Raag Maajh

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

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

³The Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is pleasing to my mind.

⁴By great good fortune, I meditate on the Lord's Name.

⁵The Perfect Guru has attained spiritual perfection in the Name of the Lord. How rare are those who follow the Guru's Teachings. ||1||

⁶I have loaded my pack with the provisions of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

⁷The Companion of my breath of life shall always be with me.

⁸The Perfect Guru has implanted the Lord's Name within me. I have the Imperishable Treasure of the Lord in my lap. ||2||

⁹The Lord, Har, Har, is my Best Friend; He is my Beloved Lord King.

¹⁰If only someone would come and introduce me to Him, the Rejuvenator of my breath of life.

¹¹I cannot survive without seeing my Beloved. My eyes are welling up with tears. ||3||

¹²My Friend, the True Guru, has been my Best Friend since I was very young.

¹³I cannot survive without seeing Him, O my mother!

¹⁴O Dear Lord, please show Mercy to me, that I may meet the Guru. Servant Nanak gathers the Wealth of the Lord's Name in his lap. ||4||1||

¹⁵Maajh, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁶The Lord is my mind, body and breath of life.

¹⁷I do not know any other than the Lord.

¹⁸If only I could have the good fortune to meet some friendly Saint; he might show me the Way to my Beloved Lord God. ||1||

¹⁹I have searched my mind and body, through and through.

²⁰How can I meet my Darling Beloved, O my mother?

²¹Joining the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, I ask about the Path to God. In that Congregation, the Lord God abides. ||2||

²²My Darling Beloved True Guru is my Protector.

²³I am a helpless child-please cherish me.

²⁴The Guru, the Perfect True Guru, is my Mother and Father. Obtaining the Water of the Guru, the lotus of my heart blossoms forth. ||3||

²⁵Without seeing my Guru, sleep does not come.

²⁶My mind and body are afflicted with the pain of separation from the Guru.

²⁷O Lord, Har, Har, show mercy to me, that I may meet my Guru. Meeting the Guru, servant Nanak blossoms forth. ||4||2||

¹Maajh, Fourth Mehl:

²Read of the Lord's Glories and reflect upon the Lord's Glories.

³Listen continually to the Sermon of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

⁴Joining the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, and singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, you shall cross over the treacherous and terrifying world-ocean. ||1||

⁵Come, friends, let us meet our Lord.

⁶Bring me a message from my Beloved.

⁷He alone is a friend, companion, beloved and brother of mine, who shows me the way to the Lord, the Lord of all. ||2||

⁸My illness is known only to the Lord and the Perfect Guru.

⁹I cannot continue living without chanting the Naam.

¹⁰So give me the medicine, the Mantra of the Perfect Guru. Through the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, I am saved. ||3||

¹¹I am just a poor song-bird, in the Sanctuary of the True Guru,

¹²who has placed the Drop of Water, the Lord's Name, Har, Har, in my mouth.

¹³The Lord is the Treasure of Water; I am just a fish in that water. Without this Water, servant Nanak would die. ||4||3||

¹⁴Maajh, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁵O servants of the Lord, O Saints, O my Siblings of Destiny, let us join together!

¹⁶Show me the way to my Lord God-I am so hungry for Him!

¹⁷Please reward my faith, O Life of the World, O Great Giver. Obtaining the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan, my mind is fulfilled. ||1||

¹⁸Joining the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, I chant the Bani of the Lord's Word.

¹⁹The Sermon of the Lord, Har, Har, is pleasing to my mind.

²⁰The Ambrosial Nectar of the Lord's Name, Har, Har, is so sweet to my mind. Meeting the True Guru, I drink in this Ambrosial Nectar. ||2||

²¹By great good fortune, the Lord's Congregation is found,

²²while the unfortunate ones wander around in doubt, enduring painful beatings.

²³Without good fortune, the Sat Sangat is not found; without this Sangat, people are stained with filth and pollution. ||3||

²⁴Come and meet me, O Life of the World, my Beloved.

²⁵Please bless me with Your Mercy, and enshrine Your Name, Har, Har, within my mind.

²⁶Through the Guru's Teachings, the Sweet Name has become pleasing to my mind. Servant Nanak's mind is drenched and delighted with the Naam. ||4||4||

²⁷Maajh, Fourth Mehl:

²⁸Through the Guru, I have obtained the Lord's spiritual wisdom. I have obtained the Sublime Essence of the Lord.

²⁹My mind is imbued with the Love of the Lord; I drink in the Sublime Essence of the Lord.

³⁰With my mouth, I chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har; my mind is filled to overflowing with the Sublime Essence of the Lord. ||1||

³¹Come, O Saints, and lead me to my Lord's Embrace.

³²Recite to me the Sermon of my Beloved.

³³I dedicate my mind to those Saints of the Lord, who chant the Word of the Guru's Bani with their mouths. ||2||

³⁴By great good fortune, the Lord has led me to meet His Saint.

³⁵The Perfect Guru has placed the Sublime Essence of the Lord into my mouth.

³⁶The unfortunate ones do not find the True Guru; the self-willed manmukhs continually endure reincarnation through the womb. ||3||

³⁷God, the Merciful, has Himself bestowed His Mercy.

³⁸He has totally removed the poisonous pollution of egotism.

³⁹O Nanak, in the shops of the city of the human body, the Gurmukhs buy the merchandise of the Lord's Name. ||4||5||

⁴⁰Maajh, Fourth Mehl:

⁴¹I meditate on the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe, and the Name of the Lord.

⁴²Joining the Sangat, the Holy Congregation, the Name comes to dwell in the mind.

⁴³The Lord God is our Lord and Master, Inaccessible and Unfathomable. Meeting the True Guru, I enjoy the Sublime Essence of the Lord. ||1||

¹Blessed, blessed are the humble servants of the Lord, who know the Lord God.

²I go and ask those humble servants about the Mysteries of the Lord.

³I wash and massage their feet; joining with the humble servants of the Lord, I drink in the Sublime Essence of the Lord. ||2||

⁴The True Guru, the Giver, has implanted the Naam, the Name of the Lord, within me.

⁵By great good fortune, I have obtained the Blessed Vision of the Guru's Darshan.

⁶The True Essence is Ambrosial Nectar; through the Ambrosial Words of the Perfect Guru, this Amrit is obtained. ||3||

⁷O Lord, lead me to the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, and the true beings.

⁸Joining the Sat Sangat, I meditate on the Lord's Name.

⁹O Nanak, I listen and chant the Lord's Sermon; through the Guru's Teachings, I am fulfilled by the Name of the Lord. ||4||6||

¹⁰Maajh, Fourth Mehl:

¹¹Come, dear sisters-let us join together.

¹²I am a sacrifice to the one who tells me of my Beloved.

¹³Joining the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, I have found the Lord, my Best Friend. I am a sacrifice to the True Guru. ||1||

¹⁴Wherever I look, there I see my Lord and Master.

¹⁵You are permeating each and every heart, O Lord, Inner-knower, Searcher of Hearts.

¹⁶The Perfect Guru has shown me that the Lord is always with me. I am forever a sacrifice to the True Guru. ||2||

¹⁷There is only one breath; all are made of the same clay; the light within all is the same.

¹⁸The One Light pervades all the many and various beings. This Light intermingles with them, but it is not diluted or obscured.

¹⁹By Guru's Grace, I have come to see the One. I am a sacrifice to the True Guru. ||3||

²⁰Servant Nanak speaks the Ambrosial Bani of the Word.

²¹It is dear and pleasing to the minds of the GurSikhs.

²²The Guru, the Perfect True Guru, shares the Teachings. The Guru, the True Guru, is Generous to all. ||4||7||

²³Seven Chau-Padhay Of The Fourth Mehl. ||

²⁴Maajh, Fifth Mehl, Chau-Padhay, First House:

²⁵My mind longs for the Blessed Vision of the Guru's Darshan.

²⁶It cries out like the thirsty song-bird.

²⁷My thirst is not quenched, and I can find no peace, without the Blessed Vision of the Beloved Saint. ||1||

²⁸I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to the Blessed Vision of the Beloved Saint Guru. ||1||Pause||

²⁹Your Face is so Beautiful, and the Sound of Your Words imparts intuitive wisdom.

³⁰It is so long since this rainbird has had even a glimpse of water.

³¹Blessed is that land where You dwell, O my Friend and Intimate Divine Guru. ||2||

³²I am a sacrifice, I am forever a sacrifice, to my Friend and Intimate Divine Guru. ||1||Pause||

³³When I could not be with You for just one moment, the Dark Age of Kali Yuga dawned for me.

³⁴When will I meet You, O my Beloved Lord?

¹I cannot endure the night, and sleep does not come, without the Sight of the Beloved Guru's Court. ||3||

²I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to that True Court of the Beloved Guru. ||1||Pause||

³By good fortune, I have met the Saint Guru.

⁴I have found the Immortal Lord within the home of my own self.

⁵I will now serve You forever, and I shall never be separated from You, even for an instant. Servant Nanak is Your slave, O Beloved Master. ||4||

⁶I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice; servant Nanak is Your slave, Lord. ||Pause||1||8||

⁷Raag Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

⁸Sweet is that season when I remember You.

⁹Sublime is that work which is done for You.

¹⁰Blessed is that heart in which You dwell, O Giver of all. ||1||

¹¹You are the Universal Father of all, O my Lord and Master.

¹²Your nine treasures are an inexhaustible storehouse.

¹³Those unto whom You give are satisfied and fulfilled; they become Your devotees, Lord. ||2||

¹⁴All place their hopes in You.

¹⁵You dwell deep within each and every heart.

¹⁶All share in Your Grace; none are beyond You. ||3||

¹⁷You Yourself liberate the Gurmukhs;

¹⁸You Yourself consign the self-willed manmukhs to wander in reincarnation.

¹⁹Slave Nanak is a sacrifice to You; Your Entire Play is self-evident, Lord. ||4||2||9||

²⁰Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

²¹The Unstruck Melody resounds and resonates in peaceful ease.

²²I rejoice in the eternal bliss of the Word of the Shabad.

²³In the cave of intuitive wisdom I sit, absorbed in the silent trance of the Primal Void. I have obtained my seat in the heavens. ||1||

²⁴After wandering through many other homes and houses, I have returned to my own home,

²⁵and I have found what I was longing for.

²⁶I am satisfied and fulfilled; O Saints, the Guru has shown me the Fearless Lord God. ||2||

²⁷He Himself is the King, and He Himself is the people.

²⁸He Himself is in Nirvaanaa, and He Himself indulges in pleasures.

²⁹He Himself sits on the throne of true justice, answering the cries and prayers of all. ||3||

³⁰As I have seen Him, so have I described Him.

³¹This Sublime Essence comes only to one who knows the Mystery of the Lord.

³²His light merges into the Light, and he finds peace. O servant Nanak, this is all the Extension of the One. ||4||3||10||

³³Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

³⁴That house, in which the soul-bride has married her Husband Lord

³⁵in that house, O my companions, sing the songs of rejoicing.

³⁶Joy and celebrations decorate that house, in which the Husband Lord has adorned His soul-bride. ||1||

³⁷She is virtuous, and she is very fortunate;

³⁸she is blessed with sons and tender-hearted. The happy soul-bride is loved by her Husband.

³⁹She is beautiful, wise, and clever. That soul-bride is the beloved of her Husband Lord. ||2||

⁴⁰She is well-mannered, noble and distinguished.

⁴¹She is decorated and adorned with wisdom.

⁴²She is from a most respected family; she is the queen, adorned with the Love of her Husband Lord. ||3||

⁴³Her glory cannot be described;

⁴⁴she melts in the Embrace of her Husband Lord.

¹Her marriage is eternal; her Husband is Inaccessible and Incomprehensible. O Servant Nanak, His Love is her only Support. ||4||4||11||

²Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

³I have searched and searched, seeking the Blessed Vision of His Darshan.

⁴I travelled through all sorts of woods and forests.

⁵My Lord, Har, Har, is both absolute and related, unmanifest and manifest; is there anyone who can come and unite me with Him? ||1||

⁶People recite from memory the wisdom of the six schools of philosophy;

⁷they perform worship services, wear ceremonial religious marks on their foreheads, and take ritual cleansing baths at sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

⁸They perform the inner cleansing practice with water and adopt the eighty-four Yogic postures; but still, they find no peace in any of these. ||2||

⁹They chant and meditate, practicing austere self-discipline for years and years;

¹⁰they wander on journeys all over the earth;

¹¹and yet, their hearts are not at peace, even for an instant. The Yogi rises up and goes out, over and over again. ||3||

¹²By His Mercy, I have met the Holy Saint.

¹³My mind and body have been cooled and soothed; I have been blessed with patience and composure.

¹⁴The Immortal Lord God has come to dwell within my heart. Nanak sings the songs of joy to the Lord. ||4||5||12||

¹⁵Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁶The Supreme Lord God is Infinite and Divine;

¹⁷He is Inaccessible, Incomprehensible, Invisible and Inscrutable.

¹⁸Merciful to the meek, Sustainer of the World, Lord of the Universe-meditating on the Lord, the Gurmukhs find salvation. ||1||

¹⁹The Gurmukhs are emancipated by the Lord.

²⁰The Lord Krishna becomes the Gurmukh's Companion.

²¹The Gurmukh finds the Merciful Lord. He is not found any other way. ||2||

²²He does not need to eat; His Hair is Wondrous and Beautiful; He is free of hate.

²³Millions of people worship His Feet.

²⁴He alone is a devotee, who becomes Gurmukh, whose heart is filled with the Lord, Har, Har. ||3||

²⁵Forever fruitful is the Blessed Vision of His Darshan; He is Infinite and Incomparable.

²⁶He is Awesome and All-powerful; He is forever the Great Giver.

²⁷As Gurmukh, chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and you shall be carried across. O Nanak, rare are those who know this state! ||4||6||13||

²⁸Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

²⁹As You command, I obey; as You give, I receive.

³⁰You are the Pride of the meek and the poor.

³¹You are everything; You are my Beloved. I am a sacrifice to Your Creative Power. ||1||

³²By Your Will, we wander in the wilderness; by Your Will, we find the path.

³³By Your Will, we become Gurmukh and sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

³⁴By Your Will, we wander in doubt through countless lifetimes. Everything happens by Your Will. ||2||

³⁵No one is foolish, and no one is clever.

³⁶Your Will determines everything;

³⁷You are Inaccessible, Incomprehensible, Infinite and Unfathomable. Your Value cannot be expressed. ||3||

³⁸Please bless me with the dust of the Saints, O my Beloved.

³⁹I have come and fallen at Your Door, O Lord.

⁴⁰Gazing upon the Blessed Vision of His Darshan, my mind is fulfilled. O Nanak, with natural ease, I merge into Him. ||4||7||14||

⁴¹Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

⁴²They forget the Lord, and they suffer in pain.

⁴³Afflicted with hunger, they run around in all directions.

⁴⁴Meditating in remembrance on the Naam, they are happy forever. The Lord, Merciful to the meek, bestows it upon them. ||1||

⁴⁵My True Guru is absolutely All-powerful.

¹When I dwell upon Him in my soul, all my sorrows depart.

²The sickness of anxiety and the disease of ego are cured; He Himself cherishes me. ||2||

³Like a child, I ask for everything.

⁴God is Bountiful and Beautiful; He never comes up empty.

⁵Again and again, I fall at His Feet. He is Merciful to the meek, the Sustainer of the World. ||3||

⁶I am a sacrifice to the Perfect True Guru,

⁷who has shattered all my bonds.

⁸With the Naam, the Name of the Lord, in my heart, I have been purified. O Nanak, His Love has imbued me with nectar. ||4||8||15||

⁹Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁰O my Love, Sustainer of the World, Merciful, Loving Lord,

¹¹Profoundly Deep, Infinite Lord of the Universe,

¹²Highest of the High, Unfathomable, Infinite Lord and Master: continually remembering You in deep meditation, I live. ||1||

¹³O Destroyer of pain, Priceless Treasure,

¹⁴Fearless, free of hate, Unfathomable, Immeasurable,

¹⁵of Undying Form, Unborn, Self-illumined: remembering You in meditation, my mind is filled with a deep and profound peace. ||2||

¹⁶The Joyous Lord, the Sustainer of the World, is my constant Companion.

¹⁷He cherishes the high and the low.

¹⁸The Nectar of the Name satisfies my mind. As Gurmukh, I drink in the Ambrosial Nectar. ||3||

¹⁹In suffering and in comfort, I meditate on You, O Beloved.

²⁰I have obtained this sublime understanding from the Guru.

²¹You are Nanak's Support, O my Lord and Master; through Your Love, I swim across to the other side. ||4||9||16||

²²Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

²³Blessed is that time when I meet the True Guru.

²⁴Gazing upon the Fruitful Vision of His Darshan, I have been saved.

²⁵Blessed are the hours, the minutes and the seconds-blessed is that Union with Him. ||1||

²⁶Making the effort, my mind has become pure.

²⁷Walking on the Lord's Path, my doubts have all been cast out.

²⁸The True Guru has inspired me to hear the Treasure of the Naam; all my illness has been dispelled. ||2||

²⁹The Word of Your Bani is inside and outside as well.

³⁰You Yourself chant it, and You Yourself speak it.

³¹The Guru has said that He is One-All is the One. There shall never be any other. ||3||

³²I drink in the Lord's Ambrosial Essence from the Guru;

³³the Lord's Name has become my clothing and food.

³⁴The Name is my delight, the Name is my play and entertainment. O Nanak, I have made the Name my enjoyment. ||4||10||17||

³⁵Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

³⁶I beg of all the Saints: please, give me the merchandise.

³⁷I offer my prayers-I have forsaken my pride.

³⁸I am a sacrifice, hundreds of thousands of times a sacrifice, and I pray: please, give me the dust of the feet of the Saints. ||1||

³⁹You are the Giver, You are the Architect of Destiny.

⁴⁰You are All-powerful, the Giver of Eternal Peace.

⁴¹You bless everyone. Please bring my life to fulfillment. ||2||

⁴²The body-temple is sanctified by the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan,

⁴³and thus, the impregnable fort of the soul is conquered.

⁴⁴You are the Giver, You are the Architect of Destiny. There is no other warrior as great as You. ||3||

¹I applied the dust of the feet of the Saints to my face.

²My evil-mindedness disappeared, along with my misfortune and false-mindedness.

³I sit in the true home of my self; I sing His Glorious Praises. O Nanak, my falsehood has vanished! ||4||11||18||

⁴Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

⁵I shall never forget You-You are such a Great Giver!

⁶Please grant Your Grace, and imbue me with the love of devotional worship.

⁷If it pleases You, let me meditate on You day and night; please, grant me this gift! ||1||

⁸Into this blind clay, You have infused awareness.

⁹Everything, everywhere which You have given is good.

¹⁰Bliss, joyful celebrations, wondrous plays and entertainment-whatever pleases You, comes to pass. ||2||

¹¹Everything we receive is a gift from Him

¹²-the thirty-six delicious foods to eat,

¹³cozy beds, cooling breezes, peaceful joy and the experience of pleasure. ||3||

¹⁴Give me that state of mind, by which I may not forget You.

¹⁵Give me that understanding, by which I may meditate on You.

¹⁶I sing Your Glorious Praises with each and every breath. Nanak takes the Support of the Guru's Feet. ||4||12||19||

¹⁷Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁸To praise You is to follow Your Command and Your Will.

¹⁹That which pleases You is spiritual wisdom and meditation.

²⁰That which pleases God is chanting and meditation; to be in harmony with His Will is perfect spiritual wisdom. ||1||

²¹He alone sings Your Ambrosial Naam,

²²You belong to the Saints, and the Saints belong to You. The minds of the Saints are attuned to You, O my Lord and Master. ||2||

²³You cherish and nurture the Saints.

²⁴The Saints play with You, O Sustainer of the World.

²⁵Your Saints are very dear to You. You are the breath of life of the Saints. ||3||

²⁶My mind is a sacrifice to those Saints who know You,

²⁷and are pleasing to Your Mind.

²⁸In their company I have found a lasting peace. Nanak is satisfied and fulfilled with the Sublime Essence of the Lord. ||4||13||20||

²⁹Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

³⁰You are the Ocean of Water, and I am Your fish.

³¹Your Name is the drop of water, and I am a thirsty rainbird.

³²You are my hope, and You are my thirst. My mind is absorbed in You. ||1||

³³Just as the baby is satisfied by drinking milk,

³⁴and the poor person is pleased by seeing wealth,

³⁵and the thirsty person is refreshed by drinking cool water, so is this mind drenched with delight in the Lord. ||2||

³⁶Just as the darkness is lit up by the lamp,

³⁷and the hopes of the wife are fulfilled by thinking about her husband,

³⁸and people are filled with bliss upon meeting their beloved, so is my mind imbued with the Lord's Love. ||3||

³⁹The Saints have set me upon the Lord's Path.

⁴⁰By the Grace of the Holy Saint, I have been attuned to the Lord.

⁴¹The Lord is mine, and I am the slave of the Lord. O Nanak, the Guru has blessed me with the True Word of the Shabad. ||4||14||21||

⁴²Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

⁴³The Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord, is eternally pure.

⁴⁴The Lord is the Giver of Peace and the Dispeller of sorrow.

⁴⁵I have seen and tasted all other flavors, but to my mind, the Subtle Essence of the Lord is the sweetest of all. ||1||

¹Whoever drinks this in, is satisfied.

²Whoever obtains the Sublime Essence of the Naam becomes immortal.

³The Treasure of the Naam is obtained by one whose mind is filled with the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||2||

⁴One who obtains the Sublime Essence of the Lord is satisfied and fulfilled.

⁵One who obtains this Flavor of the Lord does not waver.

⁶One who has this destiny written on his forehead obtains the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||3||

⁷The Lord has come into the hands of the One, the Guru, who has blessed so many with good fortune.

⁸Attached to Him, a great many have been liberated.

⁹The Gurmukh obtains the Treasure of the Naam; says Nanak, those who see the Lord are very rare. ||4||15||22||

¹⁰Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

¹¹My Lord, Har, Har, Har, is the nine treasures, the supernatural spiritual powers of the Siddhas, wealth and prosperity.

¹²He is the Deep and Profound Treasure of Life.

¹³Hundreds of thousands, even millions of pleasures and delights are enjoyed by one who falls at the Guru's Feet. ||1||

¹⁴Gazing upon the Blessed Vision of His Darshan, all are sanctified,

¹⁵and all family and friends are saved.

¹⁶By Guru's Grace, I meditate on the Inaccessible and Unfathomable True Lord. ||2||

¹⁷The One, the Guru, who is sought by all-only a few,

¹⁸His Place is lofty, infinite and unfathomable; the Guru has shown me that palace. ||3||

¹⁹Your Ambrosial Name is deep and profound.

²⁰That person is liberated, in whose heart You dwell.

²¹The Guru cuts away all his bonds; O Servant Nanak, he is absorbed in the poise of intuitive peace. ||4||16||23||

²²Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

²³By God's Grace, I meditate on the Lord, Har, Har.

²⁴By God's Kindness, I sing the songs of joy.

²⁵While standing and sitting, while sleeping and while awake, meditate on the Lord, all your life. ||1||

²⁶The Holy Saint has given me the Medicine of the Naam.

²⁷My sins have been cut out, and I have become pure.

²⁸I am filled with bliss, and all my pains have been taken away. All my suffering has been dispelled. ||2||

²⁹One who has my Beloved on his side,

³⁰One who recognizes the Guru practices Truth; why should he be afraid? ||3||

³¹Since I found the Company of the Holy and met the Guru,

³²With each and every breath, Nanak sings the Lord's Praises. The True Guru has covered my sins. ||4||17||24||

³³Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

³⁴Through and through, the Lord is intermingled with His servant.

³⁵God, the Giver of Peace, cherishes His servant.

³⁶I carry the water, wave the fan, and grind the grain for the servant of my Lord and Master. ||1||

³⁷God has cut the noose from around my neck; He has placed me in His Service.

³⁸The Lord and Master's Command is pleasing to the mind of His servant.

³⁹He does that which pleases his Lord and Master. Inwardly and outwardly, the servant knows his Lord. ||2||

⁴⁰You are the All-knowing Lord and Master; You know all ways and means.

¹The servant of the Lord and Master enjoys the Love and Affection of the Lord.

²That which belongs to the Lord and Master, belongs to His servant. The servant becomes distinguished in association with his Lord and Master. ||3||

³He, whom the Lord and Master dresses in the robes of honor,

⁴Nanak is a sacrifice to that servant. He is the pearl of the deep and unfathomable Ocean of God. ||4||18||25||

⁵Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

⁶Everything is within the home of the self; there is nothing beyond.

⁷One who searches outside is deluded by doubt.

⁸By Guru's Grace, one who has found the Lord within is happy, inwardly and outwardly. ||1||

⁹Slowly, gently, drop by drop, the stream of nectar trickles down within.

¹⁰The mind drinks it in, hearing and reflecting on the Word of the Shabad.

¹¹It enjoys bliss and ecstasy day and night, and plays with the Lord forever and ever. ||2||

¹²I have now been united with the Lord after having been separated and cut off from Him for so many lifetimes;

¹³by the Grace of the Holy Saint, the dried-up branches have blossomed forth again in their greenery.

¹⁴I have obtained this sublime understanding, and I meditate on the Naam; as Gurmukh, I have met the Lord. ||3||

¹⁵As the waves of water merge again with the water,

¹⁶so does my light merge again into the Light.

¹⁷Says Nanak, the veil of illusion has been cut away, and I shall not go out wandering any more. ||4||19||26||

¹⁸Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁹I am a sacrifice to those who have heard of You.

²⁰I am a sacrifice to those whose tongues speak of You.

²¹Again and again, I am a sacrifice to those who meditate on You with mind and body. ||1||

²²I wash the feet of those who walk upon Your Path.

²³With my eyes, I long to behold those kind people.

²⁴I offer my mind to those friends, who have met the Guru and found God. ||2||

²⁵Very fortunate are those who know You.

²⁶In the midst of all, they remain detached and balanced in Nirvaanaa.

²⁷In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, they cross over the terrifying world-ocean, and conquer all their evil passions. ||3||

²⁸My mind has entered their Sanctuary.

²⁹I have renounced my pride in my own strength, and the darkness of emotional attachment.

³⁰Please bless Nanak with the Gift of the Naam, the Name of the Inaccessible and Unfathomable God. ||4||20||27||

³¹Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

³²You are the tree; Your branches have blossomed forth.

³³From the very small and subtle, You have become huge and manifest.

³⁴You are the Ocean of Water, and You are the foam and the bubbles on its surface. I cannot see any other except You, Lord. ||1||

³⁵You are the thread, and You are also the beads.

³⁶You are the knot, and You are the primary bead of the maalaa.

³⁷In the beginning, in the middle and in the end, there is God. I cannot see any other except You, Lord. ||2||

³⁸You transcend all qualities, and You possess the supreme qualities. You are the Giver of peace.

³⁹You are detached in Nirvaanaa, and You are the Enjoyer, imbued with love.

⁴⁰You Yourself know Your Own Ways; You dwell upon Yourself. ||3||

⁴¹You are the Master, and then again, You are the servant.

⁴²O God, You Yourself are the Manifest and the Unmanifest.

⁴³Slave Nanak sings Your Glorious Praises forever. Please, just for a moment, bless him with Your Glance of Grace. ||4||21||28||

¹Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

²Blessed are those words, by which the Naam is chanted.

³Rare are those who know this, by Guru's Grace.

⁴Blessed is that time when one sings and hears the Lord's Name. Blessed and approved is the coming of such a one. ||1||

⁵Those eyes which behold the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan are approved and accepted.

⁶Those hands which write the Praises of the Lord are good.

⁷Those feet which walk in the Lord's Way are beautiful. I am a sacrifice to that Congregation in which the Lord is recognized. ||2||

⁸Listen, O my beloved friends and companions:

⁹in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, you shall be saved in an instant.

¹⁰Your sins will be cut out; your mind will be immaculate and pure. Your comings and goings shall cease. ||3||

¹¹With my palms pressed together, I offer this prayer:

¹²please bless me with Your Mercy, and save this sinking stone.

¹³God has become merciful to Nanak; God is pleasing to Nanak's mind. ||4||22||29||

¹⁴Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁵The Word of Your Bani, Lord, is Ambrosial Nectar.

¹⁶Hearing it again and again, I am elevated to the supreme heights.

¹⁷The burning within me has been extinguished, and my mind has been cooled and soothed, by the Blessed Vision of the True Guru. ||1||

¹⁸Happiness is obtained, and sorrow runs far away,

¹⁹when the Saints chant the Lord's Name.

²⁰The sea, the dry land, and the lakes are filled with the Water of the Lord's Name; no place is left empty. ||2||

²¹The Creator has showered His Kindness;

²²He cherishes and nurtures all beings and creatures.

²³He is Merciful, Kind and Compassionate. All are satisfied and fulfilled through Him. ||3||

²⁴The woods, the meadows and the three worlds are rendered green.

²⁵The Doer of all did this in an instant.

²⁶As Gurmukh, Nanak meditates on the One who fulfills the desires of the mind. ||4||23||30||

²⁷Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

²⁸You are my Father, and You are my Mother.

²⁹You are my Relative, and You are my Brother.

³⁰You are my Protector everywhere; why should I feel any fear or anxiety? ||1||

³¹By Your Grace, I recognize You.

³²You are my Shelter, and You are my Honor.

³³Without You, there is no other; the entire Universe is the Arena of Your Play. ||2||

³⁴You have created all beings and creatures.

³⁵As it pleases You, You assign tasks to one and all.

³⁶All things are Your Doing; we can do nothing ourselves. ||3||

³⁷Meditating on the Naam, I have found great peace.

³⁸Singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, my mind is cooled and soothed.

³⁹Through the Perfect Guru, congratulations are pouring in-Nanak is victorious on the arduous battlefield of life! ||4||24||31||

⁴⁰Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

⁴¹God is the Breath of Life of my soul, the Support of my mind.

⁴²His devotees live by singing the Glorious Praises of the Infinite Lord.

⁴³The Ambrosial Name of the Lord is the Treasure of Excellence. Meditating, meditating on the Lord's Name, I have found peace. ||1||

⁴⁴One whose heart's desires lead him from his own home,

¹His hopes and desires are fulfilled, when he gains the Blessed Vision of the Guru's Darshan. ||2||

²The limits of the Inaccessible and Unfathomable Lord cannot be known.

³The seekers, the Siddhas, those beings of miraculous spiritual powers, and the spiritual teachers, all meditate on Him.

⁴Thus, their egos are erased, and their doubts are dispelled. The Guru has enlightened their minds. ||3||

⁵I chant the Name of the Lord, the Treasure of bliss,

⁶When my Lord and Master blessed me with His Mercy, O Nanak, then His Name entered the home of my mind. ||4||25||32||

⁷Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

⁸Hearing of You, I live.

⁹You are my Beloved, my Lord and Master, Utterly Great.

¹⁰You alone know Your Ways; I grasp Your Support, Lord of the World. ||1||

¹¹Singing Your Glorious Praises, my mind is rejuvenated.

¹²Hearing Your Sermon, all filth is removed.

¹³Joining the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, I meditate forever on the Merciful Lord. ||2||

¹⁴I dwell on my God with each and every breath.

¹⁵This understanding has been implanted within my mind, by Guru's Grace.

¹⁶By Your Grace, the Divine Light has dawned. The Merciful Lord cherishes everyone. ||3||

¹⁷True, True, True is that God.

¹⁸Forever, forever and ever, He Himself is.

¹⁹Your Playful Ways are revealed, O my Beloved. Beholding them, Nanak is enraptured. ||4||26||33||

²⁰Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

²¹By His Command, the rain begins to fall.

²²The Saints and friends have met to chant the Naam.

²³Serene tranquility and peaceful ease have come; God Himself has brought a deep and profound peace. ||1||

²⁴God has produced everything in great abundance.

²⁵Granting His Grace, God has satisfied all.

²⁶Bless us with Your Gifts, O my Great Giver. All beings and creatures are satisfied. ||2||

²⁷True is the Master, and True is His Name.

²⁸By Guru's Grace, I meditate forever on Him.

²⁹The fear of birth and death has been dispelled; emotional attachment, sorrow and suffering have been erased. ||3||

³⁰With each and every breath, Nanak praises the Lord.

³¹Meditating in remembrance on the Name, all bonds are cut away.

³²One's hopes are fulfilled in an instant, chanting the Glorious Praises of the Lord, Har, Har, Har. ||4||27||34||

³³Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

³⁴Come, dear friends, Saints and companions:

³⁵let us join together and sing the Glorious Praises of the Inaccessible and Infinite Lord.

³⁶Those who sing and hear these praises are liberated, so let us meditate on the One who created us. ||1||

³⁷The sins of countless incarnations depart,

³⁸and we receive the fruits of the mind's desires.

³⁹So meditate on that Lord, our True Lord and Master, who gives sustenance to all. ||2||

⁴⁰Chanting the Naam, all pleasures are obtained.

⁴¹All fears are erased, meditating on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

⁴²One who serves the Lord swims across to the other side, and all his affairs are resolved. ||3||

⁴³I have come to Your Sanctuary;

⁴⁴if it pleases You, unite me with You.

¹Shower Your Mercy upon me, God; let me be committed to devotional worship. Nanak drinks in the Ambrosial Nectar of Truth. ||4||28||35||

²Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

³The Lord of the Universe, the Support of the earth, has become Merciful;

⁴the rain is falling everywhere.

⁵He is Merciful to the meek, always Kind and Gentle; the Creator has brought cooling relief. ||1||

⁶He cherishes all His beings and creatures,

⁷as the mother cares for her children.

⁸The Destroyer of pain, the Ocean of Peace, the Lord and Master gives sustenance to all. ||2||

⁹The Merciful Lord is totally pervading and permeating the water and the land.

¹⁰I am forever devoted, a sacrifice to Him.

¹¹Night and day, I always meditate on Him; in an instant, He saves all. ||3||

¹²God Himself protects all;

¹³He drives out all sorrow and suffering.

¹⁴Chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the mind and body are rejuvenated. O Nanak, God has bestowed His Glance of Grace. ||4||29||36||

¹⁵Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁶Where the Naam, the Name of God the Beloved is chanted

¹⁷those barren places become mansions of gold.

¹⁸Where the Naam, the Name of my Lord of the Universe is not chanted-those towns are like the barren wilderness. ||1||

¹⁹One who meditates as he eats dry bread,

²⁰sees the Blessed Lord inwardly and outwardly.

²¹Know this well, that one who eats and eats while practicing evil, is like a field of poisonous plants. ||2||

²²One who does not feel love for the Saints,

²³misbehaves in the company of the wicked shaaktas, the faithless cynics;

²⁴he wastes this human body, so difficult to obtain. In his ignorance, he tears up his own roots. ||3||

²⁵I seek Your Sanctuary, O my Lord, Merciful to the meek,

²⁶Ocean of Peace, my Guru, Sustainer of the world.

²⁷Shower Your Mercy upon Nanak, that he may sing Your Glorious Praises; please, preserve my honor. ||4||30||37||

²⁸Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

²⁹I cherish in my heart the Feet of my Lord and Master.

³⁰All my troubles and sufferings have run away.

³¹The music of intuitive peace, poise and tranquility wells up within; I dwell in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||1||

³²The bonds of love with the Lord are never broken.

³³The Lord is totally permeating and pervading inside and out.

³⁴Meditating, meditating, meditating in remembrance on Him, singing His Glorious Praises, the noose of death is cut away. ||2||

³⁵The Ambrosial Nectar, the Unstruck Melody of Gurbani rains down continually;

³⁶deep within my mind and body, peace and tranquility have come.

³⁷Your humble servants remain satisfied and fulfilled, and the True Guru blesses them with encouragement and comfort. ||3||

³⁸We are His, and from Him, we receive our rewards.

³⁹Showering His Mercy upon us, God has united us with Him.

⁴⁰Our comings and goings have ended, and through great good fortune, O Nanak, our hopes are fulfilled. ||4||31||38||

⁴¹Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

⁴²The rain has fallen; I have found the Transcendent Lord God.

⁴³All beings and creatures dwell in peace.

⁴⁴Suffering has been dispelled, and true happiness has dawned, as we meditate on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||1||

⁴⁵The One, to whom we belong, cherishes and nurtures us.

⁴⁶The Supreme Lord God has become our Protector.

⁴⁷My Lord and Master has heard my prayer; my efforts have been rewarded. ||2||

¹He is the Giver of all souls.

²By Guru's Grace, He blesses us with His Glance of Grace.

³The beings in the water, on the land and in the sky are all satisfied; I wash the Feet of the Holy. ||3||

⁴He is the Fulfiller of the desires of the mind.

⁵Forever and ever, I am a sacrifice to Him.

⁶O Nanak, the Destroyer of pain has given this Gift; I am imbued with the Love of the Delightful Lord. ||4||32||39||

⁷Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

⁸Mind and body are Yours; all wealth is Yours.

⁹You are my God, my Lord and Master.

¹⁰Body and soul and all riches are Yours. Yours is the Power, O Lord of the World. ||1||

¹¹Forever and ever, You are the Giver of Peace.

¹²I bow down and fall at Your Feet.

¹³I act as it pleases You, as You cause me to act, Kind and Compassionate Dear Lord. ||2||

¹⁴O God, from You I receive; You are my decoration.

¹⁵Whatever You give me, brings me happiness.

¹⁶Wherever You keep me, is heaven. You are the Cherisher of all. ||3||

¹⁷Meditating, meditating in remembrance, Nanak has found peace.

¹⁸Twenty-four hours a day, I sing Your Glorious Praises.

¹⁹All my hopes and desires are fulfilled; I shall never again suffer sorrow. ||4||33||40||

²⁰Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

²¹The Supreme Lord God has unleashed the rain clouds.

²²Over the sea and over the land-over all the earth's surface, in all directions, He has brought the rain.

²³Peace has come, and the thirst of all has been quenched; there is joy and ecstasy everywhere. ||1||

²⁴He is the Giver of Peace, the Destroyer of pain.

²⁵He gives and forgives all beings.

²⁶He Himself nurtures and cherishes His Creation. I fall at His Feet and surrender to Him. ||2||

²⁷Seeking His Sanctuary, salvation is obtained.

²⁸With each and every breath, I meditate on the Lord's Name.

²⁹Without Him, there is no other Lord and Master. All places belong to Him. ||3||

³⁰Yours is the Honor, God, and Yours is the Power.

³¹You are the True Lord and Master, the Ocean of Excellence.

³²Servant Nanak utters this prayer: may I meditate on You twenty-four hours a day. ||4||34||41||

³³Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

³⁴All happiness comes, when God is pleased.

³⁵The Feet of the Perfect Guru dwell in my mind.

³⁶I am intuitively absorbed in the state of Samaadhi deep within. God alone knows this sweet pleasure. ||1||

³⁷My Lord and Master is Inaccessible and Unfathomable.

³⁸Deep within each and every heart, He dwells near and close at hand.

³⁹He is always detached; He is the Giver of souls. How rare is that person who understands his own self. ||2||

⁴⁰This is the sign of union with God:

⁴¹in the mind, the Command of the True Lord is recognized.

⁴²Intuitive peace and poise, contentment, enduring satisfaction and bliss come through the Pleasure of the Master's Will. ||3||

⁴³God, the Great Giver, has given me His Hand.

⁴⁴He has erased all the sickness of birth and death.

⁴⁵O Nanak, those whom God has made His slaves, rejoice in the pleasure of singing the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises. ||4||35||42||

¹Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

²The Life of the World, the Sustainer of the Earth, has showered His Mercy;

³the Guru's Feet have come to dwell within my mind.

⁴The Creator has made me His Own. He has destroyed the city of sorrow. ||1||

⁵The True One abides within my mind and body;

⁶no place seems difficult to me now.

⁷All the evil-doers and enemies have now become my friends. I long only for my Lord and Master. ||2||

⁸Whatever He does, He does all by Himself.

⁹No one can know His Ways.

¹⁰He Himself is the Helper and Support of His Saints. God has cast out my doubts and delusions. ||3||

¹¹His Lotus Feet are the Support of His humble servants.

¹²Twenty-four hours a day, they deal in the Name of the Lord.

¹³In peace and pleasure, they sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe. O Nanak, God is permeating everywhere. ||4||36||43||

¹⁴Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁵True is that temple, within which one meditates on the True Lord.

¹⁶Blessed is that heart, within which the Lord's Glorious Praises are sung.

¹⁷Beautiful is that land, where the Lord's humble servants dwell. I am a sacrifice to the True Name. ||1||

¹⁸The extent of the True Lord's Greatness cannot be known.

¹⁹His Creative Power and His Bounties cannot be described.

²⁰Your humble servants live by meditating, meditating on You. Their minds treasure the True Word of the Shabad. ||2||

²¹The Praises of the True One are obtained by great good fortune.

²²By Guru's Grace, the Glorious Praises of the Lord are sung.

²³Those who are imbued with Your Love are pleasing to You. The True Name is their Banner and Insignia. ||3||

²⁴No one knows the limits of the True Lord.

²⁵In all places and interspaces, the True One is pervading.

²⁶O Nanak, meditate forever on the True One, the Searcher of hearts, the Knower of all. ||4||37||44||

²⁷Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

²⁸Beautiful is the night, and beautiful is the day,

²⁹when one joins the Society of the Saints and chants the Ambrosial Naam.

³⁰If you remember the Lord in meditation for a moment, even for an instant, then your life will become fruitful and prosperous. ||1||

³¹Remembering the Naam, the Name of the Lord, all sinful mistakes are erased.

³²Inwardly and outwardly, the Lord God is always with us.

³³Fear, dread and doubt have been dispelled by the Perfect Guru; now, I see God everywhere. ||2||

³⁴God is All-powerful, Vast, Lofty and Infinite.

³⁵The Naam is overflowing with the nine treasures.

³⁶In the beginning, in the middle, and in the end, there is God. Nothing else even comes close to Him. ||3||

³⁷Take pity on me, O my Lord, Merciful to the meek.

³⁸I am a beggar, begging for the dust of the feet of the Holy.

³⁹Servant Nanak begs for this gift: let me meditate on the Lord, forever and ever. ||4||38||45||

⁴⁰Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

⁴¹You are here, and You are hereafter.

⁴²All beings and creatures were created by You.

⁴³Without You, there is no other, O Creator. You are my Support and my Protection. ||1||

⁴⁴The tongue lives by chanting and meditating on the Lord's Name.

⁴⁵The Supreme Lord God is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts.

⁴⁶Those who serve the Lord find peace; they do not lose their lives in the gamble. ||2||

⁴⁷Your humble servant, who obtains the Medicine of the Naam,

¹is rid of the illnesses of countless lifetimes and incarnations.

²So sing the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises, day and night. This is the most fruitful occupation. ||3||

³Bestowing His Glance of Grace, He has adorned His slave.

⁴Deep within each and every heart, the Supreme Lord is humbly worshipped.

⁵Without the One, there is no other at all. O Baba Nanak, this is the most excellent wisdom. ||4||39||46||

⁶Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

⁷My mind and body are imbued with love for the Lord.

⁸I sacrifice everything for Him.

⁹Twenty-four hours a day, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe. Do not forget Him, for even one breath. ||1||

¹⁰He is a companion, a friend, and a beloved of mine,

¹¹who reflects upon the Lord's Name, in the Company of the Holy.

¹²In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, cross over the world-ocean, and the noose of death shall be cut away. ||2||

¹³The four cardinal blessings are obtained by serving the Lord.

¹⁴The Elysian Tree, the source of all blessings, is meditation on the Unseen and Unknowable Lord.

¹⁵The Guru has cut out the sinful mistakes of sexual desire and anger, and my hopes have been fulfilled. ||3||

¹⁶That mortal who is blessed by perfect destiny meets the Lord,

¹⁷O Nanak, if the Naam, the Name of the Lord, dwells within the mind, one is approved and accepted, whether he is a house-holder or a renunciate. ||4||40||47||

¹⁸Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁹Meditating on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, my heart is filled with peace.

²⁰By His Grace, His devotees become famous and acclaimed.

²¹Joining the Society of the Saints, I chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har; the disease of laziness has disappeared. ||1||

²²O Siblings of Destiny, the nine treasures are found in the Home of the Lord;

²³He comes to meet those who deserve it by their past actions.

²⁴The Perfect Transcendent Lord is spiritual wisdom and meditation. God is All-powerful to do all things. ||2||

²⁵In an instant, He establishes and disestablishes.

²⁶He Himself is the One, and He Himself is the Many.

²⁷Filth does not stick to the Giver, the Life of the World. Gazing upon the Blessed Vision of His Darshan, the pain of separation departs. ||3||

²⁸Holding on to the hem of His Robe, the entire Universe is saved.

²⁹He Himself causes His Name to be chanted.

³⁰The Boat of the Guru is found by His Grace; O Nanak, such blessed destiny is pre-ordained. ||4||41||48||

³¹Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

³²People do whatever the Lord inspires them to do.

³³Wherever He keeps us is a good place.

³⁴That person is clever and honorable, unto whom the Hukam of the Lord's Command seems sweet. ||1||

³⁵Everything is strung upon the One String of the Lord.

³⁶Those whom the Lord attaches, are attached to His Feet.

³⁷Those, whose inverted lotus of the crown chakra is illuminated, see the Immaculate Lord everywhere. ||2||

³⁸Only You Yourself know Your Glory.

³⁹You Yourself recognize Your Own Self.

⁴⁰I am a sacrifice to Your Saints, who have crushed their sexual desire, anger and greed. ||3||

⁴¹You have no hatred or vengeance; Your Saints are immaculate and pure.

⁴²Seeing them, all sins depart.

⁴³Nanak lives by meditating, meditating on the Naam. His stubborn doubt and fear have departed. ||4||42||49||

¹Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

²One who asks for a false gift,

³shall not take even an instant to die.

⁴But one who continually serves the Supreme Lord God and meets the Guru, is said to be immortal. ||1||

⁵One whose mind is dedicated to loving devotional worship

⁶sings His Glorious Praises night and day, and remains forever awake and aware.

⁷Taking him by the hand, the Lord and Master merges into Himself that person, upon whose forehead such destiny is written. ||2||

⁸His Lotus Feet dwell in the minds of His devotees.

⁹Without the Transcendent Lord, all are plundered.

¹⁰I long for the dust of the feet of His humble servants. The Name of the True Lord is my decoration. ||3||

¹¹Standing up and sitting down, I sing the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

¹²Meditating in remembrance on Him, I obtain my Eternal Husband Lord.

¹³God has become merciful to Nanak. I cheerfully accept Your Will. ||4||43||50||

¹⁴Raag Maajh, Ashtpadheeyaa: First Mehl, First House:

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

¹⁶By His Command, all are attuned to the Word of the Shabad,

¹⁷and all are called to the Mansion of His Presence, the True Court of the Lord.

¹⁸O my True Lord and Master, Merciful to the meek, my mind is pleased and appeased by the Truth. ||1||

¹⁹I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who are adorned with the Word of the Shabad.

²⁰The Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord, is forever the Giver of Peace. Through the Guru's Teachings, it dwells in the mind. ||1||Pause||

²¹No one is mine, and I am no one else's.

²²The True Lord and Master of the three worlds is mine.

²³Acting in egotism, so very many have died. After making mistakes, they later repent and regret. ||2||

²⁴Those who recognize the Hukam of the Lord's Command chant the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

²⁵Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they are glorified with the Naam.

²⁶Everyone's account is kept in the True Court, and through the Beauty of the Naam, they are saved. ||3||

²⁷The self-willed manmukhs are deluded; they find no place of rest.

²⁸Bound and gagged at Death's Door, they are brutally beaten.

²⁹Without the Name, there are no companions or friends. Liberation comes only by meditating on the Naam. ||4||

³⁰The false shaaktas, the faithless cynics, do not like the Truth.

³¹Bound by duality, they come and go in reincarnation.

³²No one can erase pre-recorded destiny; the Gurmukhs are liberated. ||5||

³³In this world of her parents' house, the young bride did not know her Husband.

³⁴Through falsehood, she has been separated from Him, and she cries out in misery.

³⁵Defrauded by demerits, she does not find the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. But through virtuous actions, her demerits are forgiven. ||6||

³⁶She, who knows her Beloved in her parents' house,

³⁷as Gurmukh, comes to understand the essence of reality; she contemplates her Lord.

³⁸Her comings and goings cease, and she is absorbed in the True Name. ||7||

³⁹The Gurmukhs understand and describe the Indescribable.

⁴⁰True is our Lord and Master; He loves the Truth.

⁴¹Nanak offers this true prayer: singing His Glorious Praises, I merge with the True One. ||8||1||

⁴²Maajh, Third Mehl, First House:

⁴³By His Mercy, we meet the True Guru.

¹Center your awareness on seva-selfless service-and focus your consciousness on the Word of the Shabad.

²Subduing your ego, you shall find a lasting peace, and your emotional attachment to Maya will be dispelled. ||1||

³I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, I am totally devoted to the True Guru.

⁴Through the Guru's Teachings, the Divine Light has dawned; I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, night and day. ||1||Pause||

⁵Search your body and mind, and find the Name.

⁶Restrain your wandering mind, and keep it in check.

⁷Night and day, sing the Songs of the Guru's Bani; worship the Lord with intuitive devotion. ||2||

⁸Within this body are countless objects.

⁹The Gurmukh attains Truth, and comes to see them.

¹⁰Beyond the nine gates, the Tenth Gate is found, and liberation is obtained. The Unstruck Melody of the Shabad vibrates. ||3||

¹¹True is the Master, and True is His Name.

¹²By Guru's Grace, He comes to dwell within the mind.

¹³Night and day, remain attuned to the Lord's Love forever, and you shall obtain understanding in the True Court. ||4||

¹⁴Those who do not understand the nature of sin and virtue

¹⁵are attached to duality; they wander around deluded.

¹⁶The ignorant and blind people do not know the way; they come and go in reincarnation over and over again. ||5||

¹⁷Serving the Guru, I have found eternal peace;

¹⁸my ego has been silenced and subdued.

¹⁹Through the Guru's Teachings, the darkness has been dispelled, and the heavy doors have been opened. ||6||

²⁰Subduing my ego, I have enshrined the Lord within my mind.

²¹I focus my consciousness on the Guru's Feet forever.

²²By Guru's Grace, my mind and body are immaculate and pure; I meditate on the Immaculate Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||7||

²³From birth to death, everything is for You.

²⁴You bestow greatness upon those whom You have forgiven.

²⁵O Nanak, meditating forever on the Naam, you shall be blessed in both birth and death. ||8||1||2||

²⁶Maajh, Third Mehl:

²⁷My God is Immaculate, Inaccessible and Infinite.

²⁸Without a scale, He weighs the universe.

²⁹One who becomes Gurmukh, understands. Chanting His Glorious Praises, he is absorbed into the Lord of Virtue. ||1||

³⁰I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those whose minds are filled with the Name of the Lord.

³¹Those who are committed to Truth remain awake and aware night and day. They are honored in the True Court. ||1||Pause||

³²He Himself hears, and He Himself sees.

³³Those, upon whom He casts His Glance of Grace, become acceptable.

³⁴They are attached, whom the Lord Himself attaches; as Gurmukh, they live the Truth. ||2||

³⁵Those whom the Lord Himself misleads-whose hand can they take?

³⁶That which is pre-ordained, cannot be erased.

³⁷Those who meet the True Guru are very fortunate and blessed; through perfect karma, He is met. ||3||

³⁸The young bride is fast asleep in her parents' home, night and day.

³⁹She has forgotten her Husband Lord; because of her faults and demerits, she is abandoned.

⁴⁰She wanders around continually, crying out, night and day. Without her Husband Lord, she cannot get any sleep. ||4||

⁴¹In this world of her parents' home, she may come to know the Giver of peace,

⁴²if she subdues her ego, and recognizes the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

⁴³Her bed is beautiful; she ravishes and enjoys her Husband Lord forever. She is adorned with the Decorations of Truth. ||5||

¹He created the 8.4 million species of beings.

²Those, upon whom He casts His Glance of Grace, come to meet the Guru.

³Shedding their sins, His servants are forever pure; at the True Court, they are beautified by the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||6||

⁴When they are called to settle their accounts, who will answer then?

⁵There shall be no peace then, from counting out by twos and threes.

⁶The True Lord God Himself forgives, and having forgiven, He unites them with Himself. ||7||

⁷He Himself does, and He Himself causes all to be done.

⁸Through the Shabad, the Word of the Perfect Guru, He is met.

⁹O Nanak, through the Naam, greatness is obtained. He Himself unites in His Union. ||8||2||3||

¹⁰Maajh, Third Mehla:

¹¹The One Lord Himself moves about imperceptibly.

¹²As Gurmukh, I see Him, and then this mind is pleased and uplifted.

¹³Renouncing desire, I have found intuitive peace and poise; I have enshrined the One within my mind. ||1||

¹⁴I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who focus their consciousness on the One.

¹⁵Through the Guru's Teachings, my mind has come to its only home; it is imbued with the True Color of the Lord's Love. ||1||Pause||

¹⁶This world is deluded; You Yourself have deluded it.

¹⁷Forgetting the One, it has become engrossed in duality.

¹⁸Night and day, it wanders around endlessly, deluded by doubt; without the Name, it suffers in pain. ||2||

¹⁹Those who are attuned to the Love of the Lord, the Architect of Destiny

²⁰by serving the Guru, they are known throughout the four ages.

²¹Those, upon whom the Lord bestows greatness, are absorbed in the Name of the Lord. ||3||

²²Being in love with Maya, they do not think of the Lord.

²³Bound and gagged in the City of Death, they suffer in terrible pain.

²⁴Blind and deaf, they see nothing at all; the self-willed manmukhs rot away in sin. ||4||

²⁵Those, whom You attach to Your Love, are attuned to Your Love.

²⁶Through loving devotional worship, they become pleasing to Your Mind.

²⁷They serve the True Guru, the Giver of eternal peace, and all their desires are fulfilled. ||5||

²⁸O Dear Lord, I seek Your Sanctuary forever.

²⁹You Yourself forgive us, and bless us with Glorious Greatness.

³⁰The Messenger of Death does not draw near those who meditate on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||6||

³¹Night and day, they are attuned to His Love; they are pleasing to the Lord.

³²My God merges with them, and unites them in Union.

³³Forever and ever, O True Lord, I seek the Protection of Your Sanctuary; You Yourself inspire us to understand the Truth. ||7||

³⁴Those who know the Truth are absorbed in Truth.

³⁵They sing the Lord's Glorious Praises, and speak the Truth.

³⁶O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Naam remain unattached and balanced; in the home of the inner self, they are absorbed in the primal trance of deep meditation. ||8||3||4||

³⁷Maajh, Third Mehl:

³⁸One who dies in the Word of the Shabad is truly dead.

³⁹Death does not crush him, and pain does not afflict him.

⁴⁰His light merges and is absorbed into the Light, when he hears and merges in the Truth. ||1||

⁴¹I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to the Lord's Name, which brings us to glory.

⁴²One who serves the True Guru, and focuses his consciousness on Truth, following the Guru's Teachings, is absorbed in intuitive peace and poise. ||1||Pause||

⁴³This human body is transitory, and transitory are the garments it wears.

⁴⁴Attached to duality, no one attains the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.

¹Night and day, day and night, they burn. Without her Husband Lord, the soul-bride suffers in terrible pain. ||2||

²Her body and her status shall not go with her to the world hereafter.

³Where she is called to answer for her account, there, she shall be emancipated only by true actions.

⁴Those who serve the True Guru shall prosper; here and hereafter, they are absorbed in the Naam. ||3||

⁵She who adorns herself with the Love and the Fear of God,

⁶by Guru's Grace, obtains the Mansion of the Lord's Presence as her home.

⁷Night and day, day and night, she constantly ravishes and enjoys her Beloved. She is dyed in the permanent color of His Love. ||4||

⁸The Husband Lord abides with everyone, always;

⁹but how rare are those few who, by Guru's Grace, obtain His Glance of Grace.

¹⁰My God is the Highest of the High; granting His Grace, He merges us into Himself. ||5||

¹¹This world is asleep in emotional attachment to Maya.

¹²Forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, it ultimately comes to ruin.

¹³The One who put it to sleep shall also awaken it. Through the Guru's Teachings, understanding dawns. ||6||

¹⁴One who drinks in this Nectar, shall have his delusions dispelled.

¹⁵By Guru's Grace, the state of liberation is attained.

¹⁶One who is imbued with devotion to the Lord, remains always balanced and detached. Subduing selfishness and conceit, he is united with the Lord. ||7||

¹⁷He Himself creates, and He Himself assigns us to our tasks.

¹⁸He Himself gives sustenance to the 8.4 million species of beings.

¹⁹O Nanak, those who meditate on the Naam are atuned to Truth. They do that which is pleasing to His Will. ||8||4||5||

²⁰Maajh, Third Mehl:

²¹Diamonds and rubies are produced deep within the self.

²²They are assayed and valued through the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

²³Those who have gathered Truth, speak Truth; they apply the Touch-stone of Truth. ||1||

²⁴I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who enshrine the Word of the Guru's Bani within their minds.

²⁵In the midst of the darkness of the world, they obtain the Immaculate One, and their light merges into the Light. ||1||Pause||

²⁶Within this body are countless vast vistas;

²⁷the Immaculate Naam is totally Inaccessible and Infinite.

²⁸He alone becomes Gurmukh and obtains it, whom the Lord forgives, and unites with Himself. ||2||

²⁹My Lord and Master implants the Truth.

³⁰By Guru's Grace, one's consciousness is attached to the Truth.

³¹The Truest of the True is pervading everywhere; the true ones merge in Truth. ||3||

³²The True Carefree Lord is my Beloved.

³³He cuts out our sinful mistakes and evil actions;

³⁴with love and affection, meditate forever on Him. He implants the Fear of God and loving devotional worship within us. ||4||

³⁵Devotional worship is True, if it pleases the True Lord.

³⁶He Himself bestows it; He does not regret it later.

³⁷He alone is the Giver of all beings. The Lord kills with the Word of His Shabad, and then revives. ||5||

³⁸Other than You, Lord, nothing is mine.

³⁹I serve You, Lord, and I praise You.

⁴⁰You unite me with Yourself, O True God. Through perfect good karma You are obtained. ||6||

⁴¹For me, there is no other like You.

⁴²By Your Glance of Grace, my body is blessed and sanctified.

⁴³Night and day, the Lord takes care of us and protects us. The Gurmukhs are absorbed in intuitive peace and poise. ||7||

⁴⁴For me, there is no other as Great as You.

⁴⁵You Yourself create, and You Yourself destroy.

¹You Yourself create, destroy and adorn. O Nanak, we are adorned and embellished with the Naam. ||8||5||6||

²Maajh, Third Mehl:

³He is the Enjoyer of all hearts.

⁴The Invisible, Inaccessible and Infinite is pervading everywhere.

⁵Meditating on my Lord God, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, I am intuitively absorbed in the Truth. ||1||

⁶I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who implant the Word of the Guru's Shabad in their minds.

⁷When someone understands the Shabad, then he wrestles with his own mind; subduing his desires, he merges with the Lord. ||1||Pause||

⁸The five enemies are plundering the world.

⁹The blind, self-willed manmukhs do not understand or appreciate this.

¹⁰Those who become Gurmukh-their houses are protected. The five enemies are destroyed by the Shabad. ||2||

¹¹The Gurmukhs are forever imbued with love for the True One.

¹²They serve God with intuitive ease. Night and day, they are intoxicated with His Love.

¹³Meeting with their Beloved, they sing the Glorious Praises of the True one; they are honored in the Court of the Lord. ||3||

¹⁴First, the One created Himself;

¹⁵second, the sense of duality; third, the three-phased Maya.

¹⁶The fourth state, the highest, is obtained by the Gurmukh, who practices Truth, and only Truth. ||4||

¹⁷Everything which is pleasing to the True Lord is true.

¹⁸Those who know the Truth merge in intuitive peace and poise.

¹⁹The life-style of the Gurmukh is to serve the True Lord. He goes and blends with the True Lord. ||5||

²⁰Without the True One, there is no other at all.

²¹Attached to duality, the world is distracted and distressed to death.

²²One who becomes Gurmukh knows only the One. Serving the One, peace is obtained. ||6||

²³All beings and creatures are in the Protection of Your Sanctuary.

²⁴You place the chessmen on the board; You see the imperfect and the perfect as well.

²⁵Night and day, You cause people to act; You unite them in Union with Yourself. ||7||

²⁶You Yourself unite, and You see Yourself close at hand.

²⁷You Yourself are totally pervading amongst all.

²⁸O Nanak, God Himself is pervading and permeating everywhere; only the Gurmukhs understand this. ||8||6||7||

²⁹Maajh, Third Mehl:

³⁰The Nectar of the Guru's Bani is very sweet.

³¹Rare are the Gurmukhs who see and taste it.

³²The Divine Light dawns within, and the supreme essence is found. In the True Court, the Word of the Shabad vibrates. ||1||

³³I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who focus their consciousness on the Guru's Feet.

³⁴The True Guru is the True Pool of Nectar; bathing in it, the mind is washed clean of all filth. ||1||Pause||

³⁵Your limits, O True Lord, are not known to anyone.

³⁶Rare are those who, by Guru's Grace, focus their consciousness on You.

³⁷Praising You, I am never satisfied; such is the hunger I feel for the True Name. ||2||

³⁸I see only the One, and no other.

³⁹By Guru's Grace, I drink in the Ambrosial Nectar.

⁴⁰My thirst is quenched by the Word of the Guru's Shabad; I am absorbed in intuitive peace and poise. ||3||

⁴¹The Priceless Jewel is discarded like straw;

⁴²the blind self-willed manmukhs are attached to the love of duality.

⁴³As they plant, so do they harvest. They shall not obtain peace, even in their dreams. ||4||

⁴⁴Those who are blessed with His Mercy find the Lord.

⁴⁵The Word of the Guru's Shabad abides in the mind.

¹Night and day, they remain in the Fear of God; conquering their fears, their doubts are dispelled. ||5||

²Dispelling their doubts, they find a lasting peace.

³By Guru's Grace, the supreme status is attained.

⁴Deep within, they are pure, and their words are pure as well; intuitively, they sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||6||

⁵They recite the Simritees, the Shaastras and the Vedas,

⁶but deluded by doubt, they do not understand the essence of reality.

⁷Without serving the True Guru, they find no peace; they earn only pain and misery. ||7||

⁸The Lord Himself acts; unto whom should we complain?

⁹How can anyone complain that the Lord has made a mistake?

¹⁰O Nanak, the Lord Himself does, and causes things to be done; chanting the Naam, we are absorbed in the Naam. ||8||7||8||

¹¹Maajh, Third Mehl:

¹²He Himself imbues us with His Love, with effortless ease.

¹³Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, we are dyed in the color of the Lord's Love.

¹⁴This mind and body are so imbued, and this tongue is dyed in the deep crimson color of the poppy. Through the Love and the Fear of God, we are dyed in this color. ||1||

¹⁵I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who enshrine the Fearless Lord within their minds.

¹⁶By Guru's Grace, I meditate on the Fearless Lord; the Shabad has carried me across the poisonous world-ocean. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷The idiotic self-willed manmukhs try to be clever,

¹⁸but in spite of their bathing and washing, they shall not be acceptable.

¹⁹As they came, so shall they go, regretting the mistakes they made. ||2||

²⁰The blind, self-willed manmukhs do not understand anything;

²¹death was pre-ordained for them when they came into the world, but they do not understand.

²²The self-willed manmukhs may practice religious rituals, but they do not obtain the Name; without the Name, they lose this life in vain. ||3||

²³The practice of Truth is the essence of the Shabad.

²⁴Through the Perfect Guru, the gate of salvation is found.

²⁵So, night and day, listen to the Word of the Guru's Bani, and the Shabad. Let yourself be colored by this love. ||4||

²⁶The tongue, imbued with the Lord's Essence, delights in His Love.

²⁷My mind and body are enticed by the Lord's Sublime Love.

²⁸I have easily obtained my Darling Beloved; I am intuitively absorbed in celestial peace. ||5||

²⁹Those who have the Lord's Love within, sing His Glorious Praises;

³⁰through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they are intuitively absorbed in celestial peace.

³¹I am forever a sacrifice to those who dedicate their consciousness to the Guru's Service. ||6||

³²The True Lord is pleased with Truth, and only Truth.

³³By Guru's Grace, one's inner being is deeply imbued with His Love.

³⁴Sitting in that blessed place, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, who Himself inspires us to accept His Truth. ||7||

³⁵That one, upon whom the Lord casts His Glance of Grace, obtains it.

³⁶By Guru's Grace, egotism departs.

³⁷O Nanak, that one, within whose mind the Name dwells, is honored in the True Court. ||8||8||9||

³⁸Maajh Third Mehl:

³⁹Serving the True Guru is the greatest greatness.

⁴⁰The Dear Lord automatically comes to dwell in the mind.

⁴¹The Dear Lord is the fruit-bearing tree; drinking in the Ambrosial Nectar, thirst is quenched. ||1||

⁴²I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to the one who leads me to join the True Congregation.

⁴³The Lord Himself unites me with the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation. Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

¹I serve the True Guru; the Word of His Shabad is beautiful.

²Through it, the Name of the Lord comes to dwell within the mind.

³The Pure Lord removes the filth of egotism, and we are honored in the True Court. ||2||

⁴Without the Guru, the Naam cannot be obtained.

⁵The Siddhas and the seekers lack it; they weep and wail.

⁶Without serving the True Guru, peace is not obtained; through perfect destiny, the Guru is found. ||3||

⁷This mind is a mirror; how rare are those who, as Gurmukh, see themselves in it.

⁸Rust does not stick to those who burn their ego.

⁹The Unstruck Melody of the Bani resounds through the Pure Word of the Shabad; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, we are absorbed into the True One. ||4||

¹⁰Without the True Guru, the Lord cannot be seen.

¹¹Granting His Grace, He Himself has allowed me to see Him.

¹²All by Himself, He Himself is permeating and pervading; He is intuitively absorbed in celestial peace. ||5||

¹³One who becomes Gurmukh embraces love for the One.

¹⁴Doubt and duality are burned away by the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

¹⁵Within his body, he deals and trades, and obtains the Treasure of the True Name. ||6||

¹⁶The life-style of the Gurmukh is sublime; he sings the Praises of the Lord.

¹⁷The Gurmukh finds the gate of salvation.

¹⁸Night and day, he is imbued with the Lord's Love. He sings the Lord's Glorious Praises, and he is called to the Mansion of His Presence. ||7||

¹⁹The True Guru, the Giver, is met when the Lord leads us to meet Him.

²⁰Through perfect destiny, the Shabad is enshrined in the mind.

²¹O Nanak, the greatness of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is obtained by chanting the Glorious Praises of the True Lord. ||8||9||10||

²²Maajh, Third Mehl:

²³Those who lose their own selves obtain everything.

²⁴Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they enshrine Love for the True one.

²⁵They trade in Truth, they gather in Truth, and they deal only in Truth. ||1||

²⁶I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, night and day.

²⁷I am Yours, You are my Lord and Master. You bestow greatness through the Word of Your Shabad. ||1||Pause||

²⁸That time, that moment is totally beautiful,

²⁹when the True One becomes pleasing to my mind.

³⁰Serving the True One, true greatness is obtained. By Guru's Grace, the True One is obtained. ||2||

³¹The food of spiritual love is obtained when the True Guru is pleased.

³²Other essences are forgotten, when the Lord's Essence comes to dwell in the mind.

³³Truth, contentment and intuitive peace and poise are obtained from the Bani, the Word of the Perfect Guru. ||3||

³⁴The blind and ignorant fools do not serve the True Guru;

³⁵how will they find the gate of salvation?

³⁶They die and die, over and over again, only to be reborn, over and over again. They are struck down at Death's Door. ||4||

³⁷Those who know the essence of the Shabad, understand their own selves.

³⁸Immaculate is the speech of those who chant the Word of the Shabad.

³⁹Serving the True One, they find a lasting peace; they enshrine the nine treasures of the Naam within their minds. ||5||

⁴⁰Beautiful is that place, which is pleasing to the Lord's Mind.

⁴¹There, sitting in the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, the Glorious Praises of the Lord are sung.

⁴²Night and day, the True One is praised; the Immaculate Sound-current of the Naad resounds there. ||6||

¹The wealth of the self-willed manmukhs is false, and false is their ostentatious display.

²They practice falsehood, and suffer terrible pain.

³Deluded by doubt, they wander day and night; through birth and death, they lose their lives. ||7||

⁴My True Lord and Master is very dear to me.

⁵The Shabad of the Perfect Guru is my Support.

⁶O Nanak, one who obtains the Greatness of the Naam, looks upon pain and pleasure as one and the same. ||8||10||11||

⁷Maajh, Third Mehl:

⁸The four sources of creation are Yours; the spoken word is Yours.

⁹Without the Name, all are deluded by doubt.

¹⁰Serving the Guru, the Lord's Name is obtained. Without the True Guru, no one can receive it. ||1||

¹¹I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who focus their consciousness on the Lord.

¹²Through devotion to the Guru, the True One is found; He comes to abide in the mind, with intuitive ease. ||1||Pause||

¹³Serving the True Guru, all things are obtained.

¹⁴As are the desires one harbors, so are the rewards one receives.

¹⁵The True Guru is the Giver of all things; through perfect destiny, He is met. ||2||

¹⁶This mind is filthy and polluted; it does not meditate on the One.

¹⁷Deep within, it is soiled and stained by the love of duality.

¹⁸The egotists may go on pilgrimages to holy rivers, sacred shrines and foreign lands, but they only gather more of the dirt of egotism. ||3||

¹⁹Serving the True Guru, filth and pollution are removed.

²⁰Those who focus their consciousness on the Lord remain dead while yet alive.

²¹The True Lord is Pure; no filth sticks to Him. Those who are attached to the True One have their filth washed away. ||4||

²²Without the Guru, there is only pitch darkness.

²³The ignorant ones are blind-there is only utter darkness for them.

²⁴The maggots in manure do filthy deeds, and in filth they rot and putrefy. ||5||

²⁵Serving the Lord of Liberation, liberation is achieved.

²⁶The Word of the Shabad eradicates egotism and possessiveness.

²⁷So serve the Dear True Lord, night and day. By perfect good destiny, the Guru is found. ||6||

²⁸He Himself forgives and unites in His Union.

²⁹From the Perfect Guru, the Treasure of the Naam is obtained.

³⁰By the True Name, the mind is made true forever. Serving the True Lord, sorrow is driven out. ||7||

³¹He is always close at hand-do not think that He is far away.

³²Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, recognize the Lord deep within your own being.

³³O Nanak, through the Naam, glorious greatness is received. Through the Perfect Guru, the Naam is obtained. ||8||11||12||

³⁴Maajh, Third Mehl:

³⁵Those who are True here, are True hereafter as well.

³⁶That mind is true, which is attuned to the True Shabad.

³⁷They serve the True One, and practice Truth; they earn Truth, and only Truth. ||1||

³⁸I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those whose minds are filled with the True Name.

³⁹They serve the True One, and are absorbed into the True One, singing the Glorious Praises of the True One. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁰The Pandits, the religious scholars read, but they do not taste the essence.

⁴¹In love with duality and Maya, their minds wander, unfocused.

⁴²The love of Maya has displaced all their understanding; making mistakes, they live in regret. ||2||

⁴³But if they should meet the True Guru, then they obtain the essence of reality;

⁴⁴the Name of the Lord comes to dwell in their minds.

¹Those who die in the Shabad and subdue their own minds, obtain the door of liberation. ||3||

²They erase their sins, and eliminate their anger;

³they keep the Guru's Shabad clasped tightly to their hearts.

⁴Those who are attuned to Truth, remain balanced and detached forever. Subduing their egotism, they are united with the Lord. ||4||

⁵Deep within the nucleus of the self is the jewel; we receive it only if the Lord inspires us to receive it.

⁶The mind is bound by the three dispositions-the three modes of Maya.

⁷Reading and reciting, the Pandits, the religious scholars, and the silent sages have grown weary, but they have not found the supreme essence of the fourth state. ||5||

⁸The Lord Himself dyes us in the color of His Love.

⁹Only those who are steeped in the Word of the Guru's Shabad are so imbued with His Love.

¹⁰Imbued with the most beautiful color of the Lord's Love, they sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, with great pleasure and joy. ||6||

¹¹To the Gurmukh, the True Lord is wealth, miraculous spiritual powers and strict self-discipline.

¹²Through the spiritual wisdom of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the Gurmukh is liberated.

¹³The Gurmukh practices Truth, and is absorbed in the Truest of the True. ||7||

¹⁴The Gurmukh realizes that the Lord alone creates, and having created, He destroys.

¹⁵To the Gurmukh, the Lord Himself is social class, status and all honor.

¹⁶O Nanak, the Gurmukhs meditate on the Naam; through the Naam, they merge in the Naam. ||8||12||13||

¹⁷Maajh, Third Mehl:

¹⁸Creation and destruction happen through the Word of the Shabad.

¹⁹Through the Shabad, creation happens again.

²⁰The Gurmukh knows that the True Lord is all-pervading. The Gurmukh understands creation and merger. ||1||

²¹I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who enshrine the Perfect Guru within their minds.

²²From the Guru comes peace and tranquility; worship Him with devotion, day and night. Chanting His Glorious Praises, merge into the Glorious Lord. ||1||Pause||

²³The Gurmukh sees the Lord on the earth, and the Gurmukh sees Him in the water.

²⁴The Gurmukh sees Him in wind and fire; such is the wonder of His Play.

²⁵One who has no Guru, dies over and over again, only to be re-born. One who has no Guru continues coming and going in reincarnation. ||2||

²⁶The One Creator has set this play in motion.

²⁷In the frame of the human body, He has placed all things.

²⁸Those few who are pierced through by the Word of the Shabad, obtain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. He calls them into His Wondrous Palace. ||3||

²⁹True is the Banker, and true are His traders.

³⁰They purchase Truth, with infinite love for the Guru.

³¹They deal in Truth, and they practice Truth. They earn Truth, and only Truth. ||4||

³²Without investment capital, how can anyone acquire merchandise?

³³The self-willed manmukhs have all gone astray.

³⁴Without true wealth, everyone goes empty-handed; going empty-handed, they suffer in pain. ||5||

³⁵Some deal in Truth, through love of the Guru's Shabad.

³⁶They save themselves, and save all their ancestors as well.

³⁷Very auspicious is the coming of those who meet their Beloved and find peace. ||6||

³⁸Deep within the self is the secret, but the fool looks for it outside.

³⁹The blind self-willed manmukhs wander around like demons;

⁴⁰but where the secret is, there, they do not find it. The manmukhs are deluded by doubt. ||7||

⁴¹He Himself calls us, and bestows the Word of the Shabad.

⁴²The soul-bride finds intuitive peace and poise in the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.

⁴³O Nanak, she obtains the glorious greatness of the Naam; she hears it again and again, and she meditates on it. ||8||13||14||

⁴⁴Maajh, Third Mehl:

⁴⁵The True Guru has imparted the True Teachings.

¹Think of the Lord, who shall be your Help and Support in the end.

²The Lord is Inaccessible and Incomprehensible. He has no master, and He is not born. He is obtained through love of the True Guru. ||1||

³I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who eliminate selfishness and conceit.

⁴They eradicate selfishness and conceit, and then find the Lord; they are intuitively immersed in the Lord. ||1||Pause||

⁵According to their pre-ordained destiny, they act out their karma.

⁶Serving the True Guru, a lasting peace is found.

⁷Without good fortune, the Guru is not found. Through the Word of the Shabad, they are united in the Lord's Union. ||2||

⁸The Gurmukhs remain unaffected in the midst of the world.

⁹The Guru is their cushion, and the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is their Support.

¹⁰Who can oppress the Gurmukh? One who tries shall perish, writhing in pain. ||3||

¹¹The blind self-willed manmukhs have no understanding at all.

¹²They are the assassins of the self, and the butchers of the world.

¹³By continually slandering others, they carry a terrible load, and they carry the loads of others for nothing. ||4||

¹⁴This world is a garden, and my Lord God is the Gardener.

¹⁵He always takes care of it-nothing is exempt from His Care.

¹⁶As is the fragrance which He bestows, so is the fragrant flower known. ||5||

¹⁷The self-willed manmukhs are sick and diseased in the world.

¹⁸They have forgotten the Giver of peace, the Unfathomable, the Infinite.

¹⁹These miserable people wander endlessly, crying out in pain; without the Guru, they find no peace. ||6||

²⁰The One who created them, knows their condition.

²¹And if He inspires them, then they realize the Hukam of His Command.

²²Whatever He places within them, that is what prevails, and so they outwardly appear. ||7||

²³I know of no other except the True One.

²⁴Those, whom the Lord attaches to Himself, become pure.

²⁵O Nanak, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, abides deep within the heart of those, unto whom He has given it. ||8||14||15||

²⁶Maajh, Third Mehl:

²⁷Enshrining the Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord, in the mind,

²⁸all the pains of egotism, selfishness and conceit are eliminated.

²⁹By continually praising the Ambrosial Bani of the Word, I obtain the Amrit, the Ambrosial Nectar. ||1||

³⁰I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who enshrine the Ambrosial Bani of the Word within their minds.

³¹Enshrining the Ambrosial Bani in their minds, they meditate on the Ambrosial Naam. ||1||Pause||

³²Those who continually chant the Ambrosial Words of Nectar,

³³They continually chant the Ambrosial Sermon day and night; chanting it, they cause others to hear it. ||2||

³⁴Imbued with the Ambrosial Love of the Lord, they lovingly focus their attention on Him.

³⁵By Guru's Grace, they receive this Amrit.

³⁶They chant the Ambrosial Name with their tongues day and night; their minds and bodies are satisfied by this Amrit. ||3||

³⁷That which God does is beyond anyone's consciousness;

³⁸no one can erase the Hukam of His Command.

³⁹By His Command, the Ambrosial Bani of the Word prevails, and by His Command, we drink in the Amrit. ||4||

⁴⁰The actions of the Creator Lord are marvellous and wonderful.

⁴¹This mind is deluded, and goes around the wheel of reincarnation.

⁴²Those who focus their consciousness on the Ambrosial Bani of the Word, hear the vibrations of the Ambrosial Word of the Shabad. ||5||

¹You Yourself created the counterfeit and the genuine.

²You Yourself appraise all people.

³You appraise the true, and place them in Your Treasury; You consign the false to wander in delusion. ||6||

⁴How can I behold You? How can I praise You?

⁵By Guru's Grace, I praise You through the Word of the Shabad.

⁶In Your Sweet Will, the Amrit is found; by Your Will, You inspire us to drink in this Amrit. ||7||

⁷The Shabad is Amrit; the Lord's Bani is Amrit.

⁸Serving the True Guru, it permeates the heart.

⁹O Nanak, the Ambrosial Naam is forever the Giver of peace; drinking in this Amrit, all hunger is satisfied. ||8||15||16||

¹⁰Maajh, Third Mehl:

¹¹The Ambrosial Nectar rains down, softly and gently.

¹²How rare are those Gurmukhs who find it.

¹³Those who drink it in are satisfied forever. Showering His Mercy upon them, the Lord quenches their thirst. ||1||

¹⁴I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those Gurmukhs who drink in this Ambrosial Nectar.

¹⁵The tongue tastes the essence, and remains forever imbued with the Lord's Love, intuitively singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

¹⁶By Guru's Grace, intuitive understanding is obtained;

¹⁷subduing the sense of duality, they are in love with the One.

¹⁸When He bestows His Glance of Grace, then they sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord; by His Grace, they merge in Truth. ||2||

¹⁹Above all is Your Glance of Grace, O God.

²⁰Upon some it is bestowed less, and upon others it is bestowed more.

²¹Without You, nothing happens at all; the Gurmukhs understand this. ||3||

²²The Gurmukhs contemplate the essence of reality;

²³Your Treasures are overflowing with Ambrosial Nectar.

²⁴Without serving the True Guru, no one obtains it. It is obtained only by Guru's Grace. ||4||

²⁵Those who serve the True Guru are beautiful.

²⁶The Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord, entices their inner minds.

²⁷Their minds and bodies are attuned to the Ambrosial Bani of the Word; this Ambrosial Nectar is intuitively heard. ||5||

²⁸The deluded, self-willed manmukhs are ruined through the love of duality.

²⁹They do not chant the Naam, and they die, eating poison.

³⁰Night and day, they continually sit in manure. Without selfless service, their lives are wasted away. ||6||

³¹They alone drink in this Amrit, whom the Lord Himself inspires to do so.

³²By Guru's Grace, they intuitively enshrine love for the Lord.

³³The Perfect Lord is Himself perfectly pervading everywhere; through the Guru's Teachings, He is perceived. ||7||

³⁴He Himself is the Immaculate Lord.

³⁵He who has created, shall Himself destroy.

³⁶O Nanak, remember the Naam forever, and you shall merge into the True One with intuitive ease. ||8||16||17||

³⁷Maajh, Third Mehl:

³⁸Those who please You are linked to the Truth.

³⁹They serve the True One forever, with intuitive ease.

⁴⁰Through the True Word of the Shabad, they praise the True One, and they merge in the merging of Truth. ||1||

⁴¹I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who praise the True One.

⁴²Those who meditate on the True One are attuned to Truth; they are absorbed into the Truest of the True. ||1||Pause||

⁴³The True One is everywhere, wherever I look.

⁴⁴By Guru's Grace, I enshrine Him in my mind.

⁴⁵True are the bodies of those whose tongues are attuned to Truth. They hear the Truth, and speak it with their mouths. ||2||

¹Subduing their desires, they merge with the True One;

²they see in their minds that everyone comes and goes in reincarnation.

³Serving the True Guru, they become stable forever, and they obtain their dwelling in the home of the self. ||3||

⁴Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the Lord is seen within one's own heart.

⁵Through the Shabad, I have burned my emotional attachment to Maya.

⁶I gaze upon the Truest of the True, and I praise Him. Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, I obtain the True One. ||4||

⁷Those who are attuned to Truth are blessed with the Love of the True One.

⁸Those who praise the Lord's Name are very fortunate.

⁹Through the Word of His Shabad, the True One blends with Himself, those who join the True Congregation and sing the Glorious Praises of the True One. ||5||

¹⁰We could read the account of the Lord, if He were in any account.

¹¹He is Inaccessible and Incomprehensible; through the Shabad, understanding is obtained.

¹²Night and day, praise the True Word of the Shabad. There is no other way to know His Worth. ||6||

¹³People read and recite until they grow weary, but they do not find peace.

¹⁴Consumed by desire, they have no understanding at all.

¹⁵They purchase poison, and they are thirsty with their fascination for poison. Telling lies, they eat poison. ||7||

¹⁶By Guru's Grace, I know the One.

¹⁷Subduing my sense of duality, my mind is absorbed into the True One.

¹⁸O Nanak, the One Name is pervading deep within my mind; by Guru's Grace, I receive it. ||8||17||18||

¹⁹Maajh, Third Mehl:

²⁰In all colors and forms, You are pervading.

²¹People die over and over again; they are re-born, and make their rounds on the wheel of reincarnation.

²²You alone are Eternal and Unchanging, Inaccessible and Infinite. Through the Guru's Teachings, understanding is imparted. ||1||

²³I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who enshrine the Lord's Name in their minds.

²⁴The Lord has no form, features or color. Through the Guru's Teachings, He inspires us to understand Him. ||1||Pause||

²⁵The One Light is all-pervading; only a few know this.

²⁶Serving the True Guru, this is revealed.

²⁷In the hidden and in the obvious, He is pervading all places. Our light merges into the Light. ||2||

²⁸The world is burning in the fire of desire,

²⁹in greed, arrogance and excessive ego.

³⁰People die over and over again; they are re-born, and lose their honor. They waste away their lives in vain. ||3||

³¹Those who understand the Word of the Guru's Shabad are very rare.

³²Those who subdue their egotism, come to know the three worlds.

³³Then, they die, never to die again. They are intuitively absorbed in the True One. ||4||

³⁴They do not focus their consciousness on Maya again.

³⁵They remain absorbed forever in the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

³⁶They praise the True One, who is contained deep within all hearts. They are blessed and exalted by the Truest of the True. ||5||

³⁷Praise the True One, who is Ever-present.

³⁸Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, He is pervading everywhere.

³⁹By Guru's Grace, we come to behold the True One; from the True One, peace is obtained. ||6||

⁴⁰The True One permeates and pervades the mind within.

⁴¹The True One is Eternal and Unchanging; He does not come and go in reincarnation.

⁴²Those who are attached to the True One are immaculate and pure. Through the Guru's Teachings, they merge in the True One. ||7||

⁴³Praise the True One, and no other.

⁴⁴Serving Him, eternal peace is obtained.

¹O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Naam, reflect deeply on the Truth; they practice only Truth. ||8||18||19||

²Maajh, Third Mehl:

³The Word of the Shabad is Immaculate and Pure; the Bani of the Word is Pure.

⁴The Light which is pervading among all is Immaculate.

⁵So praise the Immaculate Word of the Lord's Bani; chanting the Immaculate Name of the Lord, all filth is washed away. ||1||

⁶I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who enshrine the Giver of peace within their minds.

⁷Praise the Immaculate Lord, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad. Listen to the Shabad, and quench your thirst. ||1||Pause||

⁸When the Immaculate Naam comes to dwell in the mind,

⁹the mind and body become Immaculate, and emotional attachment to Maya departs.

¹⁰Sing the Glorious Praises of the Immaculate True Lord forever, and the Immaculate Sound-current of the Naad shall vibrate within. ||2||

¹¹The Immaculate Ambrosial Nectar is obtained from the Guru.

¹²When selfishness and conceit are eradicated from within, then there is no attachment to Maya.

¹³Immaculate is the spiritual wisdom, and utterly immaculate is the meditation, of those whose minds are filled with the Immaculate Bani of the Word. ||3||

¹⁴One who serves the Immaculate Lord becomes immaculate.

¹⁵Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the filth of egotism is washed away.

¹⁶The Immaculate Bani and the Unstruck Melody of the Sound-current vibrate, and in the True Court, honor is obtained. ||4||

¹⁷Through the Immaculate Lord, all become immaculate.

¹⁸Immaculate is the mind which weaves the Word of the Lord's Shabad into itself.

¹⁹Blessed and very fortunate are those who are committed to the Immaculate Name; through the Immaculate Name, they are blessed and beautified. ||5||

²⁰Immaculate is the one who is adorned with the Shabad.

²¹The Immaculate Naam, the Name of the Lord, entices the mind and body.

²²No filth ever attaches itself to the True Name; one's face is made radiant by the True One. ||6||

²³The mind is polluted by the love of duality.

²⁴Filthy is that kitchen, and filthy is that dwelling;

²⁵eating filth, the self-willed manmukhs become even more filthy. Because of their filth, they suffer in pain. ||7||

²⁶The filthy, and the immaculate as well, are all subject to the Hukam of God's Command.

²⁷They alone are immaculate, who are pleasing to the True Lord.

²⁸O Nanak, the Naam abides deep within the minds of the Gurmukhs, who are cleansed of all their filth. ||8||19||20||

²⁹Maajh, Third Mehl:

³⁰The Lord of the Universe is radiant, and radiant are His soul-swans.

³¹Their minds and their speech are immaculate; they are my hope and ideal.

³²Their minds are radiant, and their faces are always beautiful; they meditate on the most radiant Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||

³³I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe.

³⁴So chant Gobind, Gobind, the Lord of the Universe, day and night; sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord Gobind, through the Word of His Shabad. ||1||Pause||

³⁵Sing of the Lord Gobind with intuitive ease,

³⁶in the Fear of the Guru; you shall become radiant, and the filth of egotism shall depart.

³⁷Remain in bliss forever, and perform devotional worship, day and night. Hear and sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord Gobind. ||2||

³⁸Channel your dancing mind in devotional worship,

³⁹and through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, merge your mind with the Supreme Mind.

⁴⁰Let your true and perfect tune be the subjugation of your love of Maya, and let yourself dance to the Shabad. ||3||

⁴¹People shout out loud and move their bodies,

⁴²but if they are emotionally attached to Maya, then the Messenger of Death shall hunt them down.

¹The love of Maya makes this mind dance, and the deceit within makes people suffer in pain. ||4||

²When the Lord inspires one to become Gurmukh, and perform devotional worship,

³then his body and mind are attuned to His Love with intuitive ease.

⁴The Word of His Bani vibrates, and the Word of His Shabad resounds, for the Gurmukh whose devotional worship is accepted. ||5||

⁵One may beat upon and play all sorts of instruments,

⁶but no one will listen, and no one will enshrine it in the mind.

⁷For the sake of Maya, they set the stage and dance, but they are in love with duality, and they obtain only sorrow. ||6||

⁸Those whose inner beings are attached to the Lord's Love are liberated.

⁹They control their sexual desires, and their lifestyle is the self-discipline of Truth.

¹⁰Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they meditate forever on the Lord. This devotional worship is pleasing to the Lord. ||7||

¹¹To live as Gurmukh is devotional worship, throughout the four ages.

¹²This devotional worship is not obtained by any other means.

¹³O Nanak, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is obtained only through devotion to the Guru. So focus your consciousness on the Guru's Feet. ||8||20||21||

¹⁴Maajh, Third Mehl:

¹⁵Serve the True One, and praise the True One.

¹⁶With the True Name, pain shall never afflict you.

¹⁷Those who serve the Giver of peace find peace. They enshrine the Guru's Teachings within their minds. ||1||

¹⁸I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who intuitively enter into the peace of Samaadhi.

¹⁹Those who serve the Lord are always beautiful. The glory of their intuitive awareness is beautiful. ||1||Pause||

²⁰All call themselves Your devotees,

²¹but they alone are Your devotees, who are pleasing to Your mind.

²²Through the True Word of Your Bani, they praise You; attuned to Your Love, they worship You with devotion. ||2||

²³All are Yours, O Dear True Lord.

²⁴Meeting the Gurmukh, this cycle of reincarnation comes to an end.

²⁵When it pleases Your Will, then we merge in the Name. You Yourself inspire us to chant the Name. ||3||

²⁶Through the Guru's Teachings, I enshrine the Lord within my mind.

²⁷Pleasure and pain, and all emotional attachments are gone.

²⁸I am lovingly centered on the One Lord forever. I enshrine the Lord's Name within my mind. ||4||

²⁹Your devotees are attuned to Your Love; they are always joyful.

³⁰The nine treasures of the Naam come to dwell within their minds.

³¹By perfect destiny, they find the True Guru, and through the Word of the Shabad, they are united in the Lord's Union. ||5||

³²You are Merciful, and always the Giver of peace.

³³You Yourself unite us; You are known only to the Gurmukhs.

³⁴You Yourself bestow the glorious greatness of the Naam; attuned to the Naam, we find peace. ||6||

³⁵Forever and ever, O True Lord, I praise You.

³⁶As Gurmukh, I know no other at all.

³⁷My mind remains immersed in the One Lord; my mind surrenders to Him, and in my mind I meet Him. ||7||

³⁸One who becomes Gurmukh, praises the Lord.

³⁹Our True Lord and Master is Carefree.

⁴⁰O Nanak, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, abides deep within the mind; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, we merge with the Lord. ||8||21||22||

⁴¹Maajh, Third Mehl:

⁴²Your devotees look beautiful in the True Court.

⁴³Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they are adorned with the Naam.

⁴⁴They are forever in bliss, day and night; chanting the Glorious Praises of the Lord, they merge with the Lord of Glory. ||1||

¹I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who hear and enshrine the Naam within their minds.

²The Dear Lord, the True One, the Highest of the High, subdues their ego and blends them with Himself. ||1||Pause||

³True is the Dear Lord, and True is His Name.

⁴By Guru's Grace, some merge with Him.

⁵Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, those who merge with the Lord shall not be separated from Him again. They merge with intuitive ease into the True Lord. ||2||

⁶There is nothing beyond You;

⁷You are the One who does, sees, and knows.

⁸The Creator Himself acts, and inspires others to act. Through the Guru's Teachings, He blends us into Himself. ||3||

⁹The virtuous soul-bride finds the Lord;

¹⁰she decorates herself with the Love and the Fear of God.

¹¹She who serves the True Guru is forever a happy soul-bride. She is absorbed in the true teachings. ||4||

¹²Those who forget the Word of the Shabad have no home and no place of rest.

¹³They are deluded by doubt, like a crow in a deserted house.

¹⁴They forfeit both this world and the next, and they pass their lives suffering in pain and misery. ||5||

¹⁵Writing on and on endlessly, they run out of paper and ink.

¹⁶Through the love with duality, no one has found peace.

¹⁷They write falsehood, and they practice falsehood; they are burnt to ashes by focusing their consciousness on falsehood. ||6||

¹⁸The Gurmukhs write and reflect on Truth, and only Truth.

¹⁹The true ones find the gate of salvation.

²⁰True is their paper, pen and ink; writing Truth, they are absorbed in the True One. ||7||

²¹My God sits deep within the self; He watches over us.

²²Those who meet the Lord, by Guru's Grace, are acceptable.

²³O Nanak, glorious greatness is received through the Naam, which is obtained through the Perfect Guru. ||8||22||23||

²⁴Maajh, Third Mehl:

²⁵The Divine Light of the Supreme Soul shines forth from the Guru.

²⁶The filth stuck to the ego is removed through the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

²⁷One who is imbued with devotional worship to the Lord night and day becomes pure. Worshipping the Lord, He is obtained. ||1||

²⁸I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who themselves worship the Lord, and inspire others to worship Him as well.

²⁹I humbly bow to those devotees who chant the Glorious Praises of the Lord, night and day. ||1||Pause||

³⁰The Creator Lord Himself is the Doer of deeds.

³¹As He pleases, He applies us to our tasks.

³²Through perfect destiny, we serve the Guru; serving the Guru, peace is found. ||2||

³³Those who die, and remain dead while yet alive, obtain it.

³⁴By Guru's Grace, they enshrine the Lord within their minds.

³⁵Enshrining the Lord within their minds, they are liberated forever. With intuitive ease, they merge into the Lord. ||3||

³⁶They perform all sorts of rituals, but they do not obtain liberation through them.

³⁷They wander around the countryside, and in love with duality, they are ruined.

³⁸The deceitful lose their lives in vain; without the Word of the Shabad, they obtain only misery. ||4||

³⁹Those who restrain their wandering mind, keeping it steady and stable,

⁴⁰obtain the supreme status, by Guru's Grace.

⁴¹The True Guru Himself unites us in Union with the Lord. Meeting the Beloved, peace is obtained. ||5||

¹Some are stuck in falsehood, and false are the rewards they receive.

²In love with duality, they waste away their lives in vain.

³They drown themselves, and drown their entire family; speaking lies, they eat poison. ||6||

⁴How rare are those who, as Gurmukh, look within their bodies, into their minds.

⁵Through loving devotion, their ego evaporates.

⁶The Siddhas, the seekers and the silent sages continually, lovingly focus their consciousness, but they have not seen the mind within the body. ||7||

⁷The Creator Himself inspires us to work;

⁸what can anyone else do? What can be done by our doing?

⁹O Nanak, the Lord bestows His Name; we receive it, and enshrine it within the mind. ||8||23||24||

¹⁰Maajh, Third Mehl:

¹¹Within this cave, there is an inexhaustible treasure.

¹²Within this cave, the Invisible and Infinite Lord abides.

¹³He Himself is hidden, and He Himself is revealed; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, selfishness and conceit are eliminated. ||1||

¹⁴I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who enshrine the Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord, within their minds.

¹⁵The taste of the Ambrosial Naam is very sweet! Through the Guru's Teachings, drink in this Ambrosial Nectar. ||1||Pause||

¹⁶Subduing egotism, the rigid doors are opened.

¹⁷The Priceless Naam is obtained by Guru's Grace.

¹⁸Without the Shabad, the Naam is not obtained. By Guru's Grace, it is implanted within the mind. ||2||

¹⁹The Guru has applied the true ointment of spiritual wisdom to my eyes.

²⁰Deep within, the Divine Light has dawned, and the darkness of ignorance has been dispelled.

²¹My light has merged into the Light; my mind has surrendered, and I am blessed with Glory in the Court of the Lord. ||3||

²²Those who look outside the body, searching for the Lord,

²³The blind, self-willed manmukhs do not understand; but when they return once again to their own home, then, as Gurmukh, they find the genuine article. ||4||

²⁴By Guru's Grace, the True Lord is found.

²⁵Within your mind and body, see the Lord, and the filth of egotism shall depart.

²⁶Sitting in that place, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord forever, and be absorbed in the True Word of the Shabad. ||5||

²⁷Those who close off the nine gates, and restrain the wandering mind,

²⁸come to dwell in the Home of the Tenth Gate.

²⁹There, the Unstruck Melody of the Shabad vibrates day and night. Through the Guru's Teachings, the Shabad is heard. ||6||

³⁰Without the Shabad, there is only darkness within.

³¹The genuine article is not found, and the cycle of reincarnation does not end.

³²The key is in the hands of the True Guru; no one else can open this door. By perfect destiny, He is met. ||7||

³³You are the hidden and the revealed in all places.

³⁴Receiving Guru's Grace, this understanding is obtained.

³⁵O Nanak, praise the Naam forever; as Gurmukh, enshrine it within the mind. ||8||24||25||

³⁶Maajh, Third Mehl:

³⁷The Gurmukhs meet the Lord, and inspire others to meet Him as well.

³⁸Death does not see them, and pain does not afflict them.

³⁹Subduing egotism, they break all their bonds; as Gurmukh, they are adorned with the Word of the Shabad. ||1||

⁴⁰I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who look beautiful in the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

⁴¹The Gurmukhs sing, the Gurmukhs dance, and focus their consciousness on the Lord. ||1||Pause||

¹The Gurmukhs are celebrated in life and death.

²Their lives are not wasted; they realize the Word of the Shabad.

³The Gurmukhs do not die; they are not consumed by death. The Gurmukhs are absorbed in the True Lord. ||2||

⁴The Gurmukhs are honored in the Court of the Lord.

⁵The Gurmukhs eradicate selfishness and conceit from within.

⁶They save themselves, and save all their families and ancestors as well. The Gurmukhs redeem their lives. ||3||

⁷The Gurmukhs never suffer bodily pain.

⁸The Gurmukhs have the pain of egotism taken away.

⁹The minds of the Gurmukhs are immaculate and pure; no filth ever sticks to them again. The Gurmukhs merge in celestial peace. ||4||

¹⁰The Gurmukhs obtain the Greatness of the Naam.

¹¹The Gurmukhs sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and obtain honor.

¹²They remain in bliss forever, day and night. The Gurmukhs practice the Word of the Shabad. ||5||

¹³The Gurmukhs are attuned to the Shabad, night and day.

¹⁴The Gurmukhs are known throughout the four ages.

¹⁵The Gurmukhs always sing the Glorious Praises of the Immaculate Lord. Through the Shabad, they practice devotional worship. ||6||

¹⁶Without the Guru, there is only pitch-black darkness.

¹⁷Seized by the Messenger of Death, people cry out and scream.

¹⁸Night and day, they are diseased, like maggots in manure, and in manure they endure agony. ||7||

¹⁹The Gurmukhs know that the Lord alone acts, and causes others to act.

²⁰In the hearts of the Gurmukhs, the Lord Himself comes to dwell.

²¹O Nanak, through the Naam, greatness is obtained. It is received from the Perfect Guru. ||8||25||26||

²²Maajh, Third Mehla:

²³The One Light is the light of all bodies.

²⁴The Perfect True Guru reveals it through the Word of the Shabad.

²⁵He Himself instills the sense of separation within our hearts; He Himself created the Creation. ||1||

²⁶I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who sing the Glorious Praises of the True Lord.

²⁷Without the Guru, no one obtains intuitive wisdom; the Gurmukh is absorbed in intuitive peace. ||1||Pause||

²⁸You Yourself are Beautiful, and You Yourself entice the world.

²⁹You Yourself, by Your Kind Mercy, weave the thread of the world.

³⁰You Yourself bestow pain and pleasure, O Creator. The Lord reveals Himself to the Gurmukh. ||2||

³¹The Creator Himself acts, and causes others to act.

³²Through Him, the Word of the Guru's Shabad is enshrined within the mind.

³³The Ambrosial Word of the Guru's Bani emanates from the Word of the Shabad. The Gurmukh speaks it and hears it. ||3||

³⁴He Himself is the Creator, and He Himself is the Enjoyer.

³⁵One who breaks out of bondage is liberated forever.

³⁶The True Lord is liberated forever. The Unseen Lord causes Himself to be seen. ||4||

³⁷He Himself is Maya, and He Himself is the Illusion.

³⁸He Himself has generated emotional attachment throughout the entire universe.

³⁹He Himself is the Giver of Virtue; He Himself sings the Lord's Glorious Praises. He chants them and causes them to be heard. ||5||

⁴⁰He Himself acts, and causes others to act.

⁴¹He Himself establishes and disestablishes.

⁴²Without You, nothing can be done. You Yourself have engaged all in their tasks. ||6||

⁴³He Himself kills, and He Himself revives.

⁴⁴He Himself unites us, and unites us in Union with Himself.

⁴⁵Through selfless service, eternal peace is obtained. The Gurmukh is absorbed in intuitive peace. ||7||

¹He Himself is the Highest of the High.

²How rare are those who behold Him. He causes Himself to be seen.

³O Nanak, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, abides deep within the hearts of those who see the Lord themselves, and inspire others to see Him as well. ||8||26||27||

⁴Maajh, Third Mehl:

⁵My God is pervading and permeating all places.

⁶By Guru's Grace, I have found Him within the home of my own heart.

⁷I serve Him constantly, and I meditate on Him single-mindedly. As Gurmukh, I am absorbed in the True One. ||1||

⁸I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who enshrine the Lord, the Life of the World, within their minds.

⁹Through the Guru's Teachings, I merge with intuitive ease into the Lord, the Life of the World, the Fearless One, the Great Giver. ||1||Pause||

¹⁰Within the home of the self is the earth, its support and the nether regions of the underworld.

¹¹Within the home of the self is the Eternally Young Beloved.

¹²The Giver of peace is eternally blissful. Through the Guru's Teachings, we are absorbed in intuitive peace. ||2||

¹³When the body is filled with ego and selfishness,

¹⁴the cycle of birth and death does not end.

¹⁵One who becomes Gurmukh subdues egotism, and meditates on the Truest of the True. ||3||

¹⁶Within this body are the two brothers, sin and virtue.

¹⁷When the two joined together, the Universe was produced.

¹⁸Subduing both, and entering into the Home of the One, through the Guru's Teachings, we are absorbed in intuitive peace. ||4||

¹⁹Within the home of the self is the darkness of the love of duality.

²⁰When the Divine Light dawns, ego and selfishness are dispelled.

²¹The Giver of peace is revealed through the Shabad, meditating upon the Naam, night and day. ||5||

²²Deep within the self is the Light of God; It radiates throughout the expanse of His creation.

²³Through the Guru's Teachings, the darkness of spiritual ignorance is dispelled.

²⁴The heart-lotus blossoms forth, and eternal peace is obtained, as one's light merges into the Light. ||6||

²⁵Within the mansion is the treasure house, overflowing with jewels.

²⁶The Gurmukh obtains the Infinite Naam, the Name of the Lord.

²⁷The Gurmukh, the trader, always purchases the merchandise of the Naam, and always reaps profits. ||7||

²⁸The Lord Himself keeps this merchandise in stock, and He Himself distributes it.

²⁹Rare is that Gurmukh who trades in this.

³⁰O Nanak, those upon whom the Lord casts His Glance of Grace, obtain it. Through His Mercy, it is enshrined in the mind. ||8||27||28||

³¹Maajh, Third Mehl:

³²The Lord Himself leads us to merge with Him and serve Him.

³³Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the love of duality is eradicated.

³⁴The Immaculate Lord is the Bestower of eternal virtue. The Lord Himself leads us to merge in His Virtuous Goodness. ||1||

³⁵I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who enshrine the Truest of the True within their hearts.

³⁶The True Name is eternally pure and immaculate. Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, it is enshrined within the mind. ||1||Pause||

³⁷The Guru Himself is the Giver, the Architect of Destiny.

³⁸The Gurmukh, the humble servant who serves the Lord, comes to know Him.

³⁹Those humble beings look beautiful forever in the Ambrosial Naam. Through the Guru's Teachings, they receive the sublime essence of the Lord. ||2||

⁴⁰Within the cave of this body, there is one beautiful place.

⁴¹Through the Perfect Guru, ego and doubt are dispelled.

⁴²Night and day, praise the Naam, the Name of the Lord; imbued with the Lord's Love, by Guru's Grace, you shall find Him. ||3||

¹Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, search this cave.

²The Immaculate Naam, the Name of the Lord, abides deep within the self.

³Sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and decorate yourself with the Shabad. Meeting with your Beloved, you shall find peace. ||4||

⁴The Messenger of Death imposes his tax on those who are attached to duality.

⁵He inflicts punishment on those who forget the Name.

⁶They are called to account for each instant and each moment. Every grain, every particle, is weighed and counted. ||5||

⁷One who does not remember her Husband Lord in this world is being cheated by duality;

⁸She is from an evil family; she is ugly and vile. Even in her dreams, she does not meet her Husband Lord. ||6||

⁹She who enshrines her Husband Lord in her mind in this world

¹⁰His Presence is revealed to her by the Perfect Guru.

¹¹That soul-bride keeps her Husband Lord clasped tightly to her heart, and through the Word of the Shabad, she enjoys her Husband Lord upon His Beautiful Bed. ||7||

¹²The Lord Himself sends out the call, and He summons us to His Presence.

¹³He enshrines His Name within our minds.

¹⁴O Nanak, one who receives the greatness of the Naam night and day, constantly sings His Glorious Praises. ||8||28||29||

¹⁵Maajh, Third Mehl:

¹⁶Sublime is their birth, and the place where they dwell.

¹⁷Those who serve the True Guru remain detached in the home of their own being.

¹⁸They abide in the Lord's Love, and constantly imbued with His Love, their minds are satisfied and fulfilled with the Lord's Essence. ||1||

¹⁹I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who read of the Lord, who understand and enshrine Him within their minds.

²⁰The Gurmukhs read and praise the Lord's Name; they are honored in the True Court. ||1||Pause||

²¹The Unseen and Inscrutable Lord is permeating and pervading everywhere.

²²He cannot be obtained by any effort.

²³If the Lord grants His Grace, then we come to meet the True Guru. By His Kindness, we are united in His Union. ||2||

²⁴One who reads, while attached to duality, does not understand.

²⁵He yearns for the three-phased Maya.

²⁶The bonds of the three-phased Maya are broken by the Word of the Guru's Shabad. Through the Guru's Shabad, liberation is achieved. ||3||

²⁷This unstable mind cannot be held steady.

²⁸Attached to duality, it wanders in the ten directions.

²⁹It is a poisonous worm, drenched with poison, and in poison it rots away. ||4||

³⁰Practicing egotism and selfishness, they try to impress others by showing off.

³¹They perform all sorts of rituals, but they gain no acceptance.

³²Without You, Lord, nothing happens at all. You forgive those who are adorned with the Word of Your Shabad. ||5||

³³They are born, and they die, but they do not understand the Lord.

³⁴Night and day, they wander, in love with duality.

³⁵The lives of the self-willed manmukhs are useless; in the end, they die, regretting and repenting. ||6||

³⁶The Husband is away, and the wife is getting dressed up.

³⁷This is what the blind, self-willed manmukhs are doing.

³⁸They are not honored in this world, and they shall find no shelter in the world hereafter. They are wasting their lives in vain. ||7||

³⁹How rare are those who know the Name of the Lord!

⁴⁰Through the Shabad, the Word of the Perfect Guru, the Lord is realized.

⁴¹Night and day, they perform the Lord's devotional service; day and night, they find intuitive peace. ||8||

⁴²That One Lord is pervading in all.

⁴³Only a few, as Gurmukh, understand this.

⁴⁴O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Naam are beautiful. Granting His Grace, God unites them with Himself. ||9||29||30||

¹Maajh, Third Mehl:

²The self-willed manmukhs read and recite; they are called Pandits-spiritual scholars.

³But they are in love with duality, and they suffer in terrible pain.

⁴Intoxicated with vice, they understand nothing at all. They are reincarnated, over and over again. ||1||

⁵I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who subdue their ego, and unite with the Lord.

⁶They serve the Guru, and the Lord dwells within their minds; they intuitively drink in the sublime essence of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

⁷The Pandits read the Vedas, but they do not obtain the Lord's essence.

⁸Intoxicated with Maya, they argue and debate.

⁹The foolish intellectuals are forever in spiritual darkness. The Gurmukhs understand, and sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||2||

¹⁰The Indescribable is described only through the beauteous Word of the Shabad.

¹¹Through the Guru's Teachings, the Truth becomes pleasing to the mind.

¹²Those who speak of the truest of the true, day and night-their minds are imbued with the Truth. ||3||

¹³Those who are attuned to Truth, love the Truth.

¹⁴The Lord Himself bestows this gift; He shall not take it back.

¹⁵Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the True Lord is known forever; meeting the True One, peace is found. ||4||

¹⁶The filth of fraud and falsehood does not stick to those who,

¹⁷The Immaculate Naam, the Name of the Lord, abides deep within their hearts; their light merges into the Light. ||5||

¹⁸They read about the three qualities, but they do not know the essential reality of the Lord.

¹⁹They forget the Primal Lord, the Source of all, and they do not recognize the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

²⁰They are engrossed in emotional attachment; they do not understand anything at all. Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the Lord is found. ||6||

²¹The Vedas proclaim that Maya is of three qualities.

²²The self-willed manmukhs, in love with duality, do not understand.

²³They read of the three qualities, but they do not know the One Lord. Without understanding, they obtain only pain and suffering. ||7||

²⁴When it pleases the Lord, He unites us with Himself.

²⁵Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, skepticism and suffering are dispelled.

²⁶O Nanak, True is the Greatness of the Name. Believing in the Name, peace is obtained. ||8||30||31||

²⁷Maajh, Third Mehl:

²⁸The Lord Himself is Unmanifest and Unrelated; He is Manifest and Related as well.

²⁹Those who recognize this essential reality are the true Pandits, the spiritual scholars.

³⁰They save themselves, and save all their families and ancestors as well, when they enshrine the Lord's Name in the mind. ||1||

³¹I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who taste the essence of the Lord, and savor its taste.

³²Those who taste this essence of the Lord are the pure, immaculate beings. They meditate on the Immaculate Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

³³Those who reflect upon the Shabad are beyond karma.

³⁴They subdue their ego, and find the essence of wisdom, deep within their being.

³⁵They obtain the nine treasures of the wealth of the Naam. Rising above the three qualities, they merge into the Lord. ||2||

³⁶Those who act in ego do not go beyond karma.

³⁷It is only by Guru's Grace that one is rid of ego.

³⁸Those who have discriminating minds, continually examine their own selves. Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they sing the Lord's Glorious Praises. ||3||

³⁹The Lord is the most pure and sublime Ocean.

⁴⁰They bathe in it continually, day and night, and the filth of ego is washed away. ||4||

⁴¹The pure swans, with love and affection,

¹Day and night, they are in love with the True Word of the Shabad. They obtain their home in the Ocean of the Lord. ||5||

²The self-willed manmukhs shall always be filthy cranes, smeared with the filth of ego.

³They may bathe, but their filth is not removed.

⁴One who dies while yet alive, and contemplates the Word of the Guru's Shabad, is rid of this filth of ego. ||6||

⁵The Priceless Jewel is found, in the home of one's own being,

⁶when one listens to the Shabad, the Word of the Perfect True Guru.

⁷By Guru's Grace, the darkness of spiritual ignorance is dispelled; I have come to recognize the Divine Light within my own heart. ||7||

⁸The Lord Himself creates, and He Himself beholds.

⁹Serving the True Guru, one becomes acceptable.

¹⁰O Nanak, the Naam dwells deep within the heart; by Guru's Grace, it is obtained. ||8||31||32||

¹¹Maajh, Third Mehl:

¹²The whole world is engrossed in emotional attachment to Maya.

¹³Those who are controlled by the three qualities are attached to Maya.

¹⁴By Guru's Grace, a few come to understand; they center their consciousness in the fourth state. ||1||

¹⁵I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who burn away their emotional attachment to Maya, through the Shabad.

¹⁶Those who burn away this attachment to Maya, and focus their consciousness on the Lord are honored in the True Court, and the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷The source, the root, of the gods and goddesses is Maya.

¹⁸For them, the Simritees and the Shaastras were composed.

¹⁹Sexual desire and anger are diffused throughout the universe. Coming and going, people suffer in pain. ||2||

²⁰The jewel of spiritual wisdom was placed within the universe.

²¹By Guru's Grace, it is enshrined within the mind.

²²Celibacy, chastity, self-discipline and the practice of truthfulness are obtained from the Perfect Guru, by meditating on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||3||

²³In this world of her parents' home, the soul-bride has been deluded by doubt.

²⁴Attached to duality, she later comes to regret it.

²⁵She forfeits both this world and the next, and even in her dreams, she does not find peace. ||4||

²⁶The soul-bride who remembers her Husband Lord in this world,

²⁷by Guru's Grace, sees Him close at hand.

²⁸She remains intuitively attuned to the Love of her Beloved; she makes the Word of His Shabad her decoration. ||5||

²⁹Blessed and fruitful is the coming of those who find the True Guru;

³⁰through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they burn their love of duality.

³¹The One Lord is permeating and pervading deep within the heart. Joining the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, they sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||6||

³²Those who do not serve the True Guru-why did they even come into this world?

³³Cursed are their lives; they have uselessly wasted this human life.

³⁴The self-willed manmukhs do not remember the Naam. Without the Naam, they suffer in terrible pain. ||7||

³⁵The One who created the Universe, He alone knows it.

³⁶He unites with Himself those who realize the Shabad.

³⁷O Nanak, they alone receive the Naam, upon whose foreheads such pre-ordained destiny is recorded. ||8||1||32||33||

³⁸Maajh, Fourth Mehl:

³⁹The Primal Being is Himself remote and beyond.

⁴⁰He Himself establishes, and having established, He disestablishes.

⁴¹The One Lord is pervading in all; those who become Gurmukh are honored. ||1||

⁴²I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Formless Lord.

¹He has no form or shape; He is seen within each and every heart. The Gurmukh comes to know the unknowable. ||1||Pause||

²You are God, Kind and Merciful.

³Without You, there is no other at all.

⁴When the Guru showers His Grace upon us, He blesses us with the Naam; through the Naam, we merge in the Naam. ||2||

⁵You Yourself are the True Creator Lord.

⁶Your treasures are overflowing with devotional worship.

⁷The Gurmukhs obtain the Naam. Their minds are enraptured, and they easily and intuitively enter into Samaadhi. ||3||

⁸Night and day, I sing Your Glorious Praises, God.

⁹I praise You, O my Beloved.

¹⁰Without You, there is no other for me to seek out. It is only by Guru's Grace that You are found. ||4||

¹¹The limits of the Inaccessible and Incomprehensible Lord cannot be found.

¹²Bestowing Your Mercy, You merge us into Yourself.

¹³Through the Shabad, the Word of the Perfect Guru, we meditate on the Lord. Serving the Shabad, peace is found. ||5||

¹⁴Praiseworthy is the tongue which sings the Lord's Glorious Praises.

¹⁵Praising the Naam, one becomes pleasing to the True One.

¹⁶The Gurmukh remains forever imbued with the Lord's Love. Meeting the True Lord, glory is obtained. ||6||

¹⁷The self-willed manmukhs do their deeds in ego.

¹⁸They lose their whole lives in the gamble.

¹⁹Within is the terrible darkness of greed, and so they come and go in reincarnation, over and over again. ||7||

²⁰The Creator Himself bestows Glory

²¹O Nanak, they receive the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the Destroyer of fear; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they find peace. ||8||1||34||

²²Maajh, Fifth Mehl, First House:

²³The Unseen Lord is within, but He cannot be seen.

²⁴He has taken the Jewel of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and He keeps it well concealed.

²⁵The Inaccessible and Incomprehensible Lord is the highest of all. Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, He is known. ||1||

²⁶I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who chant the Naam, in this Dark Age of Kali Yuga.

²⁷The Beloved Saints were established by the True Lord. By great good fortune, the Blessed Vision of their Darshan is obtained. ||1||Pause||

²⁸The One who is sought by the Siddhas and the seekers,

²⁹upon whom Brahma and Indra meditate within their hearts,

³⁰whom the three hundred thirty million demi-gods search for-meeting the Guru, one comes to sing His Praises within the heart. ||2||

³¹Twenty-four hours a day, the wind breathes Your Name.

³²The earth is Your servant, a slave at Your Feet.

³³In the four sources of creation, and in all speech, You dwell. You are dear to the minds of all. ||3||

³⁴The True Lord and Master is known to the Gurmukhs.

³⁵He is realized through the Shabad, the Word of the Perfect Guru.

³⁶Those who drink it in are satisfied. Through the Truest of the True, they are fulfilled. ||4||

³⁷In the home of their own beings, they are peacefully and comfortably at ease.

³⁸They are blissful, enjoying pleasures, and eternally joyful.

³⁹They are wealthy, and the greatest kings; they center their minds on the Guru's Feet. ||5||

⁴⁰First, You created nourishment;

⁴¹then, You created the living beings.

⁴²There is no other Giver as Great as You, O my Lord and Master. None approach or equal You. ||6||

⁴³Those who are pleasing to You meditate on You.

⁴⁴They practice the Mantra of the Holy.

⁴⁵They themselves swim across, and they save all their ancestors and families as well. In the Court of the Lord, they meet with no obstruction. ||7||

¹You are so Great! You are the Highest of the High!

²You are Infinite, You are Everything!

³I am a sacrifice to You. Nanak is the slave of Your slaves. ||8||1||35||

⁴Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

⁵Who is liberated, and who is united?

⁶Who is a spiritual teacher, and who is a preacher?

⁷Who is a house-holder, and who is a renunciate? Who can estimate the Lord's Value? ||1||

⁸How is one bound, and how is one freed of his bonds?

⁹How can one escape from the cycle of coming and going in reincarnation?

¹⁰Who is subject to karma, and who is beyond karma? Who chants the Name, and inspires others to chant it? ||2||

¹¹Who is happy, and who is sad?

¹²Who, as sunmukh, turns toward the Guru, and who, as vaymukh, turns away from the Guru?

¹³How can one meet the Lord? How is one separated from Him? Who can reveal the way to me? ||3||

¹⁴What is that Word, by which the wandering mind can be restrained?

¹⁵What are those teachings, by which we may endure pain and pleasure alike?

¹⁶What is that lifestyle, by which we may come to meditate on the Supreme Lord? How may we sing the Kirtan of His Praises? ||4||

¹⁷The Gurmukh is liberated, and the Gurmukh is linked.

¹⁸The Gurmukh is the spiritual teacher, and the Gurmukh is the preacher.

¹⁹Blessed is the Gurmukh, the householder and the renunciate. The Gurmukh knows the Lord's Value. ||5||

²⁰Egotism is bondage; as Gurmukh, one is emancipated.

²¹The Gurmukh escapes the cycle of coming and going in reincarnation.

²²The Gurmukh performs actions of good karma, and the Gurmukh is beyond karma. Whatever the Gurmukh does, is done in good faith. ||6||

²³The Gurmukh is happy, while the self-willed manmukh is sad.

²⁴The Gurmukh turns toward the Guru, and the self-willed manmukh turns away from the Guru.

²⁵The Gurmukh is united with the Lord, while the manmukh is separated from Him. The Gurmukh reveals the way. ||7||

²⁶The Guru's Instruction is the Word, by which the wandering mind is restrained.

²⁷Through the Guru's Teachings, we can endure pain and pleasure alike.

²⁸To live as Gurmukh is the lifestyle by which we come to meditate on the Supreme Lord. The Gurmukh sings the Kirtan of His Praises. ||8||

²⁹The Lord Himself created the entire creation.

³⁰He Himself acts, and causes others to act. He Himself establishes.

³¹From oneness, He has brought forth the countless multitudes. O Nanak, they shall merge into the One once again. ||9||2||36||

³²Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

³³God is Eternal and Imperishable, so why should anyone be anxious?

³⁴The Lord is Wealthy and Prosperous, so His humble servant should feel totally secure.

³⁵O Giver of peace of the soul, of life, of honor-as You ordain, I obtain peace. ||1||

³⁶I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to that Gurmukh whose mind and body are pleased with You.

³⁷You are my mountain, You are my shelter and shield. No one can rival You. ||1||Pause||

³⁸That person, unto whom Your actions seem sweet,

³⁹comes to see the Supreme Lord God in each and every heart.

⁴⁰In all places and interspaces, You exist. You are the One and Only Lord, pervading everywhere. ||2||

⁴¹You are the Fulfiller of all the mind's desires.

⁴²Your treasures are overflowing with love and devotion.

⁴³Showering Your Mercy, You protect those who, through perfect destiny, merge into You. ||3||

¹You pulled me out of the deep, dark well onto the dry ground.

²Showering Your Mercy, You blessed Your servant with Your Glance of Grace.

³I sing the Glorious Praises of the Perfect, Immortal Lord. By speaking and hearing these Praises, they are not used up. ||4||

⁴Here and hereafter, You are our Protector.

⁵In the womb of the mother, You cherish and nurture the baby.

⁶The fire of Maya does not affect those who are imbued with the Lord's Love; they sing His Glorious Praises. ||5||

⁷What Praises of Yours can I chant and contemplate?

⁸Deep within my mind and body, I behold Your Presence.

⁹You are my Friend and Companion, my Lord and Master. Without You, I do not know any other at all. ||6||

¹⁰O God, that one, unto whom You have given shelter,

¹¹is not touched by the hot winds.

¹²O my Lord and Master, You are my Sanctuary, the Giver of peace. Chanting, meditating on You in the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, You are revealed. ||7||

¹³You are Exalted, Unfathomable, Infinite and Invaluable.

¹⁴You are my True Lord and Master. I am Your servant and slave.

¹⁵You are the King, Your Sovereign Rule is True. Nanak is a sacrifice, a sacrifice to You. ||8||3||37||

¹⁶Maajh, Fifth Mehl, Second House:

¹⁷Continually, continuously, remember the Merciful Lord.

¹⁸Never forget Him from your mind. ||Pause||

¹⁹Join the Society of the Saints,

²⁰and you shall not have to go down the path of Death.

²¹Take the Provisions of the Lord's Name with you, and no stain shall attach itself to your family. ||1||

²²Those who meditate on the Master

²³shall not be thrown down into hell.

²⁴Even the hot winds shall not touch them. The Lord has come to dwell within their minds. ||2||

²⁵They alone are beautiful and attractive,

²⁶who abide in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

²⁷Those who have gathered in the wealth of the Lord's Name-they alone are deep and thoughtful and vast. ||3||

²⁸Drink in the Ambrosial Essence of the Name,

²⁹and live by beholding the face of the Lord's servant.

³⁰Let all your affairs be resolved, by continually worshipping the Feet of the Guru. ||4||

³¹He alone meditates on the Lord of the World,

³²He alone is a warrior, and he alone is the chosen one, upon whose forehead good destiny is recorded. ||5||

³³Within my mind, I meditate on God.

³⁴For me, this is like the enjoyment of princely pleasures.

³⁵Evil does not well up within me, since I am saved, and dedicated to truthful actions. ||6||

³⁶I have enshrined the Creator within my mind;

³⁷I have obtained the fruits of life's rewards.

³⁸If your Husband Lord is pleasing to your mind, then your married life shall be eternal. ||7||

³⁹I have obtained everlasting wealth;

⁴⁰I have found the Sanctuary of the Dispeller of fear.

⁴¹Grasping hold of the hem of the Lord's robe, Nanak is saved. He has won the incomparable life. ||8||4||38||

⁴²One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁴³Maajh, Fifth Mehl, Third House:

⁴⁴Chanting and meditating on the Lord, the mind is held steady. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁵Meditating, meditating in remembrance on the Divine Guru, one's fears are erased and dispelled. ||1||

⁴⁶Entering the Sanctuary of the Supreme Lord God, how could anyone feel grief any longer? ||2||

¹Serving at the Feet of the Holy Saints, all desires are fulfilled. ||3||

²In each and every heart, the One Lord is pervading. He is totally permeating the water, the land, and the sky. ||4||

³I serve the Destroyer of sin, and I am sanctified by the dust of the feet of the Saints. ||5||

⁴My Lord and Master Himself has saved me completely; I am comforted by meditating on the Lord. ||6||

⁵The Creator has passed judgement, and the evil-doers have been silenced and killed. ||7||

⁶Nanak is attuned to the True Name; he beholds the Presence of the Ever-present Lord. ||8||5||39||1||32||1||5||39||

⁷Baarah Maahaa ~ The Twelve Months: Maajh, Fifth Mehl, Fourth House:

⁸One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁹By the actions we have committed, we are separated from You. Please show Your Mercy, and unite us with Yourself, Lord.

¹⁰We have grown weary of wandering to the four corners of the earth and in the ten directions. We have come to Your Sanctuary, God.

¹¹Without milk, a cow serves no purpose.

¹²Without water, the crop withers, and it will not bring a good price.

¹³If we do not meet the Lord, our Friend, how can we find our place of rest?

¹⁴Those homes, those hearts, in which the Husband Lord is not manifest-those towns and villages are like burning furnaces.

¹⁵All decorations, the chewing of betel to sweeten the breath, and the body itself, are all useless and vain.

¹⁶Without God, our Husband, our Lord and Master, all friends and companions are like the Messenger of Death.

¹⁷This is Nanak's prayer: "Please show Your Mercy, and bestow Your Name.

¹⁸O my Lord and Master, please unite me with Yourself, O God, in the Eternal Mansion of Your Presence". ||1||

¹⁹In the month of Chayt, by meditating on the Lord of the Universe, a deep and profound joy arises.

²⁰Meeting with the humble Saints, the Lord is found, as we chant His Name with our tongues.

²¹Those who have found God-blessed is their coming into this world.

²²Those who live without Him, for even an instant-their lives are rendered useless.

²³The Lord is totally pervading the water, the land, and all space. He is contained in the forests as well.

²⁴Those who do not remember God-how much pain must they suffer!

²⁵Those who dwell upon their God have great good fortune.

²⁶My mind yearns for the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan. O Nanak, my mind is so thirsty!

²⁷I touch the feet of one who unites me with God in the month of Chayt. ||2||

²⁸In the month of Vaisaakh, how can the bride be patient? She is separated from her Beloved.

²⁹She has forgotten the Lord, her Life-companion, her Master; she has become attached to Maya, the deceitful one.

³⁰Neither son, nor spouse, nor wealth shall go along with you-only the Eternal Lord.

³¹Entangled and enmeshed in the love of false occupations, the whole world is perishing.

³²Without the Naam, the Name of the One Lord, they lose their lives in the hereafter.

³³Forgetting the Merciful Lord, they are ruined. Without God, there is no other at all.

³⁴Pure is the reputation of those who are attached to the Feet of the Beloved Lord.

¹Nanak makes this prayer to God: "Please, come and unite me with Yourself."

²The month of Vaisaakh is beautiful and pleasant, when the Saint causes me to meet the Lord. ||3||

³In the month of Jayt'h, the bride longs to meet with the Lord. All bow in humility before Him.

⁴One who has grasped the hem of the robe of the Lord, the True Friend-no one can keep him in bondage.

⁵God's Name is the Jewel, the Pearl. It cannot be stolen or taken away.

⁶In the Lord are all pleasures which please the mind.

⁷As the Lord wishes, so He acts, and so His creatures act.

⁸They alone are called blessed, whom God has made His Own.

⁹If people could meet the Lord by their own efforts, why would they be crying out in the pain of separation?

¹⁰Meeting Him in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, O Nanak, celestial bliss is enjoyed.

¹¹In the month of Jayt'h, the playful Husband Lord meets her, upon whose forehead such good destiny is recorded. ||4||

¹²The month of Aasaarh seems burning hot, to those who are not close to their Husband Lord.

¹³They have forsaken God the Primal Being, the Life of the World, and they have come to rely upon mere mortals.

¹⁴In the love of duality, the soul-bride is ruined; around her neck she wears the noose of Death.

¹⁵As you plant, so shall you harvest; your destiny is recorded on your forehead.

¹⁶The life-night passes away, and in the end, one comes to regret and repent, and then depart with no hope at all.

¹⁷Those who meet with the Holy Saints are liberated in the Court of the Lord.

¹⁸Show Your Mercy to me, O God; I am thirsty for the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan.

¹⁹Without You, God, there is no other at all. This is Nanak's humble prayer.

²⁰The month of Aasaarh is pleasant, when the Feet of the Lord abide in the mind. ||5||

²¹In the month of Saawan, the soul-bride is happy, if she falls in love with the Lotus Feet of the Lord.

²²Her mind and body are imbued with the Love of the True One; His Name is her only Support.

²³The pleasures of corruption are false. All that is seen shall turn to ashes.

²⁴The drops of the Lord's Nectar are so beautiful! Meeting the Holy Saint, we drink these in.

²⁵The forests and the meadows are rejuvenated and refreshed with the Love of God, the All-powerful, Infinite Primal Being.

²⁶My mind yearns to meet the Lord. If only He would show His Mercy, and unite me with Himself!

²⁷Those brides who have obtained God-I am forever a sacrifice to them.

²⁸O Nanak, when the Dear Lord shows kindness, He adorns His bride with the Word of His Shabad.

²⁹Saawan is delightful for those happy soul-brides whose hearts are adorned with the Necklace of the Lord's Name. ||6||

³⁰In the month of Bhaadon, she is deluded by doubt, because of her attachment to duality.

³¹She may wear thousands of ornaments, but they are of no use at all.

³²On that day when the body perishes-at that time, she becomes a ghost.

³³The Messenger of Death seizes and holds her, and does not tell anyone his secret.

³⁴And her loved ones-in an instant, they move on, leaving her all alone.

³⁵She wrings her hands, her body writhes in pain, and she turns from black to white.

³⁶As she has planted, so does she harvest; such is the field of karma.

³⁷Nanak seeks God's Sanctuary; God has given him the Boat of His Feet.

³⁸Those who love the Guru, the Protector and Savior, in Bhaadon, shall not be thrown down into hell. ||7||

³⁹In the month of Assu, my love for the Lord overwhelms me. How can I go and meet the Lord?

¹My mind and body are so thirsty for the Blessed Vision of His Darshan. Won't someone please come and lead me to him, O my mother.

²The Saints are the helpers of the Lord's lovers; I fall and touch their feet.

³Without God, how can I find peace? There is nowhere else to go.

⁴Those who have tasted the sublime essence of His Love, remain satisfied and fulfilled.

⁵They renounce their selfishness and conceit, and they pray, "God, please attach me to the hem of Your robe."

⁶Those whom the Husband Lord has united with Himself, shall not be separated from Him again.

⁷Without God, there is no other at all. Nanak has entered the Sanctuary of the Lord.

⁸In Assu, the Lord, the Sovereign King, has granted His Mercy, and they dwell in peace. ||8||

⁹In the month of Katak, do good deeds. Do not try to blame anyone else.

¹⁰Forgetting the Transcendent Lord, all sorts of illnesses are contracted.

¹¹Those who turn their backs on the Lord shall be separated from Him and consigned to reincarnation, over and over again.

¹²In an instant, all of Maya's sensual pleasures turn bitter.

¹³No one can then serve as your intermediary. Unto whom can we turn and cry?

¹⁴By one's own actions, nothing can be done; destiny was pre-determined from the very beginning.

¹⁵By great good fortune, I meet my God, and then all pain of separation departs.

¹⁶Please protect Nanak, God; O my Lord and Master, please release me from bondage.

¹⁷In Katak, in the Company of the Holy, all anxiety vanishes. ||9||

¹⁸In the month of Maghar, those who sit with their Beloved Husband Lord are beautiful.

¹⁹How can their glory be measured? Their Lord and Master blends them with Himself.

²⁰Their bodies and minds blossom forth in the Lord; they have the companionship of the Holy Saints.

²¹Those who lack the Company of the Holy, remain all alone.

²²Their pain never departs, and they fall into the grip of the Messenger of Death.

²³Those who have ravished and enjoyed their God, are seen to be continually exalted and uplifted.

²⁴They wear the Necklace of the jewels, emeralds and rubies of the Lord's Name.

²⁵Nanak seeks the dust of the feet of those who take to the Sanctuary of the Lord's Door.

²⁶Those who worship and adore God in Maghar, do not suffer the cycle of reincarnation ever again. ||10||

²⁷In the month of Poh, the cold does not touch those, whom the Husband Lord hugs close in His Embrace.

²⁸Their minds are transfixed by His Lotus Feet. They are attached to the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan.

²⁹Seek the Protection of the Lord of the Universe; His service is truly profitable.

³⁰Corruption shall not touch you, when you join the Holy Saints and sing the Lord's Praises.

³¹From where it originated, there the soul is blended again. It is absorbed in the Love of the True Lord.

³²When the Supreme Lord God grasps someone's hand, he shall never again suffer separation from Him.

³³I am a sacrifice, 100,000 times, to the Lord, my Friend, the Unapproachable and Unfathomable.

³⁴Please preserve my honor, Lord; Nanak begs at Your Door.

³⁵Poh is beautiful, and all comforts come to that one, whom the Carefree Lord has forgiven. ||11||

³⁶In the month of Maagh, let your cleansing bath be the dust of the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

³⁷Meditate and listen to the Name of the Lord, and give it to everyone.

³⁸In this way, the filth of lifetimes of karma shall be removed, and egotistical pride shall vanish from your mind.

¹Sexual desire and anger shall not seduce you, and the dog of greed shall depart.

²Those who walk on the Path of Truth shall be praised throughout the world.

³Be kind to all beings-this is more meritorious than bathing at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage and the giving of charity.

⁴That person, upon whom the Lord bestows His Mercy, is a wise person.

⁵Nanak is a sacrifice to those who have merged with God.

⁶In Maagh, they alone are known as true, unto whom the Perfect Guru is Merciful. ||12||

⁷In the month of Phalgun, bliss comes to those, unto whom the Lord, the Friend, has been revealed.

⁸The Saints, the Lord's helpers, in their mercy, have united me with Him.

⁹My bed is beautiful, and I have all comforts. I feel no sadness at all.

¹⁰My desires have been fulfilled-by great good fortune, I have obtained the Sovereign Lord as my Husband.

¹¹Join with me, my sisters, and sing the songs of rejoicing and the Hymns of the Lord of the Universe.

¹²There is no other like the Lord-there is no equal to Him.

¹³He embellishes this world and the world hereafter, and He gives us our permanent home there.

¹⁴He rescues us from the world-ocean; never again do we have to run the cycle of reincarnation.

¹⁵I have only one tongue, but Your Glorious Virtues are beyond counting. Nanak is saved, falling at Your Feet.

¹⁶In Phalgun, praise Him continually; He has not even an iota of greed. ||13||

¹⁷Those who meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord-their affairs are all resolved.

¹⁸Those who meditate on the Perfect Guru, the Lord-Incarnate-they are judged true in the Court of the Lord.

¹⁹The Lord's Feet are the Treasure of all peace and comfort for them; they cross over the terrifying and treacherous world-ocean.

²⁰They obtain love and devotion, and they do not burn in corruption.

²¹Falsehood has vanished, duality has been erased, and they are totally overflowing with Truth.

²²They serve the Supreme Lord God, and enshrine the One Lord within their minds.

²³The months, the days, and the moments are auspicious, for those upon whom the Lord casts His Glance of Grace.

²⁴Nanak begs for the blessing of Your Vision, O Lord. Please, shower Your Mercy upon me! ||14||1||

²⁵Maajh, Fifth Mehl: Day And Night:

²⁶One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²⁷I serve my True Guru, and meditate on Him all day and night.

²⁸Renouncing selfishness and conceit, I seek His Sanctuary, and speak sweet words to Him.

²⁹Through countless lifetimes and incarnations, I was separated from Him. O Lord, you are my Friend and Companion-please unite me with Yourself.

³⁰Those who are separated from the Lord do not dwell in peace, O sister.

³¹Without their Husband Lord, they find no comfort. I have searched and seen all realms.

³²My own evil actions have kept me separate from Him; why should I accuse anyone else?

³³Bestow Your Mercy, God, and save me! No one else can bestow Your Mercy.

³⁴Without You, Lord, we roll around in the dust. Unto whom should we utter our cries of distress?

³⁵This is Nanak's prayer: "May my eyes behold the Lord, the Angelic Being." ||1||

³⁶The Lord hears the anguish of the soul; He is the All-powerful and Infinite Primal Being.

³⁷In death and in life, worship and adore the Lord, the Support of all.

¹In this world and in the next, the soul-bride belongs to her Husband Lord, who has such a vast family.

²He is Lofty and Inaccessible. His Wisdom is Unfathomable.

³He has no end or limitation. That service is pleasing to Him, which makes one humble, like the dust of the feet of the Saints.

⁴He is the Patron of the poor, the Merciful, Luminous Lord, the Redeemer of sinners.

⁵From the very beginning, and throughout the ages, the True Name of the Creator has been our Saving Grace.

⁶No one can know His Value; no one can weigh it.

⁷He dwells deep within the mind and body. O Nanak, He cannot be measured.

⁸I am forever a sacrifice to those who serve God, day and night. ||2||

⁹The Saints worship and adore Him forever and ever; He is the Forgiver of all.

¹⁰He fashioned the soul and the body, and by His Kindness, He bestowed the soul.

¹¹Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, worship and adore Him, and chant His Pure Mantra.

¹²His Value cannot be evaluated. The Transcendent Lord is endless.

¹³That one, within whose mind the Lord abides, is said to be most fortunate.

¹⁴The soul's desires are fulfilled, upon meeting the Master, our Husband Lord.

¹⁵Nanak lives by chanting the Lord's Name; all sorrows have been erased.

¹⁶One who does not forget Him, day and night, is continually rejuvenated. ||3||

¹⁷God is overflowing with all powers. I have no honor-He is my resting place.

¹⁸I have grasped the Support of the Lord within my mind; I live by chanting and meditating on His Name.

¹⁹Grant Your Grace, God, and bless me, that I may merge into the dust of the feet of the humble.

²⁰As You keep me, so do I live. I wear and eat whatever You give me.

²¹May I make the effort, O God, to sing Your Glorious Praises in the Company of the Holy.

²²I can conceive of no other place; where could I go to lodge a complaint?

²³You are the Dispeller of ignorance, the Destroyer of darkness, O Lofty, Unfathomable and Unapproachable Lord.

²⁴Please unite this separated one with Yourself; this is Nanak's yearning.

²⁵That day shall bring every joy, O Lord, when I take to the Feet of the Guru. ||4||1||

²⁶Vaar In Maajh, And Saloks Of The First Mehl: To Be Sung To The Tune Of "Malik Mureed And Chandrahraa Sohee-Aa"

²⁷One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being Personified. By Guru's Grace:

²⁸Salok, First Mehl:

²⁹The Guru is the Giver; the Guru is the House of ice. The Guru is the Light of the three worlds.

³⁰O Nanak, He is everlasting wealth. Place your mind's faith in Him, and you shall find peace. ||1||

³¹First Mehl:

³²First, the baby loves mother's milk;

³³second, he learns of his mother and father;

³⁴third, his brothers, sisters-in-law and sisters;

³⁵fourth, the love of play awakens.

³⁶Fifth, he runs after food and drink;

³⁷sixth, in his sexual desire, he does not respect social customs.

³⁸Seventh, he gathers wealth and dwells in his house;

³⁹eighth, he becomes angry, and his body is consumed.

⁴⁰Ninth, he turns grey, and his breathing becomes labored;

⁴¹tenth, he is cremated, and turns to ashes.

⁴²His companions send him off, crying out and lamenting.

⁴³The swan of the soul takes flight, and asks which way to go.

¹He came and he went, and now, even his name has died.

²After he left, food was offered on leaves, and the birds were called to come and eat.

³O Nanak, the self-willed manmukhs love the darkness.

⁴Without the Guru, the world is drowning. ||2||

⁵First Mehl:

⁶At the age of ten, he is a child; at twenty, a youth, and at thirty, he is called handsome.

⁷At forty, he is full of life; at fifty, his foot slips, and at sixty, old age is upon him.

⁸At seventy, he loses his intellect, and at eighty, he cannot perform his duties.

⁹At ninety, he lies in his bed, and he cannot understand his weakness.

¹⁰After seeking and searching for such a long time, O Nanak, I have seen that the world is just a mansion of smoke. ||3||

¹¹Pauree:

¹²You, O Creator Lord, are Unfathomable. You Yourself created the Universe,

¹³its colors, qualities and varieties, in so many ways and forms.

¹⁴You created it, and You alone understand it. It is all Your Play.

¹⁵Some come, and some arise and depart; but without the Name, all are bound to die.

¹⁶The Gurmukhs are imbued with the deep crimson color of the poppy; they are dyed in the color of the Lord's Love.

¹⁷So serve the True and Pure Lord, the Supremely Powerful Architect of Destiny.

¹⁸You Yourself are All-knowing. O Lord, You are the Greatest of the Great!

¹⁹O my True Lord, I am a sacrifice, a humble sacrifice, to those who meditate on You within their conscious mind. ||1||

²⁰Salok, First Mehl:

²¹He placed the soul in the body which He had fashioned. He protects the Creation which He has created.

²²With their eyes, they see, and with their tongues, they speak; with their ears, they bring the mind to awareness.

²³With their feet, they walk, and with their hands, they work; they wear and eat whatever is given.

²⁴They do not know the One who created the Creation. The blind fools do their dark deeds.

²⁵When the pitcher of the body breaks and shatters into pieces, it cannot be re-created again.

²⁶O Nanak, without the Guru, there is no honor; without honor, no one is carried across. ||1||

²⁷Second Mehl:

²⁸They prefer the gift, instead of the Giver; such is the way of the self-willed manmukhs.

²⁹What can anyone say about their intelligence, their understanding or their cleverness?

³⁰The deeds which one commits, while sitting in one's own home, are known far and wide, in the four directions.

³¹One who lives righteously is known as righteous; one who commits sins is known as a sinner.

³²You Yourself enact the entire play, O Creator. Why should we speak of any other?

³³As long as Your Light is within the body, You speak through that Light. Without Your Light, who can do anything? Show me any such cleverness!

³⁴O Nanak, the Lord alone is Perfect and All-knowing; He is revealed to the Gurmukh. ||2||

³⁵Pauree:

³⁶You Yourself created the world, and You Yourself put it to work.

³⁷Administering the drug of emotional attachment, You Yourself have led the world astray.

³⁸The fire of desire is deep within; unsatisfied, people remain hungry and thirsty.

³⁹This world is an illusion; it dies and it is re-born-it comes and it goes in reincarnation.

⁴⁰Without the True Guru, emotional attachment is not broken. All have grown weary of performing empty rituals.

⁴¹Those who follow the Guru's Teachings meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. Filled with a joyful peace, they surrender to Your Will.

⁴²They save their families and ancestors; blessed are the mothers who gave birth to them.

¹Beautiful and sublime is the glory and the understanding of those who focus their consciousness on the Lord. ||2||

²Salok, Second Mehl:

³To see without eyes; to hear without ears;

⁴to walk without feet; to work without hands;

⁵to speak without a tongue-like this, one remains dead while yet alive.

⁶O Nanak, recognize the Hukam of the Lord's Command, and merge with your Lord and Master. ||1||

⁷Second Mehl:

⁸He is seen, heard and known, but His subtle essence is not obtained.

⁹How can the lame, armless and blind person run to embrace the Lord?

¹⁰Let the Fear of God be your feet, and let His Love be your hands; let His Understanding be your eyes.

¹¹Says Nanak, in this way, O wise soul-bride, you shall be united with your Husband Lord. ||2||

¹²Pauree:

¹³Forever and ever, You are the only One; You set the play of duality in motion.

¹⁴You created egotism and arrogant pride, and You placed greed within our beings.

¹⁵Keep me as it pleases Your Will; everyone acts as You cause them to act.

¹⁶Some are forgiven, and merge with You; through the Guru's Teachings, we are joined to You.

¹⁷Some stand and serve You; without the Name, nothing else pleases them.

¹⁸Any other task would be worthless to them-You have enjoined them to Your True Service.

¹⁹In the midst of children, spouse and relations, some still remain detached; they are pleasing to Your Will.

²⁰Inwardly and outwardly, they are pure, and they are absorbed in the True Name. ||3||

²¹Salok, First Mehl:

²²I may make a cave, in a mountain of gold, or in the water of the nether regions;

²³I may remain standing on my head, upside-down, on the earth or up in the sky;

²⁴I may totally cover my body with clothes, and wash them continually;

²⁵I may shout out loud, the white, red, yellow and black Vedas;

²⁶I may even live in dirt and filth. And yet, all this is just a product of evil-mindedness, and intellectual corruption.

²⁷I was not, I am not, and I will never be anything at all! O Nanak, I dwell only on the Word of the Shabad. ||1||

²⁸First Mehl:

²⁹They wash their clothes, and scrub their bodies, and try to practice self-discipline.

³⁰But they are not aware of the filth staining their inner being, while they try and try to wash off the outer dirt.

³¹The blind go astray, caught by the noose of Death.

³²They see other people's property as their own, and in egotism, they suffer in pain.

³³O Nanak, the egotism of the Gurmukhs is broken, and then, they meditate on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

³⁴They chant the Naam, meditate on the Naam, and through the Naam, they are absorbed in peace. ||2||

³⁵Pauree:

³⁶Destiny has brought together and united the body and the soul-swan.

³⁷He who created them, also separates them.

³⁸The fools enjoy their pleasures; they must also endure all their pains.

³⁹From pleasures, arise diseases and the commission of sins.

⁴⁰From sinful pleasures come sorrow, separation, birth and death.

⁴¹The fools try to account for their misdeeds, and argue uselessly.

⁴²The judgement is in the Hands of the True Guru, who puts an end to the argument.

⁴³Whatever the Creator does, comes to pass. It cannot be changed by anyone's efforts. ||4||

⁴⁴Salok, First Mehl:

⁴⁵Telling lies, they eat dead bodies.

¹And yet, they go out to teach others.

²They are deceived, and they deceive their companions.

³O Nanak, such are the leaders of men. ||1||

⁴Fourth Mehl:

⁵Those, within whom the Truth dwells, obtain the True Name; they speak only the Truth.

⁶They walk on the Lord's Path, and inspire others to walk on the Lord's Path as well.

⁷Bathing in a pool of holy water, they are washed clean of filth. But, by bathing in a stagnant pond, they are contaminated with even more filth.

⁸The True Guru is the Perfect Pool of Holy Water. Night and day, He meditates on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

⁹He is saved, along with his family; bestowing the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, He saves the whole world.

¹⁰Servant Nanak is a sacrifice to one who himself chants the Naam, and inspires others to chant it as well. ||2||

¹¹Pauree:

¹²Some pick and eat fruits and roots, and live in the wilderness.

¹³Some wander around wearing saffron robes, as Yogis and Sanyaasees.

¹⁴But there is still so much desire within them-they still yearn for clothes and food.

¹⁵They waste their lives uselessly; they are neither householders nor renunciates.

¹⁶The Messenger of Death hangs over their heads, and they cannot escape the three-phased desire.

¹⁷Death does not even approach those who follow the Guru's Teachings, and become the slaves of the Lord's slaves.

¹⁸The True Word of the Shabad abides in their true minds; within the home of their own inner beings, they remain detached.

¹⁹O Nanak, those who serve their True Guru, rise from desire to desirelessness. ||5||

²⁰Salok, First Mehl:

²¹If one's clothes are stained with blood, the garment becomes polluted.

²²Those who suck the blood of human beings-how can their consciousness be pure?

²³O Nanak, chant the Name of God, with heart-felt devotion.

²⁴Everything else is just a pompous worldly show, and the practice of false deeds. ||1||

²⁵First Mehl:

²⁶Since I am no one, what can I say? Since I am nothing, what can I be?

²⁷As He created me, so I act. As He causes me to speak, so I speak. I am full and overflowing with sins-if only I could wash them away!

²⁸I do not understand myself, and yet I try to teach others. Such is the guide I am!

²⁹O Nanak, the one who is blind shows others the way, and misleads all his companions.

³⁰But, going to the world hereafter, he shall be beaten and kicked in the face; then, it will be obvious, what sort of guide he was! ||2||

³¹Pauree:

³²Through all the months and the seasons, the minutes and the hours, I dwell upon You, O Lord.

³³No one has attained You by clever calculations, O True, Unseen and Infinite Lord.

³⁴That scholar who is full of greed, arrogant pride and egotism, is known to be a fool.

³⁵So read the Name, and realize the Name, and contemplate the Guru's Teachings.

³⁶Through the Guru's Teachings, I have earned the wealth of the Naam; I possess the storehouses, overflowing with devotion to the Lord.

³⁷Believing in the Immaculate Naam, one is hailed as true, in the True Court of the Lord.

³⁸The Divine Light of the Infinite Lord, who owns the soul and the breath of life, is deep within the inner being.

³⁹You alone are the True Banker, O Lord; the rest of the world is just Your petty trader. ||6||

⁴⁰Salok, First Mehl:

⁴¹Let mercy be your mosque, faith your prayer-mat, and honest living your Koran.

⁴²Make modesty your circumcision, and good conduct your fast. In this way, you shall be a true Muslim.

⁴³Let good conduct be your Kaabaa, Truth your spiritual guide, and the karma of good deeds your prayer and chant.

⁴⁴Let your rosary be that which is pleasing to His Will. O Nanak, God shall preserve your honor. ||1||

¹First Mehl

²: To take what rightfully belongs to another, is like a Muslim eating pork, or a Hindu eating beef.

³Our Guru, our Spiritual Guide, stands by us, if we do not eat those carcasses.

⁴By mere talk, people do not earn passage to Heaven. Salvation comes only from the practice of Truth.

⁵By adding spices to forbidden foods, they are not made acceptable.

⁶O Nanak, from false talk, only falsehood is obtained. ||2||

⁷First Mehl:

⁸There are five prayers and five times of day for prayer; the five have five names.

⁹Let the first be truthfulness, the second honest living, and the third charity in the Name of God.

¹⁰Let the fourth be good will to all, and the fifth the praise of the Lord.

¹¹Repeat the prayer of good deeds, and then, you may call yourself a Muslim.

¹²O Nanak, the false obtain falsehood, and only falsehood. ||3||

¹³Pauree:

¹⁴Some trade in priceless jewels, while others deal in mere glass.

¹⁵When the True Guru is pleased, we find the treasure of the jewel, deep within the self.

¹⁶Without the Guru, no one has found this treasure. The blind and the false have died in their endless wanderings.

¹⁷The self-willed manmukhs putrefy and die in duality. They do not understand contemplative meditation.

¹⁸Without the One Lord, there is no other at all. Unto whom should they complain?

¹⁹Some are destitute, and wander around endlessly, while others have storehouses of wealth.

²⁰Without God's Name, there is no other wealth. Everything else is just poison and ashes.

²¹O Nanak, the Lord Himself acts, and causes others to act; by the Hukam of His Command, we are embellished and exalted. ||7||

²²Salok, First Mehl:

²³It is difficult to be called a Muslim; if one is truly a Muslim, then he may be called one.

²⁴First, let him savor the religion of the Prophet as sweet; then, let his pride of his possessions be scraped away.

²⁵Becoming a true Muslim, a disciple of the faith of Mohammed, let him put aside the delusion of death and life.

²⁶As he submits to God's Will, and surrenders to the Creator, he is rid of selfishness and conceit.

²⁷And when, O Nanak, he is merciful to all beings, only then shall he be called a Muslim. ||1||

²⁸Fourth Mehl:

²⁹Renounce sexual desire, anger, falsehood and slander; forsake Maya and eliminate egotistical pride.

³⁰Renounce sexual desire and promiscuity, and give up emotional attachment. Only then shall you obtain the Immaculate Lord amidst the darkness of the world.

³¹Renounce selfishness, conceit and arrogant pride, and your love for your children and spouse. Abandon your thirsty hopes and desires, and embrace love for the Lord.

³²O Nanak, the True One shall come to dwell in your mind. Through the True Word of the Shabad, you shall be absorbed in the Name of the Lord. ||2||

³³Pauree:

³⁴Neither the kings, nor their subjects, nor the leaders shall remain.

³⁵The shops, the cities and the streets shall eventually disintegrate, by the Hukam of the Lord's Command.

³⁶Those solid and beautiful mansions-the fools think that they belong to them.

³⁷The treasure-houses, filled with wealth, shall be emptied out in an instant.

³⁸The horses, chariots, camels and elephants, with all their decorations;

³⁹O Nanak, the True One is the Giver of all; He is revealed through His All-powerful Creative Nature. ||8||

⁴⁰Salok, First Mehl:

⁴¹If the rivers became cows, giving milk, and the spring water became milk and ghee;

⁴²If all the earth became sugar, to continually excite the mind;

¹if the mountains became gold and silver, studded with gems and jewels

²-even then, I would worship and adore You, and my longing to chant Your Praises would not decrease. ||1||

³First Mehl:

⁴If all the eighteen loads of vegetation became fruits,

⁵and the growing grass became sweet rice; if I were able to stop the sun and the moon in their orbits and hold them perfectly steady

⁶-even then, I would worship and adore You, and my longing to chant Your Praises would not decrease. ||2||

⁷First Mehl:

⁸If my body were afflicted with pain, under the evil influence of unlucky stars;

⁹and if the blood-sucking kings were to hold power over me

¹⁰-even if this were my condition, I would still worship and adore You, and my longing to chant Your Praises would not decrease. ||3||

¹¹First Mehl:

¹²If fire and ice were my clothes, and the wind was my food;

¹³and even if the enticing heavenly beauties were my wives, O Nanak-all this shall pass away!

¹⁴Even then, I would worship and adore You, and my longing to chant Your Praises would not decrease. ||4||

¹⁵Pauree:

¹⁶The foolish demon, who does evil deeds, does not know his Lord and Master.

¹⁷Call him a mad-man, if he does not understand himself.

¹⁸The strife of this world is evil; these struggles are consuming it.

¹⁹Without the Lord's Name, life is worthless. Through doubt, the people are being destroyed.

²⁰One who recognizes that all spiritual paths lead to the One shall be emancipated.

²¹One who speaks lies shall fall into hell and burn.

²²In all the world, the most blessed and sanctified are those who remain absorbed in Truth.

²³One who eliminates selfishness and conceit is redeemed in the Court of the Lord. ||9||

²⁴First Mehl, Salok:

²⁵They alone are truly alive, whose minds are filled with the Lord.

²⁶O Nanak, no one else is truly alive;

²⁷those who merely live shall depart in dishonor;

²⁸everything they eat is impure.

²⁹Intoxicated with power and thrilled with wealth,

³⁰O Nanak, they are deluded and defrauded.

³¹Without the Lord's Name, they lose their honor and depart. ||1||

³²First Mehl:

³³What good is food, and what good are clothes,

³⁴if the True Lord does not abide within the mind?

³⁵What good are fruits, what good is ghee, sweet jaggery, what good is flour, and what good is meat?

³⁶What good are clothes, and what good is a soft bed, to enjoy pleasures and sensual delights?

³⁷What good is an army, and what good are soldiers, servants and mansions to live in?

³⁸O Nanak, without the True Name, all this paraphernalia shall disappear. ||2||

³⁹Pauree:

⁴⁰What good is social class and status? Truthfulness is measured within.

⁴¹Pride in one's status is like poison-holding it in your hand and eating it, you shall die.

⁴²The True Lord's Sovereign Rule is known throughout the ages.

⁴³One who respects the Hukam of the Lord's Command is honored and respected in the Court of the Lord.

⁴⁴By the Order of our Lord and Master, we have been brought into this world.

⁴⁵The Drummer, the Guru, has announced the Lord's meditation, through the Word of the Shabad.

⁴⁶Some have mounted their horses in response, and others are saddling up.

⁴⁷Some have tied up their bridles, and others have already ridden off. ||10||

⁴⁸Salok, First Mehl:

⁴⁹When the crop is ripe, then it is cut down; only the stalks are left standing.

⁵⁰The corn on the cob is put into the thresher, and the kernels are separated from the cobs.

⁵¹Placing the kernels between the two mill-stones, people sit and grind the corn.

⁵²Those kernels which stick to the central axle are spared-Nanak has seen this wonderful vision! ||1||

⁵³First Mehl:

⁵⁴Look, and see how the sugar-cane is cut down. After cutting away its branches, its feet are bound together into bundles,

¹and then, it is placed between the wooden rollers and crushed.

²What punishment is inflicted upon it! Its juice is extracted and placed in the cauldron; as it is heated, it groans and cries out.

³And then, the crushed cane is collected and burnt in the fire below.

⁴Nanak: come, people, and see how the sweet sugar-cane is treated! ||2||

⁵Pauree:

⁶Some do not think of death; they entertain great hopes.

⁷They die, and are re-born, and die, over and over again. They are of no use at all!

⁸In their conscious minds, they call themselves good.

⁹The King of the Angels of Death hunts down those self-willed manmukhs, over and over again.

¹⁰The manmukhs are false to their own selves; they feel no gratitude for what they have been given.

¹¹Those who merely perform rituals of worship are not pleasing to their Lord and Master.

¹²Those who attain the True Lord and chant His Name are pleasing to the Lord.

¹³They worship the Lord and bow at His Throne. They fulfill their pre-ordained destiny. ||11||

¹⁴First Mehl, Salok:

¹⁵What can deep water do to a fish? What can the vast sky do to a bird?

¹⁶What can cold do to a stone? What is married life to a eunuch?

¹⁷You may apply sandalwood oil to a dog, but he will still be a dog.

¹⁸You may try to teach a deaf person by reading the Simritees to him, but how will he learn?

¹⁹You may place a light before a blind man and burn fifty lamps, but how will he see?

²⁰You may place gold before a herd of cattle, but they will pick out the grass to eat.

²¹You may add flux to iron and melt it, but it will not become soft like cotton.

²²O Nanak, this is the nature of a fool-everything he speaks is useless and wasted. ||1||

²³First Mehl:

²⁴When pieces of bronze or gold or iron break,

²⁵the metal-smith welds them together again in the fire, and the bond is established.

²⁶If a husband leaves his wife,

²⁷their children may bring them back together in the world, and the bond is established.

²⁸When the king makes a demand, and it is met, the bond is established.

²⁹When the hungry man eats, he is satisfied, and the bond is established.

³⁰In the famine, the rain fills the streams to overflowing, and the bond is established.

³¹There is a bond between love and words of sweetness.

³²When one speaks the Truth, a bond is established with the Holy Scriptures.

³³Through goodness and truth, the dead establish a bond with the living.

³⁴Such are the bonds which prevail in the world.

³⁵The fool establishes his bonds only when he is slapped in the face.

³⁶Nanak says this after deep reflection:

³⁷through the Lord's Praise, we establish a bond with His Court. ||2||

³⁸Pauree:

³⁹He Himself created and adorned the Universe, and He Himself contemplates it.

⁴⁰Some are counterfeit, and some are genuine. He Himself is the Appraiser.

⁴¹The genuine are placed in His Treasury, while the counterfeit are thrown away.

⁴²The counterfeit are thrown out of the True Court-unto whom should they complain?

⁴³They should worship and follow the True Guru-this is the lifestyle of excellence.

⁴⁴The True Guru converts the counterfeit into genuine; through the Word of the Shabad, He embellishes and exalts us.

⁴⁵Those who have enshrined love and affection for the Guru, are honored in the True Court.

⁴⁶Who can estimate the value of those who have been forgiven by the Creator Lord Himself? ||12||

⁴⁷Salok, First Mehl:

⁴⁸All the spiritual teachers, their disciples and the rulers of the world shall be buried under the ground.

⁴⁹The emperors shall also pass away; God alone is Eternal.

⁵⁰You alone, Lord, You alone. ||1||

⁵¹First Mehl:

⁵²Neither the angels, nor the demons, nor human beings,

⁵³Who else is there?

¹You alone, Lord, You alone. ||2||

²First Mehl:

³Neither the just, nor the generous, nor any humans at all,

⁴The One Lord alone exists. Who else is there?

⁵You alone, Lord, You alone. ||3||

⁶First Mehl:

⁷Neither the sun, nor the moon, nor the planets,

⁸You alone, Lord, You alone. ||4||

⁹First Mehl:

¹⁰Our sustenance is not in the hands of any person.

¹¹The hopes of all rest in the One Lord.

¹²The One Lord alone exists-who else is there?

¹³You alone, Lord, You alone. ||5||

¹⁴First Mehl:

¹⁵The birds have no money in their pockets.

¹⁶They place their hopes on trees and water.

¹⁷He alone is the Giver.

¹⁸You alone, Lord, You alone. ||6||

¹⁹First Mehl:

²⁰O Nanak, that destiny which is pre-ordained and written on one's forehead

²¹no one can erase it.

²²The Lord infuses strength, and He takes it away again.

²³You alone, O Lord, You alone. ||7||

²⁴Pauree:

²⁵True is the Hukam of Your Command. To the Gurmukh, it is known.

²⁶Through the Guru's Teachings, selfishness and conceit are eradicated, and the Truth is realized.

²⁷True is Your Court. It is proclaimed and revealed through the Word of the Shabad.

²⁸Meditating deeply on the True Word of the Shabad, I have merged into the Truth.

²⁹The self-willed manmukhs are always false; they are deluded by doubt.

³⁰They dwell in manure, and they do not know the taste of the Name.

³¹Without the Name, they suffer the agonies of coming and going.

³²O Nanak, the Lord Himself is the Appraiser, who distinguishes the counterfeit from the genuine. ||13||

³³Salok, First Mehl:

³⁴Tigers, hawks, falcons and eagles-the Lord could make them eat grass.

³⁵And those animals which eat grass-He could make them eat meat. He could make them follow this way of life.

³⁶He could raise dry land from the rivers, and turn the deserts into bottomless oceans.

³⁷He could appoint a worm as king, and reduce an army to ashes.

³⁸All beings and creatures live by breathing, but He could keep us alive, even without the breath.

³⁹O Nanak, as it pleases the True Lord, He gives us sustenance. ||1||

⁴⁰First Mehl:

⁴¹Some eat meat, while others eat grass.

⁴²Some have all the thirty-six varieties of delicacies,

⁴³while others live in the dirt and eat mud.

⁴⁴Some control the breath, and regulate their breathing.

⁴⁵Some live by the Support of the Naam, the Name of the Formless Lord.

⁴⁶The Great Giver lives; no one dies.

⁴⁷O Nanak, those who do not enshrine the Lord within their minds are deluded. ||2||

⁴⁸Pauree:

⁴⁹By the karma of good actions, some come to serve the Perfect Guru.

⁵⁰Through the Guru's Teachings, some eliminate selfishness and conceit, and meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

⁵¹Undertaking any other task, they waste their lives in vain.

⁵²Without the Name, all that they wear and eat is poison.

⁵³Praising the True Word of the Shabad, they merge with the True Lord.

⁵⁴Without serving the True Guru, they do not obtain the home of peace; they are consigned to reincarnation, over and over again.

⁵⁵Investing counterfeit capital, they earn only falsehood in the world.

⁵⁶O Nanak, singing the Praises of the Pure, True Lord, they depart with honor. ||14||

⁵⁷Salok, First Mehl:

⁵⁸When it pleases You, we play music and sing; when it pleases You, we bathe in water.

¹When it pleases You, we smear our bodies with ashes, and blow the horn and the conch shell.

²When it pleases You, we read the Islamic Scriptures, and are acclaimed as Mullahs and Shaykhs.

³When it pleases You, we become kings, and enjoy all sorts of tastes and pleasures.

⁴When it pleases You, we wield the sword, and cut off the heads of our enemies.

⁵When it pleases You, we go out to foreign lands; hearing news of home, we come back again.

⁶When it pleases You, we are attuned to the Name, and when it pleases You, we become pleasing to You.

⁷Nanak utters this one prayer; everything else is just the practice of falsehood. ||1||

⁸First Mehl:

⁹You are so Great-all Greatness flows from You. You are So Good-Goodness radiates from You.

¹⁰You are True-all that flows from You is True. Nothing at all is false.

¹¹Talking, seeing, speaking, walking, living and dying-all these are transitory.

¹²By the Hukam of His Command, He creates, and in His Command, He keeps us. O Nanak, He Himself is True. ||2||

¹³Pauree:

¹⁴Serve the True Guru fearlessly, and your doubt shall be dispelled.

¹⁵Do that work which the True Guru asks you to do.

¹⁶When the True Guru becomes merciful, we meditate on the Naam.

¹⁷The profit of devotional worship is excellent. It is obtained by the Gurmukh.

¹⁸The self-willed manmukhs are trapped in the darkness of falsehood; they practice nothing but falsehood.

¹⁹Go to the Gate of Truth, and speak the Truth.

²⁰The True Lord calls the true ones to the Mansion of His Presence.

²¹O Nanak, the true ones are forever true; they are absorbed in the True Lord. ||15||

²²Salok, First Mehl:

²³The Dark Age of Kali Yuga is the knife, and the kings are butchers; righteousness has sprouted wings and flown away.

²⁴In this dark night of falsehood, the moon of Truth is not visible anywhere.

²⁵I have searched in vain, and I am so confused;

²⁶In egotism, they cry out in pain.

²⁷Says Nanak, how will they be saved? ||1||

²⁸Third Mehl:

²⁹In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the Kirtan of the Lord's Praise has appeared as a Light in the world.

³⁰How rare are those few Gurmukhs who swim across to the other side!

³¹The Lord bestows His Glance of Grace;

³²O Nanak, the Gurmukh receives the jewel. ||2||

³³Pauree:

³⁴Between the Lord's devotees and the people of the world, there can never be any true alliance.

³⁵The Creator Himself is infallible. He cannot be fooled; no one can fool Him.

³⁶He blends His devotees with Himself; they practice Truth, and only Truth.

³⁷The Lord Himself leads the people of the world astray; they tell lies, and by telling lies, they eat poison.

³⁸They do not recognize the ultimate reality, that we all must go; they continue to cultivate the poisons of sexual desire and anger.

³⁹The devotees serve the Lord; night and day, they meditate on the Naam.

⁴⁰Becoming the slaves of the Lord's slaves, they eradicate selfishness and conceit from within.

⁴¹In the Court of their Lord and Master, their faces are radiant; they are embellished and exalted with the True Word of the Shabad. ||16||

⁴²Salok, First Mehl:

⁴³Those who praise the Lord in the early hours of the morning and meditate on Him single-mindedly,

⁴⁴are the perfect kings; at the right time, they die fighting.

⁴⁵In the second watch, the focus of the mind is scattered in all sorts of ways.

⁴⁶So many fall into the bottomless pit; they are dragged under, and they cannot get out again.

¹In the third watch, both hunger and thirst bark for attention, and food is put into the mouth.

²That which is eaten becomes dust, but they are still attached to eating.

³In the fourth watch, they become drowsy. They close their eyes and begin to dream.

⁴Rising up again, they engage in conflicts; they set the stage as if they will live for 100 years.

⁵If at all times, at each and every moment, they live in the fear of God

⁶-O Nanak, the Lord dwells within their minds, and their cleansing bath is true. ||1||

⁷Second Mehl:

⁸They are the perfect kings, who have found the Perfect Lord.

⁹Twenty-four hours a day, they remain unconcerned, imbued with the Love of the One Lord.

¹⁰Only a few obtain the Darshan, the Blessed Vision of the Unimaginably Beauteous Lord.

¹¹Through the perfect karma of good deeds, one meets the Perfect Guru, whose speech is perfect.

¹²O Nanak, when the Guru makes one perfect, one's weight does not decrease. ||2||

¹³Pauree:

¹⁴When You are with me, what more could I want? I speak only the Truth.

¹⁵Plundered by the thieves of worldly affairs, she does not obtain the Mansion of His Presence.

¹⁶Being so stone-hearted, she has lost her chance to serve the Lord.

¹⁷That heart, in which the True Lord is not found, should be torn down and re-built.

¹⁸How can she be weighed accurately, upon the scale of perfection?

¹⁹No one will say that her weight has been shorted, if she rids herself of egotism.

²⁰The genuine are assayed, and accepted in the Court of the All-knowing Lord.

²¹The genuine merchandise is found only in one shop-it is obtained from the Perfect Guru. ||17||

²²Salok, Second Mehl:

²³Twenty-four hours a day, destroy the eight things, and in the ninth place, conquer the body.

²⁴Within the body are the nine treasures of the Name of the Lord-seek the depths of these virtues.

²⁵Those blessed with the karma of good actions praise the Lord. O Nanak, they make the Guru their spiritual teacher.

²⁶In the fourth watch of the early morning hours, a longing arises in their higher consciousness.

²⁷They are attuned to the river of life; the True Name is in their minds and on their lips.

²⁸The Ambrosial Nectar is distributed, and those with good karma receive this gift.

²⁹Their bodies become golden, and take on the color of spirituality.

³⁰If the Jeweller casts His Glance of Grace, they are not placed in the fire again.

³¹Throughout the other seven watches of the day, it is good to speak the Truth, and sit with the spiritually wise.

³²There, vice and virtue are distinguished, and the capital of falsehood is decreased.

³³There, the counterfeit are cast aside, and the genuine are cheered.

³⁴Speech is vain and useless. O Nanak, pain and pleasure are in the power of our Lord and Master. ||1||

³⁵Second Mehl:

³⁶Air is the Guru, Water is the Father, and Earth is the Great Mother of all.

³⁷Day and night are the two nurses, in whose lap all the world is at play.

³⁸Good deeds and bad deeds-the record is read out in the Presence of the Lord of Dharma.

³⁹According to their own actions, some are drawn closer, and some are driven farther away.

⁴⁰Those who have meditated on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and departed after having worked by the sweat of their brow

⁴¹-O Nanak, their faces are radiant in the Court of the Lord, and many others are saved along with them! ||2||

⁴²Pauree:

⁴³The True Food is the Love of the Lord; the True Guru has spoken.

⁴⁴With this True Food, I am satisfied, and with the Truth, I am delighted.

⁴⁵True are the cities and the villages, where one abides in the True Home of the self.

⁴⁶When the True Guru is pleased, one receives the Lord's Name, and blossoms forth in His Love.

⁴⁷No one enters the Court of the True Lord through falsehood.

⁴⁸By uttering falsehood and only falsehood, the Mansion of the Lord's Presence is lost.

¹No one blocks the way of those who are blessed with the Banner of the True Word of the Shabad.

²Hearing, understanding and speaking Truth, one is called to the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. ||18||

³Salok, First Mehl:

⁴If I dressed myself in fire, and built my house of snow, and made iron my food;

⁵and if I were to drink in all pain like water, and drive the entire earth before me;

⁶and if I were to place the earth upon a scale and balance it with a single copper coin;

⁷and if I were to become so great that I could not be contained, and if I were to control and lead all;

⁸and if I were to possess so much power within my mind that I could cause others to do my bidding-so what?

⁹As Great as our Lord and Master is, so great are His gifts. He bestows them according to His Will.

¹⁰O Nanak, those upon whom the Lord casts His Glance of Grace, obtain the glorious greatness of the True Name. ||1||

¹¹Second Mehl:

¹²The mouth is not satisfied by speaking, and the ears are not satisfied by hearing.

¹³The eyes are not satisfied by seeing-each organ seeks out one sensory quality.

¹⁴The hunger of the hungry is not appeased; by mere words, hunger is not relieved.

¹⁵O Nanak, hunger is relieved only when one utters the Glorious Praises of the Praiseworthy Lord. ||2||

¹⁶Pauree:

¹⁷Without the True One, all are false, and all practice falsehood.

¹⁸Without the True One, the false ones are bound and gagged and driven off.

¹⁹Without the True One, the body is just ashes, and it mingles again with ashes.

²⁰Without the True Ome, all food and clothes are unsatisfying.

²¹Without the True One, the false ones do not attain the Lord's Court.

²²Attached to false attachments, the Mansion of the Lord's Presence is lost.

²³The whole world is deceived by deception, coming and going in reincarnation.

²⁴Within the body is the fire of desire; through the Word of the Shabad, it is quenched. ||19||

²⁵Salok, First Mehl:

²⁶O Nanak, the Guru is the tree of contentment, with flowers of faith, and fruits of spiritual wisdom.

²⁷Watered with the Lord's Love, it remains forever green; through the karma of good deeds and meditation, it ripens.

²⁸Honor is obtained by eating this tasty dish; of all gifts, this is the greatest gift. ||1||

²⁹First Mehl:

³⁰The Guru is the tree of gold, with leaves of coral, and blossoms of jewels and rubies.

³¹The Words from His Mouth are fruits of jewels. Within His Heart, He beholds the Lord.

³²O Nanak, He is obtained by those, upon whose faces and foreheads such pre-recorded destiny is written.

³³The sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage are contained in the constant worship of the feet of the Exalted Guru.

³⁴Cruelty, material attachment, greed and anger are the four rivers of fire.

³⁵Falling into them, one is burned, O Nanak! One is saved only by holding tight to good deeds. ||2||

³⁶Pauree:

³⁷While you are alive, conquer death, and you shall have no regrets in the end.

³⁸This world is false, but only a few understand this.

³⁹People do not enshrine love for the Truth; they chase after worldly affairs instead.

⁴⁰The terrible time of death and annihilation hovers over the heads of the world.

⁴¹By the Hukam of the Lord's Command, the Messenger of Death smashes his club over their heads.

⁴²The Lord Himself gives His Love, and enshrines it within their minds.

⁴³Not a moment or an instant's delay is permitted, when one's measure of life is full.

⁴⁴By Guru's Grace, one comes to know the True One, and is absorbed into Him. ||20||

⁴⁵Salok, First Mehl:

⁴⁶Bitter melon, swallow-wort, thorn-apple and nim fruit

⁴⁷these bitter poisons lodge in the minds and mouths of those who do not remember You

⁴⁸O Nanak, how shall I tell them this? Without the karma of good deeds, they are only destroying themselves. ||1||

⁴⁹First Mehl:

⁵⁰The intellect is a bird; on account of its actions, it is sometimes high, and sometimes low.

¹Sometimes it is perched on the sandalwood tree, and sometimes it is on the branch of the poisonous swallow-wort. Sometimes, it soars through the heavens.

²O Nanak, our Lord and Master leads us on, according to the Hukam of His Command; such is His Way. ||2||

³Pauree:

⁴Some speak and expound, and while speaking and lecturing, they pass away.

⁵The Vedas speak and expound on the Lord, but they do not know His limits.

⁶Not by studying, but through understanding, is the Lord's Mystery revealed.

⁷There are six pathways in the Shaastras, but how rare are those who merge in the True Lord through them.

⁸The True Lord is Unknowable; through the Word of His Shabad, we are embellished.

⁹One who believes in the Name of the Infinite Lord, attains the Court of the Lord.

¹⁰I humbly bow to the Creator Lord; I am a minstrel singing His Praises.

¹¹Nanak enshrines the Lord within his mind. He is the One, throughout the ages. ||21||

¹²Salok, Second Mehl:

¹³Those who charm scorpions and handle snakes

¹⁴By the pre-ordained Order of our Lord and Master, they are beaten badly, and struck down.

¹⁵If the self-willed manmukhs fight with the Gurmukh, they are condemned by the Lord, the True Judge.

¹⁶He Himself is the Lord and Master of both worlds. He beholds all and makes the exact determination.

¹⁷O Nanak, know this well: everything is in accordance with His Will. ||1||

¹⁸Second Mehl:

¹⁹O Nanak, if someone judges himself, only then is he known as a real judge.

²⁰If someone understands both the disease and the medicine, only then is he a wise physician.

²¹Do not involve yourself in idle business on the way; remember that you are only a guest here.

²²Speak with those who know the Primal Lord, and renounce your evil ways.

²³That virtuous person who does not walk in the way of greed, and who abides in Truth, is accepted and famous.

²⁴If an arrow is shot at the sky, how can it reach there?

²⁵The sky above is unreachable-know this well, O archer! ||2||

²⁶Pauree:

²⁷The soul-bride loves her Husband Lord; she is embellished with His Love.

²⁸She worships Him day and night; she cannot be restrained from doing so.

²⁹In the Mansion of the Lord's Presence, she has made her home; she is adorned with the Word of His Shabad.

³⁰She is humble, and she offers her true and sincere prayer.

³¹She is beautiful in the Company of her Lord and Master; she walks in the Way of His Will.

³²With her dear friends, she offers her heart-felt prayers to her Beloved.

³³Cursed is that home, and shameful is that life, which is without the Name of the Lord.

³⁴But she who is adorned with the Word of His Shabad, drinks in the Amrit of His Nectar. ||22||

³⁵Salok, First Mehl:

³⁶The desert is not satisfied by rain, and the fire is not quenched by desire.

³⁷The king is not satisfied with his kingdom, and the oceans are full, but still they thirst for more.

³⁸O Nanak, how many times must I seek and ask for the True Name? ||1||

³⁹Second Mehl:

⁴⁰Life is useless, as long as one does not know the Lord God.

⁴¹Only a few cross over the world-ocean, by Guru's Grace.

⁴²The Lord is the All-powerful Cause of causes, says Nanak after deep deliberation.

⁴³The creation is subject to the Creator, who sustains it by His Almighty Power. ||2||

⁴⁴Pauree:

⁴⁵In the Court of the Lord and Master, His minstrels dwell.

⁴⁶Singing the Praises of their True Lord and Master, the lotuses of their hearts have blossomed forth.

⁴⁷Obtaining their Perfect Lord and Master, their minds are transfixed with ecstasy.

⁴⁸Their enemies have been driven out and subdued, and their friends are very pleased.

⁴⁹Those who serve the Truthful True Guru are shown the True Path.

¹Reflecting on the True Word of the Shabad, death is overcome.

²Speaking the Unspoken Speech of the Lord, one is adorned with the Word of His Shabad.

³Nanak holds tight to the Treasure of Virtue, and meets with the Dear, Beloved Lord. ||23||

⁴Salok, First Mehl:

⁵Born because of the karma of their past mistakes, they make more mistakes, and fall into mistakes.

⁶By washing, their pollution is not removed, even though they may wash hundreds of times.

⁷O Nanak, if God forgives, they are forgiven; otherwise, they are kicked and beaten. ||1||

⁸First Mehl:

⁹O Nanak, it is absurd to ask to be spared from pain by begging for comfort.

¹⁰Pleasure and pain are the two garments given, to be worn in the Court of the Lord.

¹¹Where you are bound to lose by speaking, there, you ought to remain silent. ||2||

¹²Pauree:

¹³After looking around in the four directions, I looked within my own self.

¹⁴There, I saw the True, Invisible Lord Creator.

¹⁵I was wandering in the wilderness, but now the Guru has shown me the Way.

¹⁶Hail to the True, True Guru, through whom we merge in the Truth.

¹⁷I have found the jewel within the home of my own self; the lamp within has been lit.

¹⁸Those who praise the True Word of the Shabad, abide in the peace of Truth.

¹⁹But those who do not have the Fear of God, are overtaken by fear. They are destroyed by their own pride.

²⁰Having forgotten the Name, the world is roaming around like a wild demon. ||24||

²¹Salok, Third Mehl:

²²In fear we are born, and in fear we die. Fear is always present in the mind.

²³O Nanak, if one dies in the fear of God, his coming into the world is blessed and approved. ||1||

²⁴Third Mehl:

²⁵Without the fear of God, you may live very, very long, and savor the most enjoyable pleasures.

²⁶O Nanak, if you die without the fear of God, you will arise and depart with a blackened face. ||2||

²⁷Pauree:

²⁸When the True Guru is merciful, then your desires will be fulfilled.

²⁹When the True Guru is merciful, you will never grieve.

³⁰When the True Guru is merciful, you will know no pain.

³¹When the True Guru is merciful, you will enjoy the Lord's Love.

³²When the True Guru is merciful, then why should you fear death?

³³When the True Guru is merciful, the body is always at peace.

³⁴When the True Guru is merciful, the nine treasures are obtained.

³⁵When the True Guru is merciful, you shall be absorbed in the True Lord. ||25||

³⁶Salok, First Mehl:

³⁷They pluck the hair out of their heads, and drink in filthy water; they beg endlessly and eat the garbage which others have thrown away.

³⁸They spread manure, they suck in rotting smells, and they are afraid of clean water.

³⁹Their hands are smeared with ashes, and the hair on their heads is plucked out-they are like sheep!

⁴⁰They have renounced the lifestyle of their mothers and fathers, and their families and relatives cry out in distress.

⁴¹No one offers the rice dishes at their last rites, and no one lights the lamps for them. After their death, where will they be sent?

⁴²The sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage give them no place of protection, and no Brahmin will eat their food.

⁴³They remain polluted forever, day and night; they do not apply the ceremonial tilak mark to their foreheads.

⁴⁴They sit together in silence, as if in mourning; they do not go to the Lord's Court.

⁴⁵With their begging bowls hanging from their waists, and their fly-brushes in their hands, they walk along in single file.

⁴⁶They are not Yogis, and they are not Jangams, followers of Shiva. They are not Qazis or Mullahs.

¹Ruined by the Merciful Lord, they wander around in disgrace, and their entire troop is contaminated.

²The Lord alone kills and restores to life; no one else can protect anyone from Him.

³They go without giving alms or any cleansing baths; their shaven heads become covered with dust.

⁴The jewel emerged from the water, when the mountain of gold was used to churn it.

⁵The gods established the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage, where the festivals are celebrated and hymns are chanted.

⁶After bathing, the Muslims recite their prayers, and after bathing, the Hindus perform their worship services. The wise always take cleansing baths.

⁷At the time of death, and at the time of birth, they are purified, when water is poured on their heads.

⁸O Nanak, the shaven-headed ones are devils. They are not pleased to hear these words.

⁹When it rains, there is happiness. Water is the key to all life.

¹⁰When it rains, the corn grows, and the sugar cane, and the cotton, which provides clothing for all.

¹¹When it rains, the cows always have grass to graze upon, and housewives can churn the milk into butter.

¹²With that ghee, sacred feasts and worship services are performed; all these efforts are blessed.

¹³The Guru is the ocean, and all His Teachings are the river. Bathing within it, glorious greatness is obtained.

¹⁴O Nanak, if the shaven-headed ones do not bathe, then seven handfuls of ashes are upon their heads. ||1||

¹⁵Second Mehl:

¹⁶What can the cold do to the fire? How can the night affect the sun?

¹⁷What can the darkness do to the moon? What can social status do to air and water?

¹⁸What are personal possessions to the earth, from which all things are produced?

¹⁹O Nanak, he alone is known as honorable, whose honor the Lord preserves. ||2||

²⁰Pauree:

²¹It is of You, O my True and Wondrous Lord, that I sing forever.

²²Yours is the True Court. All others are subject to coming and going.

²³Those who ask for the gift of the True Name are like You.

²⁴Your Command is True; we are adorned with the Word of Your Shabad.

²⁵Through faith and trust, we receive spiritual wisdom and meditation from You.

²⁶By Your Grace, the banner of honor is obtained. It cannot be taken away or lost.

²⁷You are the True Giver; You give continually. Your Gifts continue to increase.

²⁸Nanak begs for that gift which is pleasing to You. ||26||

²⁹Salok, Second Mehl:

³⁰Those who have accepted the Guru's Teachings, and who have found the path, remain absorbed in the Praises of the True Lord.

³¹What teachings can be imparted to those who have the Divine Guru Nanak as their Guru? ||1||

³²First Mehl:

³³We understand the Lord only when He Himself inspires us to understand Him.

³⁴He alone knows everything, unto whom the Lord Himself gives knowledge.

³⁵One may talk and preach and give sermons but still yearn after Maya.

³⁶The Lord, by the Hukam of His Command, has created the entire creation.

³⁷He Himself knows the inner nature of all.

³⁸O Nanak, He Himself uttered the Word.

³⁹Doubt departs from one who receives this gift. ||2||

⁴⁰Pauree:

⁴¹I was a minstrel, out of work, when the Lord took me into His service.

⁴²To sing His Praises day and night, He gave me His Order, right from the start.

⁴³My Lord and Master has summoned me, His minstrel, to the True Mansion of His Presence.

⁴⁴He has dressed me in the robes of His True Praise and Glory.

⁴⁵The Ambrosial Nectar of the True Name has become my food.

⁴⁶Those who follow the Guru's Teachings, who eat this food and are satisfied, find peace.

⁴⁷His minstrel spreads His Glory, singing and vibrating the Word of His Shabad.

⁴⁸O Nanak, praising the True Lord, I have obtained His Perfection. ||27||Sudh||