Raag Kaanraa

¹Raag Kaanraa, Chau-Padhay, Fourth Mehl, First House:

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:

³Meeting with the Holy people, my mind blossoms forth.

⁴I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice, a sacrifice, a sacrifice to those Holy beings; joining the Sangat, the Congregation, I am carried across to the other side. ||1||Pause||

⁵O Lord, Har, Har, please bless me with Your Mercy, God, that I may fall at the feet of the Holy.

⁶Blessed, blessed are the Holy, who know the Lord God. Meeting with the Holy, even sinners are saved. ||1||

⁷The mind roams and rambles all around in all directions. Meeting with the Holy, it is overpowered and brought under control,

⁸just as when the fisherman spreads his net over the water, he catches and overpowers the fish. ||2||

⁹The Saints, the Saints of the Lord, are noble and good. Meeting with the humble Saints, filth is washed away.

¹⁰All the sins and egotism are washed away, like soap washing dirty clothes. ||3||

¹¹According to that pre-ordained destiny inscribed on my forehead by my Lord and Master, I have enshrined the Feet of the Guru, the True Guru, within my heart.

¹²I have found God, the Destroyer of all poverty and pain; servant Nanak is saved through the Naam. ||4||1||

¹³Kaanraa, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁴My mind is the dust of the feet of the Saints.

¹⁵Joining the Sangat, the Congregation, I listen to the sermon of the Lord, Har, Har. My crude and uncultured mind is drenched with the Love of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

¹⁶I am thoughtless and unconscious; I do not know God's state and extent. The Guru has made me thoughtful and conscious.

¹⁷God is Merciful to the meek; He has made me His Own. My mind chants and meditates on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||1||

¹⁸Meeting with the Lord's Saints, the Beloveds of the mind, I would cut out my heart, and offer it to them.

¹⁹Meeting with the Lord's Saints, I meet with the Lord; this sinner has been sanctified. ||2||

²⁰The humble servants of the Lord are said to be exalted in this world; meeting with them, even stones are softened.

¹I cannot even describe the noble grandeur of such humble beings; the Lord, Har, Har, has made them sublime and exalted. ||3||

²You, Lord are the Great Merchant-Banker; O God, my Lord and Master, I am just a poor peddler; please bless me with the wealth.

³Please bestow Your Kindness and Mercy upon servant Nanak, God, so that he may load up the merchandise of the Lord, Har, Har. ||4||2||

⁴Kaanraa, Fourth Mehl:

⁵O mind, chant the Name of the Lord, and be enlightened.

⁶Meet with the Saints of the Lord, and focus your love; remain balanced and detached within your own household. ||1||Pause||

⁷I chant the Name of the Lord, Nar-Har, within my heart; God the Merciful has shown His Mercy.

⁸Night and day, I am in ecstasy; my mind has blossomed forth, rejuvenated. I am trying - I hope to meet my Lord. ||1||

⁹I am in love with the Lord, my Lord and Master; I love Him with every breath and morsel of food I take.

¹⁰My sins were burnt away in an instant; the noose of the bondage of Maya was loosened. ||2||

¹¹I am such a worm! What karma am I creating? What can I do? I am a fool, a total idiot, but God has saved me.

¹²I am unworthy, heavy as stone, but joining the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, I am carried across to the other side. ||3||

¹³The Universe which God created is all above me; I am the lowest, engrossed in corruption.

¹⁴With the Guru, my faults and demerits have been erased. Servant Nanak has been united with God Himself. ||4||3||

¹⁵Kaanraa, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁶O my mind, chant the Name of the Lord, through the Guru's Word.

¹⁷The Lord, Har, Har, has shown me His Mercy, and my evil-mindedness, love of duality and sense of alienation are totally gone, thanks to the Lord of the Universe. ||1||Pause||

¹⁸There are so many forms and colors of the Lord. The Lord is pervading each and every heart, and yet He is hidden from view.

¹⁹Meeting with the Lord's Saints, the Lord is revealed, and the doors of corruption are shattered. ||1||

²⁰The glory of the Saintly beings is absolutely great; they lovingly enshrine the Lord of Bliss and Delight within their hearts.

²¹Meeting with the Lord's Saints, I meet with the Lord, just as when the calf is seen - the cow is there as well. ||2||

²²The Lord, Har, Har, is within the humble Saints of the Lord; they are exalted - they know, and they inspire others to know as well.

²³The fragrance of the Lord permeates their hearts; they have abandoned the foul stench. ||3||

²⁴You make those humble beings Your Own, God; You protect Your Own, O Lord.

²⁵The Lord is servant Nanak's companion; the Lord is his sibling, mother, father, relative and relation. ||4||4||

²⁶Kaanraa, Fourth Mehl:

²⁷O my mind, consciously chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

²⁸The commodity of the Lord, Har, Har, is locked in the fortress of Maya; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, I have conquered the fortress. ||1||Pause||

²⁹In false doubt and superstition, people wander all around, lured by love and emotional attachment to their children and families.

³⁰But just like the passing shade of the tree, your body-wall shall crumble in an instant. ||1||

³¹The humble beings are exalted; they are my breath of life and my beloveds; meeting them, my mind is filled with faith.

³²Deep within the heart, I am happy with the Pervading Lord; with love and joy, I dwell upon the Steady and Stable Lord. ||2||

¹The humble Saints, the Saints of the Lord, are noble and sublime; meeting them, the mind is tinged with love and joy.

²The Lord's Love never fades away, and it never wears off. Through the Lord's Love, one goes and meets the Lord, Har, Har. ||3||

³I am a sinner; I have committed so many sins. The Guru has cut them, cut them, and hacked them off.

⁴The Guru has placed the healing remedy of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, into my mouth. Servant Nanak, the sinner, has been purified and sanctified. ||4||5||

⁵Kaanraa, Fourth Mehl:

⁶Chant, O my mind, the Name of the Lord, the Lord of the Universe.

⁷I was caught in the whirlpool of poisonous sin and corruption. The True Guru gave me His Hand; He lifted me up and pulled me out. ||1||Pause||

⁸O my Fearless, Immaculate Lord and Master, please save me - I am a sinner, a sinking stone.

⁹I am lured and enticed by sexual desire, anger, greed and corruption, but associating with You, I am carried across, like iron in the wooden boat. ||1||

¹⁰You are the Great Primal Being, the most Inaccessible and Unfathomable Lord God; I search for You, but cannot find Your depth.

¹¹You are the farthest of the far, beyond the beyond, O my Lord and Master; You alone know Yourself, O Lord of the Universe. ||2||

¹²I meditate on the Name of the Unseen and Unfathomable Lord; joining the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, I have found the Path of the Holy.

¹³Joining the congregation, I listen to the Gospel of the Lord, Har, Har; I meditate on the Lord, Har, Har, and speak the Unspoken Speech. ||3||

¹⁴My God is the Lord of the World, the Lord of the Universe; please save me, O Lord of all Creation.

¹⁵Servant Nanak is the slave of the slave of Your slaves. O God, please bless me with Your Grace; please protect me and keep me with Your humble servants. ||4||6||

¹⁶Kaanraa, Fourth Mehl, Partaal, Fifth House:

¹⁷One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹⁸O mind, meditate on the Lord, the Lord of the World.

¹⁹The Lord is the Jewel, the Diamond, the Ruby.

²⁰The Lord fashions the Gurmukhs in His Mint.

²¹O Lord, please, please, be Merciful to me. ||1||Pause||

²²Your Glorious Virtues are inaccessible and unfathomable; how can my one poor tongue describe them? O my Beloved Lord, Raam, Raam, Raam, Raam.

²³O Dear Lord, You, You, You alone know Your Unspoken Speech. I have become enraptured, enraptured, enraptured, meditating on the Lord. ||1||

²⁴The Lord, my Lord and Master, is my Companion and my Breath of Life; the Lord is my Best Friend. My mind, body and tongue are attuned to the Lord, Har, Haray, Haray. The Lord is my Wealth and Property.

²⁵She alone obtains her Husband Lord, who is so pre-destined. Through the Guru's Teachings, she sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord Har. am a sacrifice, a sacrifice to the Lord, O servant Nanak. Meditating on the Lord, I have become enraptured.

²⁶Kaanraa, Fourth Mehl:

²⁷Sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, the Lord of the Universe.

²⁸Let my one tongue become two hundred thousand

²⁹with them all, I will meditate on the Lord, Har, Har, and chant the Word of the Shabad.

³⁰O Lord, please, please, be Merciful to me. ||1||Pause||

³¹O Lord, my Lord and Master, please be Merciful to me; please enjoin me to serve You. I chant and meditate on the Lord, I chant and meditate on the Lord, I chant and meditate on the Lord of the Universe.

³²Your humble servants chant and meditate on You, O Lord; they are sublime and exalted. I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice, a sacrifice, a sacrifice to them. ||1||

¹O Lord, You are the Greatest of the Great, the Greatest of the Great, the most Lofty and High. You do whatever You please.

²Servant Nanak drinks in the Ambrosial Nectar through the Guru's Teachings. Blessed, blessed, blessed, blessed, blessed and praised is the Guru. ||2||2||8||

³Kaanraa, Fourth Mehl:

⁴O mind, meditate and vibrate on the Lord, Raam, Raam.

⁵He has no form or feature - He is Great!

⁶Joining the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, vibrate and meditate on the Lord.

⁷This is the high destiny written on your forehead. ||1||Pause||

⁸That household, that mansion, in which the Lord's Praises are sung - that home is filled with ecstasy and joy; so vibrate and meditate on the Lord, Raam, Raam, Raam.

⁹Sing the Glorious Praises of the Name of the Lord, the Beloved Lord. Through the Teachings of the Guru, the Guru, the True Guru, you shall find peace. So vibrate and meditate on the Lord, Har, Haray, the Lord, Raam |1|

¹⁰You are the Support of the whole universe, Lord; O Merciful Lord, You, You, You are the Creator of all, Raam, Raam, Raam.

¹¹Servant Nanak seeks Your Sanctuary; please bless him with the Guru's Teachings, that he may vibrate and meditate on the Lord, Raam, Raam, Raam. ||2||3||9||

¹²Kaanraa, Fourth Mehl:

¹³I eagerly kiss the Feet of the True Guru.

¹⁴Meeting Him, the Path to the Lord becomes smooth and easy.

¹⁵I lovingly vibrate and meditate on the Lord, and gulp down His Sublime Essence.

¹⁶The Lord has written this destiny on my forehead. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷Some perform the six rituals and rites; the Siddhas, seekers and Yogis put on all sorts of pompous shows, with their hair all tangled and matted.

¹⁸Yoga - Union with the Lord God - is not obtained by wearing religious robes; the Lord is found in the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, and the Guru's Teachings. The humble Saints throw the doors wide open. ||1||

¹⁹O my Lord and Master, You are the farthest of the far, utterly unfathomable. You are totally pervading the water and the land. You alone are the One and Only Unique Lord of all creation.

²⁰You alone know all Your ways and means. You alone understand Yourself. Servant Nanak's Lord God is in each heart, in every heart, in the home of each and every heart. ||2||4||10||

²¹Kaanraa, Fourth Mehl:

²²O mind, chant and meditate on the Lord, the Lord of the Universe.

²³The Lord, Har, Har, is inaccessible and unfathomable.

²⁴Through the Guru's Teachings, my intellect attains the Lord God.

²⁵This is the pre-ordained destiny written on my forehead. ||1||Pause||

²⁶Collecting the poison of Maya, people think of all sorts of evil. But peace is found only by vibrating and meditating on the Lord; with the Saints, in the Sangat, the Society of the Saints, meet the True Guru, the Holy Guru.

²⁷Just as when the iron slag is transmuted into gold by touching the Philosopher's Stone - when the sinner joins the Sangat, he becomes pure, through the Guru's Teachings. ||1||

²⁸Just like the heavy iron which is carried across on the wooden raft, sinners are carried across in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, and the Guru, the True Guru, the Holy Guru.

²⁹There are four castes, four social classes, and four stages of life. Whoever meets the Guru, Guru Nanak, is himself carried across, and he carries all his ancestors and generations across as well. ||2||5||11||

³⁰Kaanraa, Fourth Mehl:

³¹Sing the Praises of the Lord God.

³²Singing His Praises, sins are washed away.

³³Through the Word of the Guru's Teachings, listen to His Praises with your ears.

³⁴The Lord shall be Merciful to you. ||1||Pause||

¹Your humble servants focus their consciousness and meditate on You with one-pointed mind; those Holy beings find peace, chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, the Treasure of Bliss.

²They sing Your Praises, God, meeting with the Holy, the Holy people, and the Guru, the True Guru, O Lord God. ||1||

³They alone obtain the fruit of peace, within whose hearts You, O my Lord and Master, abide. They cross over the terrifying world-ocean - they are known as the Lord's devotees.

⁴Please enjoin me to their service, Lord, please enjoin me to their service. O Lord God, You, You, You, You, You are the Lord of servant Nanak. ||2||6||12||

⁵Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl, Second House:

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

⁷Sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the World, the Treasure of Mercy.

⁸The True Guru is the Destroyer of pain, the Giver of peace; meeting Him, one is totally fulfilled. ||1||Pause||

⁹Meditate in remembrance on the Naam, the Support of the mind.

¹⁰Millions of sinners are carried across in an instant. ||1||

¹¹Whoever remembers his Guru,

¹²shall not suffer sorrow, even in dreams. ||2||

¹³Whoever keeps his Guru enshrined within

¹⁴- that humble being tastes the sublime essence of the Lord with his tongue. ||3||

¹⁵Says Nanak, the Guru has been Kind to me;

¹⁶here and herafter, my face is radiant. ||4||1||

¹⁷Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁸I worship and adore You, my Lord and Master.

¹⁹Standing up and sitting down, while sleeping and awake, with each and every breath, I meditate on the Lord. ||1||Pause||

²⁰The Naam, the Name of the Lord, abides within the hearts of those,

²¹whose Lord and Master blesses them with this gift. ||1||

²²Peace and tranquility come into the hearts of those

²³who meet their Lord and Master, through the Word of the Guru. ||2||

²⁴Those whom the Guru blesses with the Mantra of the Naam

²⁵Says Nanak, I am a sacrifice to those

²⁶who are blessed with the Name in this Dark Age of Kali Yuga. ||4||2||

²⁷Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

²⁸Sing the Praises of God, O my tongue.

²⁹Humbly bow to the Saints, over and over again; through them, the Feet of the Lord of the Universe shall come to abide within you. ||1||Pause||

³⁰The Door to the Lord cannot be found by any other means.

³¹When He becomes Merciful, we come to meditate on the Lord, Har, Har. ||1||

³²The body is not purified by millions of rituals.

³³The mind is awakened and enlightened only in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||2||

³⁴Thirst and desire are not quenched by enjoying the many pleasures of Maya.

³⁵Chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, total peace is found. ||3||

³⁶When the Supreme Lord God becomes Merciful,

³⁷says Nanak, then one is rid of worldly entanglements. ||4||3||

³⁸Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

³⁹Beg for such blessings from the Lord of the Universe:

⁴⁰to work for the Saints, and the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. Chanting the Name of the Lord, the supreme status is obtained. ||1||Pause||

⁴¹Worship the Feet of Your Lord and Master, and seek His Sanctuary.

⁴²Take joy in whatever God does. ||1||

⁴³This precious human body becomes fruitful,

¹when the True Guru shows His Kindness. ||2||

²The house of ignorance, doubt and pain is destroyed,

³for those within whose hearts the Guru's Feet abide. ||3||

⁴In the Saadh Sangat, lovingly meditate on God.

⁵Says Nanak, you shall obtain the Perfect Lord. ||4||4||

⁶Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

⁷Devotion is the natural quality of God's devotees.

⁸Their bodies and minds are blended with their Lord and Master; He unites them with Himself. ||1||Pause||

⁹The singer sings the songs,

¹⁰but she alone is saved, within whose consciousness the Lord abides. ||1||

¹¹The one who sets the table sees the food,

¹²but only one who eats the food is satisfied. ||2||

¹³People disguise themselves with all sorts of costumes,

¹⁴but in the end, they are seen as they truly are. ||3||

¹⁵Speaking and talking are all just entanglements.

¹⁶O slave Nanak, the true way of life is excellent. ||4||5||

¹⁷Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁸Your humble servant listens to Your Praises with delight. ||1||Pause||

¹⁹My mind is enlightened, gazing upon the Glory of God. Wherever I look, there He is. ||1||

²⁰You are the farthest of all, the highest of the far, profound, unfathomable and unreachable. ||2||

²¹You are united with Your devotees, through and through; You have removed Your veil for Your humble servants. ||3||

²²By Guru's Grace, Nanak sings Your Glorious Praises; he is intuitively absorbed in Samaadhi. ||4||6||

²³Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

²⁴I have come to the Saints to save myself. ||1||Pause||

²⁵Gazing upon the Blessed Vision of their Darshan, I am sanctified; they have implanted the Mantra of the Lord, Har, Har, within me. ||1||

²⁶The disease has been eradicated, and my mind has become immaculate. I have taken the healing medicine of the Lord, Har, Har. ||2||

²⁷I have become steady and stable, and I dwell in the home of peace. I shall never again wander anywhere. ||3||

²⁸By the Grace of the Saints, the people and all their generations are saved; O Nanak, they are not engrossed in Maya. ||4||7||

²⁹Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

³⁰I have totally forgotten my jealousy of others,

³¹since I found the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||1||Pause||

³²No one is my enemy, and no one is a stranger. I get along with everyone. ||1||

³³Whatever God does, I accept that as good. This is the sublime wisdom I have obtained from the Holy. ||2||

³⁴The One God is pervading in all. Gazing upon Him, beholding Him, Nanak blossoms forth in happiness. ||3||8||

³⁵Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

³⁶O my Dear Lord and Master, You alone are my Support.

³⁷You are my Honor and Glory; I seek Your Support, and Your Sanctuary. ||1||Pause||

³⁸You are my Hope, and You are my Faith. I take Your Name and enshrine it within my heart.

³⁹You are my Power; associating with You, I am embellished and exalted. I do whatever You say. ||1||

⁴⁰Through Your Kindness and Compassion, I find peace; when You are Merciful, I cross over the terrifying world-ocean.

⁴¹Through the Name of the Lord, I obtain the gift of fearlessness; Nanak places his head on the feet of the Saints. ||2||9||

¹Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

²In the Sanctuary of the Holy, I focus my consciousness on the Lord's Feet.

³When I was dreaming, I heard and saw only dream-objects. The True Guru has implanted the Mantra of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, within me. ||1||Pause||

⁴Power, youth and wealth do not bring satisfaction; people chase after them again and again.

⁵I have found peace and tranquility, and all my thirsty desires have been quenched, singing His Glorious Praises. ||1||

⁶Without understanding, they are like beasts, engrossed in doubt, emotional attachment and Maya.

⁷But in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, the noose of Death is cut, O Nanak, and one intuitively merges in celestial peace. ||2||10||

⁸Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

⁹Sing of the Lord's Feet within your heart.

¹⁰Meditate, meditate in constant remembrance on God, the Embodiment of soothing peace and cooling tranquility. ||1||Pause||

¹¹All your hopes shall be fulfilled, and the pain of millions of deaths and births shall be gone. ||1||

¹²Immerse yourself in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, and you shall obtain the benefits of giving charitable gifts, and all sorts of good deeds.

¹³Sorrow and suffering shall be erased, O Nanak, and you shall never again be devoured by death. ||2||11||

¹⁴Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl, Third House:

¹⁵One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹⁶Speak of God's Wisdom in the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation.

¹⁷Meditating in remembrance on the Perfect Supreme Divine Light, the Transcendent Lord God, honor and glory are obtained. ||1||Pause||

¹⁸One's comings and goings in reincarnation cease, and suffering is dispelled, meditating in remembrance in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

¹⁹Sinners are sanctified in an instant, in the love of the Supreme Lord God. ||1||

²⁰Whoever speaks and listens to the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises is rid of evil-mindedness.

²¹All hopes and desires, O Nanak, are fulfilled. ||2||1||12||

²²Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

²³The Treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is found in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

²⁴It is the Companion of the soul, its Helper and Support. ||1||Pause||

²⁵Continually bathing in the dust of the feet of the Saints,

²⁶the sins of countless incarnations are washed away. ||1||

²⁷The words of the humble Saints are lofty and exalted.

²⁸Meditating, meditating in remembrance, O Nanak, mortal beings are carried across and saved. ||2||2||13||

²⁹Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

³⁰O Holy people, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, Har, Haray.

³¹Mind, body, wealth and the breath of life - all come from God; remembering Him in meditation, pain is taken away. ||1||Pause||

³²Why are you entangled in this and that? Let your mind be attuned to the One. ||1||

³³The place of the Saints is utterly sacred; meet with them, and meditate on the Lord of the Universe. ||2||

³⁴O Nanak, I have abandoned everything and come to Your Sanctuary. Please let me merge with You. ||3||3||14||

³⁵Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

³⁶Gazing upon and beholding my Best Friend, I blossom forth in bliss; my God is the One and Only. ||1||Pause||

³⁷He is the Image of Ecstasy, Intuitive Peace and Poise. There is no other like Him. ||1||

³⁸Meditating in remembrance on the Lord, Har, Har, even once, millions of sins are erased. ||2||

¹Uttering His Glorious Praises, suffering is eradicated, and the heart becomes tranquil and calm. ||3||

²Drink in the Sweet, Sublime Ambrosial Nectar, O Nanak, and be imbued with the Love of the Lord. ||4||4||15||

³Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

⁴O friends, O Saints, come to me. ||1||Pause||

⁵Singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord with pleasure and joy, the sins will be erased and thrown away. ||1||

⁶Touch your forehead to the feet of the Saints, and your dark household shall be illumined. ||2||

⁷By the Grace of the Saints, the heart-lotus blossoms forth. Vibrate and meditate on the Lord of the Universe, and see Him near at hand. ||3||

⁸By the Grace of God, I have found the Saints. Over and over again, Nanak is a sacrifice to that moment. ||4||5||16||

⁹Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁰I seek the Sanctuary of Your Lotus Feet, O Lord of the World.

¹¹Save me from emotional attachment, pride, deception and doubt; please cut away these ropes which bind me. ||1||Pause||

¹²I am drowning in the world-ocean.

¹³Meditating in remembrance on the Lord, the Source of Jewels, I am saved. ||1||

¹⁴Your Name, Lord, is cooling and soothing.

¹⁵God, my Lord and Master, is Perfect. ||2||

¹⁶You are the Deliverer, the Destroyer of the sufferings of the meek and the poor.

¹⁷The Lord is the Treasure of Mercy, the Saving Grace of sinners. ||3||

¹⁸I have suffered the pains of millions of incarnations.

¹⁹Nanak is at peace; the Guru has implanted the Naam, the Name of the Lord, within me. ||4||6||17||

²⁰Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

²¹Blessed is that love, which is attuned to the Lord's Feet.

²²The peace which comes from millions of chants and deep meditations is obtained by perfect good fortune and destiny. ||1||Pause||

²³I am Your helpless servant and slave; I have given up all other support.

²⁴Every trace of doubt has been eradicated, remembering God in meditation. I have applied the ointment of spiritual wisdom, and awakened from my sleep. ||1||

²⁵You are Unfathomably Great and Utterly Vast, O my Lord and Master, Ocean of Mercy, Source of Jewels.

²⁶Nanak, the beggar, begs for the Name of the Lord, Har, Har; he rests his forehead upon God's Feet. ||2||7||18||

²⁷Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

²⁸I am filthy, hard-hearted, deceitful and obsessed with sexual desire.

²⁹Please carry me across, as You wish, O my Lord and Master. ||1||Pause||

³⁰You are All-powerful and Potent to grant Sanctuary. Exerting Your Power, You protect us. ||1||

³¹Chanting and deep meditation, penance and austere self-discipline, fasting and purification - salvation does not come by any of these means.

³²Please lift me up and out of this deep, dark ditch; O God, please bless Nanak with Your Glance of Grace. ||2||8||19||

³³Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl, Fourth House:

³⁴One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³⁵The one who bows in humble reverence to the Primal Lord, the Lord of all beings

³⁶- I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice to such a Guru; He Himself is liberated, and He carries me across as well. ||1||Pause||

³⁷Which, which, which of Your Glorious Virtues should I chant? There is no end or limitation to them.

³⁸There are thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, many millions of them, but those who contemplate them are very rare. ||1||

¹I am wonder-struck, wonder-struck, wonder-struck and amazed, dyed in the deep crimson color of my Beloved.

²Says Nanak, the Saints savor this sublime essence, like the mute, who tastes the sweet candy, but only smiles. ||2||1||20||

³Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

⁴The Saints do not know any other except God.

⁵They look upon all equally, the high and the low; they speak of Him with their mouths, and honor Him in their minds. ||1||Pause||

⁶He is pervading and permeating each and every heart; He is the Ocean of Peace, the Destroyer of fear. He is my praanaa - the Breath of Life.

⁷My mind was enlightened, and my doubt was dispelled, when the Guru whispered His Mantra into my ears. ||1||

⁸He is All-powerful, the Ocean of Mercy, the All-knowing Searcher of Hearts.

⁹Twenty-four hours a day Nanak sings His Praises, and begs for the Gift of the Lord. ||2||2||21||

¹⁰Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

¹¹Many speak and talk about God.

¹²But one who understands the essence of Yoga - such a humble servant is very rare||1||Pause||

¹³He has no pain - he is totally at peace. With his eyes, he sees only the One Lord.

¹⁴No one seems evil to him - all are good. There is no defeat - he is totally victorious. ||1||

¹⁵He is never in sorrow - he is always happy; but he gives this up, and does not take anything.

¹⁶Says Nanak, the humble servant of the Lord is himself the Lord, Har, Har; he does not come and go in reincarnation. ||2||3||22||

¹⁷Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁸I pray that my heart may never forget my Beloved.

¹⁹My body and mind are blended with Him, but the Enticer, Maya, is enticing me, O my mother. ||1||Pause||

²⁰Those unto whom I tell my pain and frustration - they themselves are caught and stuck.

²¹In all sorts of ways, Maya has cast the net; the knots cannot be loosened. ||1||

²²Wandering and roaming, slave Nanak has come to the Sanctuary of the Saints.

²³The bonds of ignorance, doubt, emotional attachment and the love of Maya have been cut; God hugs me close in His Embrace. ||2||4||23||

²⁴Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

²⁵My home is filled with ecstasy, pleasure and joy.

²⁶I sing the Naam, and I meditate on the Naam. The Naam is the Support of my breath of life. ||1||Pause||

²⁷The Naam is spiritual wisdom, the Naam is my purifying bath. The Naam resolves all my affairs.

²⁸The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is glorious grandeur; the Naam is glorious greatness. The Name of the Lord carries me across the terrifying world-ocean. ||1||

²⁹The Unfathomable Treasure, the Priceless Gem - I have received it, through the Guru's Feet.

³⁰Says Nanak, God has become Merciful; my heart is intoxicated by the Blessed Vision of His Darshan. ||2||5||24||

³¹Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

³²My Friend, my Best Friend, my Lord and Master, is near.

³³He sees and hears everything; He is with everyone. You are here for such short time - why do you do evil? ||1||Pause||

³⁴Except for the Naam, whatever you are involved with is nothing - nothing is yours.

³⁵Hereafter, everything is revealed to your gaze; but in this world, all are enticed by the darkness of doubt. ||1||

³⁶People are caught in Maya, attached to their children and spouses. They have forgotten the Great and Generous Giver.

¹Says Nanak, I have one article of faith; my Guru is the One who releases me from bondage. ||2||6||25||

²Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

³Your Saints have overwhelmed the wicked army of corruption.

⁴They take Your Support and place their faith in You, O my Lord and Master; they seek Your Sanctuary. ||1||Pause||

⁵Gazing upon the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan, the terrible sins of countless lifetimes are erased.

⁶I am illumined, enlightened and filled with ecstasy. I am intuitively absorbed in Samaadhi. ||1||

⁷Who says that You cannot do everything? You are Infinitely All-powerful.

⁸O Treasure of Mercy, Nanak savors Your Love and Your Blissful Form, earning the Profit of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||2||7||26||

⁹Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁰The drowning mortal is comforted and consoled, meditating on the Lord.

¹¹He is rid of emotional attachment, doubt, pain and suffering. ||1||Pause||

¹²I meditate in remembrance, day and night, on the Guru's Feet.

¹³Wherever I look, I see Your Sanctuary. ||1||

¹⁴By the Grace of the Saints, I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

¹⁵Meeting with the Guru, Nanak has found peace. ||2||8||27||

¹⁶Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁷Meditating in remembrance on the Naam, peace of mind is found.

¹⁸Meeting the Holy Saint, sing the Praises of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

¹⁹Granting His Grace, God has come to dwell within my heart.

²⁰I touch my forehead to the feet of the Saints. ||1||

²¹Meditate, O my mind, on the Supreme Lord God.

²²As Gurmukh, Nanak listens to the Praises of the Lord. ||2||9||28||

²³Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

²⁴My mind loves to touch the Feet of God.

²⁵My tongue is satisfied with the Food of the Lord, Har, Har. My eyes are contented with the Blessed Vision of God. ||1||Pause||

²⁶My ears are filled with the Praise of my Beloved; all my foul sins and faults are erased.

²⁷My feet follow the Path of Peace to my Lord and Master; my body and limbs joyfully blossom forth in the Society of the Saints. ||1||

²⁸I have taken Sanctuary in my Perfect, Eternal, Imperishable Lord. I do not bother trying anything else.

²⁹Taking them by the hand, O Nanak, God saves His humble servants; they shall not perish in the deep, dark world-ocean. ||2||10||29||

³⁰Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

³¹Those fools who bellow with rage and destructive deceit, are crushed and killed innumerable times. ||1||Pause||

³²Intoxicated with egotism and imbued with other tastes, I am in love with my evil enemies. My Beloved watches over me as I wander through thousands of incarnations. ||1||

³³My dealings are false, and my lifestyle is chaotic. Intoxicated with the wine of emotion, I am burning in the fire of anger.

³⁴O Merciful Lord of the World, Embodiment of Compassion, Relative of the meek and the poor, please save Nanak; I seek Your Sanctuary. ||2||11||30||

³⁵Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

³⁶The Giver of the soul, the breath of life and honor

³⁷- forgetting the Lord, all is lost. ||1||Pause||

³⁸You have forsaken the Lord of the Universe, and become attached to another - you are throwing away the Ambrosial Nectar, to take dust.

³⁹What do you expect from corrupt pleasures? You fool! What makes you think that they will bring peace? ||1||

¹Engrossed in unfulfilled sexual desire, unresolved anger and greed, you shall be consigned to reincarnation.

²But I have entered the Sanctuary of the Purifier of sinners. O Nanak, I know that I shall be saved. ||2||12||31||

³Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

⁴I gaze on the Lotus-like Face of the Lord.

⁵Searching and seeking, I have found the Jewel. I am totally rid of all anxiety. ||1||Pause||

⁶Enshrining His Lotus Feet within my heart,

⁷pain and wickedness have been dispelled. ||1||

⁸The Lord of all the Universe is my kingdom, wealth and family.

⁹In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, Nanak has earned the Profit; he shall never die again. ||2||13||32||

¹⁰Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl, Fifth House:

¹¹One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹²Worship God, and adore His Name.

¹³Grasp the Feet of the Guru, the True Guru.

¹⁴The Unfathomable Lord shall come into your mind,

¹⁵and by Guru's Grace, you shall be victorious in this world. ||1||Pause||

¹⁶I have studied countless ways of worship in all sorts of ways, but that alone is worship, which is pleasing to the Lord's Will.

¹⁷This body-puppet is made of clay - what can it do by itself?

¹⁸O God, those humble beings meet You, whom You grasp by the arm, and place on the Path. ||1||

¹⁹I do not know of any other support; O Lord, You are my only Hope and Support.

²⁰I am meek and poor - what prayer can I offer?

²¹God abides in every heart.

²²My mind is thirsty for the Feet of God.

²³Servant Nanak, Your slave, speaks: I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice, forever a sacrifice to You. ||2||1||33||

²⁴Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl, Sixth House:

²⁵One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²⁶Your Name, O my Beloved, is the Saving Grace of the world.

²⁷The Lord's Name is the wealth of the nine treasures.

²⁸One who is imbued with the Love of the Incomparably Beautiful Lord is joyful.

²⁹O mind, why do you cling to emotional attachments?

³⁰With your eyes, gaze upon the Blessed Vision, the Darshan of the Holy.

³¹They alone find it, who have such destiny inscribed upon their foreheads. ||1||Pause||

³²I serve at the feet of the Holy Saints.

³³I long for the dust of their feet, which purifies and sanctifies.

³⁴Just like the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage, it washes away filth and pollution.

³⁵With each and every breath I meditate on Him, and never turn my face away.

³⁶Of your thousands and millions, nothing shall go along with you.

³⁷Only the Name of God will call to you in the end. ||1||

³⁸Let it be your wish to honor and obey the One Formless Lord.

³⁹Abandon the love of everything else.

⁴⁰What Glorious Praises of Yours can I utter, O my Beloved?

⁴¹I cannot describe even one of Your Virtues.

⁴²My mind is so thirsty for the Blessed Vision of His Darshan.

⁴³Please come and meet Nanak, O Divine Guru of the World. ||2||1||34||

¹Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

²How may I obtain the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan? ||1||Pause||

³I hope and thirst for Your wish-fulfilling image; my heart yearns and longs for You. ||1||

⁴The meek and humble Saints are like thirsty fish; the Saints of the Lord are absorbed in Him.

⁵I am the dust of the feet of the Lord's Saints.

⁶I dedicate my heart to them.

⁷God has become Merciful to me.

⁸Renouncing pride and leaving behind emotional attachment, O Nanak, one meets with the Dear Lord. ||2||2||35||

⁹Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁰The Playful Lord imbues all with the Color of His Love.

¹¹From the ant to the elephant, He is permeating and pervading all. ||1||Pause||

¹²Some go on fasts, make vows, and take pilgrimages to sacred shrines on the Ganges.

¹³They stand naked in the water, enduring hunger and poverty.

¹⁴They sit cross-legged, perform worship services and do good deeds.

¹⁵They apply religious symbols to their bodies, and ceremonial marks to their limbs.

¹⁶They read through the Shaastras, but they do not join the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation. ||1||

¹⁷They stubbornly practice ritualistic postures, standing on their heads.

¹⁸They are afflicted with the disease of egotism, and their faults are not covered up.

¹⁹They burn in the fire of sexual frustration, unresolved anger and compulsive desire.

²⁰He alone is liberated, O Nanak, whose True Guru is Good. ||2||3||36||

²¹Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl, Seventh House:

²²One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²³My thirst has been quenched, meeting with the Holy.

²⁴The five thieves have run away, and I am in peace and poise; singing, singing, singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, I obtain the Blessed Vision of my Beloved. ||1||Pause||

²⁵That which God has done for me - how can I do that for Him in return?

²⁶I make my heart a sacrifice, a sacrifice, a sacrifice, a sacrifice, a sacrifice to You. ||1||

²⁷First, I fall at the feet of the Saints; I meditate, meditate, lovingly attuned to You.

²⁸O God, where is that Place, where You contemplate all Your beings?

²⁹Countless slaves sing Your Praises.

³⁰He alone meets You, who is pleasing to Your Will. Servant Nanak remains absorbed in his Lord and Master.

³¹You, You, You alone, Lord. ||2||1||37||

³²Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl, Eighth House:

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

³⁴Give up your pride and your self-conceit; the Loving, Merciful Lord is watching over all. O mind, become the dust of His Feet. ||1||Pause||

³⁵Through the Mantra of the Lord's Saints, experience the spiritual wisdom and meditation of the Lord of the World. ||1||

³⁶Within your heart, sing the Praises of the Lord of the Universe, and be lovingly attuned to His Lotus Feet. He is the Fascinating Lord, Merciful to the meek and the humble.

³⁷O Merciful Lord, please bless me with Your Kindness and Compassion.

³⁸Nanak begs for the Gift of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

³⁹I have abandoned emotional attachment, doubt and all egotistical pride. ||2||1||38||

⁴⁰Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

⁴¹Speaking of God, filth and pollution are burnt away; This comes by meeting with the Guru, and not by any other efforts. ||1||Pause||

¹Making pilgrimages to sacred rivers, observing the six rituals, wearing matted and tangled hair, performing fire sacrifices and carrying ceremonial walking sticks - none of these are of any use. ||1||

²All sorts of efforts, austerities, wanderings and various speeches - none of these will lead you to find the Lord's Place.

³I have considered all considerations, O Nanak, but peace comes only by vibrating and meditating on the Name. ||2||2||39||

⁴Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl, Ninth House:

⁵One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁶The Purifier of sinners, the Lover of His devotees, the Destroyer of fear - He carries us across to the other side. ||1||Pause||

⁷My eyes are satisfied, gazing upon the Blessed Vision of His Darshan; my ears are satisfied, hearing His Praise. ||1||

⁸He is the Master of the praanaa, the breath of life; He is the Giver of Support to the unsupported. I am meek and poor - I seek the Sanctuary of the Lord of the Universe.

⁹He is the Fulfiller of hope, the Destroyer of pain. Nanak grasps the Support of the Feet of the Lord. ||2||1||40||

¹⁰Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

¹¹I seek the Sanctuary of the Feet of my Merciful Lord and Master; I do not go anywhere else.

¹²It is the Inherent Nature of our Lord and Master to purify sinners. Those who meditate on the Lord are saved. ||1||Pause||

¹³The world is a swamp of wickedness and corruption. The blind sinner has fallen into the ocean of emotional attachment and pride,

¹⁴bewildered by the entanglements of Maya.

¹⁵God Himself has taken me by the hand and lifted me up and out of it; save me, O Sovereign Lord of the Universe. ||1||

¹⁶He is the Master of the masterless, the Supporting Lord of the Saints, the Neutralizer of millions of sins.

¹⁷My mind thirsts for the Blessed Vision of His Darshan.

¹⁸God is the Perfect Treasure of Virtue.

¹⁹O Nanak, sing and savor the Glorious Praises of the Lord, the Kind and Compassionate Lord of the World. ||2||2||41||

²⁰Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

²¹Countless times, I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice

²²to that moment of peace, on that night when I was joined with my Beloved. ||1||Pause||

²³Mansions of gold, and beds of silk sheets - O sisters, I have no love for these. ||1||

²⁴Pearls, jewels and countless pleasures, O Nanak, are useless and destructive without the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

²⁵Even with only dry crusts of bread, and a hard floor on which to sleep, my life passes in peace and pleasure with my Beloved, O sisters. ||2||3||42||

²⁶Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

²⁷Give up your ego, and turn your face to God.

²⁸Let your yearning mind call out, "Guru, Guru".

²⁹My Beloved is the Lover of Love. ||1||Pause||

³⁰The bed of your household shall be cozy, and your courtyard shall be comfortable; shatter and break the bonds which tie you to the five thieves. ||1||

³¹You shall not come and go in reincarnation; you shall dwell in your own home deep within, and your inverted heart-lotus shall blossom forth.

³²The turmoil of egotism shall be silenced.

³³Nanak sings - he sings the Praises of God, the Ocean of Virtue. ||2||4||43||

³⁴Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl, Ninth House:

³⁵This is why you should chant and meditate on the Lord, O mind.

³⁶The Vedas and the Saints say that the path is treacherous and difficult. You are intoxicated with emotional attachment and the fever of egotism. ||Pause||

³⁷Those who are imbued and intoxicated with the wretched Maya, suffer the pains of emotional attachment. ||1||

³⁸That humble being is saved, who chants the Naam; You Yourself save him.

³⁹Emotional attachment, fear and doubt are dispelled, O Nanak, by the Grace of the Saints. ||2||5||44||

¹Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl, Tenth House:

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

³Give me that blessing, O Dear Saints, for which my soul would be a sacrifice.

⁴Enticed by pride, entrapped and plundered by the five thieves, still, you live near them. I have come to the Sanctuary of the Holy, and I have been rescued from my association with those demons. ||1||Pause||

⁵I wandered through millions of lifetimes and incarnations. I am so very tired - I have fallen at God's Door. ||1||

⁶The Lord of the Universe has become Kind to me; He has blessed me with the Support of the Naam.

⁷This precious human life has become fruitful and prosperous; O Nanak, I am carried across the terrifying world-ocean. ||2||1||45||

⁸Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl, Eleventh House:

⁹One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹⁰He Himself has come to me, in His Natural Way.

¹¹I know nothing, and I show nothing.

¹²I have met God through innocent faith, and He has blessed me with peace. ||1||Pause||

¹³By the good fortune of my destiny, I have joined the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

¹⁴I do not go out anywhere; I dwell in my own home.

¹⁵God, the Treasure of Virtue, has been revealed in this body-robe. ||1||

¹⁶I have fallen in love with His Feet; I have abandoned everything else.

¹⁷In the places and interspaces, He is All-pervading.

¹⁸With loving joy and excitement, Nanak speaks His Praises. ||2||1||46||

¹⁹Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

²⁰It is so hard to meet the Lord of the Universe, my Lord and Master.

²¹His Form is Immeasurable, Inaccessible and Unfathomable; He is All-pervading everywhere. ||1||Pause||

²²By speaking and wandering, nothing is gained; nothing is obtained by clever tricks and devices. ||1||

²³People try all sorts of things, but the Lord is only met when He shows His Mercy.

²⁴God is Kind and Compassionate, the Treasure of Mercy; servant Nanak is the dust of the feet of the Saints. ||2||2||47||

²⁵Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

²⁶O mother, I meditate on the Lord, Raam, Raam, Raam.

²⁷Without God, there is no other at all.

²⁸I remember His Lotus Feet with every breath, night and day. ||1||Pause||

²⁹He loves me and makes me His Own; my union with Him shall never be broken.

³⁰He is my breath of life, mind, wealth and everything. The Lord is the Treasure of Virtue and Peace. ||1||

³¹Here and hereafter, the Lord is perfectly pervading; He is seen deep within the heart.

³²In the Sanctuary of the Saints, I am carried across; O Nanak, the terrible pain has been taken away. ||2||3||48||

³³Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

³⁴God's humble servant is in love with Him.

³⁵You are my Friend, my very best Friend; everything is in Your Home. ||1||Pause||

³⁶I beg for honor, I beg for strength; please bless me with wealth, property and children. ||1||

³⁷You are the Technology of liberation, the Way to worldly success, the Perfect Lord of Supreme Bliss, the Transcendent Treasure.

¹In the Fear of God and loving devotion, Nanak is exalted and enraptured, forever and ever a sacrifice to Him. ||2||4||49||

²Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

³The debaters debate and argue their arguments.

⁴The Yogis and meditators, religious and spiritual teachers roam and ramble, wandering endlessly all over the earth. ||1||Pause||

⁵They are egotistical, self-centered and conceited, foolish, stupid, idiotic and insane.

⁶Wherever they go and wander, death is always with them, forever and ever and ever and ever. ||1||

⁷Give up your pride and stubborn self-conceit; death, yes, death, is always close and near at hand.

⁸Vibrate and meditate on the Lord, Har, Haray, Haray. Says Nanak, listen you fool: without vibrating, and meditating, and dwelling on Him, your life is uselessly wasting away. ||2||5||50||12||62||

⁹Kaanraa, Ashtpadheeyaa, Fourth Mehl, First House:

¹⁰One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹¹Chant the Name of the Lord, O mind, and find peace.

¹²The more you chant and meditate, the more you will be at peace; serve the True Guru, and merge in the Lord. ||1||Pause||

¹³Each and every instant, the humble devotees long for Him; chanting the Naam, they find peace.

¹⁴The taste of other pleasures is totally eradicated; nothing pleases them, except the Name. ||1||

¹⁵Following the Guru's Teachings, the Lord seems sweet to them; the Guru inspires them to speak sweet words.

¹⁶Through the Word of the True Guru's Bani, the Primal Lord God is revealed; so focus your consciousness on His Bani. ||2||

¹⁷Hearing the Word of the Guru's Bani, my mind has been softened and saturated with it; my mind has returned to its own home deep within.

¹⁸The Unstruck Melody resonates and resounds there continuously; the stream of nectar trickles down constantly. ||3||

¹⁹Singing the Name of the One Lord each and every instant, and following the Guru's Teachings, the mind is absorbed in the Naam.

²⁰Listening to the Naam, the mind is pleased with the Naam, and satisfied with the Naam. ||4||

²¹People wear lots of bracelets, glittering with gold; they wear all sorts of fine clothes.

²²But without the Naam, they are all bland and insipid. They are born, only to die again, in the cycle of reincarnation. ||5||

²³The veil of Maya is a thick and heavy veil, a whirlpool which destroys one's home.

²⁴Sins and corrupt vices are totally heavy, like rusted slag. They will not let you cross over the poisonous and treacherous world-ocean. ||6||

²⁵Let the Fear of God and neutral detachment be the boat; the Guru is the Boatman, who carries us across in the Word of the Shabad.

²⁶Meeting with the Lord, the Name of the Lord, merge in the Lord, the Name of the Lord. ||7||

²⁷Attached to ignorance, people are falling asleep; attached to the Guru's spiritual wisdom, they awaken.

²⁸O Nanak, by His Will, He makes us walk as He pleases. ||8||1||

²⁹Kaanraa, Fourth Mehl:

³⁰O mind, chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, and be carried across.

³¹Whoever chants and meditates on it is emancipated. Like Dhroo and Prahlaad, they merge in the Lord. ||1||Pause||

¹Mercy, mercy, mercy - O Dear Lord, please shower Your Mercy on me, and attach me to Your Name.

²Please be Merciful, and lead me to meet the True Guru; meeting the True Guru, I meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||

³The filth of egotism from countless incarnations sticks to me; joining the Sangat, the Holy Congregation, this filth is washed away.

⁴As iron is carried across if it is attached to wood, one who is attached to the Word of the Guru's Shabad finds the Lord. ||2||

⁵Joining the Society of the Saints, joining the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, you shall come to receive the Sublime Essence of the Lord.

⁶But not joining the Sangat, and committing actions in egotistical pride, is like drawing out clean water, and throwing it in the mud. ||3||

⁷The Lord is the Protector and Saving Grace of His humble devotees. The Lord's Sublime Essence seems so sweet to these humble beings.

⁸Each and every instant, they are blessed with the Glorious Greatness of the Naam; through the Teachings of the True Guru, they are absorbed in Him. ||4||

⁹Bow forever in deep respect to the humble devotees; if you bow to those humble beings, you shall obtain the fruit of virtue.

¹⁰Those wicked enemies who slander the devotees are destroyed, like Harnaakhash. ||5||

¹¹Brahma, the son of the lotus, and Vyaas, the son of the fish, practiced austere penance and were worshipped.

¹²Whoever is a devotee - worship and adore that person. Get rid of your doubts and superstitions. ||6||

¹³Do not be fooled by appearances of high and low social class. Suk Dayv bowed at the feet of Janak, and meditated.

¹⁴Even though Janak threw his left-overs and garbage on Suk Dayv's head, his mind did not waver, even for an instant. ||7||

¹⁵Janak sat upon his regal throne, and applied the dust of the nine sages to his forehead.

¹⁶Please shower Nanak with your Mercy, O my Lord and Master; make him the slave of Your slaves. ||8||2||

¹⁷Kaanraa, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁸O mind, follow the Guru's Teachings, and joyfully sing God's Praises.

¹⁹If my one tongue became hundreds of thousands and millions, I would meditate on Him millions and millions of times. ||1||Pause||

²⁰The serpent king chants and meditates on the Lord with his thousands of heads, but even by these chants, he cannot find the Lord's limits.

²¹You are Utterly Unfathomable, Inaccessible and Infinite. Through the Wisdom of the Guru's Teachings, the mind becomes steady and balanced. ||1||

²²Those humble beings who meditate on You are noble and exalted. Meditating on the Lord, they are at peace.

²³Bidur, the son of a slave-girl, was an untouchable, but Krishna hugged him close in His Embrace. ||2||

²⁴Wood is produced from water, but by holding onto wood, one is saved from drowning.

²⁵The Lord Himself embellishes and exalts His humble servants; He confirms His Innate Nature. ||3||

²⁶I am like a stone, or a piece of iron, heavy stone and iron; in the Boat of the Guru's Congregation, I am carried across,

²⁷like Kabeer the weaver, who was saved in the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation. He became pleasing to the minds of the humble Saints. ||4||

²⁸Standing up, sitting down, rising up and walking on the path, I meditate.

²⁹The True Guru is the Word, and the Word is the True Guru, who teaches the Path of Liberation. ||5||

³⁰By His Training, I find strength with each and every breath; now that I am trained and tamed, I meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

³¹By Guru's Grace, egotism is extinguished, and then, through the Guru's Teachings, I merge in the Naam. ||6||

¹The True Guru is the Giver of the life of the soul, but the unfortunate ones do not love Him.

²This opportunity shall not come into their hands again; in the end, they will suffer in torment and regret. ||7||

³If a good person seeks goodness for himself, he should bow low in humble surrender to the Guru.

⁴Nanak prays: please show kindness and compassion to me, O my Lord and Master, that I may apply the dust of the True Guru to my forehead. ||8||3||

⁵Kaanraa, Fourth Mehl:

⁶O mind, be attuned to His Love, and sing.

⁷The Fear of God makes me fearless and immaculate; I am dyed in the color of the Guru's Teachings. ||1||Pause||

⁸Those who are attuned to the Lord's Love remain balanced and detached forever; they live near the Lord, who comes into their house.

⁹If I am blessed with the dust of their feet, then I live. Granting His Grace, He Himself bestows it. ||1||

¹⁰Mortal beings are attached to greed and duality. Their minds are unripe and unfit, and will not accept the Dye of His Love.

¹¹But their lives are transformed through the Word of the Guru's Teachings. Meeting with the Guru, the Primal Being, they are dyed in the color of His Love. ||2||

¹²There are ten organs of sense and action; the ten wander unrestrained. Under the influence of the three dispositions, they are not stable, even for an instant.

¹³Coming in contact with the True Guru, they are brought under control; then, salvation and liberation are attained. ||3||

¹⁴The One and Only Creator of the Universe is All-pervading everywhere. All shall once again merge into the One.

¹⁵His One Form has one, and many colors; He leads all according to His One Word. ||4||

¹⁶The Gurmukh realizes the One and Only Lord; He is revealed to the Gurmukh.

¹⁷The Gurmukh goes and meets the Lord in His Mansion deep within; the Unstruck Word of the Shabad vibrates there. ||5||

¹⁸God created all the beings and creatures of the universe; He blesses the Gurmukh with glory.

¹⁹Without meeting the Guru, no one obtains the Mansion of His Presence. They suffer the agony of coming and going in reincarnation. ||6||

²⁰For countless lifetimes, I have been separated from my Beloved; in His Mercy, the Guru has united me with Him.

²¹Meeting the True Guru, I have found absolute peace, and my polluted intellect blossoms forth. ||7||

²²O Lord, Har, Har, please grant Your Grace; O Life of the World, instill faith in the Naam within me.

²³Nanak is the Guru, the Guru, the True Guru; I am immersed in the Sanctuary of the True Guru. ||8||4||

²⁴Kaanraa, Fourth Mehl:

²⁵O mind, walk on the Path of the Guru's Teachings.

²⁶Just as the wild elephant is subdued by the prod, the mind is disciplined by the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||1||Pause||

²⁷The wandering mind wanders, roams and rambles in the ten directions; but the Guru holds it, and lovingly attunes it to the Lord.

²⁸The True Guru implants the Word of the Shabad deep within the heart; the Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord, trickles into the mouth. ||1||

²⁹The snakes are filled with poisonous venom; the Word of the Guru's Shabad is the antidote - place it in your mouth.

³⁰Maya, the serpent, does not even approach one who is rid of the poison, and lovingly attuned to the Lord. ||2||

³¹The dog of greed is very powerful in the village of the body; the Guru strikes it and drives it out in an instant.

³²Truth, contentment, righteousness and Dharma have settled there; in the village of the Lord, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||3||

¹The mortal beings are sinking in the swamp of emotional attachment; the Guru lifts them up, and saves them from sinking.

²Crying, "Save me! Save me!", the humble come to His Sanctuary; the Guru reaches out His Hand, and lifts them up. ||4||

³The whole world is like a game in a dream, all a game. God plays and causes the game to be played.

⁴So earn the Profit of the Naam by following the Guru's Teachings; you shall go to the Court of the Lord in robes of honor. ||5||

⁵They act in egotism, and make others act in egotism; they collect and gather up the blackness of sin.

⁶And when death comes, they suffer in agony; they must eat what they have planted. ||6||

⁷O Saints, gather the Wealth of the Lord's Name; if you depart after packing these provisions, you shall be honored.

⁸So eat, spend, consume and give abundantly; the Lord will give - there will be no deficiency. ||7||

⁹The wealth of the Lord's Name is deep within the heart. In the Sanctuary of the Guru, this wealth is found.

¹⁰O Nanak, God has been kind and compassionate; He has blessed me. Removing pain and poverty, He has blended me with Himself. ||8||5||

¹¹Kaanraa, Fourth Mehl:

¹²O mind, seek the Sanctuary of the True Guru, and meditate.

¹³Iron is transformed into gold by touching the philosopher's stone; it takes on its qualities. ||1||Pause||

¹⁴The True Guru, the Great Primal Being, is the philosopher's stone. Whoever is attached to Him receives fruitful rewards.

¹⁵Just as Prahlaad was saved by the Guru's Teachings, the Guru protects the honor of His servant. ||1||

¹⁶The Word of the True Guru is the most Sublime and Noble Word. Through the Guru's Word, the Ambrosial Nectar is obtained.

¹⁷Ambreek the king was blessed with the status of immortality, meditating on the Word of the True Guru. ||2||

¹⁸The Sanctuary, the Protection and Sanctuary of the True Guru is pleasing to the mind. It is sacred and pure - meditate on it.

¹⁹The True Guru has become Merciful to the meek and the poor; He has shown me the Path, the Way to the Lord. ||3||

²⁰Those who enter the Sanctuary of the True Guru are firmly established; God comes to protect them.

²¹If someone aims an arrow at the Lord's humble servant, it will turn around and hit him instead. ||4||

²²Those who bathe in the Sacred Pool of the Lord, Har, Har, Har, Har, Har, are blessed with honor in His Court.

²³Those who meditate on the Guru's Teachings, the Guru's Instructions, the Guru's Wisdom, are united in the Lord's Union; He hugs them close in His Embrace. ||5||

²⁴The Guru's Word is the Sound-current of the Naad, The Guru's Word is the wisdom of the Vedas; coming in contact with the Guru, meditate on the Naam.

²⁵In the Image of the Lord, Har, Har, one becomes the Embodiment of the Lord. The Lord makes His humble servant worthy of worship. ||6||

²⁶The faithless cynic does not submit to the True Guru; the Lord makes the non-believer wander in confusion.

²⁷The waves of greed are like packs of dogs. The poison of Maya sticks to the body-skeleton. ||7||

²⁸The Lord's Name is the Saving Grace of the whole world; join the Sangat, and meditate on the Naam.

²⁹O my God, please protect and preserve Nanak in the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation; save him, and let him merge in You. ||8||6|| First Set of Six ||

³⁰First Set of Six||

¹Kaanraa, Chhant, Fifth Mehl:

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

³They alone are saved, who meditate on the Lord.

⁴Working for Maya is useless.

⁵Meditating on the Lord, all fruits and rewards are obtained. They are blessed, blessed and very fortunate.

⁶They are awake and aware in the True Congregation; attached to the Naam, they are lovingly attuned to the One.

⁷I have renounced pride, emotional attachment, wickedness and corruption; attached to the Holy, I am carried across at their feet.

⁸Prays Nanak, I have come to the Sanctuary of my Lord and Master; by great good fortune, I obtain the Blessed Vision of His Darshan. ||1||

⁹The Holy meet together, and continually vibrate and meditate on the Lord.

¹⁰With love and excitement, they sing the Glorious Praises of their Lord and Master.

¹¹Singing His Praises they live, drinking in the Lord's Nectar; the cycle of birth and death is over for them.

¹²Finding the True Congregation and meditating on the Lord, one is never again afflicted with pain.

¹³By the Grace of the Great Giver, the Architect of Destiny, we work to serve the Saints.

¹⁴Prays Nanak, I long for the dust of the feet of the humble; I am intuitively absorbed in the Blessed Vision of the Lord. ||2||

¹⁵All beings vibrate and meditate on the Lord of the World.

¹⁶This brings the merits of chanting and meditation, austere self-discipline and perfect service.

¹⁷Vibrating and meditating continuously on our Lord and Master, the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts, one's life becomes totally fruitful.

¹⁸Those who sing and meditate continually on the Lord of the Universe - their coming into the world is blessed and approved.

¹⁹The Immaculate Lord, Har, Har, is meditation and chanting, and austere self-discipline; only the Wealth of the Lord of the Universe shall go along with you in the end.

²⁰Prays Nanak, please grant Your Grace, O Lord, and bless me with the Jewel, that I may carry it in my pocket. ||3||

²¹His Wondrous and Amazing Plays are blissful

²²granting His Grace, He bestows supreme ecstasy.

²³God, my Lord and Master, the Bringer of peace, has met me, and the desires of my mind are fulfilled.

²⁴Congratulations pour in; I am intuitively absorbed in the Lord. I shall never again cry out in pain.

²⁵He hugs me close in His Embrace, and blesses me with peace; the evil of sin and corruption is gone.

²⁶Prays Nanak, I have met my Lord and Master, the Primal Lord, the Embodiment of Bliss. ||4||1||

²⁷Vaar Of Kaanraa, Fourth Mehl, Sung To The Tune Of The Ballad Of Musa:

²⁸One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²⁹Salok, Fourth Mehl:

³⁰Follow the Guru's Teachings, and enshrine the Treasure of the Lord's Name within your heart.

³¹Become the slave of the Lord's slaves, and conquer egotism and corruption.

³²You shall win this treasure of life; you shall never lose.

³³Blessed, blessed and very fortunate are those, O Nanak, who savor the Sublime Essence of the Lord through the Guru's Teachings. ||1||

³⁴Fourth Mehl:

³⁵Govind, Govind, Govind - the Lord God, the Lord of the Universe is the Treasure of Virtue.

³⁶Meditating on Govind, Govind, the Lord of the Universe, through the Guru's Teachings, you shall be honored in the Court of the Lord.

¹Meditating on God, chanting Govind, Govind, Govind, your face shall be radiant; you shall be famous and exalted.

²O Nanak, the Guru is the Lord God, the Lord of the Universe; meeting Him, you shall obtain the Name of the Lord. ||2||

³Pauree:

⁴You Yourself are the Siddha and the seeker; You Yourself are the Yoga and the Yogi.

⁵You Yourself are the Taster of tastes; You Yourself are the Enjoyer of pleasures.

⁶You Yourself are All-pervading; whatever You do comes to pass.

⁷Blessed, blessed, blessed, blessed, blessed is the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation of the True Guru. Join them - speak and chant the Lord's Name.

⁸Let everyone chant together the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, Haray, Har, Har, Haray; chanting Har, all sins are washed away. ||1||

⁹Salok, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁰Har, Har, Har, Har is the Name of the Lord; rare are those who, as Gurmukh, obtain it.

¹¹Egotism and possessiveness are eradicated, and evil-mindedness is washed away.

¹²O Nanak, one who is blessed with such pre-ordained destiny chants the Lord's Praises, night and day. ||1||

¹³Fourth Mehl:

¹⁴The Lord Himself is Merciful; whatever the Lord Himself does, comes to pass.

¹⁵The Lord Himself is All-pervading. There is no other as Great as the Lord.

¹⁶Whatever pleases the Lord God's Will comes to pass; whatever the Lord God does is done.

¹⁷No one can appraise His Value; the Lord God is Endless.

¹⁸O Nanak, as Gurmukh, praise the Lord; your body and mind shall be cooled and soothed. ||2||

¹⁹Pauree:

²⁰You are the Light of all, the Life of the World; You imbue each and every heart with Your Love.

²¹All meditate on You, O my Beloved; You are the True, True Primal Being, the Immaculate Lord.

²²The One is the Giver; the whole world is the beggar. All the beggars beg for His Gifts.

²³You are the servant, and You are the Lord and Master of all. Through the Guru's Teachings, we are ennobled and uplifted.

²⁴Let everyone say that the Lord is the Master of the senses, the Master of all faculties; through Him, we obtain all fruits and rewards. ||2||

²⁵Salok, Fourth Mehl:

²⁶O mind, meditate on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har; you shall be honored in the Court of the Lord.

²⁷You shall obtain the fruits that you desire, focusing your meditation on the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

²⁸All your sins and mistakes shall be wiped away, and you shall be rid of egotism and pride.

²⁹The heart-lotus of the Gurmukh blossoms forth, recognizing God within every soul.

³⁰O Lord God, please shower Your Mercy upon servant Nanak, that he may chant the Lord's Name. ||1||

³¹Fourth Mehl:

³²The Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is Sacred and Immaculate. Chanting the Naam, pain is dispelled.

³³God comes to abide in the minds of those who have such pre-ordained destiny.

³⁴Those who walk in harmony with the Will of the True Guru are rid of pain and poverty.

³⁵No one finds the Lord by his own will; see this, and satisfy your mind.

³⁶Servant Nanak is the slave of the slave of those who fall at the Feet of the True Guru. ||2||

³⁷Pauree:

¹You are pervading and permeating all places and interspaces, O Creator. You made all that has been made.

²You created the entire universe, with all its colors and shades; in so many ways and means and forms You formed it.

³O Lord of Light, Your Light is infused within all; You link us to the Guru's Teachings.

⁴They alone meet the True Guru, unto whom You are Merciful; O Lord, You instruct them in the Guru's Word.

⁵Let everyone chant the Name of the Lord, chant the Name of the Great Lord; all poverty, pain and hunger shall be taken away. ||3||

⁶Salok, Fourth Mehl:

⁷The Ambrosial Nectar of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is sweet; enshrine this Ambrosial Nectar of the Lord within your heart.

⁸The Lord God prevails in the Sangat, the Holy Congregation; reflect upon the Shabad and understand.

⁹Meditating on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, within the mind, the poison of egotism is eradicated.

¹⁰One who does not remember the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, shall totally lose this life in the gamble.

¹¹By Guru's Grace, one remembers the Lord, and enshrines the Lord's Name within the heart.

¹²O servant Nanak, his face shall be radiant in the Court of the True Lord. ||1||

¹³Fourth Mehl:

¹⁴To chant the Lord's Praise and His Name is sublime and exalted. This is the most excellent deed in this Dark Age of Kali Yuga.

¹⁵His Praises come through the Guru's Teachings and Instructions; wear the Necklace of the Lord's Name.

¹⁶Those who meditate on the Lord are very fortunate. They are entrusted with the Treasure of the Lord.

¹⁷Without the Name, no matter what people may do, they continue to waste away in egotism.

¹⁸Elephants can be washed and bathed in water, but they only throw dust on their heads again.

¹⁹O Kind and Compassionate True Guru, please unite me with the Lord, that the One Creator of the Universe may abide within my mind.

²⁰Those Gurmukhs who listen to the Lord and believe in Him - servant Nanak salutes them. ||2||

²¹Pauree:

²²The Lord's Name is the most sublime and precious merchandise. The Primal Lord God is my Lord and Master.

²³The Lord has staged His Play, and He Himself permeates it. The whole world deals in this merchandise.

²⁴Your Light is the light in all beings, O Creator. All Your Expanse is True.

²⁵All those who meditate on You become prosperous; through the Guru's Teachings, they sing Your Praises, O Formless Lord.

²⁶Let everyone chant the Lord, the Lord of the World, the Lord of the Universe, and cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ||4||

²⁷Salok, Fourth Mehl:

²⁸I have only one tongue, and the Glorious Virtues of the Lord God are Unapproachable and Unfathomable.

²⁹I am ignorant - how can I meditate on You, Lord? You are Great, Unapproachable and Immeasurable.

³⁰O Lord God, please bless me with that sublime wisdom, that I may fall at the Feet of the Guru, the True Guru.

³¹O Lord God, please lead me to the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, where even a sinner like myself may be saved.

³²O Lord, please bless and forgive servant Nanak; please unite him in Your Union.

³³O Lord, please be merciful and hear my prayer; I am a sinner and a worm - please save me! ||1||

³⁴Fourth Mehl:

³⁵O Lord, Life of the World, please bless me with Your Grace, and lead me to meet the Guru, the Merciful True Guru.

³⁶I am happy to serve the Guru; the Lord has become merciful to me.

¹All my hopes and desires have been forgotten; my mind is rid of its worldly entanglements.

²The Guru, in His Mercy, implanted the Naam within me; I am enraptured with the Word of the Shabad.

³Servant Nanak has obtained the inexhaustible wealth; the Lord's Name is his wealth and property. ||2||

⁴Pauree:

⁵O Lord, You are the Greatest of the Great, the Greatest of the Great, the Most Lofty and Exalted of all, the Greatest of the Great.

⁶Those who meditate on the Infinite Lord, who meditate on the Lord, Har, Har, Har, are rejuvenated.

⁷Those who sing and listen to Your Praises, O my Lord and Master, have millions of sins destroyed.

⁸I know that those divine beings who follow the Guru's Teachings are just like You, Lord. They are the greatest of the great, so very fortunate.

⁹Let everyone meditate on the Lord, who was True in the primal beginning, and True throughout the ages; He is revealed as True here and now, and He shall be True forever and ever. Servant Nanak is the slave of His slaves. ||5||

¹⁰Salok, Fourth Mehl:

¹¹I meditate on my Lord, the Life of the World, the Lord, chanting the Guru's Mantra.

¹²The Lord is Unapproachable, Inaccessible and Unfathomable; the Lord, Har, Har, has spontaneously come to meet me.

¹³The Lord Himself is pervading each and every heart; the Lord Himself is Endless.

¹⁴The Lord Himself enjoys all pleasures; the Lord Himself is the Husband of Maya.

¹⁵The Lord Himself gives in charity to the whole world, and all the beings and creatures which He created.

¹⁶O Merciful Lord God, please bless me with Your Bountiful Gifts; the humble Saints of the Lord beg for them.

¹⁷O God of servant Nanak, please come and meet me; I sing the Songs of the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||1||

¹⁸Fourth Mehl:

¹⁹The Name of the Lord God is my Best Friend. My mind and body are drenched with the Naam.

²⁰All the hopes of the Gurmukh are fulfilled; servant Nanak is comforted, hearing the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||2||

²¹Pauree:

²²The Lord's Sublime Name is energizing and rejuvenating. The Immaculate Lord, the Primal Being, blossoms forth.

²³Maya serves at the feet of those who chant and meditate on the Lord, Har, Har, day and night.

²⁴The Lord always looks after and cares for all His beings and creatures; He is with all, near and far.

²⁵Those whom the Lord inspires to understand, understand; the True Guru, God, the Primal Being, is pleased with them.

²⁶Let everyone sing the Praise of the Lord of the Universe, the Lord, the Lord of the Universe, the Lord, the Lord of the Universe; singing the Praise of the Lord, one is absorbed in His Glorious Virtues. ||6||

²⁷Salok, Fourth Mehl:

²⁸O mind, even in sleep, remember the Lord God; let yourself be intuitively absorbed into the Celestial State of Samaadhi.

²⁹Servant Nanak's mind longs for the Lord, Har, Har. As the Guru pleases, he is absorbed into the Lord, O mother. ||1||

³⁰Fourth Mehl:

³¹I am in love with the One and Only Lord; the One Lord fills my consciousness.

³²Servant Nanak takes the Support of the One Lord God; through the One, he obtains honor and salvation. ||2||

³³Pauree:

³⁴The Panch Shabad, the Five Primal Sounds, vibrate with the Wisdom of the Guru's Teachings; by great good fortune, the Unstruck Melody resonates and resounds.

³⁵I see the Lord, the Source of Bliss, everywhere; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the Lord of the Universe is revealed.

³⁶From the primal beginning, and throughout the ages, the Lord has One Form. Through the Wisdom of the Guru's Teachings, I vibrate and meditate on the Lord God.

³⁷O Merciful Lord God, please bless me with Your Bounty; O Lord God, please preserve and protect the honor of Your humble servant.

¹Let everyone proclaim: Blessed is the Guru, the True Guru, the Guru, the True Guru; meeting Him, the Lord covers their faults and deficiencies. ||7||

²Salok, Fourth Mehl:

³The sacred pool of devotional worship is filled to the brim and overflowing in torrents.

⁴Those who obey the True Guru, O servant Nanak, are very fortunate - they find it. ||1||

⁵Fourth Mehl:

⁶The Names of the Lord, Har, Har, are countless. The Glorious Virtues of the Lord, Har, Har, cannot be described.

⁷The Lord, Har, Har, is Inaccessible and Unfathomable; how can the humble servants of the Lord be united in His Union?

⁸Those humble beings meditate and chant the Praises of the Lord, Har, Har, but they do not attain even a tiny bit of His Worth.

⁹O servant Nanak, the Lord God is Inaccessible; the Lord has attached me to His Robe, and united me in His Union. ||2||

¹⁰Pauree:

¹¹The Lord is Inaccessible and Unfathomable. How will I see the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan?

¹²If He were a material object, then I could describe Him, but He has no form or feature.

¹³Understanding comes only when the Lord Himself gives understanding; only such a humble being sees it.

¹⁴The Sat Sangat, the True Congregation of the True Guru, is the school of the soul, where the Glorious Virtues of the Lord are studied.

¹⁵Blessed, blessed is the tongue, blessed is the hand, and blessed is the Teacher, the True Guru; meeting Him, the Account of the Lord is written. ||8||

¹⁶Salok, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁷The Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is Ambrosial Nectar. Meditate on the Lord, with love for the True Guru.

¹⁸The Name of the Lord, Har, Har is Sacred and Pure. Chanting it and listening to it, pain is taken away.

¹⁹They alone worship and adore the Lord's Name, upon whose foreheads such pre-ordained destiny is written.

²⁰Those humble beings are honored in the Court of the Lord; the Lord comes to abide in their minds.

²¹O servant Nanak, their faces are radiant. They listen to the Lord; their minds are filled with love. ||1||

²²Fourth Mehl:

²³The Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is the greatest treasure. The Gurmukhs obtain it.

²⁴The True Guru comes to meet those who have such pre-ordained destiny written upon their foreheads.

²⁵Their bodies and minds are cooled and soothed; peace and tranquility come to dwell in their minds.

²⁶O Nanak, chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, all poverty and pain is dispelled. ||2||

²⁷Pauree:

²⁸I am a sacrifice, forever and ever, to those who have seen my Beloved True Guru.

²⁹They alone meet my True Guru, who have such pre-ordaind destiny written upon their foreheads.

³⁰I meditate on the Inaccessible Lord, according to the Guru's Teachings; God has no form or feature.

³¹Those who follow the Guru's Teachings and meditate on the Inaccessible Lord, merge with their Lord and Master and become one with Him.

³²Let everyone proclaim out loud, the Name of the Lord, the Lord, the Lord; the profit of devotional worship of the Lord is blessed and sublime. ||9||

³³Salok, Fourth Mehl:

³⁴The Lord's Name is permeating and pervading all. Repeat the Name of the Lord, Raam, Raam.

³⁵The Lord is in the home of each and every soul. God created this play with its various colors and forms.

³⁶The Lord, the Life of the World, dwells near at hand. The Guru, my Friend, has made this clear.

¹They alone meet the Lord, the Lord God, their Lord and Master, whose love for the Lord is pre-ordained.

²Servant Nanak meditates on the Naam, the Name of the Lord; through the Word of the Guru's Teachings, chant it consciously with your mind. ||1||

³Fourth Mehl:

⁴Seek the Lord God, your Best Friend; by great good fortune, He comes to dwell with the very fortunate ones.

⁵Through the Perfect Guru, He is revealed, O Nanak, and one is lovingly attuned to the Lord. ||2||

⁶Pauree:

⁷Blessed, blessed, beauteous and fruitful is that moment, when service to the Lord becomes pleasing to the mind.

⁸So proclaim the story of the Lord, O my GurSikhs; speak the Unspoken Speech of my Lord God.

⁹How can I attain Him? How can I see Him? My Lord God is All-knowing and All-seeing.

¹⁰Through the Word of the Guru's Teachings, the Lord reveals Himself; we merge in absorption in the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

¹¹Nanak is a sacrifice unto those who meditate on the Lord of Nirvaanaa. ||10||

¹²Salok, Fourth Mehl:

¹³One's eyes are anointed by the Lord God, when the Guru bestows the ointment of spiritual wisdom.

¹⁴I have found God, my Best Friend; servant Nanak is intuitively absorbed into the Lord. ||1||

¹⁵Fourth Mehl:

¹⁶The Gurmukh is filled with peace and tranquility deep within. His mind and body are absorbed in the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

¹⁷He thinks of the Naam, and reads the Naam; he remains lovingly attuned to the Naam.

¹⁸He obtains the Treasure of the Naam, and is rid of anxiety.

¹⁹Meeting with the True Guru, the Naam wells up, and all hunger and thirst depart.

²⁰O Nanak, one who is imbued with the Naam, gathers the Naam in his lap. ||2||

²¹Pauree:

²²You Yourself created the world, and You Yourself control it.

²³Some are self-willed manmukhs - they lose. Others are united with the Guru - they win.

²⁴The Name of the Lord, the Lord God is Sublime. The fortunate ones chant it, through the Word of the Guru's Teachings.

²⁵All pain and poverty are taken away, when the Guru bestows the Lord's Name.

²⁶Let everyone serve the Enticing Enticer of the Mind, the Enticer of the World, who created the world, and controls it all. ||11||

²⁷Salok, Fourth Mehl:

²⁸The disease of egotism is deep within the mind; the self-willed manmukhs and the evil beings are deluded by doubt.

²⁹O Nanak, the disease is cured only by meeting with the True Guru, the Holy Friend. ||1||

³⁰Fourth Mehl:

³¹My mind and body are embellished and exalted, when I behold the Lord with my eyes.

³²O Nanak, meeting with that God, I live, hearing His Voice. ||2||

³³Pauree:

³⁴The Creator is the Lord of the World, the Master of the Universe, the Infinite Primal Immeasurable Being.

³⁵Meditate on the Lord's Name, O my GurSikhs; the Lord is Sublime, the Lord's Name is Invaluable.

³⁶Those who meditate on Him in their hearts, day and night, merge with the Lord - there is no doubt about it.

³⁷By great good fortune, they join the Sangat, the Holy Congregation, and speak the Word of the Guru, the Perfect True Guru.

³⁸Let everyone meditate on the Lord, the Lord, the All-pervading Lord, by which all disputes and conflicts with Death are ended. ||12||

³⁹Salok, Fourth Mehl:

⁴⁰The humble servant of the Lord chants the Name, Har, Har. The foolish idiot shoots arrows at him.

⁴¹O Nanak, the humble servant of the Lord is saved by the Love of the Lord. The arrow is turned around, and kills the one who shot it. ||1||

¹Fourth Mehl:

²The eyes which are attracted by the Lord's Love behold the Lord through the Name of the Lord.

³If they gaze upon something else, O servant Nanak, they ought to be gouged out. ||2||

⁴Pauree:

⁵The Infinite Lord totally permeates the water, the land and the sky.

⁶He cherishes and sustains all beings and creatures; whatever He does comes to pass.

⁷Without Him, we have no mother, father, children, sibling or friend.

⁸He is permeating and pervading deep within each and every heart; let everyone meditate on Him.

⁹Let all chant the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the World, who is manifest all over the world. ||13||

¹⁰Salok, Fourth Mehl:

¹¹Those Gurmukhs who meet as friends are blessed with the Lord God's Love.

¹²O servant Nanak, praise the Naam, the Name of the Lord; you shall go to His court in joyous high spirits. ||1||

¹³Fourth Mehl:

¹⁴Lord, You are the Great Giver of all; all beings are Yours.

¹⁵They all worship You in adoration; You bless them with Your Bounty, O Beloved.

¹⁶The Generous Lord, the Great Giver reaches out with His Hands, and the rain pours down on the world.

¹⁷The corn germinates in the fields; contemplate the Lord's Name with love.

¹⁸Servant Nanak begs for the Gift of the Support of the Name of his Lord God. ||2||

¹⁹Pauree:

²⁰The desires of the mind are satisfied, meditating on the Ocean of Peace.

²¹Worship and adore the Feet of the Lord, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the jewel mine.

²²Joining the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, one is saved, and the Decree of Death is torn up.

²³The treasure of this human life is won, meditating on the Lord of Detachment.

²⁴Let everyone seek the Sanctuary of the True Guru; let the black spot of pain, the scar of suffering, be erased. ||14||

²⁵Salok, Fourth Mehl:

²⁶I was seeking, searching for my Friend, but my Friend is right here with me.

²⁷O servant Nanak, the Unseen is not seen, but the Gurmukh is given to see Him. ||1||

²⁸Fourth Mehl:

²⁹O Nanak, I am in love with the True Lord; I cannot survive without Him.

³⁰Meeting the True Guru, the Perfect Lord is found, and the tongue savors His Sublime Essence. ||2||

³¹Pauree:

³²Some sing, some listen, and some speek and preach.

³³The filth and pollution of countless lifetimes is washed away, and the wishes of the mind are fulfilled.

³⁴Coming and going in reincarnation ceases, singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

³⁵They save themselves, and save their companions; they save all their generations as well.

³⁶Servant Nanak is a sacrifice to those who are pleasing to my Lord God. ||15||1|| Sudh||

³⁷Raag Kaanraa, The Word Of Naam Dayv Jee:

³⁸One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³⁹Such is the Sovereign Lord, the Inner-knower, the Searcher of Hearts;

⁴⁰He sees everything as clearly as one's face reflected in a mirror. ||1||Pause||

⁴¹He dwells in each and every heart; no stain or stigma sticks to Him.

⁴²He is liberated from bondage; He does not belong to any social class. ||1||

⁴³As one's face is reflected in the water,

⁴⁴so does Naam Dayv's Beloved Lord and Master appear. ||2||1||