clothes and take cleansing baths, and anoint yourself with sandalwood oil.

²But you do not remember the Fearless, Formless Lord - you are like an elephant bathing in the mud. ||3||

³When God becomes merciful, He leads you to meet the True Guru; all peace is in the Name of the Lord.

⁴The Guru has liberated me from bondage; servant Nanak sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||4||14||152||

⁵Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

⁶O my mind, dwell always upon the Guru, Guru, Guru.

⁷The Guru has made the jewel of this human life prosperous and fruitful. I am a sacrifice to the Blessed Vision of His Darshan. ||1||Pause||

⁸As many breaths and morsels as you take, O my mind - so many times, sing His Glorious Praises.

⁹When the True Guru becomes merciful, then this wisdom and understanding is obtained. ||1||

¹⁰O my mind, taking the Naam, you shall be released from the bondage of death, and the peace of all peace will be found.

¹¹Serving your Lord and Master, the True Guru, the Great Giver, you shall obtain the fruits of your mind's desires. ||2||

¹²The Name of the Creator is your beloved friend and child; it alone shall go along with you, O my mind.

¹³So serve your True Guru, and you shall receive the Name from the Guru. ||3||

¹⁴When God, the Merciful Guru, showered His Mercy upon me, all my anxieties were dispelled.

¹⁵Nanak has found the peace of the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises. All his sorrows have been dispelled. ||4||15||153||

¹⁶Raag Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁷One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹⁸The thirst of only a few is quenched. ||1||Pause||

¹⁹People may accumulate hundreds of thousands, millions, tens of millions, and yet the mind is not restrained. They only yearn for more and more. ||1||

²⁰They only yearn for more and more. ||1||

²¹They may have all sorts of beautiful women, but still, they commit adultery in the homes of others. They do not distinguish between good and bad. ||2||

²²They do not distinguish between good and bad. ||2||

²³They wander around lost, trapped in the myriad bonds of Maya; they do not sing the Praises of the Treasure of Virtue. Their minds are engrossed in poison and corruption. ||3||

²⁴Their minds are engrossed in poison and corruption. ||3||

²⁵Those, unto whom the Lord shows His Mercy, remain dead while yet alive. In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, they cross over the ocean of Maya. O Nanak, those humble beings are honored in the Court of the Lord. ||4||1||154||

²⁶O Nanak, those humble beings are honored in the Court of the Lord. ||4||1||154||

²⁷Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

²⁸The Lord is the essence of all. ||1||Pause||

²⁹Some practice Yoga, some indulge in pleasures; some live in spiritual wisdom, some live in meditation. Some are bearers of the staff. ||1||

³⁰Some are bearers of the staff. ||1||

³¹Some chant in meditation, some practice deep, austere meditation; some worship Him in adoration, some practice daily rituals. Some live the life of a wanderer. ||2||

³²Some live the life of a wanderer. ||2||

³³Some live by the shore, some live on the water; some study the Vedas. Nanak loves to worship the Lord. ||3||2||155||

³⁴Nanak loves to worship the Lord. ||3||2||155||

³⁵Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

³⁶To sing the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises is my treasure. ||1||Pause||

³⁷You are my delight, You are my praise. You are my beauty, You are my love. O God, You are my hope and support. ||1||

³⁸O God, You are my hope and support. ||1||

³⁹You are my pride, You are my wealth. You are my honor, You are my breath of life. The Guru has repaired that which was broken. ||2||

⁴⁰The Guru has repaired that which was broken. ||2||

⁴¹You are in the household, and You are in the forest. You are in the village, and You are in the wilderness. Nanak: You are near, so very near! ||3||3||156||

¹Nanak: You are near, so very near! ||3||3||156||

²Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

³I am intoxicated, intoxicated with the Love of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

⁴I drink it in - I am drunk with it. The Guru has given it to me in charity. My mind is drenched with it. ||1||

⁵My mind is drenched with it. ||1||

⁶It is my furnace, it is the cooling plaster. It is my love, it is my longing. My mind knows it as peace. ||2||

⁷My mind knows it as peace. ||2||

⁸I enjoy intuitive peace, and I play in bliss; the cycle of reincarnation is ended for me, and I am merged with the Lord. Nanak is pierced through with the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||3||4||157||

⁹Nanak is pierced through with the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||3||4||157||

¹⁰Raag Gauree Maalwaa, Fifth Mehl:

¹¹One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹²Chant the Lord's Name; O my friend, chant it. Hereafter, the path is terrifying and treacherous. ||1||Pause||

¹³Serve, serve, forever serve the Lord. Death hangs over your head.

¹⁴Do seva, selfless service, for the Holy Saints, and the noose of Death shall be cut away. ||1||

¹⁵You may make burnt offerings, sacrificial feasts and pilgrimages to sacred shrines in egotism, but your corruption only increases.

¹⁶You are subject to both heaven and hell, and you are reincarnated over and over again. ||2||

¹⁷The realm of Shiva, the realms of Brahma and Indra as well - no place anywhere is permanent.

¹⁸Without serving the Lord, there is no peace at all. The faithless cynic comes and goes in reincarnation. ||3||

¹⁹As the Guru has taught me, so have I spoken.

²⁰Says Nanak, listen, people: sing the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises, and you shall be saved. ||4||1||158||

²¹Raag Gauree Maalaa, Fifth Mehl:

²²One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²³Adopting the innocent mind of a child, I have found peace.

²⁴Joy and sorrow, profit and loss, birth and death, pain and pleasure - they are all the same to my consciousness, since I met the Guru. ||1||Pause||

²⁵As long as I plotted and planned things, I was full of frustration.

²⁶When I met the Kind, Perfect Guru, then I obtained bliss so easily. ||1||

²⁷The more clever tricks I tried, the more bonds I was saddled with.

²⁸When the Holy Saint placed His Hand upon my forehead, then I was liberated. ||2||

²⁹As long as I claimed, "Mine, mine!", I was surrounded by wickedness and corruption.

³⁰But when I dedicated my mind, body and intellect to my Lord and Master, then I began to sleep in peace. ||3||

³¹As long as I walked along, carrying the load, I continued to pay the fine.

³²But I threw away that bundle, when I met the Perfect Guru; O Nanak, then I became fearless. ||4||1||159||

³³Gauree Maalaa, Fifth Mehl:

³⁴I have renounced my desires; I have renounced them.

³⁵I have renounced them; meeting the Guru, I have renounced them.

³⁶All peace, joy, happiness and pleasures have come since I surrendered to the Will of the Lord of the Universe. ||1||Pause||

¹Honor and dishonor are the same to me; I have placed my forehead upon the Guru's Feet.

²Wealth does not excite me, and misfortune does not disturb me; I have embraced love for my Lord and Master. ||1||

³The One Lord and Master dwells in the home; He is seen in the wilderness as well.

⁴I have become fearless; the Saint has removed my doubts. The All-knowing Lord is pervading everywhere. ||2||

⁵Whatever the Creator does, my mind is not troubled.

⁶By the Grace of the Saints and the Company of the Holy, my sleeping mind has been awakened. ||3||

⁷Servant Nanak seeks Your Support; he has come to Your Sanctuary.

⁸In the Love of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, he enjoys intuitive peace; pain no longer touches him. ||4||2||160||

⁹Gauree Maalaa, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁰I have found the jewel of my Beloved within my mind.

¹¹My body is cooled, my mind is cooled and soothed, and I am absorbed into the Shabad, the Word of the True Guru. ||1||Pause||

¹²My hunger has departed, my thirst has totally departed, and all my anxiety is forgotten.

¹³The Perfect Guru has placed His Hand upon my forehead; conquering my mind, I have conquered the whole world. ||1||

¹⁴Satisfied and satiated, I remain steady within my heart, and now, I do not waver at all.

¹⁵The True Guru has given me the inexhaustible treasure; it never decreases, and never runs out. ||2||

¹⁶Listen to this wonder, O Siblings of Destiny: the Guru has given me this understanding.

¹⁷I threw off the veil of illusion, when I met my Lord and Master; then, I forgot my jealousy of others. ||3||

¹⁸This is a wonder which cannot be described. They alone know it, who have tasted it.

¹⁹Says Nanak, the Truth has been revealed to me. The Guru has given me the treasure; I have taken it and enshrined it within my heart. ||4||3||161||

²⁰Gauree Maalaa, Fifth Mehl:

²¹Those who take to the Sanctuary of the Lord, the King, are saved.

²²All other people, in the mansion of Maya, fall flat on their faces on the ground. ||1||Pause||

²³The great men have studied the Shaastras, the Simritees and the Vedas, and they have said this:

²⁴"Without the Lord's meditation, there is no emancipation, and no one has ever found peace." ||1||

²⁵People may accumulate the wealth of the three worlds, but the waves of greed are still not subdued.

²⁶Without devotional worship of the Lord, where can anyone find stability? People wander around endlessly. ||2||

²⁷People engage in all sorts of mind-enticing pastimes, but their passions are not fulfilled.

²⁸They burn and burn, and are never satisfied; without the Lord's Name, it is all useless. ||3||

²⁹Chant the Name of the Lord, my friend; this is the essence of perfect peace.

³⁰In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, birth and death are ended. Nanak is the dust of the feet of the humble. ||4||4||162||

³¹Gauree Maalaa, Fifth Mehl:

³²Who can help me understand my condition?

³³Only the Creator knows it. ||1||Pause||

³⁴This person does things in ignorance; he does not chant in meditation, and does not perform any deep, self-disciplined meditation.

³⁵This mind wanders around in the ten directions - how can it be restrained? ||1||

³⁶"I am the lord, the master of my mind, body, wealth and lands. These are mine."

¹In doubt and emotional attachment, this person understands nothing; with this leash, these feet are tied up. ||2||

²What did this person do, when he did not exist?

³When the Immaculate and Formless Lord God was all alone, He did everything by Himself. ||3||

⁴He alone knows His actions; He created this creation.

⁵Says Nanak, the Lord Himself is the Doer. The True Guru has dispelled my doubts. ||4||5||163||

⁶Gauree Maalaa, Fifth Mehl:

⁷Without the Lord, other actions are useless.

⁸Meditative chants, intense deep meditation, austere self-discipline and rituals - these are plundered in this world. ||1||Pause||

⁹Fasting, daily rituals, and austere self-discipline - those who keep the practice of these, are rewarded with less than a shell.

¹⁰Hereafter, the way is different, O Siblings of Destiny. There, these things are of no use at all. ||1||

¹¹Those who bathe at sacred shrines of pilgrimage, and wander over the earth, find no place of rest hereafter.

¹²There, these are of no use at all. By these things, they only please other people. ||2||

¹³Reciting the four Vedas from memory, they do not obtain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence hereafter.

¹⁴Those who do not understand the One Pure Word, utter total nonsense. ||3||

¹⁵Nanak voices this opinion: those who practice it, swim across.

¹⁶Serve the Guru, and meditate on the Naam; renounce the egotistical pride from your mind. ||4||6||164||

¹⁷Gauree Maalaa, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁸O Lord, I chant Your Name, Har, Har, Har.

¹⁹I cannot do anything by myself, O Lord and Master. As You keep me, so I remain. ||1||Pause||

²⁰What can the mere mortal do? What is in the hands of this poor creature?

²¹As You attach us, so we are attached, O my Perfect Lord and Master. ||1||

²²Take pity on me, O Great Giver of all, that I may enshrine love for Your Form alone.

²³Nanak offers this prayer to the Lord, that he may chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||2||7||165||

²⁴Raag Gauree Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

²⁵One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²⁶O Merciful to the meek, O Dear Lord King,

²⁷You have engaged millions of people in Your Service.

²⁸You are the Lover of Your devotees; this is Your Nature.

²⁹You are totally pervading all places. ||1||

³⁰How can I behold my Beloved? What is that way of life?

³¹Become the slave of the Saints, and serve at their feet.

³²I dedicate this soul; I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice to them.

³³Bowing low, I fall at the Feet of the Lord. ||2||

³⁴The Pandits, the religious scholars, study the books of the Vedas.

³⁵Some become renunciates, and bathe at sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

³⁶Some sing tunes and melodies and songs.

³⁷But I meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Fearless Lord. ||3||

³⁸My Lord and Master has become merciful to me.

³⁹I was a sinner, and I have been sanctified, taking to the Guru's Feet.

¹Dispelling my doubts and fears, the Guru has rid me of hatred.

²The Guru has fulfilled the desires of my mind. ||4||

³One who has obtained the Name is wealthy.

⁴One who meditates on God is glorified.

⁵Sublime are all the actions of those who join the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

⁶Servant Nanak is intuitively absorbed into the Lord. ||5||1||166||

⁷Gauree, Fifth Mehl, Maajh:

⁸Come to me, O my Beloved Lord.

⁹Night and day, with each and every breath, I think of You.

¹⁰O Saints, give Him this message; I fall at Your Feet.

¹¹Without You, how can I be saved? ||1||

¹²In Your Company, I am in ecstasy.

¹³In the forest, the fields and the three worlds, there is peace and supreme bliss.

¹⁴My bed is beautiful, and my mind blossoms forth in ecstasy.

¹⁵Beholding the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan, I have found this peace. ||2||

¹⁶I wash Your Feet, and constantly serve You.

¹⁷O Divine Lord, I worship and adore You; I bow down before You.

¹⁸I am the slave of Your slaves; I chant Your Name.

¹⁹I offer this prayer to my Lord and Master. ||3||

²⁰My desires are fulfilled, and my mind and body are rejuvenated.

²¹Beholding the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan, all my pains have been taken away.

²²Chanting and meditating on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, I have been saved.

²³Nanak endures this unendurable celestial bliss. ||4||2||167||

²⁴Gauree Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

²⁵Listen, listen, O my friend and companion, O Beloved of my mind:

²⁶my mind and body are Yours. This life is a sacrifice to You as well.

²⁷May I never forget God, the Support of the breath of life.

²⁸I have come to Your Eternal Sanctuary. ||1||

²⁹Meeting Him, my mind is revived, O Siblings of Destiny.

³⁰By Guru's Grace, I have found the Lord, Har, Har.

³¹All things belong to God; all places belong to God.

³²I am forever a sacrifice to God. ||2||

³³Very fortunate are those who meditate on this treasure.

³⁴They enshrine love for the Naam, the Name of the One Immaculate Lord.

³⁵Finding the Perfect Guru, all suffering is dispelled.

³⁶Twenty-four hours a day, I sing the Glories of God. ||3||

³⁷Your Name is the treasure of jewels, Lord.

³⁸You are the True Banker; Your devotee is the trader.

³⁹True is the trade of those who have the wealth of the Lord's assets.

⁴⁰Servant Nanak is forever a sacrifice. ||4||3||168||

⁴¹Raag Gauree Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

⁴²One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁴³I am so proud of You, O Creator; I am so proud of You.

⁴⁴Through Your Almighty Power, I dwell in peace. The True Word of the Shabad is my banner and insignia. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁵He hears and knows everything, but he keeps silent.

⁴⁶Bewitched by Maya, he never regains awareness. ||1||

⁴⁷The riddles and hints are given, and he sees them with his eyes.

¹But he is foolish and greedy, and he never listens to what he is told. ||2||

²Why bother to count one, two, three, four? The whole world is defrauded by the same enticements.

³Hardly anyone loves the Lord's Name; how rare is that place which is in bloom. ||3||

⁴The devotees look beautiful in the True Court; night and day, they are happy.

⁵They are imbued with the Love of the Transcendent Lord; servant Nanak is a sacrifice to them. ||4||1||169||

⁶Gauree, Fifth Mehl, Maajh:

⁷The Destroyer of sorrow is Your Name, Lord; the Destroyer of sorrow is Your Name.

⁸Twenty-four hours a day, dwell upon the wisdom of the Perfect True Guru. ||1||Pause||

⁹That heart, in which the Supreme Lord God abides, is the most beautiful place.

¹⁰The Messenger of Death does not even approach those who chant the Glorious Praises of the Lord with the tongue. ||1||

¹¹I have not understood the wisdom of serving Him, nor have I worshipped Him in meditation.

¹²You are my Support, O Life of the World; O my Lord and Master, Inaccessible and Incomprehensible. ||2||

¹³When the Lord of the Universe became merciful, sorrow and suffering departed.

¹⁴The hot winds do not even touch those who are protected by the True Guru. ||3||

¹⁵The Guru is the All-pervading Lord, the Guru is the Merciful Master; the Guru is the True Creator Lord.

¹⁶When the Guru was totally satisfied, I obtained everything. Servant Nanak is forever a sacrifice to Him. ||4||2||170||

¹⁷Gauree Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁸The Lord, the Lord, Raam, Raam, Raam:

¹⁹meditating on Him, all affairs are resolved. ||1||Pause||

²⁰Chanting the Name of the Lord of the Universe, one's mouth is sanctified.

²¹One who recites to me the Praises of the Lord is my friend and brother. ||1||

²²All treasures, all rewards and all virtues are in the Lord of the Universe.

²³Why forget Him from your mind? Remembering Him in meditation, pain departs. ||2||

²⁴Grasping the hem of His robe, we live, and cross over the terrifying world-ocean.

²⁵Joining the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, one is saved, and one's face becomes radiant in the Court of the Lord. ||3||

²⁶The Praise of the Sustainer of the Universe is the essence of life, and the wealth of His Saints.

²⁷Nanak is saved, chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord; in the True Court, he is cheered and applauded. ||4||3||171||

²⁸Gauree Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

²⁹Sing the Sweet Praises of the Lord, O my soul, sing the Sweet Praises of the Lord.

³⁰Attuned to the True One, even the homeless find a home. ||1||Pause||

³¹All other tastes are bland and insipid; through them, the body and mind are rendered insipid as well.

³²Without the Transcendent Lord, what can anyone do? Cursed is his life, and cursed his reputation. ||1||

³³Grasping the hem of the robe of the Holy Saint, we cross over the world-ocean.

³⁴Worship and adore the Supreme Lord God, and all your family will be saved as well. ||2||

³⁵He is a companion, a relative, and a good friend of mine, who implants the Lord's Name within my heart.

³⁶He washes off all my demerits, and is so generous to me. ||3||

³⁷Wealth, treasures, and household are all just ruins; the Lord's Feet are the only treasure.

³⁸Nanak is a beggar standing at Your Door, God; he begs for Your charity. ||4||4||172||

¹One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²Raag Gauree, Ninth Mehl:

³Holy Saadhus: forsake the pride of your mind.

⁴Sexual desire, anger and the company of evil people - run away from them, day and night. ||1||Pause||

⁵One who knows that pain and pleasure are both the same, and honor and dishonor as well,

⁶who remains detached from joy and sorrow, realizes the true essence in the world. ||1||

⁷Renounce both praise and blame; seek instead the state of Nirvaanaa.

⁸O servant Nanak, this is such a difficult game; only a few Gurmukhs understand it! ||2||1||

⁹Gauree, Ninth Mehl:

¹⁰Holy Saadhus: the Lord fashioned the creation.

¹¹One person passes away, and another thinks that he will live forever - this is a wonder beyond understanding! ||1||Pause||

¹²The mortal beings are held in the power of sexual desire, anger and emotional attachment; they have forgotten the Lord, the Immortal Form.

¹³The body is false, but they believe it to be true; it is like a dream in the night. ||1||

¹⁴Whatever is seen, shall all pass away, like the shadow of a cloud.

¹⁵O servant Nanak, one who knows the world to be unreal, dwells in the Sanctuary of the Lord. ||2||2||

¹⁶Gauree, Ninth Mehl:

¹⁷The Praise of the Lord does not come to dwell in the minds of the mortal beings.

¹⁸Day and night, they remain engrossed in Maya. Tell me, how can they sing God's Glories? ||1||Pause||

¹⁹In this way, they bind themselves to children, friends, Maya and possessiveness.

²⁰Like the deer's delusion, this world is false; and yet, beholding it, they chase after it. ||1||

²¹Our Lord and Master is the source of pleasures and liberation; and yet, the fool forgets Him.

²²O servant Nanak, among millions, there is scarcely anyone who attains the Lord's meditation. ||2||3||

²³Gauree, Ninth Mehl:

²⁴Holy Saadhus: this mind cannot be restrained.

²⁵Fickle desires dwell with it, and so it cannot remain steady. ||1||Pause||

²⁶The heart is filled with anger and violence, which cause all sense to be forgotten.

²⁷The jewel of spiritual wisdom has been taken away from everyone; nothing can withstand it. ||1||

²⁸The Yogis have tried everything and failed; the virtuous have grown weary of singing God's Glories.

²⁹O servant Nanak, when the Lord becomes merciful, then every effort is successful. ||2||4||

³⁰Gauree, Ninth Mehl:

³¹Holy Saadhus: sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe.

³²You have obtained the priceless jewel of this human life; why are you uselessly wasting it? ||1||Pause||

³³He is the Purifier of sinners, the Friend of the poor. Come, and enter the Lord's Sanctuary.

³⁴Remembering Him, the elephant's fear was removed; so why do you forget Him? ||1||

³⁵Renounce your egotistical pride and your emotional attachment to Maya; focus your consciousness on the Lord's meditation.

³⁶Says Nanak, this is the path to liberation. Become Gurmukh, and attain it. ||2||5||

³⁷Gauree, Ninth Mehl:

³⁸O mother, if only someone would instruct my wayward mind.

¹This mind listens to the Vedas, the Puraanas, and the ways of the Holy Saints, but it does not sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, for even an instant. ||1||Pause||

²Having obtained this human body, so very difficult to obtain, it is now being uselessly wasted.

³Emotional attachment to Maya is such a treacherous wilderness, and yet, people are in love with it. ||1||

⁴Inwardly and outwardly, God is always with them, and yet, they do not enshrine Love for Him.

⁵O Nanak, know that those whose hearts are filled with the Lord are liberated. ||2||6||

⁶Gauree, Ninth Mehl:

⁷Holy Saadhus: rest and peace are in the Sanctuary of the Lord.

⁸This is the blessing of studying the Vedas and the Puraanas, that you may meditate on the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

⁹Greed, emotional attachment to Maya, possessiveness, the service of evil, pleasure and pain,

¹⁰Heaven and hell, ambrosial nectar and poison, gold and copper - these are all alike to them.

¹¹Praise and slander are all the same to them, as are greed and attachment. ||2||

¹²They are not bound by pleasure and pain - know that they are truly wise.

¹³O Nanak, recognize those mortal beings as liberated, who live this way of life. ||3||7||

¹⁴Gauree, Ninth Mehl:

¹⁵O mind, why have you gone crazy?

¹⁶Don't you know that your life is decreasing, day and night? Your life is made worthless with greed. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷That body, which you believe to be your own, and your beautiful home and spouse

¹⁸- none of these is yours to keep. See this, reflect upon it and understand. ||1||

¹⁹You have wasted the precious jewel of this human life; you do not know the Way of the Lord of the Universe.

²⁰You have not been absorbed in the Lord's Feet, even for an instant. Your life has passed away in vain! ||2||

²¹Says Nanak, that man is happy, who sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord's Name.

²²All the rest of the world is enticed by Maya; they do not obtain the state of fearless dignity. ||3||8||

²³Gauree, Ninth Mehl:

²⁴You people are unconscious; you should be afraid of sin.

²⁵Seek the Sanctuary of the Lord, Merciful to the meek, Destroyer of all fear. ||1||Pause||

²⁶The Vedas and the Puraanas sing His Praises; enshrine His Name within your heart.

²⁷Pure and sublime is the Name of the Lord in the world. Remembering it in meditation, all sinful mistakes shall be washed away. ||1||

²⁸You shall not obtain this human body again; make the effort - try to achieve liberation!

²⁹Says Nanak, sing of the Lord of compassion, and cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ||2||9||251||

³⁰Raag Gauree, Ashtpadheeyaa, First Mehl: Gauree Gwaarayree:

³¹One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being Personified. By Guru's Grace:

³²The nine treasures and the miraculous spiritual powers come by contemplating the Immaculate Naam, the Name of the Lord.

³³The Perfect Lord is All-pervading everywhere; He destroys the poison of Maya.

³⁴I am rid of the three-phased Maya, dwelling in the Pure Lord.

¹The Guru's Teachings are useful to my soul. ||1||

²Chanting the Lord's Name in this way, my mind is satisfied.

³I have obtained the ointment of spiritual wisdom, recognizing the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||1||Pause||

⁴Blended with the One Lord, I enjoy intuitive peace.

⁵Through the Immaculate Bani of the Word, my doubts have been dispelled.

⁶Instead of the pale color of Maya, I am imbued with the deep crimson color of the Lord's Love.

⁷By the Lord's Glance of Grace, the poison has been eliminated. ||2||

⁸When I turned away, and became dead while yet alive, I was awakened.

⁹Chanting the Word of the Shabad, my mind is attached to the Lord.

¹⁰I have gathered in the Lord's sublime essence, and cast out the poison.

¹¹Abiding in His Love, the fear of death has run away. ||3||

¹²My taste for pleasure ended, along with conflict and egotism.

¹³My consciousness is attuned to the Lord, by the Order of the Infinite.

¹⁴My pursuit for worldy pride and honour is over.

¹⁵When He blessed me with His Glance of Grace, peace was established in my soul. ||4||

¹⁶Without You, I see no friend at all.

¹⁷Whom should I serve? Unto whom should I dedicate my consciousness?

¹⁸Whom should I ask? At whose feet should I fall?

¹⁹By whose teachings will I remain absorbed in His Love? ||5||

²⁰I serve the Guru, and I fall at the Guru's Feet.

²¹I worship Him, and I am absorbed in the Lord's Name.

²²The Lord's Love is my instruction, sermon and food.

²³Enjoined to the Lord's Command, I have entered the home of my inner self. ||6||

²⁴With the extinction of pride, my soul has found peace and meditation.

²⁵The Divine Light has dawned, and I am absorbed in the Light.

²⁶Pre-ordained destiny cannot be erased; the Shabad is my banner and insignia.

²⁷I know the Creator, the Creator of His Creation. ||7||

²⁸I am not a learned Pandit, I am not clever or wise.

²⁹I do not wander; I am not deluded by doubt.

³⁰I do not speak empty speech; I have recognized the Hukam of His Command.

³¹Nanak is absorbed in intuitive peace through the Guru's Teachings. ||8||1||

³²Gauree Gwaarayree, First Mehl:

³³The mind is an elephant in the forest of the body.

³⁴The Guru is the controlling stick; when the Insignia of the True Shabad is applied,

³⁵He cannot be known through clever tricks.

³⁶Without subduing the mind, how can His value be estimated? ||1||Pause||

³⁷In the house of the self is the Ambrosial Nectar, which is being stolen by the thieves.

³⁸No one can say no to them.

³⁹He Himself protects us, and blesses us with greatness. ||2||

⁴⁰There are billions, countless billions of fires of desire at the seat of the mind.

⁴¹They are extinguished only with the water of understanding, imparted by the Guru.

⁴²Offering my mind, I have attained it, and I joyfully sing His Glorious Praises. ||3||

⁴³Just as He is within the home of the self, so is He beyond.

⁴⁴But how can I describe Him, sitting in a cave?

⁴⁵The Fearless Lord is in the oceans, just as He is in the mountains. ||4||

⁴⁶Tell me, who can kill someone who is already dead?

⁴⁷What does he fear? Who can frighten the fearless one?

⁴⁸He recognizes the Word of the Shabad, throughout the three worlds. ||5||

⁴⁹One who speaks, merely describes speech.

⁵⁰But one who understands, intuitively realizes.

⁵¹Seeing and reflecting upon it, my mind surrenders. ||6||

⁵²Praise, beauty and liberation are in the One Name.

⁵³In it, the Immaculate Lord is permeating and pervading.

⁵⁴He dwells in the home of the self, and in His own sublime place. ||7||

⁵⁵The many silent sages lovingly praise Him.

¹Their bodies and minds are purified, as they enshrine the True Lord in their consciousness.

²O Nanak, meditate on the Lord, each and every day. ||8||2||

³Gauree Gwaarayree, First Mehl:

⁴The mind does not die, so the job is not accomplished.

⁵The mind is under the power of the demons of evil intellect and duality.

⁶But when the mind surrenders, through the Guru, it becomes one. ||1||

⁷The Lord is without attributes; the attributes of virtue are under His control.

⁸One who eliminates selfishness contemplates Him. ||1||Pause||

⁹The deluded mind thinks of all sorts of corruption.

¹⁰When the mind is deluded, the load of wickedness falls on the head.

¹¹But when the mind surrenders to the Lord, it realizes the One and Only Lord. ||2||

¹²The deluded mind enters the house of Maya.

¹³Engrossed in sexual desire, it does not remain steady.

¹⁴O mortal, lovingly vibrate the Lord's Name with your tongue. ||3||

¹⁵Elephants, horses, gold, children and spouses

¹⁶in the anxious affairs of all these, people lose the game and depart.

¹⁷In the game of chess, their pieces do not reach their destination. ||4||

¹⁸They gather wealth, but only evil comes from it.

¹⁹Pleasure and pain stand in the doorway.

²⁰Intuitive peace comes by meditating on the Lord, within the heart. ||5||

²¹When the Lord bestows His Glance of Grace, then He unites us in His Union.

²²Through the Word of the Shabad, merits are gathered in, and demerits are burned away.

²³The Gurmukh obtains the treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||6||

²⁴Without the Name, all live in pain.

²⁵The consciousness of the foolish, self-willed manmukh is the dwelling place of Maya.

²⁶The Gurmukh obtains spiritual wisdom, according to pre-ordained destiny. ||7||

²⁷The fickle mind continuously runs after fleeting things.

²⁸The Pure True Lord is not pleased by filth.

²⁹O Nanak, the Gurmukh sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||8||3||

³⁰Gauree Gwaarayree, First Mehl:

³¹Acting in egotism, peace is not obtained.

³²The intellect of the mind is false; only the Lord is True.

³³All who love duality are ruined.

³⁴People act as they are pre-ordained. ||1||

³⁵I have seen the world to be such a gambler;

³⁶all beg for peace, but they forget the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

³⁷If the Unseen Lord could be seen, then He could be described.

³⁸Without seeing Him, all descriptions are useless.

³⁹The Gurmukh sees Him with intuitive ease.

⁴⁰So serve the One Lord, with loving awareness. ||2||

⁴¹People beg for peace, but they receive severe pain.

⁴²They are all weaving a wreath of corruption.

⁴³You are false - without the One, there is no liberation.

⁴⁴The Creator created the creation, and He watches over it. ||3||

⁴⁵The fire of desire is quenched by the Word of the Shabad.

⁴⁶Duality and doubt are automatically eliminated.

⁴⁷Following the Guru's Teachings, the Naam abides in the heart.

⁴⁸Through the True Word of His Bani, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||4||

⁴⁹The True Lord abides within the body of that Gurmukh who enshrines love for Him.

⁵⁰Without the Naam, none obtain their own place.

⁵¹The Beloved Lord King is dedicated to love.

⁵²If He bestows His Glance of Grace, then we realize His Name. ||5||

⁵³Emotional attachment to Maya is total entanglement.

⁵⁴The self-willed manmukh is filthy, cursed and dreadful.

⁵⁵Serving the True Guru, these entanglements are ended.

⁵⁶In the Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam, you shall abide in lasting peace. ||6||

⁵⁷The Gurmukhs understand the One Lord, and enshrine love for Him.

⁵⁸They dwell in the home of their own inner beings, and merge in the True Lord.

⁵⁹The cycle of birth and death is ended.

⁶⁰This understanding is obtained from the Perfect Guru. ||7||

⁶¹Speaking the speech, there is no end to it.

¹I have consulted the Guru, and I have seen that there is no other door than His.

²Pain and pleasure reside in the Pleasure of His Will and His Command.

³Nanak, the lowly, says embrace love for the Lord. ||8||4||

⁴Gauree, First Mehl:

⁵The duality of Maya dwells in the consciousness of the people of the world.

⁶They are destroyed by sexual desire, anger and egotism. ||1||

⁷Whom should I call the second, when there is only the One?

⁸The One Immaculate Lord is pervading among all. ||1||Pause||

⁹The dual-minded evil intellect speaks of a second.

¹⁰One who harbors duality comes and goes and dies. ||2||

¹¹In the earth and in the sky, I do not see any second.

¹²Among all the women and the men, His Light is shining. ||3||

¹³In the lamps of the sun and the moon, I see His Light.

¹⁴Dwelling among all is my ever-youthful Beloved. ||4||

¹⁵In His Mercy, He attuned my consciousness to the Lord.

¹⁶The True Guru has led me to understand the One Lord. ||5||

¹⁷The Gurmukh knows the One Immaculate Lord.

¹⁸Subduing duality, one comes to realize the Word of the Shabad. ||6||

¹⁹The Command of the One Lord prevails throughout all the worlds.

²⁰From the One, all have arisen. ||7||

²¹There are two routes, but remember that their Lord and Master is only One.

²²Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, recognize the Hukam of the Lord's Command. ||8||

²³He is contained in all forms, colors and minds.

²⁴Says Nanak, praise the One Lord. ||9||5||

²⁵Gauree, First Mehl:

²⁶Those who live a spiritual lifestyle - they alone are true.

²⁷What can the false know about the secrets of liberation? ||1||

²⁸Those who contemplate the Way are Yogis.

²⁹They conquer the five thieves, and enshrine the True Lord in the heart. ||1||Pause||

³⁰Those who enshrine the True Lord deep within,

³¹realize the value of the Way of Yoga. ||2||

³²The sun and the moon are one and the same for them, as are household and wilderness.

³³The karma of their daily practice is to praise the Lord. ||3||

³⁴They beg for the alms of the one and only Shabad.

³⁵They remain awake and aware in spiritual wisdom and meditation, and the true way of life. ||4||

³⁶They remain absorbed in the fear of God; they never leave it.

³⁷Who can estimate their value? They remain lovingly absorbed in the Lord. ||5||

³⁸The Lord unites them with Himself, dispelling their doubts.

³⁹By Guru's Grace, the supreme status is obtained. ||6||

⁴⁰In the Guru's service is reflection upon the Shabad.

⁴¹Subduing ego, practice pure actions. ||7||

⁴²Chanting, meditation, austere self-discipline and the reading of the Puraanas,

⁴³says Nanak, are contained in surrender to the Unlimited Lord. ||8||6||

⁴⁴Gauree, First Mehl:

⁴⁵To practice forgiveness is the true fast, good conduct and contentment.

⁴⁶Disease does not afflict me, nor does the pain of death.

⁴⁷I am liberated, and absorbed into God, who has no form or feature. ||1||

⁴⁸What fear does the Yogi have?

⁴⁹The Lord is among the trees and the plants, within the household and outside as well. ||1||Pause||

⁵⁰The Yogis meditate on the Fearless, Immaculate Lord.

⁵¹Night and day, they remain awake and aware, embracing love for the True Lord.

⁵²Those Yogis are pleasing to my mind. ||2||

⁵³The trap of death is burnt by the Fire of God.

⁵⁴Old age, death and pride are conquered.

⁵⁵They swim across, and save their ancestors as well. ||3||

⁵⁶Those who serve the True Guru are the Yogis.

⁵⁷Those who remain immersed in the Fear of God become fearless.

⁵⁸They become just like the One they serve. ||4||

¹The Name makes a man pure and fearless.

²It makes the masterless become the master of all. I am a sacrifice to him.

³Such a person is not reincarnated again; he sings the Glories of God. ||5||

⁴Inwardly and outwardly, he knows the One Lord;

⁵through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, he realizes himself.

⁶He bears the Banner and Insignia of the True Shabad in the Lord's Court. ||6||

⁷One who dies in the Shabad abides in his own home within.

⁸He does not come or go in reincarnation, and his hopes are subdued.

⁹Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, his heart-lotus blossoms forth. ||7||

¹⁰Whoever is seen, is driven by hope and despair,

¹¹by sexual desire, anger, corruption, hunger and thirst.

¹²O Nanak, those detached recluses who meet the Lord are so very rare. ||8||7||

¹³Gauree, First Mehl:

¹⁴Meeting such a slave, peace is obtained.

¹⁵Pain is forgotten, when the True Lord is found. ||1||

¹⁶Beholding the blessed vision of his darshan, my understanding has become perfect.

¹⁷The cleansing baths at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage are in the dust of his feet. ||1||Pause||

¹⁸My eyes are contented with the constant love of the One Lord.

¹⁹My tongue is purified by the most sublime essence of the Lord. ||2||

²⁰True are my actions, and deep within my being, I serve Him.

²¹My mind is satisfied by the Inscrutable, Mysterious Lord. ||3||

²²Wherever I look, there I find the True Lord.

²³Without understanding, the world argues in falsehood. ||4||

²⁴When the Guru instructs, understanding is obtained.

²⁵How rare is that Gurmukh who understands. ||5||

²⁶Show Your Mercy, and save me, O Savior Lord!

²⁷Without understanding, people become beasts and demons. ||6||

²⁸The Guru has said that there is no other at all.

²⁹So tell me, who should I see, and who should I worship? ||7||

³⁰For the sake of the Saints, God has established the three worlds.

³¹One who understands his own soul, contemplates the essence of reality. ||8||

³²One whose heart is filled with Truth and true love

³³- prays Nanak, I am his servant. ||9||8||

³⁴Gauree, First Mehl:

³⁵Brahma acted in pride, and did not understand.

³⁶Only when he was faced with the downfall of the Vedas did he repent.

³⁷Remembering God in meditation, the mind is conciliated. ||1||

³⁸Such is the horrible pride of the world.

³⁹The Guru eliminates the pride of those who meet Him. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁰Bal the King, in Maya and egotism,

⁴¹held his ceremonial feasts, but he was puffed up with pride.

⁴²Without the Guru's advice, he had to go to the underworld. ||2||

⁴³Hari Chand gave in charity, and earned public praise.

⁴⁴But without the Guru, he did not find the limits of the Mysterious Lord.

⁴⁵The Lord Himself misleads people, and He Himself imparts understanding. ||3||

⁴⁶The evil-minded Harnaakhash committed evil deeds.

⁴⁷God, the Lord of all, is the Destroyer of pride.

⁴⁸He bestowed His Mercy, and saved Prahlaad. ||4||

⁴⁹Raawan was deluded, foolish and unwise.

⁵⁰Sri Lanka was plundered, and he lost his head.

⁵¹He indulged in ego, and lacked the love of the True Guru. ||5||

⁵²The Lord killed the thousand-armed Arjun, and the demons Madhu-keetab and Meh-khaasaa.

⁵³He seized Harnaakhash and tore him apart with his nails.

⁵⁴The demons were slain; they did not practice devotional worship. ||6||

⁵⁵The demons Jaraa-sandh and Kaal-jamun were destroyed.

⁵⁶Rakat-beej and Kaal-naym were annihilated.

⁵⁷Slaying the demons, the Lord saved His Saints. ||7||

⁵⁸He Himself, as the True Guru, contemplates the Shabad.

¹Because of the love of duality, God killed the demons.

²By their true devotion, the Gurmukhs have been saved. ||8||

³Sinking down, Durodhan lost his honor.

⁴He did not know the Creator Lord.

⁵One who makes the Lord's humble servant suffer, shall himself suffer and rot. ||9||

⁶Janameja did not know the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

⁷Deluded by doubt, how could he find peace?

⁸Making a mistake, for even an instant, you shall regret and repent later on. ||10||

⁹Kansa the King and his warriors Kays and Chandoor had no equals.

¹⁰But they did not remember the Lord, and they lost their honor.

¹¹Without the Lord of the Universe, no one can be saved. ||11||

¹²Without the Guru, pride cannot be eradicated.

¹³Following the Guru's Teachings, one obtains Dharmic faith, composure and the Lord's Name.

¹⁴O Nanak, singing the Glories of God, His Name is received. ||12||9||

¹⁵Gauree, First Mehl:

¹⁶I may anoint my limbs with sandalwood oil.

¹⁷I may dress up and wear silk and satin clothes.

¹⁸But without the Lord's Name, where would I find peace? ||1||

¹⁹So what should I wear? In what clothes should I display myself?

²⁰Without the Lord of the Universe, how can I find peace? ||1||Pause||

²¹I may wear ear-rings, and a pearl necklace around my neck;

²²my bed may be adorned with red blankets, flowers and red powder;

²³but without the Lord of the Universe, where can I search for peace? ||2||

²⁴I may have a beautiful woman with fascinating eyes;

²⁵she may decorate herself with the sixteen adornments, and make herself appear gorgeous.

²⁶But without meditating on the Lord of the Universe, there is only continual suffering. ||3||

²⁷In his hearth and home, in his palace, upon his soft and comfortable bed,

²⁸day and night, the flower-girls scatter flower petals;

²⁹but without the Lord's Name, the body is miserable. ||4||

³⁰Horses, elephants, lances, marching bands,

³¹armies, standard bearers, royal attendants and ostentatious displays

³²- without the Lord of the Universe, these undertakings are all useless. ||5||

³³He may be called a Siddha, a man of spiritual perfection, and he may summon riches and supernatural powers;

³⁴he may place a crown upon his head, and carry a royal umbrella;

³⁵but without the Lord of the Universe, where can Truth be found? ||6||

³⁶He may be called an emperor, a lord, and a king;

³⁷he may give orders - "Do this now, do this then" - but this is a false display.

³⁸Without the Word of the Guru's Shabad, his works are not accomplished. ||7||

³⁹Egotism and possessiveness are dispelled by the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

⁴⁰With the Guru's Teachings in my heart, I have come to know the Lord.

⁴¹Prays Nanak, I seek Your Sanctuary. ||8||10||

⁴²Gauree, First Mehl:

⁴³Those who serve the One Lord, do not know any other.

⁴⁴They abandon the bitter worldly conflicts.

⁴⁵Through love and truth, they meet the Truest of the True. ||1||

⁴⁶Such are the humble devotees of the Lord.

⁴⁷They sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and their pollution is washed away. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁸The heart-lotus of the entire universe is upside-down.

⁴⁹The fire of evil-mindedness is burning up the world.

⁵⁰They alone are saved, who contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||2||

⁵¹The bumble bee, the moth, the elephant, the fish

⁵²and the deer - all suffer for their actions, and die.

⁵³Trapped by desire, they cannot see reality. ||3||

⁵⁴The lover of women is obsessed with sex.

⁵⁵All the wicked are ruined by their anger.

⁵⁶Honor and good sense are lost, when one forgets the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||4||

¹The self-willed manmukh is lured by another man's wife.

²The noose is around his neck, and he is entangled in petty conflicts.

³The Gurmukh is emancipated, singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||5||

⁴The lonely widow gives her body to a stranger;

⁵she allows her mind to be controlled by others for lust or money

⁶, but without her husband, she is never satisfied. ||6||

⁷You may read, recite and study the scriptures,

⁸but without being imbued with the Lord's essence, the mind wanders endlessly. ||7||

⁹As the rainbird thirsts longingly for the drop of rain,

¹⁰and as the fish delights in the water,

¹¹Nanak is satisfied by the sublime essence of the Lord. ||8||11||

¹²Gauree, First Mehl:

¹³One who dies in stubbornness shall not be approved,

¹⁴even though he may wear religious robes and smear his body all over with ashes.

¹⁵Forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, he comes to regret and repent in the end. ||1||

¹⁶Believe in the Dear Lord, and you shall find peace of mind.

¹⁷Forgetting the Naam, you shall have to endure the pain of death. ||1||Pause||

¹⁸The smell of musk, sandalwood and camphor,

¹⁹and the intoxication of Maya, takes one far away from the state of supreme dignity.

²⁰Forgetting the Naam, one becomes the most false of all the false. ||2||

²¹Lances and swords, marching bands, thrones and the salutes of others

²²only increase his desire; he is engrossed in sexual desire.

²³Without seeking the Lord, neither devotional worship nor the Naam are obtained. ||3||

²⁴Union with God is not obtained by arguments and egotism.

²⁵But by offering your mind, the comfort of the Naam is obtained.

²⁶In the love of duality and ignorance, you shall suffer. ||4||

²⁷Without money, you cannot buy anything in the store.

²⁸Without a boat, you cannot cross over the ocean.

²⁹Without serving the Guru, everything is lost. ||5||

³⁰Waaho! Waaho! - Hail, hail, to the one who shows us the Way.

³¹Waaho! Waaho! - Hail, hail, to the one who teaches the Word of the Shabad.

³²Waaho! Waaho! - Hail, hail, to the one who unites me in the Lord's Union. ||6||

³³Waaho! Waaho! - Hail, hail, to the one who is the Keeper of this soul.

³⁴Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, contemplate this Ambrosial Nectar.

³⁵The Glorious Greatness of the Naam is bestowed according to the Pleasure of Your Will. ||7||

³⁶Without the Naam, how can I live, O mother?

³⁷Night and day, I chant it; I remain in the Protection of Your Sanctuary.

³⁸O Nanak, attuned to the Naam, honor is attained. ||8||12||

³⁹Gauree, First Mehl:

⁴⁰Acting in egotism, the Lord is not known, even by wearing religious robes.

⁴¹How rare is that Gurmukh, who surrenders his mind in devotional worship. ||1||

⁴²By actions done in egotism, selfishness and conceit, the True Lord is not obtained.

⁴³But when egotism departs, then the state of supreme dignity is obtained. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁴The kings act in egotism, and undertake all sorts of expeditions.

⁴⁵But through their egotism, they are ruined; they die, only to be reborn over and over again. ||2||

⁴⁶Egotism is overcome only by contemplating the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

⁴⁷One who restrains his fickle mind subdues the five passions. ||3||

⁴⁸With the True Lord deep within the self, the Celestial Mansion is intuitively found.

⁴⁹Understanding the Sovereign Lord, the state of supreme dignity is obtained. ||4||

⁵⁰The Guru dispels the doubts of those whose actions are true.

⁵¹They focus their attention on the Home of the Fearless Lord. ||5||

⁵²Those who act in egotism, selfishness and conceit die; what do they gain?

⁵³Those who meet the Perfect Guru are rid of all conflicts. ||6||

⁵⁴Whatever exists, is in reality nothing.

⁵⁵Obtaining spiritual wisdom from the Guru, I sing the Glories of God. ||7||

¹Egotism binds people in bondage, and causes them to wander around lost.

²O Nanak, peace is obtained through devotional worship of the Lord. ||8||13||

³Gauree, First Mehl:

⁴First, Brahma entered the house of Death.

⁵Brahma entered the lotus, and searched the nether regions, but he did not find the end of it.

⁶He did not accept the Lord's Order - he was deluded by doubt. ||1||

⁷Whoever is created, shall be destroyed by Death.

⁸But I am protected by the Lord; I contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||1||Pause||

⁹All the gods and goddesses are enticed by Maya.

¹⁰Death cannot be avoided, without serving the Guru.

¹¹That Lord is Imperishable, Invisible and Inscrutable. ||2||

¹²The sultans, emperors and kings shall not remain.

¹³Forgetting the Name, they shall endure the pain of death.

¹⁴My only Support is the Naam, the Name of the Lord; as He keeps me, I survive. ||3||

¹⁵The leaders and kings shall not remain.

¹⁶The bankers shall die, after accumulating their wealth and money.

¹⁷Grant me, O Lord, the wealth of Your Ambrosial Naam. ||4||

¹⁸The people, rulers, leaders and chiefs

¹⁹none of them shall be able to remain in the world.

²⁰Death is inevitable; it strikes the heads of the false. ||5||

²¹Only the One Lord, the Truest of the True, is permanent.

²²He who created and fashioned everything, shall destroy it.

²³One who becomes Gurmukh and meditates on the Lord is honored. ||6||

²⁴The Qazis, Shaykhs and Fakeers in religious robes

²⁵call themselves great; but through their egotism, their bodies are suffering in pain.

²⁶Death does not spare them, without the Support of the True Guru. ||7||

²⁷The trap of Death is hanging over their tongues and eyes.

²⁸Death is over their ears, when they hear talk of evil.

²⁹Without the Shabad, they are plundered, day and night. ||8||

³⁰Death cannot touch those whose hearts are filled with the True Name of the Lord,

³¹O Nanak, the Gurmukh is absorbed in the Word of the Shabad. ||9||14||

³²Gauree, First Mehl:

³³They speak the Truth - not an iota of falsehood.

³⁴The Gurmukhs walk in the Way of the Lord's Command.

³⁵They remain unattached, in the Sanctuary of the True Lord. ||1||

³⁶They dwell in their true home, and Death does not touch them.

³⁷The self-willed manmukhs come and go, in the pain of emotional attachment. ||1||Pause||

³⁸So, drink deeply of this Nectar, and speak the Unspoken Speech.

³⁹Dwelling in the home of your own being within, you shall find the home of intuitive peace.

⁴⁰One who is imbued with the Lord's sublime essence, is said to experience this peace. ||2||

⁴¹Following the Guru's Teachings, one becomes perfectly stable, and never wavers.

⁴²Following the Guru's Teachings, one intuitively chants the Name of the True Lord.

⁴³Drinking in this Ambrosial Nectar, and churning it, the essential reality is discerned. ||3||

⁴⁴Beholding the True Guru, I have received His Teachings.

⁴⁵I have offered my mind and body, after searching deep within my own being.

⁴⁶I have come to realize the value of understanding my own soul. ||4||

⁴⁷The Naam, the Name of the Immaculate Lord, is the most excellent and sublime food.

⁴⁸The pure swan-souls see the True Light of the Infinite Lord.

⁴⁹Wherever I look, I see the One and Only Lord. ||5||

⁵⁰One who remains pure and unblemished and practices only true deeds,

⁵¹obtains the supreme status, serving at the Guru's Feet.

⁵²The mind is reconciliated with the mind, and the ego's wandering ways come to an end. ||6||

⁵³In this way, who - who has not been saved?

⁵⁴The Lord's Praises have saved His Saints and devotees.

¹I have found God - I am not searching for any other. ||7||

²The Guru has shown me the unseen Mansion of the True Lord.

³His Mansion is eternal and unchanging; it is not a mere reflection of Maya.

⁴Through truth and contentment, doubt is dispelled. ||8||

⁵That person, within whose mind the True Lord dwells

⁶in his company, one becomes Gurmukh.

⁷O Nanak, the True Name washes off the pollution. ||9||15||

⁸Gauree, First Mehl:

⁹One whose consciousness is permeated with the Lord's Name

¹⁰- receive the blessing of his darshan in the early light of dawn. ||1||

¹¹If you do not meditate on the Lord, it is your own misfortune.

¹²In each and every age, the Great Giver is my Lord God. ||1||Pause||

¹³Following the Guru's Teachings, the perfect humble beings meditate on the Lord.

¹⁴Within their hearts, the unstruck melody vibrates. ||2||

¹⁵Those who worship the Lord and love the Lord

¹⁶- showering His Mercy, God protects them. ||3||

¹⁷Those whose hearts are filled with the Lord, Har, Har

¹⁸- gazing upon the blessed vision of their darshan, peace is obtained. ||4||

¹⁹Among all beings, the One Lord is pervading.

²⁰The eogtistical, self-willed manmukhs wander in reincarnation. ||5||

²¹They alone understand, who have found the True Guru.

²²Subduing their ego, they receive the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||6||

²³How can anyone know of the Union between the being below and the Supreme Being above?

²⁴The Gurmukhs obtain this Union; their minds are reconciliated. ||7||

²⁵I am a worthless sinner, without merit. What merit do I have?

²⁶When God showers His Mercy, servant Nanak is emancipated. ||8||16||

²⁷Sixteen Ashtpadheeyaa Of Gwaarayree Gauree||

²⁸Gauree Bairaagan, First Mehl:

²⁹One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³⁰As the dairy farmer watches over and protects his cows, so does the Lord cherish and protect us, night and day. He blesses the soul with peace. ||1||

³¹I seek Your Sanctuary; please bless me with Your Glance of Grace. ||1||Pause||

³²Wherever I look, there You are. Save me, O Savior Lord!

³³You are the Giver, and You are the Enjoyer;

³⁴You are the Support of the breath of life. ||2||

³⁵According to the karma of past actions, people descend to the depths or rise to the heights, unless they contemplate spiritual wisdom.

³⁶Without the Praises of the Lord of the Universe, the darkness is not dispelled. ||3||

³⁷I have seen the world being destroyed by greed and egotism.

³⁸Only by serving the Guru is God obtained, and the true gate of liberation found. ||4||

³⁹The Mansion of the Infinite Lord's Presence is within the home of one's own being. He is beyond any boundaries.

⁴⁰Without the Word of the Shabad, nothing shall endure. Through understanding, peace is obtained. ||5||

⁴¹What have you brought, and what will you take away, when you are caught by the noose of Death?

⁴²Like the bucket tied to the rope in the well, you are pulled up to the Akaashic Ethers, and then lowered down to the nether regions of the underworld. ||6||

⁴³Follow the Guru's Teachings, and do not forget the Naam, the Name of the Lord; you shall automatically obtain honor.

⁴⁴Deep within the self is the treasure of the Shabad; it is obtained only by eradicating selfishness and conceit. ||7||

⁴⁵When God bestows His Glance of Grace, people settle in the Lap of the Virtuous Lord.

⁴⁶O Nanak, this Union cannot be broken; the true profit is obtained. ||8||1||17||

¹Gauree, First Mehl:

²By Guru's Grace, one comes to understand, and then, the account is settled.

³In each and every heart is the Name of the Immaculate Lord; He is my Lord and Master. ||1||

⁴Without the Word of the Guru's Shabad, no one is emancipated. See this, and reflect upon it.

⁵Even though you may perform hundreds of thousands of rituals, without the Guru, there is only darkness. ||1||Pause||

⁶What can you say, to one who is blind and without wisdom?

⁷Without the Guru, the Path cannot be seen. How can anyone proceed? ||2||

⁸He calls the counterfeit genuine, and does not know the value of the genuine.

⁹The blind man is known as an appraiser; this Dark Age of Kali Yuga is so strange! ||3||

¹⁰The sleeper is said to be awake, and those who are awake are like sleepers.

¹¹The living are said to be dead, and no one mourns for those who have died. ||4||

¹²One who is coming is said to be going, and one who is gone is said to have come.

¹³That which belongs to others, he calls his own, but he has no liking for that which is his. ||5||

¹⁴That which is sweet is said to be bitter, and the bitter is said to be sweet.

¹⁵One who is imbued with the Lord's Love is slandered - this is what I have seen in this Dark Age of Kali Yuga. ||6||

¹⁶He serves the maid, and does not see his Lord and Master.

¹⁷Churning the water in the pond, no butter is produced. ||7||

¹⁸One who understands the meaning of this verse is my Guru.

¹⁹O Nanak, one who knows his own self, is infinite and incomparable. ||8||

²⁰He Himself is All-pervading; He Himself misleads the people.

²¹By Guru's Grace, one comes to understand, that God is contained in all. ||9||2||18||

²²Raag Gauree Gwaarayree, Third Mehl, Ashtpadheeyaa:

²³One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²⁴The pollution of the mind is the love of duality.

²⁵Deluded by doubt, people come and go in reincarnation. ||1||

²⁶The pollution of the self-willed manmukhs will never go away,

²⁷as long as they do not dwell on the Shabad, and the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

²⁸All the created beings are contaminated by emotional attachment;

²⁹they die and are reborn, only to die over and over again. ||2||

³⁰Fire, air and water are polluted.

³¹The food which is eaten is polluted. ||3||

³²The actions of those who do not worship the Lord are polluted.

³³Attuned to the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the mind becomes immaculate. ||4||

³⁴Serving the True Guru, pollution is eradicated,

³⁵and then, one does not suffer death and rebirth, or get devoured by death. ||5||

³⁶You may study and examine the Shaastras and the Simritees,

³⁷but without the Name, no one is liberated. ||6||

³⁸Throughout the four ages, the Naam is the ultimate; reflect upon the Word of the Shabad.

³⁹In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, only the Gurmukhs cross over. ||7||

⁴⁰The True Lord does not die; He does not come or go.

⁴¹O Nanak, the Gurmukh remains absorbed in the Lord. ||8||1||

⁴²Gauree, Third Mehl:

⁴³Selfless service is the support of the breath of life of the Gurmukh.

⁴⁴Keep the Dear Lord enshrined in your heart.

⁴⁵The Gurmukh is honored in the Court of the True Lord. ||1||

⁴⁶O Pandit, O religious scholar, read about the Lord, and renounce your corrupt ways.

⁴⁷The Gurmukh crosses over the terrifying world-ocean. ||1||Pause||

¹The Gurmukh eradicates egotism from within.

²No filth sticks to the Gurmukh.

³The Naam, the Name of the Lord, comes to dwell within the mind of the Gurmukh. ||2||

⁴Through karma and Dharma, good actions and righteous faith, the Gurmukh becomes true.

⁵The Gurmukh burns away egotism and duality.

⁶The Gurmukh is attuned to the Naam, and is at peace. ||3||

⁷Instruct your own mind, and understand Him.

⁸You may preach to other people, but no one will listen.

⁹The Gurmukh understands, and is always at peace. ||4||

¹⁰The self-willed manmukhs are such clever hypocrites.

¹¹No matter what they do, it is not acceptable.

¹²They come and go in reincarnation, and find no place of rest. ||5||

¹³The manmukhs perform their rituals, but they are totally selfish and conceited.

¹⁴They sit there, like storks, pretending to meditate.

¹⁵Caught by the Messenger of Death, they shall regret and repent in the end. ||6||

¹⁶Without serving the True Guru, liberation is not obtained.

¹⁷By Guru's Grace, one meets the Lord.

¹⁸The Guru is the Great Giver, throughout the four ages. ||7||

¹⁹For the Gurmukh, the Naam is social status, honor and glorious greatness.

²⁰Maya, the daughter of the ocean, has been slain.

²¹O Nanak, without the Name, all clever tricks are false. ||8||2||

²²Gauree, Third Mehla:

²³Learn the Dharma of this age, O Siblings of Destiny;

²⁴all understanding is obtained from the Perfect Guru.

²⁵Here and hereafter, the Lord's Name is our Companion. ||1||

²⁶Learn of the Lord, and contemplate Him in your mind.

²⁷By Guru's Grace, your filth shall be washed away. ||1||Pause||

²⁸Through argument and debate, He cannot be found.

²⁹The mind and body are made insipid through the love of duality.

³⁰Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, lovingly attune yourself to the True Lord. ||2||

³¹This world is polluted with egotism.

³²By taking cleansing baths daily at sacred shrines of pilgrimage, egotism is not eliminated.

³³Without meeting the Guru, they are tortured by Death. ||3||

³⁴Those humble beings are true, who conquer their ego.

³⁵Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they conquer the five thieves.

³⁶They save themselves, and save all their generations as well. ||4||

³⁷The Actor has staged the drama of emotional attachment to Maya.

³⁸The self-willed manmukhs cling blindly to it.

³⁹The Gurmukhs remain detached, and lovingly attune themselves to the Lord. ||5||

⁴⁰The disguisers put on their various disguises.

⁴¹Desire rages within them, and they carry on egotistically.

⁴²They do not understand themselves, and they lose the game of life. ||6||

⁴³Putting on religious robes, they act so clever,

⁴⁴but they are totally deluded by doubt and emotional attachment to Maya.

⁴⁵Without serving the Guru, they suffer in terrible pain. ||7||

⁴⁶Those who are attuned to the Naam, the Name of the Lord, remain detached forever.

⁴⁷Even as householders, they lovingly attune themselves to the True Lord.

⁴⁸O Nanak, those who serve the True Guru are blessed and very fortunate. ||8||3||

⁴⁹Gauree, Third Mehl:

⁵⁰Brahma is the founder of the study of the Vedas.

⁵¹From him emanated the gods, enticed by desire.

⁵²They wander in the three qualities, and they do not dwell within their own home. ||1||

⁵³The Lord has saved me; I have met the True Guru.

⁵⁴He has implanted devotional worship of the Lord's Name, night and day. ||1||Pause||

⁵⁵The songs of Brahma entangle people in the three qualities.

⁵⁶Reading about the debates and disputes, they are hit over the head by the Messenger of Death.

¹They do not understand the essence of reality, and they gather their worthless bundles of straw. ||2||

²The self-willed manmukhs, in ignorance, take the path of evil.

³They forget the Lord's Name, and in its place, they establish all sorts of rituals.

⁴They drown in the terrifying world-ocean, in the love of duality. ||3||

⁵Driven crazy, infatuated by Maya, they call themselves Pandits - religious scholars;

⁶stained with corruption, they suffer terrible pain.

⁷The noose of the Messenger of Death is around their necks; they are constantly tormented by death. ||4||

⁸The Messenger of Death does not even approach the Gurmukhs.

⁹Through the Word of the Shabad, they burn away their ego and duality.

¹⁰Attuned to the Name, they sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||5||

¹¹Maya is the slave of the Lord's devotees; it works for them.

¹²One who falls at their feet attains the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.

¹³He is forever immaculate; he is absorbed in intuitive peace. ||6||

¹⁴Those who listen to the Lord's Sermon are seen to be the wealthy people in this world.

¹⁵Everyone bows down to them, and adores them, night and day.

¹⁶They intuitively savor the Glories of the True Lord within their minds. ||7||

¹⁷The Perfect True Guru has revealed the Shabad;

¹⁸it eradicates the three qualities, and attunes the consciousness to the fourth state.

¹⁹O Nanak, subduing egotism, one is absorbed into God. ||8||4||

²⁰Gauree, Third Mehl:

²¹Brahma studied the Vedas, but these lead only to debates and disputes.

²²He is filled with darkness; he does not understand himself.