Raag Maalee Gauraa

¹Raag Maalee Gauraa, Fourth Mehl:

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

³Countless have tried, but none have found the Lord's limit.

⁴The Lord is inaccessible, unapproachable and unfathomable; I humbly bow to the Lord God, my King. ||1||Pause||

⁵Sexual desire, anger, greed and emotional attachment bring continual conflict and strife.

⁶Save me, save me, I am your humble creature, O Lord; I have come to Your Sanctuary, O my Lord God. ||1||

⁷You protect and preserve those who take to Your Sanctuary, God; You are called the Lover of Your devotees.

⁸Prahlaad, Your humble servant, was caught by Harnaakhash; but You saved Him and carried him across, Lord. ||2||

⁹Remember the Lord, O mind, and rise up to the Mansion of His Presence; the Sovereign Lord is the Destroyer of pain.

¹⁰Our Lord and Master takes away the fear of birth and death; following the Guru's Teachings, the Lord God is found. ||3||

¹¹The Name of the Lord, our Lord and Master, is the Purifier of sinners; I sing of the Lord, the Destroyer of the fears of His devotees.

¹²One who wears the necklace of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, in his heart, O servant Nanak, merges in the Naam. ||4||1||

¹³Maalee Gauraa, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁴O my mind, chant the Name of the Lord, the Giver of peace.

¹⁵One who joins the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, and enjoys the sublime taste of the Lord, as Gurmukh, comes to realize God. ||1||Pause||

¹⁶By great good fortune, one obtains the Blessed Vision of the Guru's Darshan; meeting with the Guru, the Lord God is known.

¹⁷The filth of evil-mindedness is totally washed away, bathing in the Lord's ambrosial pool of nectar. ||1||

¹⁸Blessed, blessed are the Holy, who have found their Lord God; I ask them to tell me the stories of the Lord.

¹⁹I fall at their feet, and always pray to them, to mercifully unite me with my Lord, the Architect of Destiny. ||2||

²⁰Through the destiny written on my forehead, I have found the Holy Guru; my mind and body are imbued with the Guru's Word.

²¹The Lord God has come to meet me; I have found peace, and I am rid of all the sins. ||3||

²²Those who follow the Guru's Teachings find the Lord, the source of nectar; their words are sublime and exalted.

²³By great good fortune, one is blessed with the dust of their feet; servant Nanak falls at their feet. ||4||2||

¹Maalee Gauraa, Fourth Mehl:

²All the Siddhas, seekers and silent sages, with their minds full of love, meditate on the Lord.

³The Supreme Lord God, my Lord and Master, is limitless; the Guru has inspired me to know the unknowable Lord. ||1||Pause||

⁴I am low, and I commit evil actions; I have not remembered my Sovereign Lord.

⁵The Lord has led me to meet the True Guru; in an instant, He liberated me from bondage. ||1||

⁶Such is the destiny God wrote on my forehead; following the Guru's Teachings, I enshrine love for the Lord.

⁷The Panch Shabad, the five primal sounds, vibrate and resound in the Court of the Lord; meeting the Lord, I sing the songs of joy. ||2||

⁸The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is the Purifier of sinners; the unfortunate wretches do not like this.

⁹They rot away in the womb of reincarnation; they fall apart like salt in water. ||3||

¹⁰Please bless me with such understanding, O Inaccessible Lord God, my Lord and Master, that my mind may remain attached to the Guru's feet.

¹¹Servant Nanak remains attached to the Name of the Lord; he is merged in the Naam. ||4||3||

¹²Maalee Gauraa, Fourth Mehl:

¹³My mind is addicted to the juice of the Lord's Name.

¹⁴My heart-lotus has blossomed forth, and I have found the Guru. Meditating on the Lord, my doubts and fears have run away. ||1||Pause||

¹⁵In the Fear of God, my heart is committed in loving devotion to Him; following the Guru's Teachings, my sleeping mind has awakened.

¹⁶All my sins have been erased, and I have found peace and tranquility; I have enshrined the Lord within my heart, by great good fortune. ||1||

¹⁷The self-willed manmukh is like the false color of the safflower, which fades away; its color lasts for only a few days.

¹⁸He perishes in an instant; he is tormented, and punished by the Righteous Judge of Dharma. ||2||

¹⁹The Lord's Love, found in the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, is absolutely permanent, and colorfast.

²⁰The cloth of the body may be torn to shreds, but still, this beautiful color of the Lord's Love does not fade away. ||3||

²¹Meeting with the Blessed Guru, one is dyed in the color of the Lord's Love, imbued with this deep crimson color.

²²Servant Nanak washes the feet of that humble being, who is attached to the feet of the Lord. ||4||4||

²³Maalee Gauraa, Fourth Mehl:

²⁴O my mind, meditate, vibrate upon the Name of the Lord, the Lord of the World, Har, Har.

²⁵My mind and body are merged in the Lord's Name, and through the Guru's Teachings, my intellect is imbued with the Lord, the source of nectar. ||1||Pause||

²⁶Follow the Guru's Teachings, and meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. Chant, and meditate, on the beads of the mala of the Lord.

²⁷Those who have such destiny inscribed upon their foreheads, meet with the Lord, adorned with garlands of flowers. ||1||

²⁸Those who meditate on the Name of the Lord - all their entanglements are ended.

²⁹The Messenger of Death does not even approach them; the Guru, the Savior Lord, saves them. ||2||

³⁰I am a child; I know nothing at all. The Lord cherishes me, as my mother and father.

³¹I continually put my hands into the fire of Maya, but the Guru saves me; He is merciful to the meek. ||3||

³²I was filthy, but I have become immaculate. Singing the Lord's Praises, all sins have been burnt to ashes.

³³My mind is in esctasy, having found the Guru; servant Nanak is enraptured through the Word of the Shabad. ||4||5||

³⁴Maalee Gauraa, Fourth Mehl:

¹O my mind, meditate, vibrate on the Lord, and all sins will be eradicated.

²The Guru has enshried the Lord, Har, Har, within my heart; I place my head on the Guru's Path. ||1||Pause||

³Whoever tells me the stories of my Lord God, I would cut my mind into slices, and dedicate it to him.

⁴The Perfect Guru has united me with the Lord, my Friend; I have sold myself at each and every store for the Guru's Word. ||1||

⁵One may give donations in charity at Prayaag, and cut the body in two at Benares,

⁶but without the Lord's Name, no one attains liberation, even though one may give away huge amounts of gold. ||2||

⁷When one follows the Guru's Teachings, and sings the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises, the doors of the mind, held shut by deception, are thrown open again.

⁸The three qualities are shattered, doubt and fear run away, and the clay pot of public opinion is broken. ||3||

⁹They alone find the Perfect Guru in this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, upon whose foreheads such pre-ordained destiny is inscribed.

¹⁰Servant Nanak drinks in the Ambrosial Nectar; all his hunger and thirst are quenched. ||4||6|| Set of Six Hymns 1||

¹¹Set of Six Hymns 1||

¹²Maalee Gauraa, Fifth Mehl:

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

¹⁴O mind, true peace comes from serving the Lord.

¹⁵Other services are false, and as punishment for them, the Messenger of Death bashes in one's head. ||1||Pause||

¹⁶They alone join the Sangat, the Congregation, upon whose forehead such destiny is inscribed.

¹⁷They are carried across the terrifying world-ocean by the Saints of the Infinite, Primal Lord God. ||1||

¹⁸Serve forever at the feet of the Holy; renounce greed, emotional attachment and corruption.

¹⁹Abandon all other hopes, and rest your hopes in the One Formless Lord. ||2||

²⁰Some are faithless cynics, deluded by doubt; without the Guru, there is only pitch darkness.

²¹Whatever is pre-ordained, comes to pass; no one can erase it. ||3||

²²The beauty of the Lord of the Universe is profound and unfathomable; the Names of the Infinite Lord are immunerable.

²³Blessed, blessed are those humble beings, O Nanak, who enshrine the Lord's Name in their hearts. ||4||1||

²⁴Maalee Gauraa, Fifth Mehl:

²⁵I humbly bow to the Name of the Lord.

²⁶Chanting it, one is saved. ||1||Pause||

²⁷Meditating on Him in remembrance, conflicts are ended.

²⁸Meditating on Him, one's bonds are untied.

²⁹Meditating on Him, the fool becomes wise.

³⁰Meditating on Him, one's ancestors are saved. ||1||

³¹Meditating on Him, fear and pain are taken away.

³²Meditating on Him, misfortune is avoided.

³³Meditating on Him, sins are erased.

³⁴Meditating on Him, agony is ended. ||2||

³⁵Meditating on Him, the heart blossoms forth.

³⁶Meditating on Him, Maya becomes one's slave.

³⁷Meditating on Him, one is blessed with the treasures of wealth.

³⁸Meditating on Him, one crosses over in the end. ||3||

³⁹The Name of the Lord is the Purifier of sinners.

⁴⁰It saves millions of devotees.

⁴¹I am meek; I seek the Sanctuary of the slaves of the Lord's slaves.

⁴²Nanak lays his forehead on the feet of the Saints. ||4||2||

⁴³Maalee Gauraa, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁴This is the sort of helper the Name of the Lord is.

⁴⁵Meditating in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, one's affairs are perfectly resolved. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁶It is like a boat to a drowning man.

¹It is like oil to the lamp whose flame is dying out.

²It is like water poured on the burning fire.

³It is like milk poured into the baby's mouth. ||1||

⁴As one's brother becomes a helper on the field of battle;

⁵as one's hunger is satisfied by food;

⁶as the cloudburst saves the crops;

⁷as one is protected in the tiger's lair;||2||

⁸As with the magic spell of Garuda the eagle upon one's lips, one does not fear the snake;

⁹as the cat cannot eat the parrot in its cage;

¹⁰as the bird cherishes her eggs in her heart;

¹¹as the grains are spared, by sticking to the central post of the mill;||3||

¹²Your Glory is so great; I can describe only a tiny bit of it.

¹³O Lord, You are inaccessible, unapproachable and unfathomable.

¹⁴You are lofty and high, utterly great and infinite.

¹⁵Meditating in remembrance on the Lord, O Nanak, one is carried across. ||4||3||

¹⁶Maalee Gauraa, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁷Please let my works be rewarding and fruitful.

¹⁸Please cherish and exalt Your slave. ||1||Pause||

¹⁹I lay my forehead on the feet of the Saints,

²⁰and with my eyes, I gaze upon the Blessed Vision of their Darshan, day and night.

²¹With my hands, I work for the Saints.

²²I dedicate my breath of life, my mind and wealth to the Saints. ||1||

²³My mind loves the Society of the Saints.

²⁴The Virtues of the Saints abide within my consciousness.

²⁵The Will of the Saints is sweet to my mind.

²⁶Seeing the Saints, my heart-lotus blossoms forth. ||2||

²⁷I dwell in the Society of the Saints.

²⁸I have such a great thirst for the Saints.

²⁹The Words of the Saints are the Mantras of my mind.

³⁰By the Grace of the Saints, my corruption is taken away. ||3||

³¹This way of liberation is my treasure.

³²O Merciful God, please bless me with this gift.

³³O God, shower Your Mercy upon Nanak.

³⁴I have enshrined the feet of the Saints within my heart. ||4||4||

³⁵Maalee Gauraa, Fifth Mehl:

³⁶He is with all; He is not far away.

³⁷He is the Cause of causes, ever-present here and now. ||1||Pause||

³⁸Hearing His Name, one comes to life.

³⁹Pain is dispelled; peace and tranquility come to dwell within.

⁴⁰The Lord, Har, Har, is all treasure.

⁴¹The silent sages serve Him. ||1||

⁴²Everything is contained in His home.

⁴³No one is turned away empty-handed.

⁴⁴He cherishes all beings and creatures.

⁴⁵Forever and ever, serve the Merciful Lord. ||2||

⁴⁶Righteous justice is dispensed in His Court forever.

⁴⁷He is carefree, and owes allegiance to no one.

⁴⁸He Himself, by Himself, does everything.

⁴⁹O my mind, meditate on Him. ||3||

⁵⁰I am a sacrifice to the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

⁵¹Joining them, I am saved.

⁵²My mind and body are attuned to the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

⁵³God has blessed Nanak with this gift. ||4||5||

⁵⁴Maalee Gauraa, Fifth Mehl, Dho-Padhay:

⁵⁵One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁵⁶I seek the Sanctuary of the all-powerful Lord.

⁵⁷My soul, body, wealth and capital belong to the One God, the Cause of causes. ||1||Pause||

⁵⁸Meditating, meditating in remembrance on Him, I have found everlasting peace. He is the source of life.

⁵⁹He is all-pervading, permeating all places; He is in subtle essence and manifest form. ||1||

¹Abandon all your entanglements and corruption; sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord forever.

²With palms pressed together, Nanak begs for this blessing; please bless me with Your Name. ||2||1||6||

³Maalee Gauraa, Fifth Mehl:

⁴God is all-powerful, divine and infinite.

⁵Who knows Your wondrous plays? You have no end or limitation. ||1||Pause||

⁶In an instant, You establish and disestablish; You create and destroy, O Creator Lord.

⁷As many beings as You created, God, so many You bless with Your blessings. ||1||

⁸I have come to Your Sanctuary, Lord; I am Your slave, O Inaccessible Lord God.

⁹Lift me up and pull me out of the terrifying, treacherous world-ocean; servant Nanak is forever a sacrifice to You. ||2||2||7||

¹⁰Maalee Gauraa, Fifth Mehl:

¹¹The Lord of the World abides in my mind and body.

¹²Friend of the meek, Lover of His devotees, forever and ever merciful. ||1||Pause||

¹³In the beginning, in the end and in the middle, You alone exist, God; there is none other than You.

¹⁴He is totally permeating and pervading all worlds; He is the One and only Lord and Master. ||1||

¹⁵With my ears I hear God's Praises, and with my eyes I behold the Blessed Vision of His Darshan; with my tongue I sing the Lord's Glorious Praises.

¹⁶Nanak is forever a sacrifice to You; please, bless me with Your Name. ||2||3||8||6||14||

¹⁷Maalee Gauraa, The Word Of Devotee Naam Dayv Jee:

¹⁸One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹⁹Blessed, blessed is that flute which the Lord plays.

²⁰The sweet, sweet unstruck sound current sings forth. ||1||Pause||

²¹Blessed, blessed is the wool of the sheep;

²²blessed, blessed is the blanket worn by Krishna. ||1||

²³Blessed, blessed are you, O mother Dayvakee;

²⁴into your home the Lord was born. ||2||

²⁵Blessed, blessed are the forests of Brindaaban;

²⁶the Supreme Lord plays there. ||3||

²⁷He plays the flute, and herds the cows;

²⁸Naam Dayv's Lord and Master plays happily. ||4||1||

²⁹O my Father, Lord of wealth, blessed are You, long-haired, dark-skinned, my darling. ||1||Pause||

³⁰You hold the steel chakra in Your hand; You came down from Heaven, and saved the life of the elephant.

³¹In the court of Duhsaasan, You saved the honor of Dropati, when her clothes were being removed. ||1||

³²You saved Ahliyaa, the wife of Gautam; how many have You purified and carried across?

³³Such a lowly outcaste as Naam Dayv has come seeking Your Sanctuary. ||2||2||

³⁴Within all hearts, the Lord speaks, the Lord speaks.

³⁵Who else speaks, other than the Lord? ||1||Pause||

³⁶Out of the same clay, the elephant, the ant, and the many sorts of species are formed.

³⁷In stationary life forms, moving beings, worms, moths and within each and every heart, the Lord is contained. ||1||

³⁸Remember the One, Infinite Lord; abandon all other hopes.

³⁹Naam Dayv prays, I have become dispassionate and detached; who is the Lord and Master, and who is the slave? ||2||3||