Raag Maaroo

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

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

³Salok:

⁴O my Friend, I shall forever remain the dust of Your feet.

⁵Nanak seeks Your protection, and beholds You ever-present, here and now. ||1||

⁶Shabad:

⁷Those who receive the call in the last hours of the night, chant the Name of their Lord and Master.

⁸Tents, canopies, pavilions and carriages are prepared and made ready for them.

⁹You send out the call, Lord, to those who meditate on Your Name. ||1||

¹⁰Father, I am unfortunate, a fraud.

¹¹I have not found Your Name; my mind is blind and deluded by doubt. ||1||Pause||

¹²I have enjoyed the tastes, and now my pains have come to fruition; such is my pre-ordained destiny, O my mother.

¹³Now my joys are few, and my pains are many. In utter agony, I pass my life. ||2||

¹⁴What separation could be worse than separation from the Lord? For those who are united with Him, what other union can there be?

¹⁵Praise the Lord and Master, who, having created this play, beholds it. ||3||

¹⁶By good destiny, this union comes about; this body enjoys its pleasures.

¹⁷Those who have lost their destiny, suffer separation from this union. O Nanak, they may still be united once again! ||4||1||

¹⁸Maaroo, First Mehl:

¹⁹The union of the mother and father brings the body into being.

²⁰The Creator inscribes upon it the inscription of its destiny.

²¹According to this inscription, gifts, light and glorious greatness are received.

²²Joining with Maya, the spiritual consciousness is lost. ||1||

²³O foolish mind, why are you so proud?

²⁴You shall have to arise and depart when it pleases your Lord and Master. ||1||Pause||

²⁵Abandon the tastes of the world, and find intuitive peace.

²⁶All must abandon their worldly homes; no one remains here forever.

²⁷Eat some, and save the rest,

²⁸if you are destined to return to the world again. ||2||

²⁹He adorns his body and ress in silk robes.

³⁰He issues all sorts of commands.

³¹Preparing his comfortable bed, he sleeps.

³²When he falls into the hands of the Messenger of Death, what good does it do to cry out? ||3||

³³Household affairs are whirlpools of entanglements, O Siblings of Destiny.

¹Sin is a stone which does not float.

²So let the Fear of God be the boat to carry your soul across.

³Says Nanak, rare are those who are blessed with this Boat. ||4||2||

⁴Maaroo, First Mehl, First House:

⁵Actions are the paper, and the mind is the ink; good and bad are both recorded upon it.

⁶As their past actions drive them, so are mortals driven. There is no end to Your Glorious Virtues, Lord. ||1||

⁷Why do you not keep Him in your consciousness, you mad man?

⁸Forgetting the Lord, your own virtues shall rot away. ||1||Pause||

⁹The night is a net, and the day is a net; there are as many traps as there are moments.

¹⁰With relish and delight, you continually bite at the bait; you are trapped, you fool - how will you ever escape? ||2||

¹¹The body is a furnace, and the mind is the iron within it; the five fires are heating it.

¹²Sin is the charcoal placed upon it, which burns the mind; the tongs are anxiety and worry. ||3||

¹³What was turned to slag is again transformed into gold, if one meets with the Guru.

¹⁴He blesses the mortal with the Ambrosial Name of the One Lord, and then, O Nanak, the body is held steady. ||4||3||

¹⁵Maaroo, First Mehl:

¹⁶In the pure, immaculate waters, both the lotus and the slimy scum are found.

¹⁷The lotus flower is with the scum and the water, but it remains untouched by any pollution. ||1||

¹⁸You frog, you will never understand.

¹⁹You eat the dirt, while you dwell in the immaculate waters. You know nothing of the ambrosial nectar there. ||1||Pause||

²⁰You dwell continually in the water; the bumble bee does not dwell there, but it is intoxicated with its fragrance from afar.

²¹Intuitively sensing the moon in the distance, the lotus bows its head. ||2||

²²The realms of nectar are irrigated with milk and honey; you think you are clever to live in the water.

²³You can never escape your own inner tendencies, like the love of the flea for blood. ||3||

²⁴The fool may live with the Pandit, the religious scholar, and listen to the Vedas and the Shaastras.

²⁵You can never escape your own inner tendencies, like the crooked tail of the dog. ||4||

²⁶Some are hypocrites; they do not merge with the Naam, the Name of the Lord. Some are absorbed in the Feet of the Lord, Har, Har.

²⁷The mortals obtain what they are predestined to receive; O Nanak, with your tongue, chant the Naam. ||5||4||

²⁸Maaroo, First Mehl,

²⁹Salok:

³⁰Countless sinners are sanctified, attaching their minds to the Feet of the Lord.

³¹The merits of the sixty-eight places of pilgrimage are found in God's Name, O Nanak, when such destiny is inscribed upon one's forehead. ||1||

³²Shabad:

³³O friends and companions, so puffed up with pride,

³⁴listen to this one joyous story of your Husband Lord. ||1||

³⁵Who can I tell about my pain, O my mother?

³⁶Without the Lord, my soul cannot survive; how can I comfort it, O my mother? ||1||Pause||

³⁷I am a dejected, discarded bride, totally miserable.

³⁸I have lost my youth; I regret and repent. ||2||

³⁹You are my wise Lord and Master, above my head.

⁴⁰I serve You as Your humble slave. ||3||

⁴¹Nanak humbly prays, this is my only concern:

⁴²without the Blessed Vision of my Beloved, how can I enjoy Him? ||4||5||

¹Maaroo, First Mehl:

²I am Your slave, Your bonded servant, and so I am called fortunate.

³I sold myself at Your store in exchange for the Guru's Word; whatever You link me to, to that I am linked. ||1||

⁴What cleverness can Your servant try with You?

⁵O my Lord and Master, I cannot carry out the Hukam of Your Command. ||1||Pause||

⁶My mother is Your slave, and my father is Your slave; I am the child of Your slaves.

⁷My slave mother dances, and my slave father sings; I practice devotional worship to You, O my Sovereign Lord. ||2||

⁸If You wish to drink, then I shall get water for You; if You wish to eat, I shall grind the corn for You.

⁹I wave the fan over You, and wash Your feet, and continue to chant Your Name. ||3||

¹⁰I have been untrue to myself, but Nanak is Your slave; please forgive him, by Your glorious greatness.

¹¹Since the very beginning of time, and throughout the ages, You have been the merciful and generous Lord. Without You, liberation cannot be attained. ||4||6||

¹²Maaroo, First Mehl:

¹³Some call him a ghost; some say that he is a demon.

¹⁴Some call him a mere mortal; O, poor Nanak! ||1||

¹⁵Crazy Nanak has gone insane, after his Lord, the King.

¹⁶I know of none other than the Lord. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷He alone is known to be insane, when he goes insane with the Fear of God.

¹⁸He recognizes none other than the One Lord and Master. ||2||

¹⁹He alone is known to be insane, if he works for the One Lord.

²⁰Recognizing the Hukam, the Command of his Lord and Master, what other cleverness is there? ||3||

²¹He alone is known to be insane, when he falls in love with his Lord and Master.

²²He sees himself as bad, and all the rest of the world as good. ||4||7||

²³Maaroo, First Mehl:

²⁴This wealth is all-pervading, permeating all.

²⁵The self-willed manmukh wanders around, thinking that it is far away. ||1||

²⁶That commodity, the wealth of the Naam, is within my heart.

²⁷Whoever You bless with it, is emancipated. ||1||Pause||

²⁸This wealth does not burn; it cannot be stolen by a thief.

²⁹This wealth does not drown, and its owner is never punished. ||2||

³⁰Gaze upon the glorious greatness of this wealth,

³¹and your nights and days will pass, imbued with celestial peace. ||3||

³²Listen to this incomparably beautiful story, O my brothers, O Siblings of Destiny.

³³Tell me, without this wealth, who has ever obtained the supreme status? ||4||

³⁴Nanak humbly prays, I proclaim the Unspoken Speech of the Lord.

³⁵If one meets the True Guru, then this wealth is obtained. ||5||8||

³⁶Maaroo, First Mehl:

³⁷Heat up the sun energy of the right nostril, and cool down the moon energy of the left nostril; practicing this breath-control, bring them into perfect balance.

³⁸In this way, the fickle fish of the mind will be held steady; the swan-soul shall not fly away, and the body-wall will not crumble. ||1||

³⁹You fool, why are you deluded by doubt?

⁴⁰You do not remember the detached Lord of supreme bliss. ||1||Pause||

⁴¹Seize and burn the unbearable; seize and kill the imperishable; leave behind your doubts, and then, you shall drink in the Nectar.

⁴²In this way, the fickle fish of the mind will be held steady; the swan-soul shall not fly away, and the body-wall shall not crumble. ||2||

¹Nanak humbly prays, if the Lord's humble servant dwells upon Him, in his mind of minds, with his every breath, then he drinks in the Ambrosial Nectar.

²In this way, the fickle fish of the mind will be held steady; the swan-soul shall not fly away, and the body-wall shall not crumble. ||3||9||

³Maaroo, First Mehl:

⁴Maya is not conquered, and the mind is not subdued; the waves of desire in the world-ocean are intoxicating wine.

⁵The boat crosses over the water, carrying the true merchandise.

⁶The jewel within the mind subdues the mind; attached to the Truth, it is not broken.

⁷The king is seated upon the throne, imbued with the Fear of God and the five qualities. ||1||

⁸O Baba, do not see your True Lord and Master as being far away.

⁹He is the Light of all, the Life of the world; The True Lord writes His Inscription on each and every head. ||1||Pause||

¹⁰Brahma and Vishnu, the Rishis and the silent sages, Shiva and Indra, penitents and beggars

¹¹- whoever obeys the Hukam of the Lord's Command, looks beautiful in the Court of the True Lord, while the stubborn rebels die.

¹²The wandering beggars, warriors, celibates and Sannyaasee hermits - through the Perfect Guru, consider this:

¹³without selfless service, no one ever receives the fruits of their rewards. Serving the Lord is the most excellent action. ||2||

¹⁴You are the wealth of the poor, the Guru of the guru-less, the honor of the dishonored.

¹⁵I am blind; I have grasped hold of the jewel, the Guru. You are the strength of the weak.

¹⁶He is not known through burnt offerings and ritual chanting; the True Lord is known through the Guru's Teachings.

¹⁷Without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, no one finds shelter in the Court of the Lord; the false come and go in reincarnation. ||3||

¹⁸So praise the True Name, and through the True Name, you will find satisfaction.

¹⁹When the mind is cleaned with the jewel of spiritual wisdom, it does not become dirty again.

²⁰As long as the Lord and Master dwells in the mind, no obstacles are encountered.

²¹O Nanak, giving one's head, one is emancipated, and the mind and body become true. ||4||10||

²²Maaroo, First Mehl:

²³The Yogi who is joined to the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is pure; he is not stained by even a particle of dirt.

²⁴The True Lord, his Beloved, is always with him; the rounds of birth and death are ended for him. ||1||

²⁵O Lord of the Universe, what is Your Name, and what is it like?

²⁶If You summon me into the Mansion of Your Presence, I will ask You, how I can become one with You. ||1||Pause||

²⁷He alone is a Brahmin, who takes his cleansing bath in the spiritual wisdom of God, and whose leaf-offerings in worship are the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

²⁸The One Name, the One Lord, and His One Light pervade the three worlds. ||2||

²⁹My tongue is the balance of the scale, and this heart of mine is the pan of the scale; I weigh the immeasurable Naam.

³⁰There is one store, and one banker above all; the merchants deal in the one commodity. ||3||

³¹The True Guru saves us at both ends; he alone understands, who is lovingly focused on the One Lord; his inner being remains free of doubt.

³²The Word of the Shabad abides within, and doubt is ended, for those who constantly serve, day and night. ||4||

³³Above is the sky of the mind, and beyond this sky is the Lord, the Protector of the World; the Inaccessible Lord God; the Guru abides there as well.

³⁴According to the Word of the Guru's Teachings, what is outside is the same as what is inside the home of the self. Nanak has become a detached renunciate. ||5||11||

¹Raag Maaroo, First Mehl, Fifth House:

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

³Day and night, he remains awake and aware; he never sleeps or dreams.

⁴He alone knows this, who feels the pain of separation from God.

⁵My body is pierced through with the arrow of love. How can any physician know the cure? ||1||

⁶Rare is that one, who as Gurmukh,

⁷He alone appreciates the value of the Ambsosial Nectar, who deals in this Ambrosia. ||1||Pause||

⁸The soul-bride is in love with her Husband Lord;

⁹She focuses her consciousness on the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

¹⁰The soul-bride is joyously embellished with intuitive ease; her hunger and thirst are taken away. ||2||

¹¹Tear down skepticism and dispel your doubt;

¹²with your intuition, draw the bow of the Praise of the Lord.

¹³Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, conquer and subdue your mind; take the support of Yoga - Union with the beautiful Lord. ||3||

¹⁴Burnt by egotism, one forgets the Lord from his mind.

¹⁵In the City of Death, he is attacked with massive swords.

¹⁶Then, even if he asks for it, he will not receive the Lord's Name; O soul, you shall suffer terrible punishment. ||4||

¹⁷You are distracted by thoughts of Maya and worldly attachment.

¹⁸In the City of Death, you will be caught by the noose of the Messenger of Death.

¹⁹You cannot break free from the bondage of loving attachment, and so the Messenger of Death will torture you. ||5||

²⁰I have done nothing; I am doing nothing now.

²¹The True Guru has blessed me with the Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam.

²²What other efforts can anyone make, when You bestow Your blessing? Nanak seeks Your Sanctuary. ||6||1||12||

²³Maaroo, Third Mehl, First House:

²⁴One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²⁵Wherever You seat me, there I sit, O my Lord and Master; wherever You send me, there I go.

²⁶In the entire village, there is only One King; all places are sacred. ||1||

²⁷O Baba, while I dwell in this body, let me sing Your True Praises,

²⁸that I may intuitively merge with You. ||1||Pause||

²⁹He thinks that good and bad deeds come from himself; this is the source of all evil.

³⁰Whatever happens in this world is only by the Order of our Lord and Master. ||2||

³¹Sexual desires are so strong and compelling; where has this sexual desire come from?

³²The Creator Himself stages all the plays; how rare are those who realize this. ||3||

³³By Guru's Grace, one is lovingly focused on the One Lord, and then, duality is ended.

³⁴Whatever is in harmony with His Will, he accepts as True; the noose of Death is loosened from around his neck. ||4||

³⁵Prays Nanak, who can call him to account, when the egotistical pride of his mind has been silenced?

³⁶Even the Righteous Judge of Dharma is intimidated and afraid of him; he has entered the Sanctuary of the True Lord. ||5||1||

³⁷Maaroo, Third Mehl:

³⁸Coming and going in reincarnation no longer exist, when one dwells in the home of the self within.

³⁹He bestowed the Blessing of His treasure of truth; only He Himself knows. ||1||

¹O my mind, remember the Dear Lord, and abandon the corruption of your mind.

²Meditate on the Word of the Guru's Shabad; focus lovingly on the Truth. ||1||Pause||

³One who forgets the Name in this world, shall not find any place of rest anywhere else.

⁴He shall wander in all sorts of reincarnations, and rot away in manure. ||2||

⁵By great good fortune, I have found the Guru, according to my pre-ordained destiny, O my mother.

⁶Night and day, I practice true devotional worship; I am united with the True Lord. ||3||

⁷He Himself fashioned the entire universe; He Himself bestows His Glance of Grace.

⁸O Nanak, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is glorious and great; as He pleases, He bestows His Blessings. ||4||2||

⁹Maaroo, Third Mehl:

¹⁰Please forgive my past mistakes, O my Dear Lord; now, please place me on the Path.

¹¹I remain attached to the Lord's Feet, and eradicate self-conceit from within. ||1||

¹²O my mind, as Gurmukh, meditate on the Name of the Lord.

¹³Remain attached forever to the Lord's Feet, single-mindedly, with love for the One Lord. ||1||Pause||

¹⁴I have no social status or honor; I have no place or home.

¹⁵Pierced through by the Word of the Shabad, my doubts have been cut away. The Guru has inspired me to understand the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||2||

¹⁶This mind wanders around, driven by greed, totally attached to greed.

¹⁷He is engrossed in false pursuits; he shall endure beatings in the City of Death. ||3||

¹⁸O Nanak, God Himself Himself is all-in-all. There is no other at all.

¹⁹He bestows the treasure of devotional worship, and the Gurmukhs abide in peace. ||4||3||

²⁰Maaroo, Third Mehl:

²¹Seek and find those who are imbued with Truth; they are so rare in this world.

²²Meeting with them, one's face becomes radiant and bright, chanting the Name of the Lord. ||1||

²³O Baba, contemplate and cherish the True Lord and Master within your heart.

²⁴Seek out and see, and ask your True Guru, and obtain the true commodity. ||1||Pause||

²⁵All serve the One True Lord; through pre-ordained destiny, they meet Him.

²⁶The Gurmukhs merge with Him, and will not be separated from Him again; they attain the True Lord. ||2||

²⁷Some do not appreciate the value of devotional worship; the self-willed manmukhs are deluded by doubt.

²⁸They are fillled with self-conceit; they cannot accomplish anything. ||3||

²⁹Stand and offer your prayer, to the One who cannot be moved by force.

³⁰O Nanak, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, abides within the mind of the Gurmukh; hearing his prayer, the Lord applauds him. ||4||4||

³¹Maaroo, Third Mehl:

³²He transforms the burning desert into a cool oasis; he transmutes rusted iron into gold.

³³So praise the True Lord; there is none other as great as He is. ||1||

³⁴O my mind, night and day, meditate on the Lord's Name.

³⁵Contemplate the Word of the Guru's Teachings, and sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, night and day. ||1||Pause||

³⁶As Gurmukh, one comes to know the One Lord, when the True Guru instructs him.

³⁷Praise the True Guru, who imparts this understanding. ||2||

³⁸Those who forsake the True Guru, and attach themselves to duality - what will they do when they go to the world hereafter?

³⁹Bound and gagged in the City of Death, they will be beaten. They will be punished severely. ||3||

¹My God is independent and self-sufficient; he does not have even an iota of greed.

²O Nanak, run to His Sanctuary; granting His forgiveness, He merges us into Himself. ||4||5||

³Maaroo, Fourth Mehl, Second House:

⁴One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁵Suk-deva and Janak meditated on the Naam; following the Guru's Teachings, they sought the Sanctuary of the Lord, Har, Har.

⁶God met Sudama and removed his poverty; through loving devotional worship, he crossed over.

⁷God is the Lover of His devotees; the Lord's Name is fufilling; God showers His Mercy on the Gurmukhs. ||1||

⁸O my mind, chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, you will be saved.

⁹Dhroo, Prahlaad and Bidar the slave-girl's son, became Gurmukh, and through the Naam, crossed over. ||1||Pause||

¹⁰In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the Naam is the supreme wealth; it saves the humble devotees.

¹¹All the faults of Naam Dayv, Jai Dayv, Kabeer, Trilochan and Ravi Daas the leather-worker were covered.

¹²Those who become Gurmukh, and remain attached to the Naam, are saved; all their sins are washed off. ||2||

¹³Whoever chants the Naam, all his sins and mistakes are taken away.

¹⁴Ajaamal, who had sex with prostitites, was saved, by chanting the Name of the Lord.

¹⁵Chanting the Naam, Ugar Sain obtained salvation; his bonds were broken, and he was liberated. ||3||

¹⁶God Himself takes pity on His humble servants, and makes them His own.

¹⁷My Lord of the Universe saves the honor of His servants; those who seek His Sanctuary are saved.

¹⁸The Lord has showered servant Nanak with His Mercy; he has enshrined the Lord's Name within his heart. ||4||1||

¹⁹Maaroo, Fourth Mehl:

²⁰The Siddhas in Samaadhi meditate on Him; they are lovingly focused on Him. The seekers and the silent sages meditate on Him as well.

²¹The celibates, the true and contented beings meditate on Him; Indra and the other gods chant His Name with their mouths.

²²Those who seek His Sanctuary meditate on Him; they become Gurmukh and swim across. ||1||

²³O my mind, chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and cross over.

²⁴Dhanna the farmer, and Balmik the highway robber, became Gurmukh, and crossed over. ||1||Pause||

²⁵Angels, men, heavenly heralds and celestial singers meditate on Him; even the humble Rishis sing of the Lord.

²⁶Shiva, Brahma and the goddess Lakhshmi, meditate, and chant with their mouths the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

²⁷Those whose minds are drenched with the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, as Gurmukh, cross over. ||2||

²⁸Millions and millions, three hundred thirty million gods meditate on Him; there is no end to those who meditate on the Lord.

²⁹The Vedas, the Puraanas and the Simritees meditate on the Lord; the Pandits, the religious scholars, sing the Lord's Praises as well.

³⁰Those whose minds are filled with the Naam, the source of nectar - as Gurmukh, they cross over. ||3||

³¹Those who chant the Naam in endless waves - I cannot even count their number.

³²The Lord of the Universe bestows His Mercy, and those who are pleasing to the Mind of the Lord God, find their place.

³³The Guru, granting His Grace, implants the Lord's Name within; servant Nanak chants the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||4||2||

¹Maaroo, Fourth Mehl, Third House:

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

³Take the treasure of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. Follow the Guru's Teachings, and the Lord shall bless you with honor.

⁴Here and hereafter, the Lord goes with you; in the end, He shall deliver you.

⁵Where the path is difficult and the street is narrow, there the Lord shall liberate you. ||1||

⁶O my True Guru, implant within me the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

⁷The Lord is my mother, father, child and relative; I have none other than the Lord, O my mother. ||1||Pause||

⁸I feel the pains of love and yearning for the Lord, and the Name of the Lord. If only someone would come and unite me with Him, O my mother.

⁹I bow in humble devotion to one who inspires me to meet with my Beloved.

¹⁰The almighty and merciful True Guru unites me with the Lord God instantaneously. ||2||

¹¹Those who do not remember the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, are most unfortunate, and are slaughtered.

¹²They wander in reincarnation, again and again; they die, and are re-born, and continue coming and going.

¹³Bound and gagged at Death's Door, they are cruelly beaten, and punished in the Court of the Lord. ||3||

¹⁴O God, I seek Your Sanctuary; O my Sovereign Lord King, please unite me with Yourself.

¹⁵O Lord, Life of the World, please shower me with Your Mercy; grant me the Sanctuary of the Guru, the True Guru.

¹⁶The Dear Lord, becoming merciful, has blended servant Nanak with Himself. ||4||1||3||

¹⁷Maaroo, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁸I inquire about the commodity of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. Is there anyone who can show me the wealth, the capital of the Lord?

¹⁹I cut myself into pieces, and make myself a sacrifice to that one who leads me to meet my Lord God.

²⁰I am filled with the Love of my Beloved; how can I meet my Friend, and merge with Him? ||1||

²¹O my beloved friend, my mind, I take the wealth, the capital of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

²²The Perfect Guru has implanted the Naam within me; the Lord is my support - I celebrate the Lord. ||1||Pause||

²³O my Guru, please unite me with the Lord, Har, Har; show me the wealth, the capital of the Lord.

²⁴Without the Guru, love does not well up; see this, and know it in your mind.

²⁵The Lord has installed Himself within the Guru; so praise the Guru, who unites us with the Lord. ||2||

²⁶The ocean, the treasure of devotional worship of the Lord, rests with the Perfect True Guru.

²⁷When it pleases the True Guru, He opens the treasure, and and the Gurmukhs are illuminated by the Lord's Light.

²⁸The unfortunate self-willed manmukhs die of thirst, on the very bank of the river. ||3||

²⁹The Guru is the Great Giver; I beg for this gift from the Guru,

³⁰that He may unite me with God, from whom I was separated for so long! This is the great hope of my mind and body.

³¹If it pleases You, O my Guru, please listen to my prayer; this is servant Nanak's prayer. ||4||2||4||

³²Maaroo, Fourth Mehl:

³³O Lord God, please preach Your sermon to me. Through the Guru's Teachings, the Lord is merged into my heart.

³⁴Meditate on the sermon of the Lord, Har, Har, O very fortunate ones; the Lord shall bless you with the most sublime status of Nirvaanaa.

¹The minds of the Gurmukhs are filled with faith; through the Perfect Guru, they merge in the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||

²O my mind, the sermon of the Lord, Har, Har, is pleasing to my mind.

³Continually and forever, speak the sermon of the Lord, Har, Har; as Gurmukh, speak the Unspoken Speech. ||1||Pause||

⁴I have searched through and through my mind and body; how can I attain this Unspoken Speech?

⁵Meeting with the humble Saints, I have found it; listening to the Unspoken Speech, my mind is pleased.

⁶The Lord's Name is the Support of my mind and body; I am united with the all-knowing Primal Lord God. ||2||

⁷The Guru, the Primal Being, has united me with the Primal Lord God. My consciousness has merged into the supreme consciousness.

⁸By great good fortune, I serve the Guru, and I have found my Lord, all-wise and all-knowing.

⁹The self-willed manmukhs are very unfortunate; they pass their life-night in misery and pain. ||3||

¹⁰I am just a meek beggar at Your Door, God; please, place the Ambrosial Word of Your Bani in my mouth.

¹¹The True Guru is my friend; He unites me with my all-wise, all-knowing Lord God.

¹²Servant Nanak has entered Your Sanctuary; grant Your Grace, and merge me into Your Name. ||4||3||5||

¹³Maaroo, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁴Detached from the world, I am in love with the Lord; by great good fortune, I have enshrined the Lord within my mind.

¹⁵Joining the Sangat, the Holy Congregation, faith has welled up within me; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, I taste the sublime essence of the Lord.

¹⁶My mind and body have totally blossomed forth; through the Word of the Guru's Bani, I chant the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||1||

¹⁷O my beloved mind, my friend, taste the sublime essence of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

¹⁸Through the Perfect Guru, I have found the Lord, who saves my honor, here and hereafter. ||1||Pause||

¹⁹Meditate on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har; as Gurmukh, taste the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises.

²⁰Plant the seed of the Lord in the body-farm. The Lord God is enshrined within the Sangat, the Holy Congregation.

²¹The Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is Ambrosial Nectar. Through the Perfect Guru, taste the sublime essence of the Lord. ||2||

²²The self-willed manmukhs are filled with hunger and thirst; their minds run around in the ten directions, hoping for great wealth.

²³Without the Name of the Lord, their life is cursed; the manmukhs are stuck in manure.

²⁴They come and go, and are consigned to wander through uncounted incarnations, eating stinking rot. ||3||

²⁵Begging, imploring, I seek Your Sanctuary; Lord, shower me with Your Mercy, and save me, God.

²⁶Lead me to join the Society of the Saints, and bless me with the honor and glory of the Lord's Name.

²⁷I have obtained the wealth of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har; servant Nanak chants the Lord's Name, through the Guru's Teachings. ||4||4||6||

²⁸Maaroo, Fourth Mehl, Fifth House:

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

³⁰Devotional worship to the Lord, Har, Har, is an overflowing treasure.

³¹The Gurmukh is emancipated by the Lord.

³²One who is blessed by the Mercy of my Lord and Master sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||1||

³³O Lord, Har, Har, take pity on me,

³⁴that within my heart, I may dwell upon You, Lord, forever and ever.

³⁵Chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, O my soul; chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, you shall be emancipated. ||1||Pause||

¹The Ambrosial Name of the Lord is the ocean of peace.

²The beggar begs for it; O Lord, please bless him, in Your kindness.

³True, True is the Lord; the Lord is forever True; the True Lord is pleasing to my mind. ||2||

⁴The nine holes pour out filth.

⁵Chanting the Lord's Name, they are all purified and sanctified.

⁶When my Lord and Master is totally pleased, He leads the mortal to meditate in remembrance on the Lord, and then his filth is taken away. ||3||

⁷Attachment to Maya is terribly treacherous.

⁸How can one cross over the difficult world-ocean?

⁹The True Lord bestows the boat of the True Guru; meditating on the Lord, Har, Har, one is carried across. ||4||

¹⁰You are everywhere; all are Yours.

¹¹Whatever You do, God, that alone comes to pass.

¹²Poor servant Nanak sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord; as it pleases the Lord, He bestows His approval. ||5||1||7||

¹³Maaroo, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁴Chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, O my mind.

¹⁵The Lord shall eradicate all your sins.

¹⁶Treasure the Lord's wealth, and gather in the Lord's wealth; when you depart in the end, the Lord shall go along with you as your only friend and companion. ||1||

¹⁷He alone meditates on the Lord, unto whom He grants His Grace.

¹⁸He continually chants the Lord's Chant; meditating on the Lord, one finds peace.

¹⁹By Guru's Grace, the sublime essence of the Lord is obtained. Meditating on the Lord, Har, Har, one is carried across. ||1||Pause||

²⁰The fearless, formless Lord - the Name is Truth.

²¹To chant it is the most sublime and exalted activity in this world.

²²Doing so, the Messenger of Death, the evil enemy, is killed. Death does not even approach the Lord's servant. ||2||

²³One whose mind is satisfied with the Lord

²⁴that servant is known throughout the four ages, in all four directions.

²⁵If some sinner speaks evil of him, the Messenger of Death chews him up. ||3||

²⁶The One Pure Creator Lord is in all.

²⁷He stages all His wondrous plays, and watches them.

²⁸Who can kill that person, whom the Lord has saved? The Creator Lord Himself delivers him. ||4||

²⁹I chant the Name of the Creator Lord, night and day.

³⁰He saves all His servants and devotees.

³¹Consult the eighteen Puraanas and the four Vedas; O servant Nanak, only the Naam, the Name of the Lord, will deliver you. ||5||2||8||

³²Maaroo, Fifth Mehl, Second House:

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

³⁴The earth, the Akaashic ethers and the stars abide in the Fear of God. The almighty Order of the Lord is over the heads of all.

³⁵Wind, water and fire abide in the Fear of God; poor Indra abides in the Fear of God as well. ||1||

³⁶I have heard one thing, that the One Lord alone is fearless.

³⁷He alone is at peace, and he alone is embellished forever, who meets with the Guru, and sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

³⁸The embodied and the divine beings abide in the Fear of God. The Siddhas and seekers die in the Fear of God.

³⁹The 8.4 millions species of beings die, and die again, and are born over and over again. They are consigned to reincarnation. ||2||

¹Those who embody the energies of sattva-white light, raajas-red passion, and taamas-black darkness, abide in the Fear of God, along with the many created forms.

²This miserable deceiver Maya abides in the Fear of God; the Righteous Judge of Dharma is utterly afraid of Him as well. ||3||

³The entire expanse of the Universe is in the Fear of God; only the Creator Lord is without this Fear.

⁴Says Nanak, God is the companion of His devotees; His devotees look beautiful in the Court of the Lord. ||4||1||

⁵Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

⁶The five year old orphan boy Dhroo, by meditating in remembrance on the Lord, became stationary and permanent.

⁷For the sake of his son, Ajaamal called out, "O Lord, Naaraayan", who struck down and killed the Messenger of Death. ||1||

⁸My Lord and Master has saved many, countless beings.

⁹I am meek, with little or no understanding, and unworthy; I seek protection at the Lord's Door. ||1||Pause||

¹⁰Baalmeek the outcaste was saved, and the poor hunter was saved as well.

¹¹The elephant remembered the Lord in his mind for an instant, and so was carried across. ||2||

¹²He saved His devotee Prahlaad, and tore Harnaakhash with his nails.

¹³Bidar, the son of a slave-girl, was purified, and all his generations were redeemed. ||3||

¹⁴What sins of mine should I speak of? I am intoxicated with false emotional attachment.

¹⁵Nanak has entered the Sanctuary of the Lord; please, reach out and take me into Your embrace. ||4||2||

¹⁶Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁷For the sake of riches, I wandered around in so many ways; I rushed around, making all sorts of efforts.

¹⁸The deeds I did in egotism and pride, have all been done in vain. ||1||

¹⁹Other days are of no use to me;

²⁰please bless me with those days, O Dear God, on which I may sing the Lord's Praises. ||1||Pause||

²¹Gazing upon children, spouse, household and possessions, one is entangled in these.

²²Tasting the wine of Maya, one is intoxicated, and never sings of the Lord, Har, Har. ||2||

²³In this way, I have examined lots of methods, but without the Saints, it is not found.

²⁴You are the Great Giver, the great and almighty God; I have come to beg a gift from You. ||3||

²⁵Abandoning all pride and self-importance, I have sought the Sanctuary of the dust of the feet of the Lord's slave.

²⁶Says Nanak, meeting with the Lord, I have become one with Him; I have found supreme bliss and peace. ||4||3||

²⁷Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

²⁸In what place is the Name established? Where does egotism dwell?

²⁹What injury have you suffered, listening to abuse from someone else's mouth? ||1||

³⁰Listen: who are you, and where did you come from?

³¹You don't even know how long you will stay here; you have no hint of when you shall leave. ||1||Pause||

³²Wind and water have patience and tolerance; the earth has compassion and forgiveness, no doubt.

³³The union of the five tattvas - the five elements - has brought you into being. Which of these is evil? ||2||

³⁴The Primal Lord, the Architect of Destiny, formed your form; He also burdened you with egotism.

³⁵He alone is born and dies; He alone comes and goes. ||3||

³⁶Nothing of the color and the form of the creation shall remain; the entire expanse is transitory.

³⁷Prays Nanak, when He brings His play to its close, then only the One, the One Lord remains. ||4||4||

¹Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

²Pride, emotional attachment, greed and corruption are gone; I have not placed anything else, other than the Lord, within my consciousness.

³I have purchased the jewel of the Naam and the Glorious Praises of the Lord; loading this merchandise, I have set out on my journey. ||1||

⁴The love which the Lord's servant feels for the Lord lasts forever.

⁵In my life, I served my Lord and Master, and as I depart, I keep Him enshrined in my consciousness. ||1||Pause||

⁶I have not turned my face away from my Lord and Master's Command.

⁷He fills my household with celestial peace and bliss; if He asks me to leave, I leave at once. ||2||

⁸When I am under the Lord's Command, I find even hunger pleasurable; I know no difference between sorrow and joy.

⁹Whatever the Command of my Lord and Master is, I bow my forehead and accept it. ||3||

¹⁰The Lord and Master has become merciful to His servant; He has embellished both this world and the next.

¹¹Blessed is that servant, and fruitful is his birth; O Nanak, he realizes his Lord and Master. ||4||5||

¹²Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

¹³Good karma has dawned for me - my Lord and Master has become merciful. I sing the Kirtan of the Praises of the Lord, Har, Har.

¹⁴My struggle is ended; I have found peace and tranquility. All my wanderings have ceased. ||1||

¹⁵Now, I have obtained the state of eternal life.

¹⁶The Primal Lord, the Architect of Destiny, has come into my conscious mind; I seek the Sanctuary of the Saints. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷Sexual desire, anger, greed and emotional attachment are eradicated; all my enemies are eliminated.

¹⁸He is always ever-present, here and now, watching over me; He is never far away. ||2||

¹⁹In peace and cool tranquility, my faith has been totally fulfilled; the Saints are my Helpers and Support.

²⁰He has purified the sinners in an instant; I cannot express His Glorious Praises. ||3||

²¹I have become fearless; all fear has departed. The feet of the Lord of the Universe are my only Shelter.

²²Nanak sings the Praises of his Lord and Master; night and day, he is lovingly focused on Him. ||4||6||

²³Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

²⁴He is all-powerful, the Master of all virtues, but you never sing of Him!

²⁵You shall have to leave all this in an instant, but again and again, you chase after it. ||1||

²⁶Why do you not contemplate your God?

²⁷You are entangled in association with your enemies, and the enjoyment of pleasures; your soul is burning up with them! ||1||Pause||

²⁸Hearing His Name, the Messenger of Death will release you, and yet, you do not enter His Sanctuary!

²⁹Turn out this wretched jackal, and seek the Shelter of that God. ||2||

³⁰Praising Him, you shall cross over the terrifying world-ocean, and yet, you have not fallen in love with Him!

³¹This meager, short-lived dream, this thing - you are engrossed in it, over and over again. ||3||

³²When our Lord and Master, the ocean of mercy, grants His Grace, one finds honor in the Society of the Saints.

³³Says Nanak, I am rid of the illusion of the three-phased Maya, when God becomes my help and support. ||4||7||

³⁴Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

³⁵The Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts, knows everything; what can anyone hide from Him?

³⁶Your hands and feet will fall off in an instant, when you are burnt in the fire. ||1||

¹You fool, you have forgotten the Lord from your mind!

²You eat His salt, and then you are untrue to Him; before your very eyes, you shall be torn apart. ||1||Pause||

³The incurable disease has arisen in your body; it cannot be removed or overcome.

⁴Forgetting God, one endures utter agony; this is the essence of reality which Nanak has realized. ||2||8||

⁵Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

⁶I have enshrined the lotus feet of God within my consciousness.

⁷I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, continually, continuously.

⁸There is none other than Him at all.

⁹He alone exists, in the beginning, in the middle, and in the end. ||1||

¹⁰He Himself is the Shelter of the Saints. ||1||Pause||

¹¹The entire universe is under His control.

¹²He Himself, the Formless Lord, is Himself by Himself.

¹³Nanak holds tight to that True Lord.

¹⁴He has found peace, and shall never suffer pain again. ||2||9||

¹⁵Maaroo, Fifth Mehl, Third House:

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

¹⁷He is the Giver of peace to the breath of life, the Giver of life to the soul; how can you forget Him, you ignorant person?

¹⁸You taste the weak, insipid wine, and you have gone insane. You have uselessly wasted this precious human life. ||1||

¹⁹O man, such is the foolishness you practice.

²⁰Renouncing the Lord, the Support of the earth, you wander, deluded by doubt; you are engrossed in emotional attachment, associating with Maya, the slave-girl. ||1||Pause||

²¹Abandoning the Lord, the Support of the earth, you serve her of lowly ancestry, and you pass you life acting egotistically.

²²You do useless deeds, you ignorant person; this is why you are called a blind, self-willed manmukh. ||2||

²³That which is true, you believe to be untrue; what is transitory, you believe to be permanent.

²⁴You grasp as your own, what belongs to others; in such delusions you are deluded. ||3||

²⁵The Kh'shaatriyas, Brahmins, Soodras and Vaishyas all cross over, through the Name of the One Lord.

²⁶Guru Nanak speaks the Teachings; whoever listens to them is carried across. ||4||1||10||

²⁷Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

²⁸You may act in secrecy, but God is still with you; you can only deceive other people.

²⁹Forgetting your Dear Lord, you enjoy corrupt pleasures, and so you shall have to embrace red-hot pillars. ||1||

³⁰O man, why do you go out to the households of others?

³¹You filthy, heartless, lustful donkey! Haven't you heard of the Righteous Judge of Dharma? ||1||Pause||

³²The stone of corruption is tied around your neck, and the load of slander is on your head.

³³You must cross over the vast open ocean, but you cannot cross over to the other side. ||2||

³⁴You are engrossed in sexual desire, anger, greed and emotional attachment; you have turned your eyes away from the Truth.

³⁵You cannot even raise your head above the water of the vast, impassable sea of Maya. ||3||

³⁶The sun is liberated, and the moon is liberated; the God-realized being is pure and untouched.

³⁷His inner nature is like that of fire, untouched and forever immaculate. ||4||

³⁸When good karma dawns, the wall of doubt is torn down. He lovingly accepts the Guru's Will.

¹One who is blessed with the medicine of the GurMantra, the Name of the Lord, O servant Nanak, does not suffer the agonies of reincarnation. ||5||2||

²O man, in this way, you shall cross over to the other side.

³Meditate on your Dear Lord, and be dead to the world; renounce your love of duality. ||Second Pause||2||11||

⁴Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

⁵I have quit searching outside; the Guru has shown me that God is within the home of my own heart.

⁶I have seen God, fearless, of wondrous beauty; my mind shall never leave Him to go anywhere else. ||1||

⁷I have found the jewel; I have found the Perfect Lord.

⁸The invaluable value cannot be obtained; in His Mercy, the Guru bestows it. ||1||Pause||

⁹The Supreme Lord God is imperceptible and unfathomable; meeting the Holy Saint, I speak the Unspoken Speech.

¹⁰The unstruck sound current of the Shabad vibrates and resounds in the Tenth Gate; the Ambrosial Naam trickles down there. ||2||

¹¹I lack nothing; the thirsty desires of my mind are satisfied. The inexhaustible treasure has entered into my being.

¹²I serve the feet, the feet, the feet of the Guru, and manage the unmanageable. I have found the juice, the sublime essence. ||3||

¹³Intuitively I come, and intuively I go; my mind intuitively plays.

¹⁴Says Nanak, when the Guru drives out doubt, then the soul-bride enters the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. ||4||3||12||

¹⁵Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁶You feel no love for the One who created and embellished you.

¹⁷The seed, planted out season, does not germinate; it does not produce flower or fruit. ||1||

¹⁸O mind, this is the time to plant the seed of the Name.

¹⁹Focus your mind, and cultivate this crop; at the proper time, make this your purpose. ||1||Pause||

²⁰Eradicate the stubbornness and doubt of your mind, and go to the Sanctuary of the True Guru.

²¹He alone does such deeds, who has such pre-ordained karma. ||2||

²²He falls in love with the Lord of the Universe, and his efforts are approved.

²³My crop has germinated, and it shall never be used up. ||3||

²⁴I have obtained the priceless wealth, which shall never leave me or go anywhere else.

²⁵Says Nanak, I have found peace; I am satisfied and fulfilled. ||4||4||13||

²⁶Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

²⁷The egg of doubt has burst; my mind has been enlightened.

²⁸The Guru has shattered the shackles on my feet, and has set me free. ||1||

²⁹My coming and going in reincarnation is ended.

³⁰The boiling cauldron has cooled down; the Guru has blessed me with the cooling, soothing Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

³¹Since I joined the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, those who were eyeing me have left.

³²The one who tied me up, has released me; what can the Watchman of Death do to me now? ||2||

³³The load of my karma has been removed, and I am now free of karma.

³⁴I have crossed the world-ocean, and reached the other shore; the Guru has blessed me with this Dharma. ||3||

³⁵True is my place, and True is my seat; I have made Truth my life's purpose.

³⁶True is my capital, and True is the merchandise, which Nanak has placed into the home of the heart. ||4||5||14||

³⁷Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

¹The Pandit, the religious scholar, proclaims the Vedas, but he is slow to act on them.

²Another person on silence sits alone, but his heart is tied in knots of desire.

³Another becomes an Udaasi, a renunciate; he abandons his home and walks out on his family, but his wandering impulses do not leave him. ||1||

⁴Who can I tell about the state of my soul?

⁵Where can I find such a person who is liberated, and who can unite me with my God? ||1||Pause||

⁶Someone may practice intensive meditation, and discipline his body, but his mind still runs around in ten directions.

⁷The celibate practices celibacy, but his heart is filled with pride.

⁸The Sannyaasi wanders around at sacred shrines of pilgrimage, but his mindless anger is still within him. ||2||

⁹The temple dancers tie bells around their ankles to earn their living.

¹⁰Others go on fasts, take vows, perform the six rituals and wear religious robes for show.

¹¹Some sing songs and melodies and hymns, but their minds do not sing of the Lord, Har, Har. ||3||

¹²The Lord's Saints are immaculately pure; they are beyond pleasure and pain, beyond greed and attachment.

¹³My mind obtains the dust of their feet, when the Lord God shows mercy.

¹⁴Says Nanak, I met the Perfect Guru, and then the anxiety of my mind was removed. ||4||

¹⁵My Sovereign Lord is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts.

¹⁶The Beloved of my soul knows everything; all trivial talk is forgotten. ||1||Second Pause||6||15||

¹⁷Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁸One who has Your Name in his heart is the king of all the hundreds of thousands and millions of beings.

¹⁹Those, whom my True Guru has not blessed with Your Name, are poor idiots, who die and are reborn. ||1||

²⁰My True Guru protects and preserves my honor.

²¹When You come to mind, Lord, then I obtain perfect honor. Forgetting You, I roll in the dust. ||1||Pause||

²²The mind's pleasures of love and beauty bring just as many blames and sins.

²³The Name of the Lord is the treasure of Emancipation; it is absolute peace and poise. ||2||

²⁴The pleasures of Maya fade away in an instant, like the shade of a passing cloud.

²⁵They alone are dyed in the deep crimson of the Lord's Love, who meet the Guru, and sing the Praises of the Lord, Har, Har. ||3||

²⁶My Lord and Master is lofty and exalted, grand and infinite. The Darbaar of His Court is inaccessible.

²⁷Through the Naam, glorious greatness and respect are obtained; O Nanak, my Lord and Master is my Beloved. ||4||7||16||

²⁸Maaroo, Fifth Mehl, Fourth House:

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

³⁰The One Universal Creator Lord created the creation.

³¹He made all the days and the nights.

³²The forests, meadows, three worlds, water,

³³the four Vedas, the four sources of creation,

³⁴the countries, the continents and all the worlds,

³⁵have all come from the One Word of the Lord. ||1||

³⁶Hey - understand the Creator Lord.

³⁷If you meet the True Guru, then you'll understand. ||1||Pause||

³⁸He formed the expanse of the entire universe from the three gunas, the three qualities.

³⁹People are incarnated in heaven and in hell.

⁴⁰In egotism, they come and go.

⁴¹The mind cannot hold still, even for an instant.

¹Without the Guru, there is only pitch darkness.

²Meeting with the True Guru, one is emancipated. ||2||

³All the deeds done in egotism,

⁴are just chains around the neck.

⁵Harboring self-conceit and self-interest

⁶is just like placing chains around one's ankles.

⁷He alone meets with the Guru, and realizes the One Lord,

⁸who has such destiny written on his forehead. ||3||

⁹He alone meets the Lord, who is pleasing to His Mind.

¹⁰He alone is deluded, who is deluded by God.

¹¹No one, by himself, is ignorant or wise.

¹²He alone chants the Naam, whom the Lord inspires to do so.

¹³You have no end or limitation.

¹⁴Servant Nanak is forever a sacrifice to You. ||4||1||17||

¹⁵Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁶Maya, the enticer, has enticed the world of the three gunas, the three qualities.

¹⁷The false world is engrossed in greed.

¹⁸Crying out, "Mine, mine!" they collect possessions, but in the end, they are all deceived. ||1||

¹⁹The Lord is fearless, formless and merciful.

²⁰He is the Cherisher of all beings and creatures. ||1||Pause||

²¹Some collect wealth, and bury it in the ground.

²²Some cannot abandon wealth, even in their dreams.

²³The king exercises his power, and fills his money-bags, but this fickle companion will not go along with him. ||2||

²⁴Some love this wealth even more than their body and breath of life.

²⁵Some collect it, forsaking their fathers and mothers.

²⁶Some hide it from their children, friends and siblings, but it will not remain with them. ||3||

²⁷Some become hermits, and sit in meditative trances.

²⁸Some are Yogis, celibates, religious scholars and thinkers.

²⁹Some dwell in homes, graveyards, cremation grounds and forests; but Maya still clings to them there. ||4||

³⁰When the Lord and Master releases one from his bonds,

³¹the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, comes to dwell in his soul.

³²In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, His humble servants are liberated; O Nanak, they are redeemed and enraptured by the Lord's Glance of Grace. ||5||2||18||

³³Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

³⁴Meditate in remembrance on the One Immaculate Lord.

³⁵No one is turned away from Him empty-handed.

³⁶He cherished and preserved you in your mother's womb;

³⁷He blessed you with body and soul, and embellished you.

³⁸Each and every instant, meditate on that Creator Lord.

³⁹Meditating in remembrance on Him, all faults and mistakes are covered.

⁴⁰Enshrine the Lord's lotus feet deep within the nucleus of your self.

⁴¹Save your soul from the waters of corruption.

⁴²Your cries and shrieks shall be ended;

⁴³meditating on the Lord of the Universe, your doubts and fears shall be dispelled.

⁴⁴Rare is that being, who finds the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

⁴⁵Nanak is a sacrifice, a sacrifice to Him. ||1||

⁴⁶The Lord's Name is the support of my mind and body.

⁴⁷Whoever meditates on Him is emancipated. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁸He believes that the false thing is true.

⁴⁹The ignorant fool falls in love with it.

⁵⁰He is intoxicated with the wine of sexual desire, anger and greed;

⁵¹he loses this human life in exchance for a mere shell.

⁵²He abandons his own, and loves that of others.

⁵³His mind and body are permeated with the intoxication of Maya.

⁵⁴His thirsty desires are not quenched, although he indulges in pleasures.

⁵⁵His hopes are not fulfilled, and all his words are false.

⁵⁶He comes alone, and he goes alone.

¹False is all his talk of me and you.

²The Lord Himself administers the poisonous potion, to mislead and delude.

³O Nanak, the the karma of past actions cannot be erased. ||2||

⁴Beasts, birds, demons and ghosts

⁵- in these many ways, the false wander in reincarnation.

⁶Wherever they go, they cannot remain there.

⁷They have no place of rest; they rise up again and again and run around.

⁸Their minds and bodies are filled with immense, expansive desires.

⁹The poor wretches are cheated by egotism.

¹⁰They are filled with countless sins, and are severely punished.

¹¹The extent of this cannot be estimated.

¹²Forgetting God, they fall into hell.

¹³There are no mothers there, no siblings, no friends and no spouses.

¹⁴Those humble beings, unto whom the Lord and Master becomes Merciful,

¹⁵O Nanak, cross over. ||3||

¹⁶Rambling and roaming, wandering around, I came to seek the Sanctuary of God.

¹⁷He is the Master of the meek, the father and mother of the world.

¹⁸The Merciful Lord God is the Destroyer of sorrow and suffering.

¹⁹He emancipates whoever He pleases.

²⁰He lifts them up and pulls him out of the deep dark pit.

²¹Emancipation comes through loving devotional worship.

²²The Holy Saint is the very embodiment of the Lord's form.

²³He Himself saves us from the great fire.

²⁴By myself, I cannot practice meditation, austerities, penance and self-discipline.

²⁵In the beginning and in the end, God is inaccessible and unfathomable.

²⁶Please bless me with Your Name, Lord; Your slave begs only for this.

²⁷O Nanak, my Lord God is the Giver of the true state of life. ||4||3||19||

²⁸Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

²⁹Why do you try to deceive others, O people of the world? The Fascinating Lord is Merciful to the meek. ||1||

³⁰This is what I have come to know.

³¹The brave and heroic Guru, the Generous Giver, gives Sanctuary and preserves our honor. ||1||Pause||

³²He submits to the Will of His devotees; He is forever and ever the Giver of peace. ||2||

³³Please bless me with Your Mercy, that I may meditate on Your Name alone. ||3||

³⁴Nanak, the meek and humble, begs for the Naam, the Name of the Lord; it eradicates duality and doubt. ||4||4||20||

³⁵Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

³⁶My Lord and Master is utterly powerful.

³⁷I am just His poor servant. ||1||

³⁸My Enticing Beloved is very dear to my mind and my breath of life.

³⁹He blesses me with His gift. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁰I have seen and tested all.

⁴¹There is none other than Him. ||2||

⁴²He sustains and nurtures all beings.

⁴³He was, and shall always be. ||3||

⁴⁴Please bless me with Your Mercy, O Divine Lord,

⁴⁵and link Nanak to Your service. ||4||5||21||

⁴⁶Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁷The Redeemer of sinners, who carries us across; I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice, a sacrifice, a sacrifice to Him.

⁴⁸If only I could meet with such a Saint, who would inspire me to meditate on the Lord, Har, Har, Har. ||1||

⁴⁹No one knows me; I am called Your slave.

⁵⁰This is my support and sustenance. ||1||Pause||

⁵¹You support and cherish all; I am meek and humble - this is my only prayer.

⁵²You alone know Your Way; You are the water, and I am the fish. ||2||

⁵³O Perfect and Expansive Lord and Master, I follow You in love.

⁵⁴O God, You are pervading all the worlds, solar systems and galaxies. ||3||

¹You are eternal and unchanging, imperishable, invisible and infinite, O divine fascinating Lord.

²Please bless Nanak with the gift of the Society of the Saints, and the dust of the feet of Your slaves. ||4||6||22||

³Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

⁴The Saints are fulfilled and satisfied;

⁵they know the Guru's Mantra and the Teachings.

⁶They cannot even be described;

⁷they are blessed with the glorious greatness of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||

⁸My Beloved is a priceless jewel.

⁹His Name is unattainable and immeasurable. ||1||Pause||

¹⁰One whose mind is satisfied believing in the imperishable Lord God,

¹¹becomes Gurmukh and attains the essence of spiritual wisdom.

¹²He sees all in his meditation.

¹³He banishes egotistical pride from his mind. ||2||

¹⁴Permanent is the place of those

¹⁵who, through the Guru, realize the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.

¹⁶Meeting the Guru, they remain awake and aware night and day;

¹⁷they are committed to the Lord's service. ||3||

¹⁸They are perfectly fulfilled and satisfied,

¹⁹intuitively absorbed in Samaadhi.

²⁰The Lord's treasure comes into their hands;

²¹O Nanak, through the Guru, they attain it. ||4||7||23||

²²Maaroo, Fifth Mehl, Sixth House, Dho-Padhay:

²³One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²⁴Abandon all your clever tricks; meet with the Holy, and renounce your egotistical pride.

²⁵Everything else is false; with your tongue, chant the Name of the Lord, Raam, Raam. ||1||

²⁶O my mind, with your ears, listen to the Name of the Lord.

²⁷The sins of your many past lifetimes shall be washed away; then, what can the wretched Messenger of Death do to you? ||1||Pause||

²⁸Pain, poverty and fear shall not afflict you, and you shall find peace and pleasure.

²⁹By Guru's Grace, Nanak speaks; meditation on the Lord is the essence of spiritual wisdom. ||2||1||24||

³⁰Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

³¹Those who have forgotten the Naam, the Name of the Lord - I have seen them reduced to dust.

³²The love of children and friends, and the pleasures of married life are torn apart. ||1||

³³O my mind, continually, continuously chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

³⁴You shall not burn in the ocean of fire, and your mind and body shall be blessed with peace. ||1||Pause||

³⁵Like the shade of a tree, these things shall pass away, like the clouds blown away by the wind.

³⁶Meeting with the Holy, devotional worship to the Lord is implanted within; O Nanak, only this shall work for you. ||2||2||25||

³⁷Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

³⁸The perfect, primal Lord is the Giver of peace; He is always with you.

³⁹He does not die, and he does not come or go in reincarnation. He does not perish, and He is not affected by heat or cold. ||1||

⁴⁰O my mind, be in love with the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

⁴¹Within the mind, think of the Lord, Har, Har, the treasure. This is the purest way of life. ||1||Pause||

⁴²Whoever meditates on the merciful compassionate Lord, the Lord of the Universe, is successful.

⁴³He is always new, fresh and young, clever and beautiful; Nanak's mind is pierced through with His Love. ||2||3||26||

⁴⁴Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁵While walking and sitting, sleeping and waking, contemplate within your heart the GurMantra.

⁴⁶Run to the Lord's lotus feet, and join the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. Cross over the terrifying world-ocean, and reach the other side. ||1||

¹O my mind, enshrine the Naam, the Name of the Lord, within your heart.

²Love the Lord, and commit your mind and body to Him; forget everything else. ||1||Pause||

³Soul, mind, body and breath of life belong to God; eliminate your self-conceit.

⁴Meditate, vibrate on the Lord of the Universe, and all your desires shall be fulfilled; O Nanak, you shall never be defeated. ||2||4||27||

⁵Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

⁶Renounce your self-conceit, and the fever shall depart; become the dust of the feet of the Holy.

⁷He alone receives Your Name, Lord, whom You bless with Your Mercy. ||1||

⁸O my mind, drink in the Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

⁹Abandon other bland, insipid tastes; become immortal, and live throughout the ages. ||1||Pause||

¹⁰Savor the essence of the One and only Naam; love the Naam, focus and attune yourself to the Naam.

¹¹Nanak has made the One Lord his only friend, companion and relative. ||2||5||28||

¹²Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

¹³He nourishes and preserves mortals in the womb of the mother, so that the fiery heat does not hurt them.

¹⁴That Lord and Master protects us here. Understand this in your mind. ||1||

¹⁵O my mind, take the Support of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

¹⁶Understand the One who created you; the One God is the Cause of causes. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷Remember the One Lord in your mind, renounce your clever tricks, and give up all your religious robes.

¹⁸Meditating in remembrance forever on the Lord, Har, Har, O Nanak, countless beings have been saved. ||2||6||29||

¹⁹Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

²⁰His Name is the Purifier of sinners; He is the Master of the masterless.

²¹In the vast and terrifying world-ocean, he is the raft for those who have such destiny inscribed on their foreheads. ||1||

²²Without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, huge numbers of companions have drowned.

²³Even if someone does not remember the Lord, the Cause of causes, still, the Lord reaches out with His hand, and saves him. ||1||Pause||

²⁴In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, chant the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and take the Path of the Ambrosial Name of the Lord.

²⁵Shower me with Your Mercy, O Lord; listening to Your sermon, Nanak lives. ||2||7||30||

²⁶Maaroo, Anjulee ~ With Hands Cupped In Prayer, Fifth Mehl, Seventh House:

²⁷One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²⁸Union and separation are ordained by the Primal Lord God.

²⁹The puppet is made from the five elements.

³⁰By the Command of the Dear Lord King, the soul came and entered into the body. ||1||

³¹In that place, where the fire rages like an oven,

³²in that darkness where the body lies face down

³³- there, one remembers his Lord and Master with each and every breath, and then he is rescued. ||2||

³⁴Then, one comes out from within the womb,

³⁵and forgetting his Lord and Master, he attaches his consciousness to the world.

³⁶He comes and goes, and wanders in reincarnation; he cannot remain anywhere. ||3||

³⁷The Merciful Lord Himself emancipates.

³⁸He created and established all beings and creatures.

³⁹Those who depart after having been victorious in this priceless human life - O Nanak, their coming into the world is approved. ||4||1||31||

¹Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

²The One Lord alone is our help and support; neither physician nor friend, nor sister nor brother can be this. ||1||

³His actions alone come to pass; He washes off the filth of sins. Meditate in remembrance on that Supreme Lord. ||2||

⁴He abides in each and every heart, and dwells in all; His seat and place are eternal. ||3||

⁵He does not come or go, and He is always with us. His actions are perfect. ||4||

⁶He is the Savior and the Protector of His devotees.

⁷The Saints live by meditating on God, the support of the breath of life.

⁸The Almighty Lord and Master is the Cause of causes; Nanak is a sacrifice to Him. ||5||2||32||

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

¹⁰Maaroo, Ninth Mehl:

¹¹The Name of the Lord is forever the Giver of peace.

¹²Meditating in remembrance on it, Ajaamal was saved, and Ganika the prostitute was emancipated. ||1||Pause||

¹³Dropadi the princess of Panchaala remembered the Lord's Name in the royal court.

¹⁴The Lord, the embodiment of mercy, removed her suffering; thus His own glory was increased. ||1||

¹⁵That man, who sings the Praise of the Lord, the treasure of mercy, has the help and support of the Lord.

¹⁶Says Nanak, I have come to rely on this. I seek the Sanctuary of the Lord. ||2||1||

¹⁷Maaroo, Ninth Mehl:

¹⁸What should I do now, O mother?

¹⁹I have wasted my whole life in sin and corruption; I never remembered the Lord. ||1||Pause||

²⁰When Death places the noose around my neck, then I lose all my senses.

²¹Now, in this disaster, other than the Name of the Lord, who will be my help and support? ||1||

²²That wealth, which he believes to be his own, in an instant, belongs to another.

²³Says Nanak, this still really bothers my mind - I never sang the Praises of the Lord. ||2||2||

²⁴Maaroo, Ninth Mehl:

²⁵O my mother, I have not renounced the pride of my mind.

²⁶I have wasted my life intoxicated with Maya; I have not focused myself in meditation on the Lord. ||1||Pause||

²⁷When Death's club falls on my head, then I will be wakened from my sleep.

²⁸But what good will it do to repent at that time? I cannot escape by running away. ||1||

²⁹When this anxiety arises in the heart, then, one comes to love the Guru's feet.

³⁰My life becomes fruitful, O Nanak, only when I am absorbed in the Praises of God. ||2||3||

³¹Maaroo, Ashtpadheeyaa, First Mehl, First House:

³²One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³³Reciting and listening to the Vedas and the Puraanas, countless wise men have grown weary.

³⁴So many in their various religious robes have grown weary, wandering to the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

³⁵The True Lord and Master is immaculate and pure. The mind is satisfied only by the One Lord. ||1||

³⁶You are eternal; You do not grow old. All others pass away.

³⁷One who lovingly focuses on the Naam, the source of nectar - his pains are taken away. ||1||Pause||

¹Study the Lord's Name, and understand the Lord's Name; follow the Guru's Teachings, and through the Naam, you shall be saved.

²Perfect are the Teachings of the Perfect Guru; contemplate the Perfect Word of the Shabad.

³The Lord's Name is the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage, and the Eradicator of sins. ||2||

⁴The blind ignorant mortal stirs the water and churns the water, wishing to obtain butter.

⁵Following the Guru's Teachings, one churns the cream, and the treasure of the Ambrosial Naam is obtained.

⁶The self-willed manmukh is a beast; he does not know the essence of reality that is contained within himself. ||3||

⁷Dying in egotism and self-conceit, one dies, and dies again, only to be reincarnated over and over again.

⁸But when he dies in the Word of the Guru's Shabad, then he does not die, ever again.

⁹When he follows the Guru's Teachings, and enshrines the Lord, the Life of the World, within his mind, he redeems all his generations. ||4||

¹⁰The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is the true object, the true commodity.

¹¹The Naam is the only true profit in this world. Follow the Guru's Teachings, and contemplate it.

¹²To work in the love of duality, brings constant loss in this world. ||5||

¹³True is one's association, true is one's place,

¹⁴Contemplating the True Word of the Guru's Bani, and the True Word of the Shabad, one becomes content. ||6||

¹⁵Enjoying princely pleasures, one shall be destroyed in pain and pleasure.

¹⁶Adopting a name of greatness, one strings heavy sins around his neck.

¹⁷Mankind cannot give gifts; You alone are the Giver of everything. ||7||

¹⁸You are inaccessible and unfathomable; O Lord, You are imperishable and infinite.

¹⁹Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, seeking at the Lord's Door, one finds the treasure of liberation.

²⁰O Nanak, this union is not broken, if one deals in the merchandise of Truth. ||8||1||

²¹Maaroo, First Mehl:

²²The boat is loaded with sin and corruption, and launched into the sea.

²³The shore cannot be seen on this side, nor on the shore beyond.

²⁴There are no oars, nor any boatmen, to cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ||1||

²⁵O Baba, the world is caught in the great noose.

²⁶By Guru's Grace, they are saved, contemplating the True Name. ||1||Pause||

²⁷The True Guru is the boat; the Word of the Shabad will carry them across.

²⁸There is neither wind nor fire, neither water nor form there.

²⁹The True Name of the True Lord is there; it carries them across the terrifying world-ocean. ||2||

³⁰The Gurmukhs reach the shore beyond, lovingly focusing on the True Lord.

³¹Their comings and goings are ended, and their light merges into the Light.

³²Following the Guru's Teachings, intuitive peace wells up within them, and they remain merged in the True Lord. ||3||

³³The snake may be locked in a basket, but it is still poisonous, and the anger within its mind remains.

³⁴One obtains what is pre-ordained; why does he blame others?

³⁵If one, as Gurmukh, hears and believes in the Name, the charm against poison, his mind becomes content. ||4||

³⁶The crocodile is caught by the hook and line;

³⁷caught in the trap of evil-mindedness, he regrets and repents, again and again.

³⁸He does not understand birth and death; the inscription of one's past actions cannot be erased. ||5||

³⁹Injecting the poison of egotism, the world was created; with the Shabad enshrined within, the poison is eliminated.

⁴⁰Old age cannot torment one who remains lovingly absorbed in the True Lord.

⁴¹He alone is called Jivan-Mikta, liberated while yet alive, from within whom egotism is eradicated. ||6||

¹The world is chasing after worldly affairs; caught and bound, it does not understand contemplative meditation.

²The foolish, ignorant, self-willed manmukh has forgotten birth and death.

³Those whom the Guru has protected are saved, contemplating the True Word of the Shabad. ||7||

⁴In the cage of divine love, the parrot, speaks.

⁵It pecks at the Truth, and drinks in the Ambrosial Nectar; it flies away, only once.

⁶Meeting with the Guru, one recognizes his Lord and Master; says Nanak, he finds the gate of liberation. ||8||2||

⁷Maaroo, First Mehl:

⁸One who dies in the Word of the Shabad conquers death; otherwise, where can you run?

⁹Through the Fear of God, fear runs away; His Name is Ambrosial Nectar.

¹⁰You alone kill and protect; except for You, there is no place at all. ||1||

¹¹O Baba, I am filthy, shallow and totally without understanding.

¹²Without the Naam, no one is anything; the Perfect Guru has made my intellect perfect. ||1||Pause||

¹³I am full of faults, and I have no virtue at all. Without virtues, how can I go home?

¹⁴Through the Word of the Shabad, intuitive peace wells up; without good destiny, the wealth is not obtained.

¹⁵Those whose minds are not filled with the Naam are bound and gagged, and suffer in pain. ||2||

¹⁶Those who have forgotten the Naam - why have they even come into the world?

¹⁷Here and hereafter, they do not find any peace; they have loaded their carts with ashes.

¹⁸Those who are separated, do not meet with the Lord; they suffer in terrible pain at Death's Door. ||3||

¹⁹I do not know what will happen in the world hereafter; I am so confused - please teach me, Lord!

²⁰I am confused; I would fall at the feet of one who shows me the Way.

²¹Without the Guru, there is no giver at all; His value cannot be described. ||4||

²²If I see my friend, then I will embrace Him; I have sent Him the letter of Truth.

²³His soul-bride stands waiting expectantly; as Gurmukh, I see Him with my eyes.

²⁴By the Pleasure of Your Will, You abide in my mind, and bless me with Your Glance of Grace. ||5||

²⁵One who is wandering hungry and thirsty - what can he give, and what can anyone ask from him?

²⁶I cannot conceive of any other, who can bless my mind and body with perfection.

²⁷The One who created me takes care of me; He Himself blesses me with glory. ||6||

²⁸In the body-village is my Lord and Master, whose body is ever-new, Innocent and child-like, incomparably playful.

²⁹He is neither a woman, nor a man, nor a bird; the True Lord is so wise and beautiful.

³⁰Whatever pleases Him, happens; You are the lamp, and You are the incense. ||7||

³¹He hears the songs and tastes the flavors, but these flavors are useless and insipid, and bring only disease to the body.

³²One who loves the Truth and speaks the Truth, escapes from the sorrow of separation.

³³Nanak does not forget the Naam; whatever happens is by the Lord's Will. ||8||3||

³⁴Maaroo, First Mehl:

³⁵Practice Truth - other greed and attachments are useless.

³⁶The True Lord has fascinated this mind, and my tongue enjoys the taste of Truth.

³⁷Without the Name, there is no juice; the others depart, loaded with poison. ||1||

³⁸I am such a slave of Yours, O my Beloved Lord and Master.

³⁹I walk in harmony with Your Command, O my True, Sweet Beloved. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁰Night and day, the slave works for his overlord.

⁴¹I have sold my mind for the Word of the Guru's Shabad; my mind is comforted and consoled by the Shabad.

¹The Perfect Guru is honored and celebrated; He has taken away the pains of my mind. ||2||

²I am the servant and slave of my Master; what glorious greatness of His can I describe?

³The Perfect Master, by the Pleasure of His Will, forgives, and then one practices Truth.

⁴I am a sacrifice to my Guru, who re-unites the separated ones. ||3||

⁵The intellect of His servant and slave is noble and true; it is made so by the Guru's intellect.

⁶The intuition of those who are true is beautiful; the intellect of the self-willed manmukh is insipid.

⁷My mind and body belong to You, God; from the very beginning, Truth has been my only support. ||4||

⁸In Truth I sit and stand; I eat and speak the Truth.

⁹With Truth in my consciousness, I gather the wealth of Truth, and drink in the sublime essence of Truth.

¹⁰In the home of Truth, the True Lord protects me; I speak the Words of the Guru's Teachings with love. ||5||

¹¹The self-willed manmukh is very lazy; he is trapped in the wilderness.

¹²He is drawn to the bait, and continually pecking at it, he is trapped; his link to the Lord is ruined.

¹³By Guru's Grace, one is liberated, absorbed in the primal trance of Truth. ||6||

¹⁴His slave remains continually pierced through with love and affection for God.

¹⁵Without the True Lord, the soul of the false, corrupt person is burnt to ashes.

¹⁶Abandoning all evil actions, he crosses over in the boat of Truth. ||7||

¹⁷Those who have forgotten the Naam have no home, no place of rest.

¹⁸The Lord's slave renounces greed and attachment, and obtains the Lord's Name.

¹⁹If You forgive him, Lord, then He is united with You; Nanak is a sacrifice. ||8||4||

²⁰Maaroo, First Mehl:

²¹The Lord's slave renounces his egotistical pride, through the Guru's Fear, intuitively and easily.

²²The slave realizes his Lord and Master; glorious is his greatness!

²³Meeting with his Lord and Master, he finds peace; His value cannot be desribed. ||1||

²⁴I am the slave and servant of my Lord and Master; all glory is to my Master.

²⁵By Guru's Grace, I am saved, in the Sanctuary of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

²⁶The slave has been given the most excellent task, by the Primal Command of the Master.

²⁷The slave realizes the Hukam of His Command, and submits to His Will forever.

²⁸The Lord King Himself grants forgiveness; how glorious is His greatness! ||2||

²⁹He Himself is True, and everything is True; this is revealed through the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

³⁰He alone serves You, whom You have enjoined to do so.

³¹Without serving Him, no one finds Him; in duality and doubt, they are ruined. ||3||

³²How could we forget Him from our minds? The gifts which he bestows increase day by day.

³³Soul and body, all belong to Him; He infused the breath into us.

³⁴If he shows His Mercy, then we serve Him; serving Him, we merge in Truth. ||4||

³⁵He alone is the Lord's slave, who remains dead while yet alive, and eradicates egotism from within.

³⁶His bonds are broken, the fire of his desire is quenched, and he is liberated.

³⁷The treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is within all, but how rare are those who, as Gurmukh, obtain it. ||5||

³⁸Within the Lord's slave, there is no virtue at all; the Lord's slave is totally unworthy.

³⁹There is no Giver as great as You, Lord; You alone are the Forgiver.

⁴⁰Your slave obeys the Hukam of Your Command; this is the most excellent action. ||6||

⁴¹The Guru is the pool of nectar in the world-ocean; whatever one desires, that fruit is obtained.

⁴²The treasure of the Naam brings immortality; enshrine it in your heart and mind.

¹Serving the Guru, eternal peace is obtained, by those whom the Lord inspires to obey the Hukam of His Command. ||7||

²Gold and silver, and all metals, mix with dust in the end

³Without the Name, nothing goes along with you; the True Guru has imparted this understanding.

⁴O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Naam are immaculate and pure; they remain merged in the Truth. ||8||5||

⁵Maaroo, First Mehl:

⁶The Order is issued, and he cannot remain; the permit to stay has been torn up.

⁷This mind is tied to its faults; it suffers terrible pain in its body.

⁸The Perfect Guru forgives all the mistakes of the beggar at His Door. ||1||

⁹How can he stay here? He must get up and depart. Contemplate the Word of the Shabad, and understand this.

¹⁰He alone is united, whom You, O Lord, unite. Such is the Primal Command of the Infinite Lord. ||1||Pause||

¹¹As You keep me, I remain; whatever You give me, I eat.

¹²As You lead me, I follow, with the Ambrosial Name in my mouth.

¹³All glorious greatness rests in the hands of my Lord and Master; my mind yearns to unite with You. ||2||

¹⁴Why should anyone praise any other created being? That Lord acts and sees.

¹⁵The One who created me, abides within my mind; there is no other at all.

¹⁶So praise that True Lord, and you shall be blessed with true honor. ||3||

¹⁷The Pandit, the religious scholar, reads, but does not reach the Lord; he is totally entangled in worldly affairs.

¹⁸He keeps the company of both virtue and vice, tormented by hunger and the Messenger of Death.

¹⁹One who is protected by the Perfect Lord, forgets separation and fear. ||4||

²⁰They alone are perfect, O Siblings of Destiny, whose honor is certified.

²¹Perfect is the intellect of the Perfect Lord. True is His glorious greatness.

²²His gifts never run short, although those who receive may grow weary of receiving. ||5||

²³Searching the salty sea, one finds the pearl.

²⁴It looks beautiful for a few days, but in the end, it is eaten away by dust.

²⁵If one serves the Guru, the ocean of Truth, the gifts one receives never run short. ||6||

²⁶They alone are pure, who are pleasing to my God; all others are soiled with filth.

²⁷The filthy become pure, when they meet with the Guru, the Philosopher's Stone.

²⁸Who can estimate the value of the color of the true jewel? ||7||

²⁹Wearing religious robes, the Lord is not obtained, nor is He obtained by giving donations at sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

³⁰Go and ask the readers of the Vedas; without faith, the world is cheated.

³¹O Nanak, he alone values the jewel, who is blessed with the spiritual wisdom of the Perfect Guru. ||8||6||

³²Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

³³The self-willed manmukh, in a fit of passion, abandons his home, and is ruined; then, he spies on the homes of others.

³⁴He neglects his household duties, and does not meet with the True Guru; he is caught in the whirlpool of evil-mindedness.

³⁵Wandering in foreign lands and reading scriptures, he grows weary, and his thirsty desires only increase.

³⁶His perishable body does not remember the Word of the Shabad; like a beast, he fills his belly. ||1||

³⁷O Baba, this is the way of life of the Sannyaasi, the renunciate.

³⁸Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, he is to enshrine love for the One Lord. Imbued with Your Name, Lord, he remains satisfied and fulfilled. ||1||Pause||

³⁹He dyes his robes with saffron dye, and wearing these robes, he goes out begging.

⁴⁰Tearing his robes, he makes a patched coat, and puts the money in his wallet.

⁴¹From house to house he goes begging, and tries to teach the world; but his mind is blind, and so he loses his honor.

⁴²He is deluded by doubt, and does not remember the Word of the Shabad. He loses his life in the gamble. ||2||

¹Without the Guru, the fire within is not quenched; and outside, the fire still burns.

²Without serving the Guru, there is no devotional worship. How can anyone, by himself, know the Lord?

³Slandering others, one lives in hell; within him is hazy darkness.

⁴Wandering to the eixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage, he is ruined. How can the filth of sin be washed away? ||3||

⁵He sifts through the dust, and applies ashes to his body, but he is searching for the path of Maya's wealth.

⁶Inwardly and outwardly, he does not know the One Lord; if someone tells him the Truth, he grows angry.

⁷He reads the scriptures, but tells lies; such is the intellect of one who has no guru.

⁸Without chanting the Naam, how can he find peace? Without the Name, how can he look good? ||4||

⁹Some shave their heads, some keep their hair in matted tangles; some keep it in braids, while some keep silent, filled with egotistical pride.

¹⁰Their minds waver and wander in ten directions, without loving devotion and enlightenment of the soul.

¹¹They abandon the Ambrosial Nectar, and drink the deadly poison, driven mad by Maya.

¹²Past actions cannot be erased; without understanding the Hukam of the Lord's Command, they become beasts. ||5||

¹³With bowl in hand, wearing his patched coat, great desires well up in his mind.

¹⁴Abandoning his own wife, he is engrossed in sexual desire; his thoughts are on the wives of others.

¹⁵He teaches and preaches, but does not contemplate the Shabad; he is bought and sold on the street.

¹⁶With poison within, he pretends to be free of doubt; he is ruined and humiliated by the Messenger of Death. ||6||

¹⁷He alone is a Sannyaasi, who serves the True Guru, and removes his self-conceit from within.

¹⁸He does not ask for clothes or food; without asking, he accepts whatever he receives.

¹⁹He does not speak empty words; he gathers in the wealth of tolerance, and burns away his anger with the Naam.

²⁰Blessed is such a householder, Sannyaasi and Yogi, who focuses his consciousness on the Lord's feet. ||7||

²¹Amidst hope, the Sannyaasi remains unmoved by hope; he remains lovingly focused on the One Lord.

²²He drinks in the sublime essence of the Lord, and so finds peace and tranquility; in the home of his own being, he remains absorbed in the deep trance of meditation.

²³His mind does not waver; as Gurmukh, he understands. He restrains it from wandering out.

²⁴Following the Guru's Teachings, he searches the home of his body, and obtains the wealth of the Naam. ||8||

²⁵Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are exalted, imbued with contemplative meditation on the Naam.

²⁶The sources of creation, speech, the heavens and the underworld, all beings and creatures, are infused with Your Light.

²⁷All comforts and liberation are found in the Naam, and the vibrations of the Guru's Bani; I have enshrined the True Name within my heart.

²⁸Without the Naam, no one is saved; O Nanak, with the Truth, cross over to the other side. ||9||7||

²⁹Maaroo, First Mehl:

³⁰Through the union of mother and father, the fetus is formed. The egg and sperm join together to make the body.

³¹Upside-down within the womb, it lovingly dwells on the Lord; God provides for it, and gives it nourishment there. ||1||

³²How can he cross over the terrifying world-ocean?

³³The Gurmukh obtains the Immaculate Naam, the Name of the Lord; the unbearable load of sins is removed. ||1||Pause||

³⁴I have forgotten Your Virtues, Lord; I am insane - what can I do now?

³⁵You are the Merciful Giver, above the heads of all. Day and night, You give gifts, and take care of all. ||2||

³⁶One is born to achieve the four great objectives of life. The spirit has taken up its home in the material world.

¹Driven by hunger, it sees the path of Maya's riches; this emotional attachment takes away the treasure of liberation. ||3||

²Weeping and wailing, he does not receive them; he searches here and there, and grows weary.

³Engrossed in sexual desire, anger and egotism, he falls in love with his false relatives. ||4||

⁴He eats and enjoys, listens and watches, and dresses up to show off in this house of death.

⁵Without the Word of the Guru's Shabad, he does not undersand himself. Without the Lord's Name, death cannot be avoided. ||5||

⁶The more attachment and egotism delude and confuse him, the more he cries out, "Mine, mine!", and the more he loses out.

⁷His body and wealth pass away, and he is torn by skepticism and cynicism; in the end, he regrets and repents, when the dust falls on his face. ||6||

⁸He grows old, his body and youth waste away, and his throat is plugged with mucous; water flows from his eyes.

⁹He feet fail him, and his hands shake and tremble; the faithless cynic does not enshrine the Lord in his heart. ||7||

¹⁰His intellect fails him, his black hair turns white, and no one wants to keep him in their home.

¹¹Forgetting the Naam, these are the stigmas which stick to him; the Messenger of Death beats him, and drags him to hell. ||8||

¹²The record of one's past actions cannot be erased; who else is to blame for one's birth and death?

¹³Without the Guru, life and death are pointless; without the Word of the Guru's Shabad, life just burns away. ||9||

¹⁴The pleasures enjoyed in happiness bring ruin; acting in corruption is useless indulgence.

¹⁵Forgetting the Naam, and caught by greed, he betrays his own source; the club of the Righteous Judge of Dharma will strike him over the head. ||10||

¹⁶The Gurmukhs sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord's Name; the Lord God blesses them with His Glance of Grace.

¹⁷Those beings are pure, perfect unlimited and infinite; in this world, they are the embodiment of the Guru, the Lord of the Universe. ||11||

¹⁸Meditate in remembrance on the Lord; meditate and contemplate the Guru's Word, and love to associate with the humble servants of the Lord.

¹⁹The Lord's humble servants are the embodiment of the Guru; they are supreme and respected in the Court of the Lord. Nanak seeks the dust of the feet of those humble servants of the Lord. ||12||8||

²⁰One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²¹Maaroo, Kaafee, First Mehl, Second House:

²²The double-minded person comes and goes, and has numerous friends.

²³The soul-bride is separated from her Lord, and she has no place of rest; how can she be comforted? ||1||

²⁴My mind is attuned to the Love of my Husband Lord.

²⁵I am devoted, dedicated, a sacrifice to the Lord; if only He would bless me with His Glance of Grace, even for an instant! ||1||Pause||

²⁶I am a rejected bride, abandoned in my parents' home; how can I go to my in-laws now?

²⁷I wear my faults around my neck; without my Husband Lord, I am grieving, and wasting away to death. ||2||

²⁸But if, in my parents' home, I remember my Husband Lord, then I will come to dwell in the home of my in-laws yet.

²⁹The happy soul-brides sleep in peace; they find their Husband Lord, the treasure of virtue. ||3||

³⁰Their blankets and mattresses are made of silk, and so are the clothes on their bodies.

³¹The Lord rejects the impure soul-brides. Their life-night passes in misery. ||4||

¹I have tasted many flavors, and worn many robes,

²but without my Husband Lord, my youth is slipping away uselessly; I am separated from Him, and I cry out in pain. ||5||

³I have heard the True Lord's message, contemplating the Guru.

⁴True is the home of the True Lord; by His Gracious Grace, I love Him. ||6||

⁵The spiritual teacher applies the ointment of Truth to his eyes, and sees God, the Seer.

⁶The Gurmukh comes to know and understand; ego and pride are subdued. ||7||

⁷O Lord, You are pleased with those who are like Yourself; there are many more like me.

⁸O Nanak, the Husband does not separate from those who are imbued with Truth. ||8||1||9||

⁹Maaroo, First Mehl:

¹⁰Neither the sisters, nor the sisters-in-law, nor the mothers-in-law, shall remain.

¹¹The true relationship with the Lord cannot be broken; it was established by the Lord, O sister soul-brides. ||1||

¹²I am a sacrifice to my Guru; I am forever a sacrifice to Him.

¹³Wandering so far without the Guru, I grew weary; now, the Guru has united me in Union with my Husband Lord. ||1||Pause||

¹⁴Aunts, uncles, grandparents and sisters-in-law

¹⁵- they all come and go; they cannot remain. They are like boatloads of passengers embarking. ||2||

¹⁶Uncles, aunts, and cousins of all sorts, cannot remain.

¹⁷The caravans are full, and great crowds of them are loading up at the riverbank. ||3||

¹⁸O sister-friends, my Husband Lord is dyed in the color of Truth.

¹⁹She who lovingly remembers her True Husband Lord is not separated from Him again. ||4||

²⁰All the seasons are good, in which the soul-bride falls in love with the True Lord.

²¹That soul-bride, who knows her Husband Lord, sleeps in peace, night and day. ||5||

²²At the ferry, the ferryman announces, "O travellers, hurry up and cross over."

²³I have seen them crossing over there, on the boat of the True Guru. ||6||

²⁴Some are getting on board, and some have already set out; some are weighed down with their loads.

²⁵Those who deal in Truth, remain with their True Lord God. ||7||

²⁶I am not called good, and I see none who are bad.

²⁷O Nanak, one who conquers and subdues his ego, becomes just like the True Lord. ||8||2||10||

²⁸Maaroo, First Mehl:

²⁹I do not believe that anyone is foolish; I do not believe that anyone is clever.

³⁰Imbued forever with the Love of my Lord and Master, I chant His Name, night and day. ||1||

³¹O Baba, I am so foolish, but I am a sacrifice to the Name.

³²You are the Creator, You are wise and all-seeing. Through Your Name, we are carried across. ||1||Pause||

³³The same person is foolish and wise; the same light within has two names.

³⁴The most foolish of the foolish are those who do not believe in the Name. ||2||

³⁵Through the Guru's Gate, the Gurdwara, the Name is obtained. Without the True Guru, it is not received.

³⁶Through the Pleasure of the True Guru's Will, the Name comes to dwell in the mind, and then, night and day, one remains lovingly absorbed in the Lord. ||3||

³⁷In power, pleasures, beauty, wealth and youth, one gambles his life away.

³⁸Bound by the Hukam of God's Command, the dice are thrown; he is just a piece in the game of chess. ||4||

³⁹The world is clever and wise, but it is deluded by doubt, and forgets the Name; the Pandit, the religious scholar, studies the scriptures, but he is still a fool.

⁴⁰Forgetting the Name, he dwells upon the Vedas; he writes, but he is confused by his poisonous corruption. ||5||

¹He is like the crop planted in the salty soil, or the tree growing on the river bank, or the white clothes sprinkled with dirt.

²This world is the house of desire; whoever enters it, is burnt down by egotistical pride. ||6||

³Where are all the kings and their subjects? Those who are immersed in duality are destroyed.

⁴Says Nanak, these are the steps of the ladder, of the Teachings of the True Guru; only the Unseen Lord shall remain. ||7||3||11||

⁵Maaroo, Third Mehl, Fifth House, Ashtpadheeyaa:

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

⁷One whose mind is filled with the Lord's Love,

⁸is intuitively exalted by the True Word of the Shabad.

⁹He alone knows the pain of this love; what does anyone else know about its cure? ||1||

¹⁰He Himself unites in His Union.

¹¹He Himself inspires us with His Love.

¹²He alone appreciates the value of Your Love, upon whom You shower Your Grace, O Lord. ||1||Pause||

¹³One whose spiritual vision is awakened - his doubt is driven out.

¹⁴By Guru's Grace, he obtains the supreme status.

¹⁵He alone is a Yogi, who understands this way, and contemplates the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||2||

¹⁶By good destiny, the soul-bride is united with her Husband Lord.

¹⁷Following the Guru's Teachings, she eradicates her evil-mindedness from within.

¹⁸With love, she continually enjoys pleasure with Him; she becomes the beloved of her Husband Lord. ||3||

¹⁹Other than the True Guru, there is no physician.

²⁰He Himself is the Immaculate Lord.

²¹Meeting with the True Guru, evil is conquered, and spiritual wisdom is contemplated. ||4||

²²One who is committed to this most sublime Shabad

²³becomes Gurmukh, and is rid of thirst and hunger.

²⁴By one's own efforts, nothing can be accomplished; the Lord, in His Mercy, bestows power. ||5||

²⁵The True Guru has revealed the essence of the Shaastras and the Vedas.

²⁶In His Mercy, He has come into the home of my self.

²⁷In the midst of Maya, the Immaculate Lord is known, by those upon whom You bestow Your Grace. ||6||

²⁸One who becomes Gurmukh, obtains the essence of reality;

²⁹he eradictes his self-conceit from within.

³⁰Without the True Guru, all are entangled in worldly affairs; consider this in your mind, and see. ||7||

³¹Some are deluded by doubt; they strut around egotistically.

³²Some, as Gurmukh, subdue their egotism.

³³Attuned to the True Word of the Shabad, they remain detached from the world. The other ignorant fools wander, confused and deluded by doubt. ||8||

³⁴Those who have not become Gurmukh, and who have not found the Naam, the Name of the Lord

³⁵those self-willed manmukhs waste their lives uselessly.

³⁶In the world hereafter, nothing except the Name will be of any assistance; this is understood by contemplating the Guru. ||9||

³⁷The Ambrosial Naam is the Giver of peace forever.

³⁸Throughout the four ages, it is known through the Perfect Guru.

³⁹He alone receives it, unto whom You bestow it; this is the essence of reality which Nanak has realized. ||10||1||

¹Maaroo, Fifth Mehl, Third House, Ashtpadheeyaa:

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

³Wandering and roaming through 8.4 million incarnations, you have now been given this human life, so difficult to obtain. ||1||

⁴You fool! You are attached and clinging to such trivial pleasures!

⁵The Ambrosial Nectar abides with you, but you are engrossed in sin and corruption. ||1||Pause||

⁶You have come to trade in gems and jewels, but you have loaded only barren soil. ||2||

⁷That home within which you live - you have not kept that home in your thoughts. ||3||

⁸He is immovable, indestructible, the Giver of peace to the soul; and yet you do not sing His Praises, even for an instant. ||4||

⁹You have forgotten that place where you must go; you have not attached your mind to the Lord, even for an instant. ||5||

¹⁰Gazing upon your children, spouse, household and paraphernalia, you are entangled in them. ||6||

¹¹As God links the mortals, so are they linked, and so are the deeds they do. ||7||

¹²When He becomes Merciful, then the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, is found; servant Nanak meditates on God. ||8||1||

¹³Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁴Granting His Grace, He has protected me; I have found the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

¹⁵My tongue lovingly chants the Lord's Name; this love is so sweet and intense! ||1||

¹⁶He is the place of rest for my mind,

¹⁷my friend, companion, associate and relative; He is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts. ||1||Pause||

¹⁸He created the world-ocean; I seek the Sanctuary of that God.

¹⁹By Guru's Grace, I worship and adore God; the Messenger of Death can't say anything to me. ||2||

²⁰Emancipation and liberation are at His Door; He is the treasure in the hearts of the Saints.

²¹The all-knowing Lord and Master shows us the true way of life; He is our Savior and Protector forever. ||3||

²²Pain, suffering and troubles are eradicated, when the Lord abides in the mind.

²³Death, hell and the most horrible dwelling of sin and corruption cannot even touch such a person. ||4||

²⁴Wealth, miraculous spiritual powers and the nine treasures come from the Lord, as do the streams of Ambrosial Nectar.

²⁵In the beginning, in the middle, and in the end, He is perfect, lofty, unapproachable and unfathomable. ||5||

²⁶The Siddhas, seekers, angelic beings, silent sages, and the Vedas speak of Him.

²⁷Meditating in remembrance on the Lord and Master, celestial peace is enjoyed; He has no end or limitation. ||6||

²⁸Countless sins are erased in an instant, meditating on the Benevolent Lord within the heart.

²⁹Such a person becomes the purest of the pure, and is blessed with the merits of millions of donations to charity and cleansing baths. ||7||

³⁰God is power, intellect, understanding, the breath of life, wealth, and everything for the Saints.

³¹May I never forget Him from my mind, even for an instant - this is Nanak's prayer. ||8||2||

³²Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

³³The sharp tool cuts down the tree, but it does not feel anger in its mind.

³⁴It serves the purpose of the cutter, and does not blame him at all. ||1||

³⁵O my mind, continually, continuously, meditate on the Lord.

³⁶The Lord of the Universe is merciful, divine and compassionate. Listen - this is the way of the Saints. ||1||Pause||

¹He plants his feet in the boat, and then sits down in it; the fatigue of his body is relieved.

²The great ocean does not even affect him; in an instant, he arrives on the other shore. ||2||

³Sandalwood, aloe, and camphor-paste - the earth does not love them.

⁴But it doesn't mind, if someone digs it up bit by bit, and applies manure and urine to it. ||3||

⁵High and low, bad and good - the comforting canopy of the sky stretches evenly over all.

⁶It knows nothing of friend and enemy; all beings are alike to it. ||4||

⁷Blazing with its dazzling light, the sun rises, and dispels the darkness.

⁸Touching both the pure and the impure, it harbors no hatred to any. ||5||

⁹The cool and fragrant wind gently blows upon all places alike.

¹⁰Wherever anything is, it touches it there, and does not hesitate a bit. ||6||

¹¹Good or bad, whoever comes close to the fire - his cold is taken away.

¹²It knows nothing of its own or others'; it is constant in the same quality. ||7||

¹³Whoever seeks the Sancuary of the feet of the Sublime Lord - his mind is attuned to the Love of the Beloved.

¹⁴Constantly singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the World, O Nanak, God becomes merciful to us. ||8||3||

¹⁵Maaroo, Fifth Mehl, Fourth House, Ashtpadheeyaa:

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

¹⁷Moonlight, moonlight - in the courtyard of the mind, let the moonlight of God shine down. ||1||

¹⁸Meditation, meditation - sublime is meditation on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||2||

¹⁹Renunciation, renunciation - noble is the renunciation of sexual desire, anger and greed. ||3||

²⁰Begging, begging - it is noble to beg for the Lord's Praise from the Guru. ||4||

²¹Vigils, vigils - sublime is the vigil spent singing the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises. ||5||

²²Attachment, attachment - sublime is the attachment of the mind to the Guru's Feet. ||6||

²³He alone is blessed with this way of life, upon whose forehead such destiny is recorded. ||7||

²⁴Says Nanak, everything is sublime and noble, for one who enters the Sanctuary of God. ||8||1||4||

²⁵Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

²⁶Please come, O please come into the home of my heart, that I may hear with my ears the Lord's Praises. ||1||Pause||

²⁷With your coming, my soul and body are rejuvenated, and I sing with you the Lord's Praises. ||1||

²⁸By the Grace of the Saint, the Lord dwells within the heart, and the love of duality is eradicated. ||2||

²⁹By the kindness of the devotee, the intellect is enlightened, and pain and evil-mindedness are eradicated. ||3||

³⁰Beholding the Blessed Vision of His Darshan, one is sanctified, and is no longer consigned to the womb of reincarnation. ||4||

³¹The nine treasures, wealth and miraculous spiritual powers are obtained, by one who is pleasing to Your mind. ||5||

³²Without the Saint, I have no place of rest at all; I cannot think of any other place to go. ||6||

³³I am unworthy; no one gives me sanctuary. But in the Society of the Saints, I merge in God. ||7||

³⁴Says Nanak, the Guru has revealed this miracle; within my mind, I enjoy the Lord, Har, Har. ||8||2||5||

¹Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

²Fruitful is the life, the life of one who hears about the Lord, and chants and meditates on Him; he lives forever. ||1||Pause||

³The real drink is that which satisfies the mind; this drink is the sublime essence of the Ambrosial Naam. ||1||

⁴The real food is that which will never leave you hungry again; it will leave you contented and satisfied forever. ||2||

⁵The real clothes are those which protect your honor before the Transcendent Lord, and do not leave you naked ever again. ||3||

⁶The real enjoyment within the mind is to be absorbed in the sublime essence of the Lord, in the Society of the Saints. ||4||

⁷Sew devotional worship to the Lord into the mind, without any needle or thread. ||5||

⁸Imbued and intoxicated with the sublime essence of the Lord, this experience will never wear off again. ||6||

⁹One is blessed with all treasures, when God, in His Mercy, gives them. ||7||

¹⁰O Nanak, service to the Saints beings peace; I drink in the wash water of the feet of the Saints. ||8||3||6||

¹¹Maaroo, Fifth Mehl, Eighth House, Anjulees ~ With Hands Cupped In Prayer:

¹²One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹³The household which is filled with abundance - that household suffers anxiety.

¹⁴One whose household has little, wanders around searching for more.

¹⁵He alone is happy and at peace, who is liberated from both conditions. ||1||

¹⁶Householders and kings fall into hell, along with renunciates and angry men,

¹⁷and all those who study and recite the Vedas in so many ways.

¹⁸Perfect is the work of that humble servant, who remains unattached while in the body. ||2||

¹⁹The mortal sleeps, even while he is awake; he is being plundered by doubt.

²⁰Without the Guru, liberation is not obtained, friend.

²¹In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, the bonds of egotism are released, and one comes to behold the One and only Lord. ||3||

²²Doing deeds, one is placed in bondage; but if he does not act, he is slandered.

²³Intoxicated with emotional attachment, the mind is afflicted with anxiety.

²⁴One who looks alike upon pleasure and pain, by Guru's Grace, sees the Lord in each and every heart. ||4||

²⁵Within the world, one is afflicted by skepticism;

²⁶he does not know the imperceptible Unspoken Speech of the Lord.

²⁷He alone understands, whom the Lord inspires to understand. The Lord cherishes him as His child. ||5||

²⁸He may try to abandon Maya, but he is not released.

²⁹If he collects things, then his mind is afraid of losing them.

³⁰I wave the fly-brush over that holy person, whose honor is protected in the midst of Maya. ||6||

³¹He alone is a warrior hero, who remains dead to the world.

³²One who runs away will wander in reincarnation.

³³Whatever happens, accept that as good. Realize the Hukam of His Command, and your evil-mindedness will be burnt away. ||7||

³⁴Whatever He links us to, to that we are linked.

³⁵He acts, and does, and watches over His Creation.

³⁶You are the Giver of peace, the Perfect Lord of Nanak; as You grant Your blessings, I dwell upon Your Name. ||8||1||7||

³⁷Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

³⁸Beneath the tree, all beings have gathered.

³⁹Some are hot-headed, and some speak very sweetly.

⁴⁰Sunset has come, and they rise up and depart; their days have run their course and expired. ||1||

⁴¹Those who committed sins are sure to be ruined.

⁴²Azraa-eel, the Angel of Death, seizes and tortures them.

¹They are consigned to hell by the Creator Lord, and the Accountant calls them to give their account. ||2||

²No brothers or sisters can go with them.

³Leaving behind their property, youth and wealth, they march off.

⁴They do not know the kind and compassionate Lord; they shall be crushed like sesame seeds in the oil-press. ||3||

⁵You happily, cheerfully steal the possessions of others,

⁶but the Lord God is with you, watching and listening.

⁷Through worldly greed, you have fallen into the pit; you know nothing of the future. ||4||

⁸You shall be born and born again, and die and die again, only to be reincarnated again.

⁹You shall suffer terrible punishment, on your way to the land beyond.

¹⁰The mortal does not know the One who created him; he is blind, and so he shall suffer. ||5||

¹¹Forgetting the Creator Lord, he is ruined.

¹²The drama of the world is bad; it brings sadness and then happiness.

¹³One who does not meet the Saint does not have faith or contentment; he wanders just as he pleases. ||6||

¹⁴The Lord Himself stages all this drama.

¹⁵As He makes them dance, so do they dance. Everyone lives their lives according to their past actions. ||7||

¹⁶When the Lord and Master grants His Grace, then we meditate on Him.

¹⁷In the Society of the Saints, one is not consigned to hell.

¹⁸Please bless Nanak with the gift of the Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord; he continually sings the songs of Your Glories. ||8||2||8||12||20||

¹⁹Maaroo, Solahas, First Mehl:

²⁰One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²¹The True Lord is True; there is no other at all.

²²He who created, shall in the end destroy.

²³As it pleases You, so You keep me, and so I remain; what excuse could I offer to You? ||1||

²⁴You Yourself create, and You Yourself destroy.

²⁵You yourself link each and every person to their tasks.

²⁶You contemplate Yourself, You Yourself make us worthy; You Yourself place us on the Path. ||2||

²⁷You Yourself are all-wise, You Yourself are all-knowing.

²⁸You Yourself created the Universe, and You are pleased.

²⁹You Yourself are the air, water and fire; You Yourself unite in Union. ||3||

³⁰You Yourself are the moon, the sun, the most perfect of the perfect.

³¹You Yourself are spiritual wisdom, meditation, and the Guru, the Warrior Hero.

³²The Messenger of Death, and his noose of death, cannot touch one, who is lovingly focused on You, O True Lord. ||4||

³³You Yourself are the male, and You Yourself are the female.

³⁴You Yourself are the chess-board, and You Yourself are the chessman.

³⁵You Yourself staged the drama in the arena of the world, and You Yourself evaluate the players. ||5||

³⁶You Yourself are the bumble bee, the flower, the fruit and the tree.

³⁷You Yourself are the water, the desert, the ocean and the pool.

³⁸You Yourself are the great fish, the tortoise, the Cause of causes; Your form cannot be known. ||6||

³⁹You Yourself are the day, and You Yourself are the night.

⁴⁰You Yourself are pleased by the Word of the Guru's Bani.

⁴¹From the very beginning, and throughout the ages, the unstruck sound current resounds, night and day; in each and every heart, the Word of the Shabad, echoes Your Will. ||7||

⁴²You Yourself are the jewel, incomparably beautiful and priceless.

⁴³You Yourself are the Assessor, the Perfect Weigher.

¹You Yourself test and forgive. You Yourself give and take, O Siblings of Destiny. ||8||

²He Himself is the bow, and He Himself is the archer.

³He Himself is all-wise, beautiful and all-knowing.

⁴He is the speaker, the orator and the listener. He Himself made what is made. ||9||

⁵Air is the Guru, and water is known to be the father.

⁶The womb of the great mother earth gives birth to all.

⁷Night and day are the two nurses, male and female; the world plays in this play. ||10||

⁸You Yourself are the fish, and You Yourself are the net.

⁹You Yourself are the cows, and You yourself are their keeper.

¹⁰Your Light fills all the beings of the world; they walk according to Your Command, O God. ||11||

¹¹You Yourself are the Yogi, and You Yourself are the enjoyer.

¹²You Yourself are the reveller; You form the supreme Union.

¹³You Yourself are speechless, formless and fearless, absorbed in the primal ecstasy of deep meditation. ||12||

¹⁴The sources of creation and speech are contained within You, Lord.

¹⁵All that is seen, is coming and going.

¹⁶They are the true bankers and traders, whom the True Guru has inspired to understand. ||13||

¹⁷The Word of the Shabad is understood through the Perfect True Guru.

¹⁸The True Lord is overflowing with all powers.

¹⁹You are beyond our grasp, and forever independent. You do not have even an iota of greed. ||14||

²⁰Birth and death are meaningless, for those

²¹who enjoy the sublime celestial essence of the Shabad within their minds.

²²He Himself is the Giver of liberation, satisfaction and blessings, to those devotees who love Him in their minds. ||15||

²³He Himself is immaculate; by contact with the Guru, spiritual wisdom is obtained.

²⁴Whatever is seen, shall merge into You.

²⁵Nanak, the lowly, begs for charity at Your Door; please, bless him with the glorious greatness of Your Name. ||16||1||

²⁶Maaroo, First Mehl:

²⁷He Himself is the earth, the mythical bull which supports it and the Akaashic ethers.

²⁸The True Lord Himself reveals His Glorious Virtues.

²⁹He Himself is celibate, chaste and contented; He Himself is the Doer of deeds. ||1||

³⁰He who created the creation, beholds what He has created.

³¹No one can erase the Inscription of the True Lord.

³²He Himself is the Doer, the Cause of causes; He Himself is the One who bestows glorious greatness. ||2||

³³The five thieves cause the fickle consciousness to waver.

³⁴It looks into the homes of others, but does not search its own home.

³⁵The body-village crumbles into dust; without the Word of the Shabad, one's honor is lost. ||3||

³⁶One who realizes the Lord through the Guru, comprehends the three worlds.

³⁷He subdues his desires, and struggles with his mind.

³⁸Those who serve You, become just like You; O Fearless Lord, You are their best friend from infancy. ||4||

³⁹You Yourself are the heavenly realms, this world and the nether regions of the underworld.

⁴⁰You Yourself are the embodiment of light, forever young.

⁴¹With matted hair, and a horrible, dreadful form, still, You have no form or feature. ||5||

⁴²The Vedas and the Bible do not know the mystery of God.

⁴³He has no mother, father, child or brother.

⁴⁴He created all the mountains, and levels them again; the Unseen Lord cannot be seen. ||6||

⁴⁵I have grown weary of making so many friends.

⁴⁶No one can rid me of my sins and mistakes.

⁴⁷God is the Supreme Lord and Master of all the angels and mortal beings; blessed with His Love, their fear is dispelled. ||7||

⁴⁸He puts back on the Path those who have wandered and strayed.

⁴⁹You Yourself make them stray, and You teach them again.

⁵⁰I cannot see anything except the Name. Through the Name comes salvation and merit. ||8||

¹The Ganges, the Jamunaa where Krishna played, Kaydar Naat'h,

²Benares, Kanchivaram, Puri, Dwaarkaa,

³Ganga Saagar where the Ganges empties into the ocean, Trivaynee where the three rivers come together, and the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage, are all merged in the Lord's Being. ||9||

⁴He Himself is the Siddha, the seeker, in meditative contemplation.

⁵He Himself is the King and the Council.

⁶God Himself, the wise Judge, sits on the throne; He takes away doubt, duality and fear. ||10||

⁷He Himself is the Qazi; He Himself is the Mullah.

⁸He Himself is infallible; He never makes mistakes.

⁹He Himself is the Giver of Grace, compassion and honor; He is no one's enemy. ||11||

¹⁰Whoever He forgives, He blesses with glorious greatness.

¹¹He is the Giver of all; He does not have even an iota of greed.

¹²The Immaculate Lord is all pervading, permeating everywhere, both hidden and manifest. ||12||

¹³How can I praise the inaccessible, infinite Lord?

¹⁴The True Creator Lord is the Enemy of ego.

¹⁵He unites those whom He blesses with His Grace; uniting them in His Union, they are united. ||13||

¹⁶Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva stand at His Door;

¹⁷they serve the unseen, infinite Lord.

¹⁸Millions of others can be seen crying at His door; I cannot even estimate their numbers. ||14||

¹⁹True is the Kirtan of His Praise, and True is the Word of His Bani.

²⁰I can see no other in the Vedas and the Puraanas.

²¹Truth is my capital; I sing the Glorious Praises of the True Lord. I have no other support at all. ||15||

²²In each and every age, the True Lord is, and shall always be.

²³Who has not died? Who shall not die?

²⁴Nanak the lowly offers this prayer; see Him within your own self, and lovingly focus on the Lord. ||16||2||

²⁵Maaroo, First Mehl:

²⁶In duality and evil-mindedness, the soul-bride is blind and deaf.

²⁷She wears the dress of sexual desire and anger.

²⁸Her Husband Lord is within the home of her own heart, but she does not know Him; without her Husband Lord, she cannot go to sleep. ||1||

²⁹The great fire of desire blazes within her.

³⁰The self-willed manmukh looks around in the four directions.

³¹Without serving the True Guru, how can she find peace? Glorious greatness rests in the hands of the True Lord. ||2||

³²Eradicating sexual desire, anger and egotism,

³³she destroys the five thieves through the Word of the Shabad.

³⁴Taking up the sword of spiritual wisdom, she struggles with her mind, and hope and desire are smoothed over in her mind. ||3||

³⁵From the union of the mother's egg and the father's sperm,

³⁶the form of infinite beauty has been created.

³⁷The blessings of light all come from You; You are the Creator Lord, pervading everywhere. ||4||

³⁸You have created birth and death.

³⁹Why should anyone fear, if they come to understand through the Guru?

⁴⁰When You, O Merciful Lord, look with Your kindness, then pain and suffering leave the body. ||5||

⁴¹One who sits in the home of his own self, eats his own fears.

⁴²He quiets and holds his wandering mind still.

⁴³His heart-lotus blossoms forth in the overflowing green pool, and the Lord of his soul becomes his companion and helper. ||6||

⁴⁴With their death already ordained, mortals come into this world.

⁴⁵How can they remain here? They have to go to the world beyond.

⁴⁶True is the Lord's Command; the true ones dwell in the eternal city. The True Lord blesses them with glorious greatness. ||7||

⁴⁷He Himself created the whole world.

⁴⁸The One who made it, assigns the tasks to it.

¹I cannot see any other above the True Lord. The True Lord does the appraisal. ||8||

²In this green pasture, the mortal stays only a few days.

³He plays and frolics in utter darkness.

⁴The jugglers have staged their show, and left, like people mumbling in a dream. ||9||

⁵They alone are blessed with glorious greatness at the Lord's throne,

⁶who enshrine the fearless Lord in their minds, and lovingly center themselves on Him.

⁷In the galaxies and solar systems, nether regions, celestial realms and the three worlds, the Lord is in the primal void of deep absorption. ||10||

⁸True is the village, and true is the throne,

⁹of those Gurmukhs who meet with the True Lord, and find peace.

¹⁰In Truth, seated upon the true throne, they are blessed with glorious greatness; their egotism is eradicated, along with the calculation of their account. ||11||

¹¹Calculating its account, the soul becomes anxious.

¹²How can one find peace, through duality and the three gunas - the three qualities?

¹³The One Lord is immaculate and formless, the Great Giver; through the Perfect Guru, honor is obtained. ||12||

¹⁴In each and every age, very rare are those who, as Gurmukh, realize the Lord.

¹⁵Their minds are imbued with the True, all-pervading Lord.

¹⁶Seeking His Shelter, they find peace, and their minds and bodies are not stained with filth. ||13||

¹⁷Their tongues are imbued with the True Lord, the source of nectar;

¹⁸abiding with the Lord God, they have no fear or doubt.

¹⁹Hearing the Word of the Guru's Bani, their ears are satisfied, and their light merges into the Light. ||14||

²⁰Carefully, carefully, I place my feet upon the ground.

²¹Wherever I go, I behold Your Sanctuary.

²²Whether You grant me pain or pleasure, You are pleasing to my mind. I am in harmony with You. ||15||

²³No one is anyone's companion or helper at the very last moment;

²⁴as Gurmukh, I realize You and praise You.

²⁵O Nanak, imbued with the Naam, I am detached; in the home of my own self deep within, I am absorbed in the primal void of deep meditation. ||16||3||

²⁶Maaroo, First Mehl:

²⁷From the very beginning of time, and throughout the ages, You are infinite and incomparable.

²⁸You are my primal, immaculate Lord and Master.

²⁹I contemplate the Way of Yoga, the Way of Union with the True Lord. I am truly absorbed in the primal void of deep meditation. ||1||

³⁰For so many ages, there was only pitch darkness;

³¹the Creator Lord was absorbed in the primal void.

³²There was the True Name, the glorious greatness of the Truth, and the glory of His true throne. ||2||

³³In the Golden Age of Truth, Truth and contentment filled the bodies.

³⁴Truth was pervasive, Truth, deep, profound and unfathomable.

³⁵The True Lord appraises the mortals on the Touchstone of Truth, and issues His True Command. ||3||

³⁶The Perfect True Guru is true and contented.

³⁷He alone is a spiritual hero, who believes in the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

³⁸He alone obtains a true seat in the True Court of the Lord, who surrenders to the Command of the Commander. ||4||

³⁹In the Golden Age of Truth, everyone spoke the Truth.

⁴⁰Truth was pervasive - the Lord was Truth.

⁴¹With Truth in their minds and mouths, mortals were rid of doubt and fear. Truth was the friend of the Gurmukhs. ||5||

⁴²In the Silver Age of Traytaa Yoga, one power of Dharma was lost.

⁴³Three feet remained; through duality, one was cut off.

⁴⁴Those who were Gurmukh spoke the Truth, while the self-willed manmukhs wasted away in vain. ||6||

⁴⁵The manmukh never succeeds in the Court of the Lord.

⁴⁶Without the Word of the Shabad, how can one be pleased within?

⁴⁷In bondage they come, and in bondage they go; they understand and comprehend nothing. ||7||

⁴⁸In the Brass Age of Dwaapur Yuga, compassion was cut in half.

¹Only a few, as Gurmukh, remembered the Lord.

²Dharmic faith, which upholds and supports the earth, had only two feet; Truth was revealed to the Gurmukhs. ||8||

³The kings acted righteously only out of self-interest.

⁴Tied to hopes of reward, they gave to charities.

⁵Without the Lord's Name, liberation did not come, although they grew weary of performing rituals. ||9||

⁶Practicing religious rituals, they sought liberation,

⁷but the treasure of liberation comes only by praising the Shabad.

⁸Without the Word of the Guru's Shabad, liberation is not obtained; practicing hypocrisy, they wander around confused. ||10||

⁹Love and attachment to Maya cannot be abandoned.

¹⁰They alone find release, who practice deeds of Truth.

¹¹Day and night, the devotees remain imbued with contemplative meditation; they become just like their Lord and Master. ||11||

¹²Some chant and practice intensive meditation, and take cleansing baths at sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

¹³They walk as You will them to walk.

¹⁴By stubborn rituals of self-suppression, the Lord is not pleased. No one has ever obtained honor, without the Lord, without the Guru. ||12||

¹⁵In the Iron Age, the Dark Age of Kali Yuga, only one power remains.

¹⁶Without the Perfect Guru, no one has even described it.

¹⁷The self-willed manmukhs have staged the show of falsehood. Without the True Guru, doubt does not depart. ||13||

¹⁸The True Guru is the Creator Lord, independent and carefree.

¹⁹He does not fear death, and He is not dependent on mortal men.

²⁰Whoever serves Him becomes immortal and imperishable, and will not be tortured by death. ||14||

²¹The Creator Lord has enshrined Himself within the Guru.

²²The Gurmukh saves countless millions.

²³The Life of the World is the Great Giver of all beings. The Fearless Lord has no filth at all. ||15||

²⁴Everyone begs from the Guru, God's Treasurer.

²⁵He Himself is the immaculate, unknowable, infinite Lord.

²⁶Nanak speaks the Truth; he begs from God. Please bless me with the Truth, by Your Will. ||16||4||

²⁷Maaroo, First Mehl:

²⁸The True Lord unites with those who are united with the Word of the Shabad.

²⁹When it pleases Him, we intuitively merge with Him.

³⁰The Light of the Transcendent Lord pervades the three worlds; there is no other at all, O Siblings of Destiny. ||1||

³¹I am His servant; I serve Him.

³²He is unknowable and mysterious; He is pleased by the Shabad.

³³The Creator is the Benefactor of His devotees. He forgives them - such is His greatness. ||2||

³⁴The True Lord gives and gives; His blessings never run short.

³⁵The false ones receive, and then deny having received.

³⁶They do not understand their origins, they are not pleased with the Truth, and so they wander in duality and doubt. ||3||

³⁷The Gurmukhs remain awake and aware, day and night.

³⁸Following the Guru's Teachings, they know the Love of the True Lord.

³⁹The self-willed manmukhs remain asleep, and are plundered. The Gurmukhs remain safe and sound, O Siblings of Destiny. ||4||

⁴⁰The false come, and the false go;

⁴¹imbued with falsehood, they practice only falsehood.

⁴²Those who are imbued with the Shabad are robed in honor in the Court of the Lord; the Gurmukhs focus their consciousness on Him. ||5||

⁴³The false are cheated, and robbed by the robbers.

⁴⁴The garden is laid waste, like the rough wilderness.

⁴⁵Without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, nothing tastes sweet; forgetting the Lord, they suffer in sorrow. ||6||

⁴⁶Receiving the food of Truth, one is satisfied.

⁴⁷True is the glorious greatness of the jewel of the Name.

⁴⁸One who understands his own self, realizes the Lord. His light merges into the Light. ||7||

¹Wandering from the Name, he endures beatings.

²Even great cleverness does not dispel doubt.

³The unconscious fool does not remain conscious of the Lord; he putrifies and rots away to death, carrying his heavy load of sin. ||8||

⁴No one is free of conflict and strife.

⁵Show me anyone who is, and I will praise him.

⁶Dedicating mind and body to God, one meets the Lord, the Life of the World, and becomes just like Him. ||9||

⁷No one knows the state and extent of God.

⁸Whoever calls himself great, will be eaten by his greatness.

⁹There is no lack of gifts of our True Lord and Master. He created all. ||10||

¹⁰Great is the glorious greatness of the independent Lord.

¹¹He Himself created, and gives sustanance to all.

¹²The Merciful Lord is not far away; the Great Giver spontaneously unites with Himself, by His Will. ||11||

¹³Some are sad, and some are afflicted with disease.

¹⁴Whatever God does, He does by Himself.

¹⁵Through loving devotion, and the Perfect Teachings of the Guru, the unstruck sound current of the Shabad is realized. ||12||

¹⁶Some wander and roam around, hungry and naked.

¹⁷Some act in stubbornness and die, but do not know the value of God.

¹⁸They do not know the difference between good and bad; this is understood only through the practice of the Word of the Shabad. ||13||

¹⁹Some bathe at sacred shrines and refuse to eat.

²⁰Some torment their bodies in burning fire.

²¹Without the Lord's Name, liberation is not obtained; how can anyone cross over? ||14||

²²Abandoning the Guru's Teachings, some wander in the wilderness.

²³The self-willed manmukhs are destitute; they do not meditate on the Lord.

²⁴They are ruined, destroyed and drowned from practicing falsehood; death is the enemy of the false. ||15||

²⁵By the Hukam of the Lord's Command, they come, and by the Hukam of His Command, they go.

²⁶One who realizes His Hukam, merges in the True Lord.

²⁷O Nanak, he merges in the True Lord, and his mind is pleased with the Lord. The Gurmukhs do His work. ||16||5||

²⁸Maaroo, First Mehl:

²⁹He Himself is the Creator Lord, the Architect of Destiny.

³⁰He evaluates those whom He Himself has created.

³¹He Himself is the True Guru, and He Himself is the servant; He Himself created the Universe. ||1||

³²He is near at hand, not far away.

³³The Gurmukhs understand Him; perfect are those humble beings.

³⁴Associating with them night and day is profitable. This is the glorious greatness of associating with the Guru. ||2||

³⁵Throughout the ages, Your Saints are holy and sublime, O God.

³⁶They sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, savoring it with their tongues.

³⁷They chant His Praises, and their pain and poverty are taken away; they are not afraid of anyone else. ||3||

³⁸They remain awake and aware, and do not appear to sleep.

³⁹They serve up Truth, and so save their companions and relatives.

⁴⁰They are not stained with the filth of sins; they are immaculate and pure, and remain absorbed in loving devotional worship. ||4||

⁴¹O humble servants of the Lord, understand the Word of the Guru's Bani.

⁴²This youth, breath and body shall pass away.

⁴³O mortal, you shall die today or tomorrow; chant, and meditate on the Lord within your heart. ||5||

⁴⁴O mortal, abandon falsehood and your worthless ways.

⁴⁵Death viciously kills the false beings.

⁴⁶The faithless cynic is ruined through falsehood and his egotistical mind.On the path of duality, he rots away and decomposes. ||6||

¹Abandon slander and envy of others.

²Reading and studying, they burn, and do not find tranquility.

³Joining the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, praise the Naam, the Name of the Lord. The Lord, the Supreme Soul, shall be your helper and companion. ||7||

⁴Abandon sexual desire, anger and wickedness.

⁵Abandon your involvement in egotistical affairs and conflicts.

⁶If you seek the Sanctuary of the True Guru, then you shall be saved. In this way you shall cross over the terrifying world-ocean, O Siblings of Destiny. ||8||

⁷In the hereafter, you shall have to cross over the fiery river of poisonous flames.

⁸No one else will be there; your soul shall be all alone.

⁹The ocean of fire spits out waves of searing flames; the self-willed manmukhs fall into it, and are roasted there. ||9||

¹⁰Liberation comes from the Guru; He grants this blessing by the Pleasure of His Will.

¹¹He alone knows the way, who obtains it.

¹²So ask one who has obtained it, O Siblings of Destiny. Serve the True Guru, and find peace. ||10||

¹³Without the Guru, he dies entangled in sin and corruption.

¹⁴The Messenger of Death smashes his head and humiliates him.

¹⁵The slanderous person is not freed of his bonds; he is drowned, slandering others. ||11||

¹⁶So speak the Truth, and realize the Lord deep within.

¹⁷He is not far away; look, and see Him.

¹⁸No obstacles shall block your way; become Gurmukh, and cross over to the other side. This is the way to cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ||12||

¹⁹The Naam, the Name of the Lord, abides deep within the body.

²⁰The Creator Lord is eternal and imperishable.

²¹The soul does not die, and it cannot be killed; God creates and watches over all. Through the Word of the Shabad, His Will is manifest. ||13||

²²He is immaculate, and has no darkness.

²³The True Lord Himself sits upon His throne.

²⁴The faithless cynics are bound and gagged, and forced to wander in reincarnation. They die, and are reborn, and continue coming and going. ||14||

²⁵The Guru's servants are the Beloveds of the True Guru.

²⁶Contemplating the Shabad, they sit upon His throne.

²⁷They realize the essence of reality, and know the state of their inner being. This is the true glorious greatness of those who join the Sat Sangat. ||15||

²⁸He Himself saves His humble servant, and saves his ancestors as well.

²⁹His companions are liberated; He carries them across.

³⁰Nanak is the servant and slave of that Gurmukh who lovingly focuses his consciousness on the Lord. ||16||6||

³¹Maaroo, First Mehl:

³²For many ages, only darkness prevailed;

³³the infinite, endless Lord was absorbed in the primal void.

³⁴He sat alone and unaffected in absolute darkness; the world of conflict did not exist. ||1||

³⁵Thirty-six ages passed like this.

³⁶He causes all to happen by the Pleasure of His Will.

³⁷No rival of His can be seen. He Himself is infinite and endless. ||2||

³⁸God is hidden throughout the four ages - understand this well.

³⁹He pervades each and every heart, and is contained within the belly.

⁴⁰The One and Only Lord prevails throughout the ages. How rare are those who contemplate the Guru, and understand this. ||3||

⁴¹From the union of the sperm and the egg, the body was formed.

⁴²From the union of air, water and fire, the living being is made.

⁴³He Himself plays joyfully in the mansion of the body; all the rest is just attachment to Maya's expanse. ||4||

⁴⁴Within the mother's womb, upside-down, the mortal meditated on God.

⁴⁵The Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts, knows everything.

⁴⁶With each and every breath, he contemplated the True Name, deep within himself, within the womb. ||5||

¹He came into the world to obtain the four great blessings.

²He came to dwell in the home of the Shiva and Shakti, energy and matter.

³But he forgot the One Lord, and he has lost the game. The blind person forgets the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||6||

⁴The child dies in his childish games.

⁵They cry and mourn, saying that he was such a playful child.

⁶The Lord who owns him has taken him back. Those who weep and mourn are mistaken. ||7||

⁷What can they do, if he dies in his youth?

⁸They cry out, "His is mine, he is mine!"

⁹They cry for the sake of Maya, and are ruined; their lives in this world are cursed. ||8||

¹⁰Their black hair eventually turns grey.

¹¹Without the Name, they lose their wealth, and then leave.

¹²They are evil-minded and blind - they are totally ruined; they are plundered, and cry out in pain. ||9||

¹³One who understands himself, does not cry.

¹⁴When he meets the True Guru, then he understands.

¹⁵Without the Guru, the heavy, hard doors are not opened. Obtaining the Word of the Shabad, one is emancipated. ||10||

¹⁶The body grows old, and is beaten out of shape.

¹⁷But he does not meditate on the Lord, His only friend, even at the end.

¹⁸Forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, he departs with his face blackened. The false are humiliated in the Court of the Lord. ||11||

¹⁹Forgetting the Naam, the false ones depart.

²⁰Coming and going, dust falls on their heads.

²¹The soul-bride finds no home in her in-laws' home, the world hereafter; she suffers in agony in this world of her parents' home. ||12||

²²She eats, dresses and plays joyfully,

²³but without loving devotional worship of the Lord, she dies uselessly.

²⁴One who does not distinguish between good and evil, is beaten by the Messenger of Death; how can anyone escape this? ||13||

²⁵One who realizes what he has to possess, and what he has to abandon,

²⁶associating with the Guru, comes to know the Word of the Shabad, within the home of his own self.

²⁷Do not call anyone else bad; follow this way of life. Those who are true are judged to be genuine by the True Lord. ||14||

²⁸Without Truth, no one succeeds in the Court of the Lord.

²⁹Through the True Shabad, one is robed in honor.

³⁰He forgives those with whom He is pleased; they silence their egotism and pride. ||15||

³¹One who realizes the Hukam of God's Command, by the Grace of the Guru,

³²comes to know the lifestyle of the ages.

³³O Nanak, chant the Naam, and cross over to the other side. The True Lord will carry you across. ||16||1||7||

³⁴Maaroo, First Mehl:

³⁵I have no other friend like the Lord.

³⁶He gave me body and mind, and infused consciousness into my being.

³⁷He cherishes and cares for all beings; He is deep within, the wise, all-knowing Lord. ||1||

³⁸The Guru is the sacred pool, and I am His beloved swan.

³⁹In the ocean, there are so many jewels and rubies.

⁴⁰The Lord's Praises are pearls, gems and diamonds. Singing His Praises, my mind and body are drenched with His Love. ||2||

⁴¹The Lord is inaccessible, inscrutable, unfathomable and unattached.

⁴²The Lord's limits cannot be found; the Guru is the Lord of the World.

⁴³Through the Teachings of the True Guru, the Lord carries us across to the other side. He unites in His Union those who are colored by His Love. ||3||

⁴⁴Without the True Guru, how can anyone be liberated?

⁴⁵He has been the Friend of the Lord, from the very beginning of time, and all throughout the ages.

⁴⁶By His Grace, He grants liberation in His Court; He forgives them for their sins. ||4||

¹The True Guru, the Giver, grants liberation;

²all diseases are eradicated, and one is blessed with the Ambrosial Nectar.

³Death, the tax collector, does not impose any tax on one whose inner fire has been put out, whose heart is cool and tranquil. ||5||

⁴The body has developed a great love for the soul-swan.

⁵He is a Yogi, and she is a beautiful woman.

⁶Day and night, he enjoys her with delight, and then he arises and departs without consulting her. ||6||

⁷Creating the Universe, God remains diffused throughout it.

⁸In the wind, water and fire, He vibrates and resounds.

⁹The mind wavers, keeping company with evil passions; one obtains the rewards of his own actions. ||7||

¹⁰Forgetting the Naam, one suffers the misery of his evil ways.

¹¹When the order to depart is issued, how can he remain here?

¹²He falls into the pit of hell, and suffers like a fish out of water. ||8||

¹³The faithless cynic has to endure 8.4 million hellish incarnations.

¹⁴As he acts, so does he suffer.

¹⁵Without the True Guru, there is no liberation. Bound and gagged by his own actions, he is helpless. ||9||

¹⁶This path is very narrow, like the sharp edge of a sword.

¹⁷When his account is read, he shall be crushed like the sesame seed in the mill.

¹⁸Mother, father, spouse and child - none is anyone's friend in the end. Without the Lord's Love, no one is liberated. ||10||

¹⁹You may have many friends and companions in the world,

²⁰but without the Guru, the Transcendent Lord Incarnate, there is no one at all.

²¹Service to the Guru is the way to liberation. Night and day, sing the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises. ||11||

²²Abandon falsehood, and pursue the Truth,

²³and you shall obtain the fruits of your desires.

²⁴Very few are those who trade in the merchandise of Truth. Those who deal in it, obtain the true profit. ||12||

²⁵Depart with the merchandise of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har,

²⁶and you shall intuitively obtain the Blessed Vision of His Darshan, in the Mansion of His Presence.

²⁷The Gurmukhs search for Him and find Him; they are the perfect humble beings. In this way, they see Him, who looks upon all alike. ||13||

²⁸God is endless; following the Guru's Teachings, some find Him.

²⁹Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they instruct their minds.

³⁰Accept as True, Perfectly True, the Word of the True Guru's Bani. In this way, you shall merge in the Lord, the Supreme Soul. ||14||

³¹Naarad and Saraswati are Your servants.

³²Your servants are the greatest of the great, throughout the three worlds.

³³Your creative power permeates all; You are the Great Giver of all. You created the whole creation. ||15||

³⁴Some serve at Your Door, and their sufferings are dispelled.

³⁵They are robed with honor in the Court of the Lord, and emancipated by the True Guru.

³⁶The True Guru breaks the bonds of egotism, and restrains the fickle consciousness. ||16||

³⁷Meet the True Guru, and search for the way,

³⁸by which you may find God, and not have to answer for your account.

³⁹Subdue your egotism, and serve the Guru; O servant Nanak, you shall be drenched with the Lord's Love. ||17||2||8||

⁴⁰Maaroo, First Mehl:

⁴¹My Lord is the Destroyer of demons.

⁴²My Beloved Lord is pervading each and every heart.

⁴³The unseen Lord is always with us, but He is not seen at all. The Gurmukh contemplates the record. ||1||

⁴⁴The Holy Gurmukh seeks Your Sanctuary.

¹God grants His Grace, and carries him across to the other side.

²The ocean is very deep, filled with fiery water; the Guru, the True Guru, carries us across to the other side. ||2||

³The blind, self-willed manmukh does not understand.

⁴He comes and goes in reincarnation, dying, and dying again.

⁵The primal inscription of destiny cannot be erased. The spiritually blind suffer terribly at Death's door. ||3||

⁶Some come and go, and do not find a home in their own heart.

⁷Bound by their past actions, they commit sins.

⁸The blind ones have no understanding, no wisdom; they are trapped and ruined by greed and egotism. ||4||

⁹Without her Husband Lord, what good are the soul-bride's decorations?

¹⁰She has forgotten her Lord and Master, and is infatuated with another's husband.

¹¹Just as no one knows who is the father of the prostitute's son, such are the worthless, useless deeds that are done. ||5||

¹²The ghost, in the body-cage, suffers all sorts of afflictions.

¹³Those who are blind to spiritual wisdom, putrefy in hell.

¹⁴The Righteous Judge of Dharma collects the balance due on the account, of those who forget the Name of the Lord. ||6||

¹⁵The scorching sun blazes with flames of poison.

¹⁶The self-willed manmukh is dishonored, a beast, a demon.

¹⁷Trapped by hope and desire, he practices falsehood, and is afflicted by the terrible disease of corruption. ||7||

¹⁸He carries the heavy load of sins on his forehead and head.

¹⁹How can he cross the terrifying world-ocean?

²⁰From the very beginning of time, and throughout the ages, the True Guru has been the boat; through the Lord's Name, He carries us across. ||8||

²¹The love of one's children and spouse is so sweet in this world.

²²The expansive expanse of the Universe is attachment to Maya.

²³The True Guru snaps the noose of Death, for that Gurmukh who contemplates the essence of reality. ||9||

²⁴Cheated by falsehood, the self-willed manmukh walks along many paths;

²⁵he may be highly educated, but he burns in the fire.

²⁶The Guru is the Great Giver of the Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord. Chanting the Naam, sublime peace is obtained. ||10||

²⁷The True Guru, in His Mercy, implants Truth within.

²⁸All suffering is eradicated, and one is placed on the Path.

²⁹Not even a thorn ever pierces the foot of one who has the True Guru as his Protector. ||11||

³⁰Dust mixes with dust, when the body wastes away.

³¹The self-willed manmukh is like a stone slab, which is impervious to water.

³²He cries out and weeps and wails; he is reincarnated into heaven and then hell. ||12||

³³They live with the poisonous snake of Maya.

³⁴This duality has ruined so many homes.

³⁵Without the True Guru, love does not well up. Imbued with devotional worship, the soul is satisfied. ||13||

³⁶The faithless cynics chase after Maya.

³⁷Forgetting the Naam, how can they find peace?

³⁸In the three qualities, they are destroyed; they cannot cross over to the other side. ||14||

³⁹The false are called pigs and dogs.

⁴⁰They bark themselves to death; they bark and bark and howl in fear.

⁴¹False in mind and body, they practice falsehood; through their evil-mindedness, they lose out in the Court of the Lord. ||15||

⁴²Meeting the True Guru, the mind is stabilized.

⁴³One who seeks His Sanctuary is blessed with the Lord's Name.

⁴⁴They are given the priceless wealth of the Lord's Name; singing His Praises, they are His beloveds in His court. ||16||

¹In the Sanctuary of the Holy, chant the Lord's Name.

²Through the True Guru's Teachings, one comes to know His state and extent.

³Nanak: chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, O my mind; the Lord, the Uniter, shall unite you with Himself. ||17||3||9||

⁴Maaroo, First Mehl:

⁵Remain in your own home, O my foolish and ignorant mind.

⁶Meditate on the Lord - concentrate deep within your being and meditate on Him.

⁷Renounce your greed, and merge with the infinite Lord. In this way, you shall find the door of liberation. ||1||

⁸If you forget Him, the Messenger of Death will catch sight of you.

⁹All peace will be gone, and you will suffer in pain in the world hereafter.

¹⁰Chant the Name of the Lord as Gurmukh, O my soul; this is the supreme essence of contemplation. ||2||

¹¹Chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, the sweetest essence.

¹²As Gurmukh, see the essence of the Lord deep within.

¹³Day and night, remain imbued with the Lord's Love. This is the essence of all chanting, deep meditation and self-discipline. ||3||

¹⁴Speak the Guru's Word, and the Name of the Lord.

¹⁵In the Society of the Saints, search for this essence.

¹⁶Follow the Guru's Teachings - seek and find the home of your own self, and you shall never be consigned to the womb of reincarnation again. ||4||

¹⁷Bathe at the sacred shrine of Truth, and sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

¹⁸Reflect upon the essence of reality, and lovingly focus your consciousness on the Lord.

¹⁹At the very last moment, the Messenger of Death will not be able to touch you, if you chant the Name of the Beloved Lord. ||5||

²⁰The True Guru, the Primal Being, the Great Giver, is all-knowing.

²¹Whoever has Truth within himself, merges in the Word of the Shabad.

²²One whom the True Guru unites in Union, is rid of the overpowering fear of death. ||6||

²³The body is formed from the union of the five elements.

²⁴Know that the Lord's jewel is within it.

²⁵The soul is the Lord, and the Lord is the soul; contemplating the Shabad, the Lord is found. ||7||

²⁶Abide in truth and contentment, O humble Siblings of Destiny.

²⁷Hold tight to compassion and the Sanctuary of the True Guru.

²⁸Know your soul, and know the Supreme Soul; associating with the Guru, you shall be emancipated. ||8||

²⁹The faithless cynics are stuck in falsehood and deceit.

³⁰Day and night, they slander many others.

³¹Without meditative remembrance, they come and then go, and are cast into the hellish womb of reincarnation. ||9||

³²The faithless cynic is not rid of his fear of death.

³³The Messenger of Death's club is never taken away.

³⁴He has to answer to the Righteous Judge of Dharma for the account of his actions; the egotistical being carries the unbearable load. ||10||

³⁵Tell me: without the Guru, what faithless cynic has been saved?

³⁶Acting egotistically, he falls into the terrifying world-ocean.

³⁷Without the Guru, no one is saved; meditating on the Lord, they are carried across to the other side. ||11||

³⁸No one can erase the Guru's blessings.

³⁹The Lord carries across those whom He forgives.

⁴⁰The pains of birth and death do not even approach those whose minds are filled with God, the infinite and endless. ||12||

⁴¹Those who forget the Guru come and go in reincarnation.

⁴²They are born, only to die again, and continue committing sins.

⁴³The unconscious, foolish, faithless cynic does not remember the Lord; but when he is stricken with pain, then he cries out for the Lord. ||13||

⁴⁴Pleasure and pain are the consequences of the actions of past lives.

⁴⁵The Giver, who blesses us with these - He alone knows.

⁴⁶So who can you blame, O mortal being? The hardships you suffer are from your own actions. ||14||

¹Practicing egotism and possessiveness, you have come into the world.

²Hope and desire bind you and lead you on.

³Indulging in egotism and self-conceit, what will you be able to carry with you, except the load of ashes from poison and corruption? ||15||

⁴Worship the Lord in devotion, O humble Siblings of Destiny.

⁵Speak the Unspoken Speech, and the mind will merge back into the Mind.

⁶Restrain your restless mind within its own home, and the Lord, the Destroyer, shall destroy your pain. ||16||

⁷I seek the support of the Perfect Guru, the Lord.

⁸The Gurmukh loves the Lord; the Gurmukh realizes the Lord.

⁹O Nanak, through the Lord's Name, the intellect is exalted; granting His forgiveness, the Lord carries him across to the other side. ||17||4||10||

¹⁰Maaroo, First Mehl:

¹¹O Divine Guru, I have entered Your Sanctuary.

¹²You are the Almighty Lord, the Merciful Lord.

¹³No one knows Your wondrous plays; You are the perfect Architect of Destiny. ||1||

¹⁴From the very beginning of time, and throughout the ages, You cherish and sustain Your beings.

¹⁵You are in each and every heart, O Merciful Lord of incomparable beauty.

¹⁶As You will, You cause all to walk; everyone acts according to Your Command. ||2||

¹⁷Deep within the nucleus of all, is the Light of the Life of the World.

¹⁸The Lord enjoys the hearts of all, and drinks in their essence.

¹⁹He Himself gives, and He himself takes; He is the generous father of the beings of the three worlds. ||3||

²⁰Creating the world, He has set His play into motion.

²¹He placed the soul in the body of air, water and fire.

²²The body-village has nine gates; the Tenth Gate remains hidden. ||4||

²³There are four horrible rivers of fire.

²⁴How rare is that Gurmukh who understands this, and through the Word of the Shabad, remains unattached.

²⁵The faithless cynics are drowned and burnt through their evil-mindedness. The Guru saves those who are imbued with the Love of the Lord. ||5||

²⁶Water, fire, air, earth and ether

²⁷in that house of the five elements, they dwell.

²⁸Those who remain imbued with the Word of the True Guru's Shabad, renounce Maya, egotism and doubt. ||6||

²⁹This mind is drenched with the Shabad, and satisfied.

³⁰Without the Name, what support can anyone have?

³¹The temple of the body is being plundered by the thieves within, but this faithless cynic does not even recognize these demons. ||7||

³²They are argumentative demons, terrifying goblins.

³³These demons stir up conflict and strife.

³⁴Without awareness of the Shabad, one comes and goes in reincarnation; he loses his honor in this coming and going. ||8||

³⁵The body of the false person is just a pile of barren dirt.

³⁶Without the Name, what honor can you have?

³⁷Bound and gagged throughout the four ages, there is no liberation; the Messenger of Death keeps such a person under his gaze. ||9||

³⁸At Death's door, he is tied up and punished;

³⁹such a sinner does not obtain salvation.

⁴⁰He cries out in pain, like the fish pierced by the hook. ||10||

⁴¹The faithless cynic is caught in the noose all alone.

⁴²The miserable spiritually blind person is caught in the power of Death.

⁴³Without the Lord's Name, liberation is not known. He shall waste away, today or tomorrow. ||11||

⁴⁴Other than the True Guru, no one is your friend.

⁴⁵Here and hereafter, God is the Savior.

⁴⁶He grants His Grace, and bestows the Lord's Name. He merges with Him, like water with water. ||12||

¹The Guru instructs His wandering Sikhs;

²if they go astray, He sets them on the right path.

³So serve the Guru, forever, day and night; He is the Destroyer of pain - He is with you as your companion. ||13||

⁴O mortal being, what devotional worship have you performed to the Guru?

⁵Even Brahma, Indra and Shiva do not know it.

⁶Tell me, how can the unknowable True Guru be known? He alone attains this realization, whom the Lord forgives. ||14||

⁷One who has love within, obtains the Blessed Vision of His Darshan.

⁸One who enshrines love for the Word of the Guru's Bani, meets with Him.

⁹Day and night, the Gurmukh sees the immaculate Divine Light everywhere; this lamp illuminates his heart. ||15||

¹⁰The food of spiritual wisdom is the supremely sweet essence.

¹¹Whoever tastes it, sees the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan.

¹²Beholding His Darshan, the unattached one meets the Lord; subduing the mind's desires, he merges into the Lord. ||16||

¹³Those who serve the True Guru are supreme and famous.

¹⁴Deep within each and every heart, they recognize God.

¹⁵Please bless Nanak with the Lord's Praises, and the Sangat, the Congregation of the Lord's humble servants; through the True Guru, they know their Lord God. ||17||5||11||

¹⁶Maaroo, First Mehl:

¹⁷The True Lord is the Creator of the Universe.

¹⁸He established and contemplates the worldly sphere.

¹⁹He Himself created the creation, and beholds it; He is True and independent. ||1||

²⁰He created the beings of different kinds.

²¹The two travellers have set out in two directions.

²²Without the Perfect Guru, no one is liberated. Chanting the True Name, one profits. ||2||

²³The self-willed manmukhs read and study, but they do not know the way.

²⁴They do not understand the Naam, the Name of the Lord; they wander, deluded by doubt.

²⁵They take bribes, and give false testimony; the noose of evil-mindedness is around their necks. ||3||

²⁶They read the Simritees, the Shaastras and the Puraanas;

²⁷they argue and debate, but do not know the essence of reality.

²⁸Without the Perfect Guru, the essence of reality is not obtained. The true and pure beings walk the Path of Truth. ||4||

²⁹All praise God and listen, and listen and speak.

³⁰He Himself is wise, and He Himself judges the Truth.

³¹Those whom God blesses with His Glance of Grace become Gurmukh, and praise the Word of the Shabad. ||5||

³²Many listen and listen, and speak the Guru's Bani.

³³Listening and speaking, no one knows His limits.

³⁴He alone is wise, unto whom the unseen Lord reveals Himself; he speaks the Unspoken Speech. ||6||

³⁵At birth, the congratulations pour in;

³⁶the ignorant sing songs of joy.

³⁷Whoever is born, is sure to die, according to the destiny of past deeds inscribed upon his head by the Sovereign Lord King. ||7||

³⁸Union and separation were created by my God.

³⁹Creating the Universe, He gave it pain and pleasure.

⁴⁰The Gurmukhs remain unaffected by pain and pleasure; they wear the armor of humility. ||8||

⁴¹The noble people are traders in Truth.

⁴²They purchase the true merchandise, contemplating the Guru.

⁴³One who has the wealth of the true commodity in his lap, is blessed with the rapture of the True Shabad. ||9||

⁴⁴The false dealings lead only to loss.

⁴⁵The trades of the Gurmukh are pleasing to God.

⁴⁶His stock is safe, and his capital is safe and sound. The noose of Death is cut away from around his neck. ||10||

¹Everyone speaks as they please.

²The self-willed manmukh, in duality, does not know how to speak.

³The blind person has a blind and deaf intellect; coming and going in reincarnation, he suffers in pain. ||11||

⁴In pain he is born, and in pain he dies.

⁵His pain is not relieved, without seeking the Sanctuary of the Guru.

⁶In pain he is created, and in pain he perishes. What has he brought with himself? And what will he take away? ||12||

⁷True are the actions of those who are under the Guru's influence.

⁸They do not come and go in reincarnation, and they are not subject to the laws of Death.

⁹Whoever abandons the branches, and clings to the true root, enjoys true ecstasy within his mind. ||13||

¹⁰Death cannot strike down the people of the Lord.

¹¹They do not see pain on the most difficult path.

¹²Deep within the nucleus of their hearts, they worship and adore the Lord's Name; there is nothing else at all for them. ||14||

¹³There is no end to the Lord's sermon and Praise.

¹⁴As it pleases You, I remain under Your Will.

¹⁵I am embellished with robes of honor in the Court of the Lord, by the Order of the True King. ||15||

¹⁶How can I chant Your uncounted glories?

¹⁷Even the greatest of the great do not know Your limits.

¹⁸Please bless Nanak with the Truth, and preserve his honor; You are the supreme emperor above the heads of kings. ||16||6||12||

¹⁹Maaroo, First Mehl, Dakhanee:

²⁰Deep within the body-village is the fortress.

²¹The dwelling of the True Lord is within the city of the Tenth Gate.

²²This place is permanent and forever immaculate. He Himself created it. ||1||

²³Within the fortress are balconies and bazaars.

²⁴He Himself takes care of His merchandise.

²⁵The hard and heavy doors of the Tenth Gate are closed and locked. Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they are thrown open. ||2||

²⁶Within the fortress is the cave, the home of the self.

²⁷He established the nine gates of this house, by His Command and His Will.

²⁸In the Tenth Gate, the Primal Lord, the unknowable and infinite dwells; the unseen Lord reveals Himself. ||3||

²⁹Within the body of air, water and fire, the One Lord dwells.

³⁰He Himself stages His wondrous dramas and plays.

³¹By His Grace, water puts out the burning fire; He Himself stores it up in the watery ocean. ||4||

³²Creating the earth, He established it as the home of Dharma.

³³Creating and destroying, He remains unattached.

³⁴He stages the play of the breath everywhere. Withdrawing His power, He lets the beings crumble. ||5||

³⁵Your gardener is the vast vegetation of nature.

³⁶The wind blowing around is the chauree, the fly-brush, waving over You.

³⁷The Lord placed the two lamps, the sun and the moon; the sun merges in the house of the moon. ||6||

³⁸The five birds do not fly wild.

³⁹The tree of life is fruitful, bearing the fruit of Ambrosial Nectar.

⁴⁰The Gurmukh intuitively sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord; he eats the food of the Lord's sublime essence. ||7||

⁴¹The dazzling light glitters, although neither the moon nor the stars are shining;

⁴²neither the sun's rays nor the lightning flashes across the sky.

⁴³I describe the indescribable state, which has no sign, where the all-pervading Lord is still pleasing to the mind. ||8||

⁴⁴The rays of Divine Light have spread out their brilliant radiance.

⁴⁵Having created the creation, the Merciful Lord Himself gazes upon it.

⁴⁶The sweet, melodious, unstruck sound current vibrates continuously in the home of the fearless Lord. ||9||

¹When the unstruck sound current resounds, doubt and fear run away.

²God is all-pervading, giving shade to all.

³All belong to You; to the Gurmukhs, You are known. Singing Your Praises, they look beautiful in Your Court. ||10||

⁴He is the Primal Lord, immaculate and pure.

⁵I know of no other at all.

⁶The One Universal Creator Lord dwells within, and is pleasing to the mind of those who banishe egotism and pride. ||11||

⁷I drink in the Ambrosial Nectar, given by the True Guru.

⁸I do not know any other second or third.

⁹He is the One, Unique, Infinite and Endless Lord; He evaluates all beings and places some in His treasury. ||12||

¹⁰Spiritual wisdom and meditation on the True Lord are deep and profound.

¹¹No one knows Your expanse.

¹²All that are, beg from You; You are attained only by Your Grace. ||13||

¹³You hold karma and Dharma in Your hands, O True Lord.

¹⁴O Independent Lord, Your treasures are inexhaustible.

¹⁵You are forever kind and compassionate, God. You unite in Your Union. ||14||

¹⁶You Yourself see, and cause Yourself to be seen.

¹⁷You Yourself establish, and You Yourself disestablish.

¹⁸The Creator Himself unites and separates; He Himself kills and rejuvenates. ||15||

¹⁹As much as there is, is contained within You.

²⁰You gaze upon Your creation, sitting within Your royal palace.

²¹Nanak offers this true prayer; gazing upon the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan, I have found peace. ||16||1||13||

²²Maaroo, First Mehl:

²³If I am pleasing to You, Lord, then I obtain the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan.

²⁴In loving devotional worship, O True Lord, I sing Your Glorious Praises.

²⁵By Your Will, O Creator Lord, You have become pleasing to me, and so sweet to my tongue. ||1||

²⁶The devotees look beautiful in the Darbaar, the Court of God.

²⁷Your slaves, Lord, are liberated.

²⁸Eradicating self-conceit, they are attuned to Your Love; night and day, they meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||2||

²⁹Shiva, Brahma, gods and goddesses,

³⁰Indra, ascetics and silent sages serve You.

³¹Celibates, givers of charity and the many forest-dwellers have not found the Lord's limits. ||3||

³²No one knows You, unless You let them know You.

³³Whatever is done, is by Your Will.

³⁴You created the 8.4 million species of beings; by Your Will, they draw their breath. ||4||

³⁵Whatever is pleasing to Your Will, undoubtedly comes to pass.

³⁶The self-willed manmukh shows off, and comes to grief.

³⁷Forgetting the Name, he finds no place of rest; coming and going in reincarnation, he suffers in pain. ||5||

³⁸Pure is the body, and immaculate is the swan-soul;

³⁹within it is the immaculate essence of the Naam.

⁴⁰Such a being drinks in all his pains like Ambrosial Nectar; he never suffers sorrow again. ||6||

⁴¹For his excessive indulgences, he receives only pain;

⁴²from his enjoyments, he contracts diseases, and in the end, he wastes away.

⁴³His pleasure can never erase his pain; without accepting the Lord's Will, he wanders lost and confused. ||7||

⁴⁴Without spiritual wisdom, they all just wander around.

⁴⁵The True Lord is pervading and permeating everywhere, lovingly engaged.

⁴⁶The Fearless Lord is known through the Shabad, the Word of the True Guru; one's light merges into the Light. ||8||

⁴⁷He is the eternal, unchanging, immeasurable Lord.

⁴⁸In an instant, He destroys, ang then reconstructs.

⁴⁹He has no form or shape, no limit or value. Pierced by the Shabad, one is satisfied. ||9||

¹I am the slave of Your slaves, O my Beloved.

²The seekers of Truth and goodness contemplate You.

³Whoever believes in the Name, wins; He Himself implants Truth within. ||10||

⁴The Truest of the True has the Truth is His lap.

⁵The True Lord is pleased with those who love the Shabad.

⁶Exerting His power, the Lord has established Truth throughout the three worlds; with Truth He is pleased. ||11||

⁷Everyone calls Him the greatest of the great.

⁸Without the Guru, no one understands Him.

⁹The True Lord is pleased with those who merge in Truth; they are not separated again, and they do not suffer. ||12||

¹⁰Separated from the Primal Lord, they loudly weep and wail.

¹¹They die and die, only to be reborn, when their time has passed.

¹²He blesses those whom He forgives with glorious greatness; united with Him, they do not regret or repent. ||13 |

¹³| He Himself is the Creator, and He Himself is the Enjoyer.

¹⁴He Himself is satisfied, and He Himself is liberated.

¹⁵The Lord of liberation Himself grants liberation; He eradicates possessiveness and attachment. ||14||

¹⁶I consider Your gifts to be the most wonderful gifts.

¹⁷You are the Cause of causes, Almighty Infinite Lord.

¹⁸Creating the creation, You gaze upon what You have created; You cause all to do their deeds. ||15||

¹⁹They alone sing Your Glorious Praises, who are pleasing to You, O True Lord.

²⁰They issue forth from You, and merge again into You.

²¹Nanak offers this true prayer; meeting with the True Lord, peace is obtained. ||16||2||14||

²²Maaroo, First Mehl:

²³For endless eons, there was only utter darkness.

²⁴There was no earth or sky; there was only the infinite Command of His Hukam.

²⁵There was no day or night, no moon or sun; God sat in primal, profound Samaadhi. ||1||

²⁶There were no sources of creation or powers of speech, no air or water.

²⁷There was no creation or destruction, no coming or going.

²⁸There were no continents, nether regions, seven seas, rivers or flowing water. ||2||

²⁹There were no heavenly realms, earth or nether regions of the underworld.

³⁰There was no heaven or hell, no death or time.

³¹There was no hell or heaven, no birth or death, no coming or going in reincarnation. ||3||

³²There was no Brahma, Vishnu or Shiva.

³³No one was seen, except the One Lord.

³⁴There was no female or male, no social class or caste of birth; no one experienced pain or pleasure. ||4||

³⁵There were no people of celibacy or charity; no one lived in the forests.

³⁶There were no Siddhas or seekers, no one living in peace.

³⁷There were no Yogis, no wandering pilgrims, no religious robes; no one called himself the master. ||5||

³⁸There was no chanting or meditation, no self-discipline, fasting or worship.

³⁹No one spoke or talked in duality.

⁴⁰He created Himself, and rejoiced; He evaluates Himself. ||6||

⁴¹There was no purification, no self-restraint, no malas of basil seeds.

⁴²There were no Gopis, no Krishna, no cows or cowherds.

⁴³There were no tantras, no mantras and no hypocrisy; no one played the flute. ||7||

⁴⁴There was no karma, no Dharma, no buzzing fly of Maya.

⁴⁵Social class and birth were not seen with any eyes.

⁴⁶There was no noose of attachment, no death inscribed upon the forehead; no one meditated on anything. ||8||

⁴⁷There was no slander, no seed, no soul and no life.

⁴⁸There was no Gorakh and no Maachhindra.

⁴⁹There was no spiritual wisdom or meditation, no ancestry or creation, no reckoning of accounts. ||9||

¹There were no castes or social classes, no religious robes, no Brahmin or Kh'shaatriya.

²There were no demi-gods or temples, no cows or Gaayatri prayer.

³There were no burnt offerings, no ceremonial feasts, no cleansing rituals at sacred shrines of pilgrimage; no one worshipped in adoration. ||10||

⁴There was no Mullah, there was no Qazi.

⁵There was no Shaykh, or pilgrims to Mecca.

⁶There was no king or subjects, and no worldly egotism; no one spoke of himself. ||11||

⁷There was no love or devotion, no Shiva or Shakti - no energy or matter.

⁸There were no friends or companions, no semen or blood.

⁹He Himself is the banker, and He Himself is the merchant. Such is the Pleasure of the Will of the True Lord. ||12||

¹⁰There were no Vedas, Korans or Bibles, no Simritees or Shaastras.

¹¹There was no recitation of the Puraanas, no sunrise or sunset.

¹²The Unfathomable Lord Himself was the speaker and the preacher; the unseen Lord Himself saw everything. ||13||

¹³When He so willed, He created the world.

¹⁴Without any supporting power, He sustained the universe.

¹⁵He created Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva; He fostered enticement and attachment to Maya. ||14||

¹⁶How rare is that person who listens to the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

¹⁷He created the creation, and watches over it; the Hukam of His Command is over all.

¹⁸He formed the planets, solar systems and nether regions, and brought what was hidden to manifestation. ||15||

¹⁹No one knows His limits.

²⁰This understanding comes from the Perfect Guru.

²¹O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Truth are wonderstruck; singing His Glorious Praises, they are filled with wonder. ||16||3||15||

²²Maaroo, First Mehl:

²³He Himself created the creation, remaining unattached.

²⁴The Merciful Lord has established His True Home.

²⁵Binding together air, water and fire, He created the fortress of the body. ||1||

²⁶The Creator established the nine gates.

²⁷In the Tenth Gate, is the dwelling of the infinite, unseen Lord.

²⁸The seven seas are overflowing with the Ambrosial Water; the Gurmukhs are not stained with filth. ||2||

²⁹The lamps of the sun and the moon fill all with light.

³⁰Creating them, He beholds His own glorious greatness.

³¹The Giver of peace is forever the embodiment of Light; from the True Lord, glory is obtained. ||3||

³²Within the fortress are the stores and markets; the business is transacted there.

³³The Supreme Merchant weighs with the perfect weights.

³⁴He Himself buys the jewel, and He Himself appraises its value. ||4||

³⁵The Appraiser appraises its value.

³⁶The Independent Lord is overflowing with His treasures.

³⁷He holds all powers, He is all-pervading; how few are those who, as Gurmukh, understand this. ||5||

³⁸When He bestows His Glance of Grace, one meets the Perfect Guru.

³⁹The tyrannical Messenger of Death cannot strike him then.

⁴⁰He blossoms forth like the lotus flower in the water; he blossoms forth in joyful meditation. ||6||

⁴¹He Himself rains down the Ambrosial Stream of jewels,

⁴²When they meet the True Guru, then they find the Perfect Lord; they obtain the treasure of Love. ||7||

⁴³Whoever receives the priceless treasure of Love

⁴⁴- his weight never decreases; he has perfect weight.

⁴⁵The trader of Truth becomes true, and obtains the merchandise. ||8||

⁴⁶How rare are those who obtain the true merchandise.

⁴⁷Meeting the Perfect True Guru, one meets with the Lord.

¹One who becomes Gurmukh realizes the Hukam of His command; surrendering to His Command, one merges in the Lord. ||9||

²By His Command we come, and by His command we merge into Him again.

³By His Command, the world was formed.

⁴By His Command, the heavens, this world and the nether regions were created; by His Command, His Power supports them. ||10||

⁵The Hukam of His Command is the mythical bull which supports the burden of the earth on its head.

⁶By His Hukam, air, water and fire came into being.

⁷By His Hukam, one dwells in the house of matter and energy - Shiva and Shakti. By His Hukam, He plays His plays. ||11||

⁸By the Hukam of His command, the sky is spread above.

⁹By His Hukam, His creatures dwell in the water, on the land and throughout the three worlds.

¹⁰By His Hukam, we draw our breath and receive our food; by His Hukam, He watches over us, and inspires us to see. ||12||

¹¹By His Hukam, He created His ten incarnations,

¹²and the uncounted and infinite gods and devils.

¹³Whoever obeys the Hukam of His Command, is robed with honor in the Court of the Lord; united with the Truth, He merges in the Lord. ||13||

¹⁴By the Hukam of His Command, the thirty-six ages passed.

¹⁵By His Hukam, the Siddhas and seekers contemplate Him.

¹⁶The Lord Himself has brought all under His control. Whoever He forgives, is liberated. ||14||

¹⁷In the strong fortress of the body with its beautiful doors,

¹⁸Those gripped by falsehood and greed do not dwell in the celestial home; engrossed in greed and sin, they come to regret and repent. ||15||

¹⁹Truth and contentment govern this body-village.

²⁰Chastity, truth and self-control are in the Sanctuary of the Lord.

²¹O Nanak, one intuitively meets the Lord, the Life of the World; the Word of the Guru's Shabad brings honor. ||16||4||16||

²²Maaroo, First Mehl:

²³In the Primal Void, the Infinite Lord assumed His Power.

²⁴He Himself is unattached, infinite and incomparable.

²⁵He Himself exercised His Creative Power, and He gazes upon His creation; from the Primal Void, He formed the Void. ||1||

²⁶From this Primal Void, He fashioned air and water.

²⁷He created the universe, and the king in the fortress of the body.

²⁸Your Light pervades fire, water and souls; Your Power rests in the Primal Void. ||2||

²⁹From this Primal Void, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva issued forth.

³⁰This Primal Void is pervasive throughout all the ages.

³¹That humble being who contemplates this state is perfect; meeting with him, doubt is dispelled. ||3||

³²From this Primal Void, the seven seas were established.

³³The One who created them, Himself contemplates them.

³⁴That human being who becomes Gurmukh, who bathes in the pool of Truth, is not cast into the womb of reincarnation again. ||4||

³⁵From this Primal Void, came the moon, the sun and the earth.

³⁶His Light pervades all the three worlds.

³⁷The Lord of this Primal Void is unseen, infinite and immaculate; He is absorbed in the Primal Trance of Deep Meditation. ||5||

³⁸From this Primal Void, the earth and the Akaashic Ethers were created.

³⁹He supports them without any visible support, by exercising His True Power.

⁴⁰He fashioned the three worlds, and the rope of Maya; He Himself creates and destroys. ||6||

⁴¹From this Primal Void, came the four sources of creation, and the power of speech.

⁴²They were created from the Void, and they will merge into the Void.

⁴³The Supreme Creator created the play of Nature; through the Word of His Shabad, He stages His Wondrous Show. ||7||

⁴⁴From this Primal Void, He made both night and day;

⁴⁵creation and destruction, pleasure and pain.

⁴⁶The Gurmukh is immortal, untouched by pleasure and pain. He obtains the home of his own inner being. ||8||

¹The Saam Veda, the Rig Veda, the Jujar Veda and the At'harva Veda

²form the mouth of Brahma; they speak of the three gunas, the three qualities of Maya.

³None of them can describe His worth. We speak as He inspires us to speak. ||9||

⁴From the Primal Void, He created the seven nether regions.

⁵From the Primal Void, He established this world to lovingly dwell upon Him.

⁶The Infinite Lord Himself created the creation. Everyone acts as You make them act, Lord. ||10||

⁷Your Power is diffused through the three gunas: raajas, taamas and satva.

⁸Through egotism, they suffer the pains of birth and death.

⁹Those blessed by His Grace become Gurmukh; they attain the fourth state, and are liberated. ||11||

¹⁰From the Primal Void, the ten incarnations welled up.

¹¹Creating the Universe, He made the expanse.

¹²He fashioned the demi-gods and demons, the heavenly heralds and celestial musicians; everyone acts according to their past karma. ||12||

¹³The Gurmukh understands, and does not suffer the disease.

¹⁴How rare are those who understand this ladder of the Guru.

¹⁵Throughout the ages, they are dedicated to liberation, and so they become liberated; thus they are honored. ||13||

¹⁶From the Primal Void, the five elements became manifest.

¹⁷They joined to form the body, which engages in actions.

¹⁸Both bad and good are written on the forehead, the seeds of vice and virtue. ||14||

¹⁹The True Guru, the Primal Being, is sublime and detached.

²⁰Attuned to the Word of the Shabad, He is intoxicated with the sublime essence of the Lord.

²¹Riches, intellect, miraculous spiritual powers and spiritual wisdom are obtained from the Guru; through perfect destiny, they are received. ||15||

²²This mind is so in love with Maya.

²³Only a few are spiritually wise enough to understand and know this.

²⁴In hope and desire, egotism and skepticism, the greedy man acts falsely. ||16||

²⁵From the True Guru, contemplative meditation is obtained.

²⁶And then, one dwells with the True Lord in His celestial home, the Primal State of Absorption in Deepest Samaadhi.

²⁷O Nanak, the immaculate sound current of the Naad, and the Music of the Shabad resound; one merges into the True Name of the Lord. ||17||5||17||

²⁸Maaroo, First Mehl:

²⁹Wherever I look, I see the Lord, merciful to the meek.

³⁰God is compassionate; He does not come or go in reincarnation.

³¹He pervades all beings in His mysterious way; the Sovereign Lord remains detached. ||1||

³²The world is a reflection of Him; He has no father or mother.

³³He has not acquired any sister or brother.

³⁴There is no creation or destruction for Him; He has no ancestry or social status. The Ageless Lord is pleasing to my mind. ||2||

³⁵You are the Deathless Primal Being. Death does not hover over Your head.

³⁶You are the unseen inaccessible and detached Primal Lord.

³⁷You are true and content; the Word of Your Shabad is cool and soothing. Through it, we are lovingly, intuitively attuned to You. ||3||

³⁸The three qualities are pervasive; the Lord dwells in His home, the fourth state.

³⁹He has made death and birth into a bite of food.

⁴⁰The immaculate Light is the Life of the whole world. The Guru reveals the unstruck melody of the Shabad. ||4||

⁴¹Sublime and good are those humble Saints, the Beloveds of the Lord.

⁴²They are intoxicated with the sublime essence of the Lord, and are carried across to the other side.

⁴³Nanak is the dust of the Society of the Saints; by Guru's Grace, he finds the Lord. ||5||

⁴⁴You are the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts. All beings belong to You.

¹You are the Great Giver; I am Your slave.

²Please be merciful and bless me with Your Ambrosial Naam, and the jewel, the lamp of the Guru's spiritual wisdom. ||6||

³From the union of the five elements, this body was made.

⁴Finding the Lord, the Supreme Soul, peace is established.

⁵The good karma of past actions brings fruitful rewards, and man is blessed with the jewel of the Lord's Name. ||7||

⁶His mind does not feel any hunger or thirst.

⁷He knows the Immaculate Lord to be everywhere, in each and every heart.

⁸Imbued with the Lord's Ambrosial essence, he becomes a pure, detached renunciate; he is lovingly absorbed in the Guru's Teachings. ||8||

⁹Whoever does the deeds of the soul, day and night,

¹⁰sees the immaculate Divine Light deep within.

¹¹Enraptured with the delightful essence of the Shabad, the source of nectar, my tongue plays the sweet music of the flute. ||9||

¹²He alone plays the sweet music of this flute,

¹³who knows the three worlds.

¹⁴O Nanak, know this, through the Guru's Teachings, and lovingly focus yourself on the Lord's Name. ||10||

¹⁵Rare are those beings in this world,

¹⁶who contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad, and remain detached.

¹⁷They save themselves, and save all their associates and ancestors; fruitful is their birth and coming into this world. ||11||

¹⁸He alone knows the home of his own heart, and the door to the temple,

¹⁹who obtains perfect understanding from the Guru.

²⁰In the body-fortress is the palace; God is the True Master of this Palace. The True Lord established His True Throne there. ||12||

²¹The fourteen realms and the two lamps are the witnesses.

²²The Lord's servants, the self-elect, do not taste the poison of corruption.

²³Deep within, is the priceless, incomparable commodity; meeting with the Guru, the wealth of the Lord is obtained. ||13||

²⁴He alone sits on the throne, who is worthy of the throne.

²⁵Following the Guru's Teachings, he subdues the five demons, and becomes the Lord's foot soldier.

²⁶He has existed from the very beginning of time and throughout the ages; He exists here and now, and will always exist. Meditating on Him, skepticism and doubt are dispelled. ||14||

²⁷The Lord of the Throne is greeted and worshipped day and night.

²⁸This true glorious greatness comes to those who love the Guru's Teachings.

²⁹O Nanak, meditate on the Lord, and swim across the river; they find the Lord, their best friend, in the end. ||15||1||18||

³⁰Maaroo, First Mehl:

³¹Gather in the wealth of the Lord, O humble Siblings of Destiny.

³²Serve the True Guru, and remain in His Sanctuary.

³³This wealth cannot be stolen; the celestial melody of the Shabad wells up and keeps us awake and aware. ||1||

³⁴You are the One Universal Creator, the Immaculate King.

³⁵You Yourself arrange and resolve the affairs of Your humble servant.

³⁶You are immortal, immovable, infinite and priceless; O Lord, Your place is beautiful and eternal. ||2||

³⁷In the body-village, the most sublime place,

³⁸the supremely noble people dwell.

³⁹Above them is the Immaculate Lord, the One Universal Creator; they are lovingly absorbed in the profound, primal state of Samaadhi. ||3||

⁴⁰There are nine gates to the body-village;

⁴¹the Creator Lord fashioned them for each and every person.

⁴²Within the Tenth Gate, dwells the Primal Lord, detached and unequalled. The unknowable reveals Himself. ||4||

⁴³The Primal Lord cannot be held to account; True is His Celestial Court.

⁴⁴The Hukam of His Command is in effect; True is His Insignia.

⁴⁵O Nanak, search and examine your own home, and you shall find the Supreme Soul, and the Name of the Lord. ||5||

¹The Primal Lord is everywhere, immaculate and all-knowing.

²He administers justice, and is absorbed in the spiritual wisdom of the Guru.

³He seizes sexual desire and anger by their necks, and kills them; He eradicates egotism and greed. ||6||

⁴In the True Place, the Formless Lord abides.

⁵Whoever understands his own self, contemplates the Word of the Shabad.

⁶He comes to abide deep within the True Mansion of His Presence, and his comings and goings are ended. ||7||

⁷His mind does not waver, and he is not buffeted by the winds of desire.

⁸Such a Yogi vibrates the unstruck sound current of the Shabad.

⁹God Himself plays the pure music of the Panch Shabad, the five primal sounds to hear. ||8||

¹⁰In the Fear of God, in detachment, one intuitively merges into the Lord.

¹¹Renouncing egotism, he is imbued with the unstruck sound current.

¹²With the ointment of enlightenment, the Immaculate Lord is known; the Immaculate Lord King is pervading everywhere. ||9||

¹³God is eternal and imperishable; He is the Destroyer of pain and fear.

¹⁴He cures the disease, and cuts away the noose of death.

¹⁵O Nanak, the Lord God is the Destroyer of fear; meeting the Guru, the Lord God is found. ||10||

¹⁶One who knows the Immaculate Lord chews up death.

¹⁷One who understands karma, realizes the Word of the Shabad.

¹⁸He Himself knows, and He Himself realizes. This whole world is all His play. ||11||

¹⁹He Himself is the Banker, and He Himself is the Merchant.

²⁰The Appraiser Himself appraises.

²¹He Himself tests upon His Touchstone, and He Himself estimates the value. ||12||

²²God Himself, the Merciful Lord, grants His Grace.

²³The Gardener pervades and permeates each and every heart.

²⁴The pure, primal, detached Lord abides within all. The Guru, the Lord Incarnate, leads us to meet the Lord God. ||13||

²⁵God is wise and all-knowing; He purges men of their pride.

²⁶Eradicating duality, the One Lord reveals Himself.

²⁷Such a being remains unattached amidst hope, singing the Praise of the Immaculate Lord, who has no ancestry. ||14||

²⁸Eradicating egotism, he obtains the peace of the Shabad.

²⁹He alone is spiritually wise, who contemplates his own self.

³⁰O Nanak, singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, the true profit is obtained; in the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, the fruit of Truth is obtained. ||15||2||19||

³¹Maaroo, First Mehl:

³²Speak the Truth, and remain in the home of Truth.

³³Remain dead while yet alive, and cross over the terrifying world-ocean.

³⁴The Guru is the boat, the ship, the raft; meditating on the Lord in your mind, you shall be carried across to the other side. ||1||

³⁵Eliminating egotism, possessiveness and greed,

³⁶one is liberated from the nine gates, and obtains a place in the Tenth Gate.

³⁷Lofty and high, the farthest of the far and infinite, He created Himself. ||2||

³⁸Receiving the Guru's Teachings, and lovingly attuned to the Lord, one crosses over.

³⁹Singing the Praises of the absolute Lord, why should anyone be afraid of death?

⁴⁰Wherever I look, I see only You; I do not sing of any other at all. ||3||

⁴¹True is the Lord's Name, and True is His Sanctuary.

⁴²True is the Word of the Guru's Shabad, grasping it, one is carries across.

⁴³Speaking the Unspoken, one sees the Infinite Lord, and then, he does not have to enter the womb of reincarnation again. ||4||

⁴⁴Without the Truth, no one finds sincerity or contentment.

⁴⁵Without the Guru, no one is liberated; coming and going in reincarnation continue.

⁴⁶Chanting the Mool Mantra, and the Name of the Lord, the source of nectar, says Nanak, I have found the Perfect Lord. ||5||

¹Without the Truth, the terrifying world-ocean cannot be crossed.

²This ocean is vast and unfathomable; it is overflowing with the worst poison.

³One who receives the Guru's Teachings, and remains aloof and detached, obtains a place in the home of the Fearless Lord. ||6||

⁴False is the cleverness of loving attachment to the world.

⁵In no time at all, it comes and goes.

⁶Forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the proud egotistical people depart; in creation and destruction they are wasted away. ||7||

⁷In creation and destruction, they are bound in bondage.

⁸The noose of egotism and Maya is around their necks.

⁹Whoever does not accept the Guru's Teachings, and does not dwell upon the Lord's Name, is bound and bagged, and dragged into the City of Death. ||8||

¹⁰Without the Guru, how can anyone be emancipated or liberated?

¹¹Without the Guru, how can anyone meditate on the Lord's Name?

¹²Accepting the Guru's Teachings, cross over the arduous, terrifying world-ocean; you shall be emancipated, and find peace. ||9||

¹³Through the Guru's Teachings, Krishna lifted up the mountain of Govardhan.

¹⁴Through the Guru's Teachings, Rama floated stones across the ocean.

¹⁵Accepting the Guru's Teachings, the supreme status is obtained; O Nanak, the Guru eradicates doubt. ||10||

¹⁶Accepting the Guru's Teachings, cross over to the other side through Truth.

¹⁷O soul, remember the Lord within your heart.

¹⁸The noose of death is cut away, meditating on the Lord; you shall obtain the Immaculate Lord, who has no ancestry. ||11||

¹⁹Through the Guru's Teachings, the Holy become one's friends and Siblings of Destiny.

²⁰Through the Guru's Teachings, the inner fire is subdued and extinguished.

²¹Chant the Naam with your mind and mouth; know the unknowable Lord, the Life of the World, deep within the nucleus of your heart. ||12||

²²The Gurmukh understands, and is pleased with the Word of the Shabad.

²³Who does he praise or slander?

²⁴Know yourself, and meditate on the Lord of the Universe; let your mind be pleased with the Lord, the Master of the Universe. ||13||

²⁵Know the One who pervades all the realms of the universe.

²⁶As Gurmukh, understand and realize the Shabad.

²⁷The Enjoyer enjoys each and every heart, and yet He remains detached from all. ||14||

²⁸Through the Guru's Teachings, chant the Pure Praises of the Lord.

²⁹Through the Guru's Teachings, behold the lofty Lord with your eyes.

³⁰Whoever listens to the Lord's Name, and the Word of His Bani, O Nanak, is imbued with the color of the Lord's Love. ||15||3||20||

³¹Maaroo, First Mehl:

³²Leave behind sexual desire, anger and the slander of others.

³³Renounce greed and possessiveness, and become carefree.

³⁴Break the chains of doubt, and remain unattached; you shall find the Lord, and the Lord's sublime essence, deep within yourself. ||1||

³⁵As one sees the flash of lightning in the night,

³⁶see the Divine Light deep within your nucleus, day and night.

³⁷The Lord, the embodiment of bliss, incomparably beautiful, reveals the Perfect Guru. ||2||

³⁸So meet with the True Guru, and God Himself will save you.

³⁹He placed the lamps of the sun and the moon in the home of the sky.

⁴⁰See the invisible Lord, and remain absorbed in loving devotion. God is all throughout the three worlds. ||3||

⁴¹Obtaining the sublime ambrosial essence, desire and fear are dispelled.

⁴²The state of inspired illumination is obtained, and self-conceit is eradicated.

⁴³The lofty and exalted state, the highest of the high is obtained, practicing the immaculate Word of the Shabad. ||4||

⁴⁴The Naam, the Name of the invisible and unfathomable Lord, is infinite.

¹The sublime essence of the Beloved Naam is utterly sweet.

²O Lord, please bless Nanak with Your Praise in each and every age; meditating on the Lord, I cannot find His limits. ||5||

³With the Naam deep within the nucleus of the self, the jewel is obtained.

⁴Meditating on the Lord, the mind is comforted and consoled by the mind itself.

⁵On that most difficult path, the Destroyer of fear is found, and one does not have to enter the womb of reincarnation again. ||6||

⁶Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, inspiration for loving devotional worship wells up.

⁷I beg for the treasure of the Naam, and the Lord's Praise.

⁸When it pleases the Lord, He unites me in Union with the Guru; the Lord saves the whole world. ||7||

⁹One who chants the Lord's Chant, attains the Wisdom of the True Guru.

¹⁰The tyrant, the Messenger of Death, becomes a servant at his feet.

¹¹In the noble congregation of the Sangat, one's state and way of life become noble as well, and one crosses over the terrifying world-ocean. ||8||

¹²Through the Shabad, one crosses over this terrifying world-ocean.

¹³The duality within is burnt away from within.

¹⁴Taking up the five arrows of virtue, Death is killed, drawing the Bow of the Tenth Gate in the Mind's Sky. ||9||

¹⁵How can the faithless cynics attain enlightened awareness of the Shabad?

¹⁶Without awareness of the Shabad, they come and go in reincarnation.

¹⁷O Nanak, the Gurmukh obtains the support of liberation; by perfect destiny, he meets the Lord. ||10||

¹⁸The Fearless True Guru is our Savior and Protector.

¹⁹Devotional worship is obtained through the Guru, the Lord of the world.

²⁰The blissful music of the unstruck sound current vibrates and resounds; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the Immaculate Lord is obtained. ||11||

²¹He alone is fearless, who has no destiny written on His head.

²²God Himself is unseen; He reveals Himself through His wondrous creative power.

²³He Himself is unattached, unborn and self-existent. O Nanak, through the Guru's Teachings, He is found. ||12||

²⁴The True Guru knows the state of one's inner being.

²⁵He alone is fearless, who realizes the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

²⁶He looks within his own inner being, and realizes the Lord within all; his mind does not waver at all. ||13||

²⁷He alone is fearless, within whose being the Lord abides.

²⁸Day and night, he is delighted with the Immaculate Naam, the Name of the Lord.

²⁹O Nanak, in the Sangat, the Holy Congregation, the Lord's Praise is obtained, and one easily, intuitively meets the Lord. ||14||

³⁰One who knows God, within the self and beyond,

³¹remains detached, and brings his wandering mind back to its home.

³²The True Primal Lord is over all the three worlds; O Nanak, His Ambrosial Nectar is obtained. ||15||4||21||

³³Maaroo, First Mehl:

³⁴The Creator Lord is infinite; His creative power is wondrous.

³⁵Created beings have no power over Him.

³⁶He formed the living beings, and He Himself sustains them; the Hukam of His Command controls each and every one. ||1||

³⁷The all-pervading Lord orchestrates all through His Hukam.

³⁸Who is near, and who is far away?

³⁹Behold the Lord, both hidden and manifest, in each and every heart; the unique Lord is permeating all. ||2||

⁴⁰One whom the Lord unites with Himself, merges in conscious awareness.

⁴¹Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, meditate on the Lord's Name.

⁴²God is the embodiment of bliss, incomparably beautiful and unfathomable; meeting with the Guru, doubt is dispelled. ||3||

⁴³The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is more dear to me than my mind, body and wealth.

⁴⁴In the end, when I must depart, it shall be my only help and support.

¹In this world of love and attachment, no one is anyone else's friend or companion; without the Lord, without the Guru, who has ever found peace? ||4||

²He, unto whom the Perfect Guru grants His Grace,

³is merged in the Word of the Shabad, through the Teachings of the brave, heroic Guru.

⁴O Nanak, dwell upon, and serve at the Guru's feet; He places those who wander back on the Path. ||5||

⁵The wealth of the Lord's Praise is very dear to the humble Saints.

⁶Through the Guru's Teachings, I have obtained Your Name, Lord.

⁷The beggar serves at the Lord's door, and in the Court of the Lord, sings His Praises. ||6||

⁸When one meets the True Guru, he is called into the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.

⁹In the True Court, he is blessed with salvation and honor.

¹⁰The faithless cynic has no place of rest in the Lord's palace; he suffers the pains of birth and death. ||7||

¹¹So serve the True Guru, the unfathomable ocean,

¹²and you shall obtain the profit, the wealth, the jewel of the Naam.

¹³The filth of corruption is washed away, by bathing in the pool of Ambrosial Nectar. In the Guru's pool, contentment is obtained. ||8||

¹⁴So serve the Guru without hesitation.

¹⁵And in the midst of hope, remain unmoved by hope.

¹⁶Serve the Eradicator of cynicism and suffering, and you shall never again be afflicted by the disease. ||9||

¹⁷One who is pleasing to the True Lord is blessed with glorious greatness.

¹⁸Who else can teach him anything?

¹⁹The Lord and the Guru are pervading in one form. O Nanak, the Lord loves the Guru. ||10||

²⁰Some read scriptures, the Vedas and the Puraanas.

²¹Some sit and listen, and read to others.

²²Tell me, how can the heavy, rigid doors be opened? Without the True Guru, the essence of reality is not realized. ||11||

²³Some collect dust, and smear their bodies with ashes;

²⁴but deep within them are the outcasts of anger and egotism.

²⁵Practicing hypocrisy, Yoga is not obtained; without the True Guru, the unseen Lord is not found. ||12||

²⁶Some make vows to visit sacred shrines of pilgrimage, keep fasts and live in the forest.

²⁷Some practice chastity, charity and self-discipline, and speak of spiritual wisdom.

²⁸But without the Lord's Name, how can anyone find peace? Without the True Guru, doubt is not dispelled. ||13||

²⁹Inner cleansing techniques, channeling the energy to raise the Kundalini to the Tenth Gate,

³⁰inhaling, exhaling and holding the breath by the force of the mind -

³¹by empty hypocritical practices, Dharmic love for the Lord is not produced. Only through the Word of the Guru's Shabad is the sublime, supreme essence obtained. ||14||

³²Seeing the Lord's creative power, my mind remains satisfied.

³³Through the Guru's Shabad, I have realized that all is God.

³⁴O Nanak, the Lord, the Supreme Soul, is in all. The Guru, the True Guru, has inspired me to see the unseen Lord. ||15||5||22||

³⁵Maaroo, Solhay, Third Mehl:

³⁶One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³⁷By the Hukam of His Command, He effortlessly created the Universe.

³⁸Creating the creation, He gazes upon His own greatness.

³⁹He Himself acts, and inspires all to act; in His Will, He pervades and permeates all. ||1||

⁴⁰The world is in the darkness of love and attachment to Maya.

⁴¹How rare is that Gurmukh who contemplates, and understands.

⁴²He alone attains the Lord, unto whom He grants His Grace. He Himself unites in His Union. ||2||

¹Uniting with Himself, He bestows glorious greatness.

²By Guru's Grace, one comes to know the Lord's worth.

³The self-willed manmukh wanders everywhere, weeping and wailing; he is utterly ruined by the love of duality. ||3||

⁴Egotism was instilled into the illusion of Maya.

⁵The self-willed manmukh is deluded, and loses his honor.

⁶But one who becomes Gurmukh is absorbed in the Name; he remains immersed in the True Lord. ||4||

⁷Spiritual wisdom is obtained from the Guru, along with the jewel of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

⁸Desires are subdued, and one remains immersed in the mind.

⁹The Creator Himself stages all His plays; He Himself bestows understanding. ||5||

¹⁰One who serves the True Guru eradicates self-conceit.

¹¹Meeting with his Beloved, he finds peace through the Word of the Shabad.

¹²Deep within his inner being, he is imbued with loving devotion; intuitively, he becomes one with the Lord. ||6||

¹³The Destroyer of pain is known through the Guru.

¹⁴The Great Giver, the Life of the world, Himself has met me.

¹⁵He alone understands, whom the Lord joins with Himself. Fear and doubt are taken away from his body. ||7||

¹⁶He Himself is the Gurmukh, and He Himself bestows His blessings.

¹⁷Through the True Word of the Shabad, serve the True Guru.

¹⁸Old age and death cannot even touch one who is in harmony with the True Lord. ||8||

¹⁹The world is burning up in the fire of desire.

²⁰It burns and burns, and is destroyed in all its corruption.

²¹The self-willed manmukh finds no place of rest anywhere. The True Guru has imparted this understanding. ||9||

²²Those who serve the True Guru are very fortunate.

²³They remain lovingly focused on the True Name forever.

²⁴The Immaculate Naam, the Name of the Lord, permeates the nucleus of their inner being; through the Shabad, their desires are quenched. ||10||

²⁵True is the Word of the Shabad, and True is the Bani of His Word.

²⁶How rare is that Gurmukh who realizes this.

²⁷Those who are imbued with the True Shabad are detached. Their comings and goings in reincarnation are ended. ||11||

²⁸One who realizes the Shabad is cleansed of impurities.

²⁹The Immaculate Naam abides within his mind.

³⁰He serves his True Guru forever, and egotism is eradicated from within. ||12||

³¹If one comes to understand, through the Guru, then he comes to know the Lord's Door.

³²But without the Naam, one babbles and argues in vain.

³³The glory of serving the True Guru is that it eradicates hunger and thirst. ||13||

³⁴When the Lord unites them with Himself, then they come to understand.

³⁵Without spiritual wisdom, they understand nothing at all.

³⁶One whose mind is filled with the Guru's gift forever - his inner being resounds with the Shabad, and the Word of the Guru's Bani. ||14||

³⁷He acts according to his pre-ordained destiny.

³⁸No one can erase the Command of the Primal Lord.

³⁹They alone dwell in the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, who have such pre-ordained destiny. ||15||

⁴⁰He alone finds the Lord, unto whom He grants His Grace.

⁴¹He links his consciousness to the deep meditative state of the True Shabad.

⁴²Nanak, Your slave, offers this humble prayer; I stand at Your Door, begging for Your Name. ||16||1||

⁴³Maaroo, Third Mehl:

⁴⁴The One and only Lord is pervading and permeating everywhere.

⁴⁵How rare is that person, who as Gurmukh, understands this.

⁴⁶The One Lord is permeating and pervading, deep within the nucleus of all. Without Him, there is no other at all. ||1||

⁴⁷He created the 8.4 millions species of beings.

¹The spiritual teachers and meditators proclaim this.

²He Himself nourishes all; no one else can estimate His value. ||2||

³Love and attachment to Maya are utter darkness.

⁴Egotism and possessiveness have spread throughout the expanse of the universe.

⁵Night and day, they burn, day and night; without the Guru, there is no peace or tranquility. ||3||

⁶He Himself unites, and He Himself separates.

⁷He Himself establishes, and He Himself disestablishes.

⁸True is the Hukam of His Command, and True is the expanse of His universe. No one else can issue any Command. ||4||

⁹He alone is attached to the Lord, whom the Lord attaches to Himself.

¹⁰By Guru's Grace, the fear of death runs away.

¹¹The Shabad, the Giver of peace, dwells forever deep within the nucleus of the self. One who is Gurmukh understands. ||5||

¹²God Himself unites those united in His Union.

¹³Whatever is pre-ordained by destiny, cannot be erased.

¹⁴Night and day, His devotees worship Him, day and night; one who becomes Gurmukh serves Him. ||6||

¹⁵Serving the True Guru, lasting peace is experienced.

¹⁶He Himself, the Giver of all, has come and met me.

¹⁷Subduing egotism, the fire of thirst has been extinguished; contemplating the Word of the Shabad, peace is found. ||7||

¹⁸One who is attached to his body and family, does not understand.

¹⁹But one who becomes Gurmukh, sees the Lord with his eyes.

²⁰Night and day, he chants the Naam, day and night; meeting with his Beloved, he finds peace. ||8||

²¹The self-willed manmukh wanders distracted, attached to duality.

²²That unfortunate wretch - why didn't he just die as soon as he was born?

²³Coming and going, he wastes away his life in vain. Without the Guru, liberation is not obtained. ||9||

²⁴That body which is stained with the filth of egotism is false and impure.

²⁵It may be washed a hundred times, but its filth is still not removed.

²⁶But if it is washed with the Word of the Shabad, then it is truly cleansed, and it shall never be soiled again. ||10||

²⁷The five demons destroy the body.

²⁸He dies and dies again, only to be reincarnated; he does not contemplate the Shabad.

²⁹The darkness of emotional attachment to Maya is within his inner being; as if in a dream, he does not understand. ||11||

³⁰Some conquer the five demons, by being attached to the Shabad.

³¹They are blessed and very fortunate; the True Guru comes to meet them.

³²Within the nucleus of their inner being, they dwell upon the Truth; attuned to the Lord's Love, they intuitively merge in Him. ||12||

³³The Guru's Way is known through the Guru.

³⁴His perfect servant attains realization through the Shabad.

³⁵Deep within his heart, he dwells forever upon the Shabad; he tastes the sublime essence of the True Lord with his tongue. ||13||

³⁶Egotism is conquered and subdued by the Shabad.

³⁷I have enshrined the Name of the Lord within my heart.

³⁸Other than the One Lord, I know nothing at all. Whatever will be, will automatically be. ||14||

³⁹Without the True Guru, no one obtains intuitive wisdom.

⁴⁰The Gurmukh understands, and is immersed in the True Lord.

⁴¹He serves the True Lord, and is attuned to the True Shabad. The Shabad banishes egotism. ||15||

⁴²He Himself is the Giver of virtue, the Contemplative Lord.

⁴³The Gurmukh is given the winning dice.

⁴⁴O Nanak, immersed in the Naam, the Name of the Lord, one becomes true; from the True Lord, honor is obtained. ||16||2||

⁴⁵Maaroo, Third Mehl:

⁴⁶One One True Lord is the Life of the World, the Great Giver.

⁴⁷Serving the Guru, through the Word of the Shabad, He is realized.

¹There is only One Command, and there is only One Supreme King. In each and every age, He links each to their tasks. ||1||

²That humble being is immaculate, who knows his own self.

³The Lord, the Giver of peace, Himself comes and meets him.

⁴His tongue is imbued with the Shabad, and he sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord; he is honored in the Court of the True Lord. ||2||

⁵The Gurmukh is blessed with the glorious greatness of the Naam.

⁶The self-willed manmukh, the slanderer, loses his honor.

⁷Attuned to the Naam, the supreme soul-swans remain detached; in the home of the self, they remain absorbed in deep meditative trance. ||3||

⁸That humble being who dies in the Shabad is perfect.

⁹The brave, heroic True Guru chants and proclaims this.

¹⁰Deep within the body is the true pool of Ambrosial Nectar; the mind drinks it in with loving devotion. ||4||

¹¹The Pandit, the religious scholar, reads and instructs others,

¹²but he does not realize that his own home is on fire.

¹³Without serving the True Guru, the Naam is not obtained. You can read until you are exhausted, but you shall not find peace and tranquility. ||5||

¹⁴Some smear their bodies with ashes, and wander around in religious disguises.

¹⁵Without the Word of the Shabad, who has ever subdued egotism?

¹⁶Night and day, they continue burning, day and night; they are deluded and confused by their doubt and religious costumes. ||6||

¹⁷Some, in the midst of their household and family, remain always unattached.

¹⁸They die in the Shabad, and dwell in the Lord's Name.

¹⁹Night and day, they remain forever attuned to His Love; they focus their consciousness on loving devotion and the Fear of God. ||7||

²⁰The self-willed manmukh indulges in slander, and is ruined.

²¹The dog of greed barks within him.

²²The Messenger of Death never leaves him, and in the end, he leaves, regretting and repenting. ||8||

²³Through the True Word of the Shabad, true honor is obtained.

²⁴Without the Name, no one attains liberation.

²⁵Without the True Guru, no one finds the Name. Such is the making which God has made. ||9||

²⁶Some are Siddhas and seekers, and great contemplators.

²⁷Some remain imbued with the Naam, the Name of the Formless Lord, day and night.

²⁸He alone understands, whom the Lord unites with Himself; through loving devotional worship, fear is dispelled. ||10||

²⁹Some take cleansing baths and give donations to charities, but they do not understand.

³⁰Some struggle with their minds, and conquer and subdue their minds.

³¹Some are imbued with love for the True Word of the Shabad; they merge with the True Shabad. ||11||

³²He Himself creates and bestows glorious greatness.

³³By the Pleasure of His Will, He bestows union.

³⁴Bestowing His Grace, He comes to dwell in the mind; such is the Command ordained by my God. ||12||

³⁵Those humble beings who serve the True Guru are true.

³⁶The false, self-willed manmukhs do not know how to serve the Guru.

³⁷The Creator Himself creates the creation and watches over it; he attaches all according to the Pleasure of His Will. ||13||

³⁸In each and every age, the True Lord is the one and only Giver.

³⁹Through perfect destiny, one realizes the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

⁴⁰Those who are immersed in the Shabad are not separated again. By His Grace, they are intuitively immersed in the Lord. ||14||

⁴¹Acting in egotism, they are stained with the filth of Maya.

⁴²They die and die again, only to be reborn in the love of duality.

⁴³Without serving the True Guru, no one finds liberation. O mind, tune into this, and see. ||15||

¹He does whatever He pleases.

²No one has done, or can do anything by himself.

³O Nanak, through the Name, one is blessed with glorious greatness, and obtains honor in the Court of the True Lord. ||16||3||

⁴Maaroo, Third Mehl:

⁵All who come shall have to depart.

⁶In the love of duality, they are caught by the noose of the Messenger of Death.

⁷Those humble beings who are protected by the True Guru, are saved. They merge into the Truest of the True. ||1||

⁸The Creator Himself creates the creation, and watches over it.

⁹Thay alone are acceptable, upon whom He bestows His Glance of Grace.

¹⁰The Gurmukh attains spiritual wisdom, and understands everything. The ignorant ones act blindly. ||2||

¹¹The self-willed manmukh is cynical; he doesn't understand.

¹²He dies and dies again, only to be reborn, and loses his life uselessly again.

¹³The Gurmukh is imbued with the Naam, the Name of the Lord; he find peace, and is intuitively immersed in the True Lord. ||3||

¹⁴Chasing after worldly affairs, the mind has become corroded and rusty.

¹⁵But meeting with the Perfect Guru, it is transmuted into gold once again.

¹⁶When the Lord Himself grants forgiveness, then peace is obtained; through the Perfect Word of the Shabad, one is united with Him. ||4||

¹⁷The false and evil-minded are the most wicked of the wicked.

¹⁸They are the most unworthy of the unworthy.

¹⁹With false intellect, and insipid words of mouth, evil-minded, they do not obtain the Naam. ||5||

²⁰The unworthy soul-bride is not pleasing to her Husband Lord.

²¹False-minded, her actions are false.

²²The foolish person does not know the excellence of her Husband Lord. Without the Guru, she does not understand at all. ||6||

²³The evil-minded, wicked soul-bride practices wickedness.

²⁴She decorates herself, but her Husband Lord is not pleased.

²⁵The virtuous soul-bride enjoys and ravishes her Husband Lord forever; the True Guru unites her in His Union. ||7||

²⁶God Himself issues the Hukam of His Command, and beholds all.

²⁷Some are forgiven, according to their pre-ordained destiny.

²⁸Night and day, they are imbued with the Naam, and they find the True Lord. He Himself unites them in His Union. ||8||

²⁹Egotism attaches them to the juice of emotional attachment, and makes them run around.

³⁰The Gurmukh is intuitively immersed in the True Love of the Lord.

³¹He Himself unites, He Himself acts, and beholds. Without the True Guru, understanding is not obtained. ||9||

³²Some contemplate the Word of the Shabad; these humble beings remain always awake and aware.

³³Some are attached to the love of Maya; these unfortunate ones remain asleep.

³⁴He Himself acts, and inspires all to act; no one else can do anything. ||10||

³⁵Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, death is conquered and killed.

³⁶Keep the Name of the Lord enshrined within your heart.

³⁷Serving the True Guru, peace is obtained, and one merges in the Name of the Lord. ||11||

³⁸In the love of duality, the world wanders around insane.

³⁹Immersed in love and attachment to Maya, it suffers in pain.

⁴⁰Wearing all sorts of religious robes, He is not obtained. Without the True Guru, peace is not found. ||12||

⁴¹Who is to blame, when He Himself does everything?

⁴²As He wills, so is the path we take.

⁴³He Himself is the Merciful Giver of peace; as He wills, so do we follow. ||13||

⁴⁴He Himself is the Creator, and He Himself is the Enjoyer.

⁴⁵He Himself is detached, and He Himself is attached.

⁴⁶He Himself is immaculate, compassionate, the lover of nectar; the Hukam of His Command cannot be erased. ||14||

⁴⁷Those who know the One Lord are very fortunate.

¹He dwells in each and every heart, the Great Giver, the Life of the world.

²At the same time, He is both hidden and revealed. For the Gurmukh, doubt and fear are dispelled. ||15||

³The Gurmukh knows the One, the Dear Lord.

⁴Deep within the nucleus of his inner being, is the Naam, the Name of the Lord; he realizes the Word of the Shabad.

⁵He alone receives it, unto whom You give it. O Nanak, the Naam is glorious greatness. ||16||4||

⁶Maaroo, Third Mehla:

⁷I praise the true, profound and unfathomable Lord.

⁸All the world is in His power.

⁹He enjoys all hearts forever, day and night; He Himself dwells in peace. ||1||

¹⁰True is the Lord and Master, and True is His Name.

¹¹By Guru's Grace, I enshrine Him in my mind.

¹²He Himself has come to dwell deep within the nucleus of my heart; the noose of death has been snapped. ||2||

¹³Whom should I serve, and whom should I praise?

¹⁴I serve the True Guru, and praise the Word of the Shabad.

¹⁵Through the True Shabad, the intellect is exalted and ennobled forever, and the lotus deep within blossoms forth. ||3||

¹⁶The body is frail and perishable, like paper.

¹⁷When the drop of water falls upon it, it crumbles and dissolves instantaneously.

¹⁸But the body of the Gurmukh, who understands, is like gold; the Naam, the Name of the Lord, dwells deep within. ||4||

¹⁹Pure is that kitchen, which is enclosed by spiritual awareness.

²⁰The Lord's Name is my food, and Truth is my support.

²¹Forever satisfied, sanctified and pure is that person, within whose heart the Lord's Name abides. ||5||

²²I am a sacrifice to those who are attached to the Truth.

²³They sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and remain awake and aware night and day.

²⁴True peace fills them forever, and their tongues savor the sublime essence of the Lord. ||6||

²⁵I remember the Lord's Name, and no other at all.

²⁶I serve the One Lord, and no other at all.

²⁷The Perfect Guru has revealed the whole Truth to me; I dwell in the True Name. ||7||

²⁸Wandering, wandering in reincarnation, again and again, he comes into the world.

²⁹He is deluded and confused, when the Lord and Master confuses him.

³⁰He meets with the Dear Lord, when, as Gurmukh, he understands; he remembers the Shabad, the Word of the immortal, eternal Lord God. ||8||

³¹I am a sinner, overflowing with sexual desire and anger.

³²With what mouth should I speak? I have no virtue, and I have rendered no service.

³³I am a sinking stone; please, Lord, unite me with Yourself. Your Name is eternal and imperishable. ||9||

³⁴No one does anything; no one is able to do anything.

³⁵That alone happens, which the Lord Himself does, and causes to be done.

³⁶Those whom He Himself forgives, find peace; they dwell forever in the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||10||

³⁷This body is the earth, and the infinite Shabad is the seed.

³⁸Deal and trade with the True Name alone.

³⁹The True wealth increases; it is never exhausted, when the Naam dwells deep within. ||11||

⁴⁰O Dear Lord, please bless me, the worthless sinner, with virtue.

⁴¹Forgive me, and bless me with Your Name.

⁴²One who becomes Gurmukh, is honored; he dwells in the Name of the One Lord alone. ||12||

⁴³The wealth of the Lord is deep within one's inner being, but he does not realize it.

⁴⁴By Guru's Grace, one comes to understand.

⁴⁵One who becomes Gurmukh is blessed with this wealth; he lives forever in the Naam. ||13||

⁴⁶Fire and wind lead him into delusions of doubt.

¹In love and attachment to Maya, he has no understanding at all.

²The blind, self-willed manmukh sees nothing; through the Guru's Teachings, the Naam is gloriously revealed. ||14||

³The manmukhs are asleep in egotism and Maya.

⁴They do not watch over their own homes, and are ruined in the end.

⁵They slander others, and burn in great anxiety; they dwell in pain and suffering. ||15||

⁶The Creator Himself has created the creation.

⁷He blesses the Gurmukh with understanding.

⁸O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Naam - their minds become immaculate; they dwell in the Naam, and only the Naam. ||16||5||

⁹Maaroo, Third Mehl:

¹⁰I serve the One Lord, who is eternal, stable and True.

¹¹Attached to duality, the whole world is false.

¹²Following the Guru's Teachings, I praise the True Lord forever, pleased with the Truest of the True. ||1||

¹³Your Glorious Virtues are so many, Lord; I do not know even one.

¹⁴The Life of the world, the Great Giver, attaches us to himself.

¹⁵He Himself forgives, and bestows glorious greatness. Following the Guru's Teachings, this mind is delighted. ||2||

¹⁶The Word of the Shabad has subdued the waves of Maya.

¹⁷Egotism has been conquered, and this mind has become immaculate.

¹⁸I intuitively sing His Glorious Praises, imbued with the Lord's Love. My tongue chants and savors the Lord's Name. ||3||

¹⁹Crying out, "Mine, mine!" he spends his life.

²⁰The self-willed manmukh does not understand; he wanders around in ignorance.

²¹The Messenger of Death watches over him every moment, every instant; night and day, his life is wasting away. ||4||

²²He practices greed within, and does not understand.

²³He does not see the Messenger of Death hovering over his head.

²⁴Whatever one does in this world, will come to face him in the hereafter; what can he do at that very last moment? ||5||

²⁵Those who are attached to the Truth are true.

²⁶The self-willed manmukhs, attached to duality, weep and wail.

²⁷He is the Lord and Master of both worlds; He Himself delights in virtue. ||6||

²⁸Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, His humble servant is exalted forever.

²⁹This mind is enticed by the Naam, the source of nectar.

³⁰It is not stained at all by the dirt of attachment to Maya; through the Guru's Teachings, it is pleased and saturated with the Lord's Name. ||7||

³¹The One Lord is contained within all.

³²By Guru's Grace, He is revealed.

³³One who subdues his ego, finds lasting peace; he drinks in the Ambrosial Nectar of the True Name. ||8||

³⁴God is the Destroyer of sin and pain.

³⁵The Gurmukh serves Him, and contemplates the Word of the Shabad.

³⁶He Himself is pervading everything. The Gurmukh's body and mind are saturated and pleased. ||9||

³⁷The world is burning in the fire of Maya.

³⁸The Gurmukh extinguishes this fire, by contemplating the Shabad.

³⁹Deep within are peace and tranquility, and lasting peace is obtained. Following the Guru's Teachings, one is blessed with the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||10||

⁴⁰Even Indra, seated upon his throne, is caught in the fear of death.

⁴¹The Messenger of Death will not spare them, even though they try all sorts of things.

⁴²When one meets with the True Guru, one is liberated, drinking in and savoring the sublime essence of the Lord, Har, Har. ||11||

⁴³There is no devotion within the self-willed manmukh.

⁴⁴Through devotional worship, the Gurmukh obtains peace and tranquility.

⁴⁵Forever pure and sanctified is the Word of the Guru's Bani; following the Guru's Teachings, one's inner being is drenched in it. ||12||

⁴⁶I have considered Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.

⁴⁷They are bound by the three qualities - the three gunas; they are far away from liberation.

¹The Gurmukh knows the spiritual wisdom of the One Lord. Night and day, he chants the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||13||

²He may read the Vedas, but he does not realize the Lord's Name.

³For the sake of Maya, he reads and recites and argues.

⁴The ignorant and blind person is filled with filth within. How can he cross over the impassable world-ocean? ||14||

⁵He voices all the controversies of the Vedas,

⁶but his inner being is not saturated or satisfied, and he does not realize the Word of the Shabad.

⁷The Vedas tell all about virtue and vice, but only the Gurmukh drinks in the Ambrosial Nectar. ||15||

⁸The One True Lord is all by Himself.

⁹There is no one else except Him.

¹⁰O Nanak, true is the mind of one who is attuned to the Naam; he speaks Truth, and nothing but Truth. ||16||6||

¹¹Maaroo, Third Mehl:

¹²The True Lord has established the Throne of Truth.

¹³He dwells in His own home deep within the self, where there is no emotional attachment to Maya.

¹⁴The True Lord dwells deep within the nucleus of the Gurmukh's heart forever; his actions are excellent. ||1||

¹⁵True is his merchandise, and true is his trade.

¹⁶There is no doubt within him, and no expanse of duality.

¹⁷He has earned the true wealth, which is never exhausted. How few are those who contemplate this, and understand. ||2||

¹⁸They alone are attached to the True Name, whom the Lord Himself attaches.

¹⁹The Word of the Shabad is deep within the nucleus of the self; good fortune is recorded upon their foreheads.

²⁰Through the True Word of the Shabad, they sing the True Praises of the Lord; they are attuned to contemplative meditation on the Shabad. ||3||

²¹I praise the True Lord, the Truest of the True.

²²I see the One Lord, and no other.

²³The Guru's Teachings are the ladder to reach the highest of the high. the jewel of spiritual wisdom conquers egotism. ||4||

²⁴Emotional attachment to Maya is burnt away by the Word of the Shabad.

²⁵The True One comes to dwell in the mind, when it pleases You, O Lord.

²⁶True are all the actions of the truthful; the thirst of egotism is subdued. ||5||

²⁷All by Himself, God created emotional attachment to Maya.

²⁸How rare are those who, as Gurmukh, realize the Lord.

²⁹One who becomes Gurmukh practices Truth; true and excellent are his actions. ||6||

³⁰He does those deeds which are pleasing to my God;

³¹through the Shabad, he burns away egotism and the thirst of desire.

³²Following the Guru's Teachings, he remains forever cool and calm deep within; he conquers and subdues his ego. ||7||

³³Those who are attached to the Truth are pleased with everything.

³⁴They are embellished with the True Word of the Shabad.

³⁵Those who are true in this world, are true in the Court of the Lord. The Merciful Lord adorns them with His Mercy. ||8||

³⁶Those who are attached to duality, and not the Truth,

³⁷are trapped in emotional attachment to Maya; they totally suffer in pain.

³⁸Without the Guru, they do not understand pain and pleasure; attached to Maya, they suffer in terrible pain. ||9||

³⁹Those whose minds are pleased with the True Word of the Shabad

⁴⁰act according to pre-ordained destiny.

⁴¹They serve the True Lord, and meditate on the True Lord; they are imbued with contemplative meditation on the True Lord. ||10||

⁴²Service to the Guru seems sweet to them.

⁴³Night and day, they are intuitively immersed in celestial peace.

⁴⁴Chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, their minds become immaculate; they love to serve the Guru. ||11||

⁴⁵Those humble beings are at peace, whom the True Guru attaches to the Truth.

⁴⁶He Himself, in His Will, merges them into Himself.

⁴⁷Those humble beings, whom the True Guru protects, are saved. The rest are ruined through emotional attachment to Maya. ||12||

¹The Gurmukh realizes the True Word of the Shabad.

²He has no family, and he has no mother.

³The One and Only Lord is pervading and permeating deep within the nucleus of all. He is the Support of all beings. ||13||

⁴Egotism, possessiveness, and the love of duality

⁵- none of these shall go along with you; such is the pre-ordained will of our Lord and Master.

⁶Through the True Guru, practice Truth, and the True Lord shall take away your pains. ||14||

⁷If You so bless me, then I shall find lasting peace.

⁸Through the True Word of the Shabad, I live the Truth.

⁹The True Lord is within me, and my mind and body have become True. I am blessed with the overflowing treasure of devotional worship. ||15||

¹⁰He Himself watches, and issues His Command.

¹¹He Himself inspires us to obey His Will.

¹²O Nanak, only those who are attuned to the Naam are detached; their minds, bodies and tongues are embellished with the Naam. ||16||7||

¹³Maaroo, Third Mehl:

¹⁴He Himself created Himself, and came into being.

¹⁵The One Lord is pervading in all, remaining hidden.

¹⁶The Lord, the Life of the world, takes care of all. Whoever knows his own self, realizes God. ||1||

¹⁷He who created Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva,

¹⁸links each and every being to its tasks.

¹⁹He merges into Himself, whoever is pleasing to His Will. The Gurmukh knows the One Lord. ||2||

²⁰The world is coming and going in reincarnation.

²¹Attached to Maya, it dwells on its many sins.

²²One who realizes the Word of the Guru's Shabad, praises forever the eternal, unchanging True Lord. ||3||

²³Some are attached to the root - they find peace.

²⁴But those who are attached to the branches, waste their lives away uselessly.

²⁵Those humble beings, who chant the Name of the Ambrosial Lord, produce the ambrosial fruit. ||4||

²⁶I have no virtues; what words should I speak?

²⁷You see all, and weigh them on Your scale.

²⁸By Your will, You preserve me, and so do I remain. The Gurmukh knows the One Lord. ||5||

²⁹According to Your Will, You link me to my true tasks.

³⁰Renouncing vice, I am immersed in virtue.

³¹The One Immaculate True Lord abides in virtue; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, He is realized. ||6||

³²Wherever I look, there I see Him.

³³Duality and evil-mindedness are destroyed through the Shabad.

³⁴The One Lord God is immersed in His Oneness. He is attuned forever to His own delight. ||7||

³⁵The body-lotus is withering away,

³⁶but the ignorant, self-willed manmukh does not understand the Shabad.

³⁷By Guru's Grace, he searches his body, and finds the Great Giver, the Life of the world. ||8||

³⁸The Lord frees up the body-fortress, which was seized by sins,

³⁹when one keeps the Dear Lord enshrined forever in the heart.

⁴⁰The fruits of his desires are obtained, and he is dyed in the permanent color of the Lord's Love. ||9||

⁴¹The self-willed manmukh speaks of spiritual wisdom, but does not understand.

⁴²Again and again, he comes into the world, but he finds no place of rest.

⁴³The Gurmukh is spiritually wise, and praises the Lord forever. Throughout each and every age, the Gurmukh knows the One Lord. ||10||

⁴⁴All the deeds which the manmukh does bring pain - nothing but pain.

⁴⁵The Word of the Shabad is not within him; how can he go to the Court of the Lord?

⁴⁶The True Shabad dwells deep within the mind of the Gurmukh; he serves the Giver of peace forever. ||11||

¹Wherever I look, I see You, everywhere.

²Through the Perfect Guru, all this is known.

³I meditate forever and ever on the Naam; this mind is imbued with the Naam. ||12||

⁴Imbued with the Naam, the body is sanctified.

⁵Without the Naam, they are drowned and die without water.

⁶They come and go, but do not understand the Naam. Some, as Gurmukh, realize the Word of the Shabad. ||13||

⁷The Perfect True Guru has imparted this understanding.

⁸Without the Name, no one attains liberation.

⁹Through the Naam, the Name of the Lord, one is blessed with glorious greatness; he remains intuitively attuned to the Lord's Love. ||14||

¹⁰The body-village crumbles and collapses into a pile of dust.

¹¹Without the Shabad, the cycle of reincarnation is not brought to an end.

¹²One who knows the One Lord, through the True Guru, praises the True Lord, and remains immersed in the True Lord. ||15||

¹³The True Word of the Shabad comes to dwell in the mind,

¹⁴O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Naam, the Name of the Formless Lord, realize the True Lord in His True Court. ||16||8||

¹⁵Maaroo, Solhay, Third Mehl:

¹⁶O Creator, it is You Yourself who does all.

¹⁷All beings and creatures are under Your Protection.

¹⁸You are hidden, and yet permeating within all; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, You are realized. ||1||

¹⁹Devotion to the Lord is a treasure overflowing.

²⁰He Himself blesses us with contemplative meditation on the Shabad.

²¹You do whatever You please; my mind is attuned to the True Lord. ||2||

²²You Yourself are the priceless diamond and jewel.

²³In Your Mercy, You weigh with Your scale.

²⁴All beings and creatures are under Your protection. One who is blessed by Your Grace realizes his own self. ||3||

²⁵One who receives Your Mercy, O Primal Lord,

²⁶does not die, and is not reborn; he is released from the cycle of reincarnation.

²⁷He sings the Glorious Praises of the True Lord, day and night, and, throughout the ages, he knows the One Lord. ||4||

²⁸Emotional attachment to Maya wells up throughout the whole world,

²⁹from Brahma, Vishnu and all the demi-gods.

³⁰Those who are pleasing to Your Will, are attached to the Naam; through spiritual wisdom and understanding, You are recognized. ||5||

³¹The world is engrossed in vice and virtue.

³²Happiness and misery are totally loaded with pain.

³³One who becomes Gurmukh finds peace; such a Gurmukh recognizes the Naam. ||6||

³⁴No one can erase the record of one's actions.

³⁵Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, one finds the door of salvation.

³⁶One who conquers self-conceit and recognizes the Lord, obtains the fruits of his pre-destined rewards. ||7||

³⁷Emotionally attached to Maya, one's consciousness is not attached to the Lord.

³⁸In the love of duality, he will suffer terrible agony in the world hereafter.

³⁹The hypocritical, self-willed manmukhs are deluded by doubt; at the very last moment, they regret and repent. ||8||

⁴⁰In accordance with the Lord's Will, he sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

⁴¹He is rid of all sins, and all suffering.

⁴²The Lord is immaculate, and immaculate is the Word of His Bani. My mind is imbued with the Lord. ||9||

⁴³One who is blessed with the Lord's Glance of Grace, obtains the Lord, the treasure of virtue.

⁴⁴Egotism and possessiveness are brought to an end.

⁴⁵The One Lord is the only Giver of virtue and vice, merits and demerits; how rare are those who, as Gurmukh, understand this. ||10||

⁴⁶My God is immaculate, and utterly infinite.

⁴⁷God unites with Himself, through contemplation of the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

¹He Himself forgives, and implants the Truth. The mind and body are then attuned to the True Lord. ||11||

²Within the polluted mind and body is the Light of the Infinite Lord.

³One who understands the Guru's Teachings, contemplates this.

⁴Conquering egotism, the mind becomes immaculate forever; with his tongue, he serves the Lord, the Giver of peace. ||12||

⁵In the fortress of the body there are many shops and bazaars;

⁶within them is the Naam, the Name of the utterly infinite Lord.

⁷In His Court, one is embellished forever with the Word of the Guru's Shabad; he conquers egotism and realizes the Lord. ||13||

⁸The jewel is priceless, inaccessible and infinite.

⁹How can the poor wretch estimate its worth?

¹⁰Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, it is weighed, and so the Shabad is realized deep within. ||14||

¹¹The great volumes of the Simritees and the Shaastras

¹²The fools read them, but do not understand the Word of the Shabad. How rare are those who, as Gurmukh, understand. ||15||

¹³The Creator Himself acts, and causes all to act.

¹⁴Through the True Word of His Bani, Truth is implanted deep within.

¹⁵O Nanak, through the Naam, one is blessed with glorious greatness, and throughout the ages, the One Lord is known. ||16||9||

¹⁶Maaroo, Third Mehl:

¹⁷Serve the True Creator Lord.

¹⁸The Word of the Shabad is the Destroyer of pain.

¹⁹He is inaccessible and unfathomable; He cannot be evaluated. He Himself is inaccessible and immeasurable. ||1||

²⁰The True Lord Himself makes Truth pervasive.

²¹He attaches some humble beings to the Truth.

²²They serve the True Lord and practice Truth; through the Name, they are absorbed in the True Lord. ||2||

²³The Primal Lord unites His devotees in His Union.

²⁴He attaches them to true devotional worship.

²⁵One who sings forever the Glorious Praises of the Lord, through the True Word of His Bani, earns the profit of this life. ||3||

²⁶The Gurmukh trades, and understands his own self.

²⁷He knows no other than the One Lord.

²⁸True is the banker, and True are His traders, who buy the merchandise of the Naam. ||4||

²⁹He Himself fashions and creates the Universe.

³⁰He inspires a few to realize the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

³¹Those humble beings who serve the True Guru are true. He snaps the noose of death from around their necks. ||5||

³²He destroys, creates, embellishes and fashions all beings,

³³and attaches them to duality, attachment and Maya.

³⁴The self-willed manmukhs wander around forever, acting blindly. Death has strung his noose around their necks. ||6||

³⁵He Himself forgives, and enjoins us to serve the Guru.

³⁶Through the Guru's Teachings, the Naam comes to dwell within the mind.

³⁷Night and day, meditate on the Naam, the Name of the True Lord, and earn the profit of the Naam in this world. ||7||

³⁸He Himself is True, and True is His Name.

³⁹The Gurmukh bestows it, and enshrines it within the mind.

⁴⁰Noble and exalted are those, within whose mind the Lord abides. Their heads are free of strife. ||8||

⁴¹He is inaccessible and unfathomable; His value cannot be appraised.

⁴²By Guru's Grace, He dwells within the mind.

⁴³No one calls that person to account, who praises the Word of the Shabad, the Giver of virtue. ||9||

⁴⁴Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva serve Him.

⁴⁵Even they cannot find the limits of the unseen, unknowable Lord.

⁴⁶Those who are blessed by Your Glance of Grace, become Gurmukh, and comprehend the incomprehensible. ||10||

¹The Perfect True Guru has imparted this understanding.

²I have enshrined the Naam, the One Name, within my mind.

³I chant the Naam, and meditate on the Naam. Singing His Glorious Praises, I enter the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. ||11||

⁴The servant serves, and obeys the Command of the Infinite Lord.

⁵The self-willed manmukhs do not know the value of the Lord's Command.

⁶By the Hukam of the Lord's Command, one is exalted; by His Hukam, one is glorified; by His Hukam, one becomes carefree. ||12||

⁷By Guru's Grace, one recognizes the Lord's Hukam.

⁸The wandering mind is restrained, and brought back to the home of the One Lord.

⁹Imbued with the Naam, one remains forever detached; the jewel of the Naam rests within the mind. ||13||

¹⁰The One Lord is pervasive throughout all the world.

¹¹By Guru's Grace, He is revealed.

¹²Those humble beings who praise the Shabad are immaculate; they dwell within the home of their own inner self. ||14||

¹³The devotees abide forever in Your Sanctuary, Lord.

¹⁴You are inaccessible and unfathomable; Your value cannot be estimated.

¹⁵As it pleases Your Will, You keep us; the Gurmukh meditates on the Naam. ||15||

¹⁶Forever and ever, I sing Your Glorious Praises.

¹⁷O my True Lord and Master, may I become pleasing to Your Mind.

¹⁸Nanak offers this true prayer: O Lord, please bless me with Truth, that I may merge in the Truth. ||16||1||10||

¹⁹Maaroo, Third Mehl:

²⁰Those who serve the True Guru are very fortunate.

²¹Night and day, they remain lovingly attuned to the True Name.

²²The Lord, the Giver of peace, abides forever deep within their hearts; they delight in the True Word of the Shabad. ||1||

²³When the Lord grants His Grace, one meets with the Guru.

²⁴The Name of the Lord is enshrined within the mind.

²⁵The Lord, the Giver of peace, abides forever within the mind; the mind is delighted with the Word of the Shabad. ||2||

²⁶When the Lord bestows His Mercy, He unites in His Union.

²⁷Egotism and attachment are burned away by the Shabad.

²⁸In the Love of the One Lord, one remains liberated forever; he is not in conflict with anyone. ||3||

²⁹Without serving the True Guru, there is only pitch-black darkness.

³⁰Without the Shabad, no one crosses over to the other side.

³¹Those who are imbued with the Shabad, are very detached. They earn the profit of the True Word of the Shabad. ||4||

³²Pain and pleasure are pre-ordained by the Creator.

³³He Himself has caused the love of duality to be pervasive.

³⁴One who becomes Gurmukh remains detached; how can anyone trust the self-willed manmukh? ||5||

³⁵Those who do not recognize the Shabad are manmukhs.

³⁶They do not know the essence of the Fear of the Guru.

³⁷Without this Fear, how can anyone find the Fearless True Lord? The Messenger of Death will pull the breath out. ||6||

³⁸The invulnerable Messenger of Death cannot be killed.

³⁹The Word of the Guru's Shabad prevents him from approaching.

⁴⁰When he hears the Word of the Shabad, he runs far away. He is afraid that the self-sufficient Dear Lord will kill him. ||7||

⁴¹The Dear Lord is the Ruler above all.

⁴²What can this wretched Messenger of Death do?

⁴³As slave to the Hukam of the Lord's Command, the mortal acts according to His Hukam. According to His Hukam, he is deprived of his breath. ||8||

⁴⁴The Gurmukh realizes that the True Lord created the creation.

⁴⁵The Gurmukh knows that the Lord has expanded the entire expanse.

⁴⁶One who becomes Gurmukh, understands the True Lord. Through the True Word of the Shabad, he finds peace. ||9||

⁴⁷The Gurmukh knows that the Lord is the Architect of karma.

¹Throughout the four ages, he recognizes the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

²The Gurmukh does not die, the Gurmukh is not reborn; the Gurmukh is immersed in the Shabad. ||10||

³The Gurmukh praises the Naam, and the Shabad.

⁴God is inaccessible, unfathomable and self-sufficient.

⁵The Naam, the Name of the One Lord, saves and redeems throughout the four ages. Through the Shabad, one trades in the Naam. ||11||

⁶The Gurmukh obtains eternal peace and tranqulity.

⁷The Gurmukh enshrines the Naam within his heart.

⁸One who becomes Gurmukh recognizes the Naam, and the noose of evil-mindedness is snapped. ||12||

⁹The Gurmukh wells up from, and then merges back into Truth.

¹⁰He does not die and take birth, and is not consigned to reincarnation.

¹¹The Gurmukh remains forever imbued with the color of the Lord's Love. Night and day, he earns a profit. ||13||

¹²The Gurmukhs, the devotees, are exalted and beautified in the Court of the Lord.

¹³They are embellished with the True Word of His Bani, and the Word of the Shabad.

¹⁴Night and day, they sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, day and night, and they intuitively go to their own home. ||14||

¹⁵The Perfect True Guru proclaims the Shabad;

¹⁶night and day, remain lovingly attuned to devotional worship.

¹⁷One who sings forever the Glorious Praises of the Lord, becomes immaculate; Immaculate are the Glorious Praises of the Sovereign Lord . ||15||

¹⁸The True Lord is the Giver of virtue.

¹⁹How rare are those who, as Gurmukh, understand this.

²⁰Servant Nanak praises the Naam; he blossoms forth in the ecstasy of the Name of the self-sufficient Lord. ||16||2||11||

²¹Maaroo, Third Mehl:

²²Serve the Dear Lord, the inaccessible and infinite.

²³He has no end or limitation.

²⁴By Guru's Grace, one who dwells upon the Lord deep within his heart - his heart is filled with infinite wisdom. ||1||

²⁵The One Lord is pervading and permeating amidst all.

²⁶By Guru's Grace, He is revealed.

²⁷The Life of the world nurtures and cherishes all, giving sustenance to all. ||2||

²⁸The Perfect True Guru has imparted this understanding.

²⁹By the Hukam of His Command, He created the entire Universe.

³⁰Whoever submits to His Command, finds peace; His Command is above the heads of kings and emperors. ||3||

³¹True is the True Guru. Infinite is the Word of His Shabad.

³²Through His Shabad, the world is saved.

³³The Creator Himself created the creation; He gazes upon it, and blesses it with breath and nourishment. ||4||

³⁴Out of millions, only a few understand.

³⁵Imbued with the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they are colored in His Love.

³⁶They praise the Lord, the Giver of peace forever; the Lord forgives His devotees, and blesses them with His Praise. ||5||

³⁷Those humble beings who serve the True Guru are true.

³⁸The falsest of the false die, only to be reborn.

³⁹The inaccessible, unfathomable, self-sufficient, incomprehensible Lord is the Lover of His devotees. ||6||

⁴⁰The Perfect True Guru implants Truth within.

⁴¹Through the True Word of the Shabad, they sing His Glorious Praises forever.

⁴²The Giver of virtue is pervading deep within the nucleus of all beings; He inscribes the time of destiny upon each and every person's head. ||7||

⁴³The Gurmukh knows that God is always ever-present.

⁴⁴That humble being who serves the Shabad, is comforted and fulfilled.

⁴⁵Night and day, he serves the True Word of the Guru's Bani; he delights in the True Word of the Shabad. ||8||

⁴⁶The ignorant and blind cling to all sorts of rituals.

⁴⁷They stubborn-mindedly perform these rituals, and are consigned to reincarnation.

¹For the sake of poison, they act in greed and possessiveness, and evil-minded duality. ||9||

²The Perfect True Guru implants devotional worship within.

³Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, he lovingly centers his consciousness on the Lord's Name.

⁴The Lord pervades his mind, body and heart; deep within, his mind is drenched with devotional worship and praise of the Lord. ||10||

⁵My True Lord God is the Destroyer of demons.

⁶Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, His devotees are saved.

⁷My True Lord God is forever True. He is the Emperor over the heads of kings. ||11||

⁸True are those devotees, who are pleasing to Your Mind.

⁹They sing the Kirtan of His Praises at His Door; they are embellished and exalted by the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

¹⁰Night and day, they sing the True Word of His Bani. The Naam is the wealth of the poor. ||12||

¹¹Those whom You unite, Lord, are never separated again.

¹²Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they praise You forever.

¹³You are the One Lord and Master over all. Through the Shabad, the Naam is praised. ||13||

¹⁴Without the Shabad, no one knows You.

¹⁵You Yourself speak the Unspoken Speech.

¹⁶You Yourself are the Shabad forever, the Guru, the Great Giver; chanting the Lord's Name, You bestow Your treasure. ||14||

¹⁷You Yourself are the Creator of the Universe.

¹⁸No one can erase what You have written.

¹⁹You Yourself bless the Gurmukh with the Naam, who is no longer skeptical, and is not held to account. ||15||

²⁰Your true devotees stand at the Door of Your Court.

²¹They serve the Shabad with love and affection.

²²O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Naam remain detached; through the Naam, their affairs are resolved. ||16||3||12||

²³Maaroo, Third Mehl:

²⁴My True Lord God has staged a play.

²⁵He has created no one like anyone else.

²⁶He made them different, and he gazes upon them with pleasure; he placed all the flavors in the body. ||1||

²⁷You Yourself vibrate the beat of the breath.

²⁸Shiva and Shakti, energy and matter - You have placed them into the body.

²⁹By Guru's Grace, one turns away from the world, and attains the jewel of spiritual wisdom, and the Word of the Shabad. ||2||

³⁰He Himself created darkness and light.

³¹He alone is pervasive; there is no other at all.

³²One who realizes his own self - by Guru's Grace, the lotus of his mind blossoms forth. ||3||

³³Only He Himself knows His depth and extent.

³⁴Other people can only listen and hear what is spoken and said.

³⁵One who is spiritually wise, understands himself as Gurmukh; he praises the True Lord. ||4||

³⁶Deep within the body is the priceless object.

³⁷He Himself opens the doors.

³⁸The Gurmukh intuitively drings in the Ambrosial Nectar, and the fire of desire is quenched. ||5||

³⁹He placed all the flavors within the body.

⁴⁰How rare are those who understand, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

⁴¹So search within yourself, and praise the Shabad. Why run around outside your self? ||6||

⁴²Without tasting, no one enjoys the flavor.

⁴³Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, one drinks in the Ambrosial Nectar.

⁴⁴The Ambrosial Nectar is drunk, and the immoral status is obtained, when one obtains the sublime essence of the Guru's Shabad. ||7||

⁴⁵One who realizes himself, knows all virtues.

¹Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, he chants the Name of the Lord.

²Night and day, he remains imbued with the Naam, day and night; he is rid of emotional attachment to Maya. ||8||

³Serving the Guru, all things are obtained;

⁴egotism, possessiveness and self-conceit are taken away.

⁵The Lord, the Giver of peace Himself grants His Grace; He exalts and adorns with the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||9||

⁶The Guru's Shabad is the Ambrosial Bani.

⁷Night and day, chant the Name of the Lord.

⁸That heart becomes immaculate, which is filled with the True Lord, Har, Har. ||10||

⁹His servants serve, and praise His Shabad.

¹⁰Imbued forever with the color of His Love, they sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

¹¹He Himself forgives, and unites them with the Shabad; the fragrance of sandalwood permeates their minds. ||11||

¹²Through the Shabad, they speak the Unspoken, and praise the Lord.

¹³My True Lord God is self-sufficient.

¹⁴The Giver of virtue Himself unites them with the Shabad; they enjoy the sublime essence of the Shabad. ||12||

¹⁵The confused, self-willed manmukhs find no place of rest.

¹⁶They do those deeds which they are pre-destined to do.

¹⁷Imbued with poison, they search out poison, and suffer the pains of death and rebirth. ||13||

¹⁸He Himself praises Himself.

¹⁹Your Glorious Virtues are within You alone, God.

²⁰You Yourself are True, and True is the Word of Your Bani. You Yourself are invisible and unknowable. ||14||

²¹Without the Guru, the Giver, no one finds the Lord,

²²though one may make hundreds of thousands and millions of attempts.

²³By Guru's Grace, He dwells deep within the heart; through the Shabad, praise the True Lord. ||15||

²⁴They alone meet Him, whom the Lord unites with Himself.

²⁵They are adorned and exalted with the True Word of His Bani, and the Shabad.

²⁶Servant Nanak continually sings the Glorious Praises of the True Lord; singing His Glories, he is immersed in the Glorious Lord of Virtue. ||16||4||13||

²⁷Maaroo, Third Mehl:

²⁸The One Lord is eternal and unchanging, forever True.

²⁹Through the Perfect Guru, this understanding is obtained.

³⁰Those who are drenched with the sublime essence of the Lord, meditate forever on Him; following the Guru's Teachings, they obtain the armor of humility. ||1||

³¹Deep within, they love the True Lord forever.

³²Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they love the Lord's Name.

³³The Naam, the embodiment of the nine treasures, abides within their hearts; they renounce the profit of Maya. ||2||

³⁴Both the king and his subjects are involved in evil-mindedness and duality.

³⁵Without serving the True Guru, they do not become one with the Lord.

³⁶Those who meditate on the One Lord find eternal peace. Their power is eternal and unfailing. ||3||

³⁷No one can save them from coming and going.

³⁸Birth and death come from Him.

³⁹The Gurmukh meditates forever on the True Lord. Emancipation and liberation are obtained from Him. ||4||

⁴⁰Truth and self-control are found through the Door of the True Guru.

⁴¹Egotism and anger are silenced through the Shabad.

⁴²Serving the True Guru, lasting peace is found; humility and contentment all come from Him. ||5||

⁴³Out of egotism and attachment, the Universe welled up.

⁴⁴Forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, all the world perishes.

⁴⁵Without serving the True Guru, the Naam is not obtained. The Naam is the True profit in this world. ||6||

⁴⁶True is His Will, beauteous and pleasing through the Word of the Shabad.

⁴⁷The Panch Shabad, the five primal sounds, vibrate and resonate.

¹Through the True Name, one's actions are forever embellished. Without the Shabad, what can anyone do? ||7||

²One instant, he laughs, and the next instant, he cries.

³Because of duality and evil-mindedness, his affairs are not resolved.

⁴Union and separation are pre-ordained by the Creator. Actions already committed cannot be taken back. ||8||

⁵One who lives the Word of the Guru's Shabad becomes Jivan Mukta - liberated while yet alive.

⁶He remains forever immersed in the Lord.

⁷By Guru's Grace, one is blessed with glorious greatness; he is not afflicted by the disease of egotism. ||9||

⁸Eating tasty delicacies, he fattens up his body

⁹and wears religious robes, but he does not live to the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

¹⁰Deep with the nucleus of his being is the great disease; he suffers terrible pain, and eventually sinks into the manure. ||10||

¹¹He reads and studies the Vedas, and argues about them;

¹²God is within his own heart, but he does not recognize the Word of the Shabad.

¹³One who becomes Gurmukh churns the essence of reality; his tongue savors the sublime essence of the Lord. ||11||

¹⁴Those who forsake the object within their own hearts, wander outside.

¹⁵The blind, self-willed manmukhs do not taste the flavor of God.

¹⁶Imbued with the taste of another, their tongues speak tasteless, insipid words. They never taste the sublime essence of the Lord. ||12||

¹⁷The self-willed manmukh has doubt as his spouse.

¹⁸He dies of evil-mindedness, and suffers forever.

¹⁹His mind is attached to sexual desire, anger and duality, and he does not find peace, even in dreams. ||13||

²⁰The body becomes golden, with the Word of the Shabad as its spouse.

²¹Night and day, enjoy the enjoyments, and be in love with the Lord.

²²Deep within the mansion of the self, one finds the Lord, who transcends this mansion. Realizing His Will, we merge in Him. ||14||

²³The Great Giver Himself gives.

²⁴No one has any power to stand against Him.

²⁵He Himself forgives, and unites us with the Shabad; The Word of His Shabad is unfathomable. ||15||

²⁶Body and soul, all belong to Him.

²⁷The True Lord is my only Lord and Master.

²⁸O Nanak, through the Word of the Guru's Bani, I have found the Lord. Chanting the Lord's Chant, I merge in Him. ||16||5||14||

²⁹Maaroo, Third Mehl:

³⁰The Gurmukh contemplates the sound current of the Naad instead of the Vedas.

³¹The Gurmukh attains infinite spiritual wisdom and meditation.

³²The Gurmukh acts in harmony with God's Will; the Gurmukh finds perfection. ||1||

³³The mind of the Gurmukh turns away from the world.

³⁴The Gurmukh vibrates the Naad, the sound current of the Guru's Bani.

³⁵The Gurmukh, attuned to the Truth, remains detached, and dwells in the home of the self deep within. ||2||

³⁶I speak the Ambrosial Teachings of the Guru.

³⁷I lovingly chant the Truth, through the True Word of the Shabad.

³⁸My mind remains forever imbued with the Love of the True Lord. I am immersed in the Truest of the True. ||3||

³⁹Immaculate and pure is the mind of the Gurmukh, who bathes in the Pool of Truth.

⁴⁰No filth attaches to him; he merges in the True Lord.

⁴¹He truly practices Truth forever; true devotion is implanted within him. ||4||

⁴²True is the speech of the Gurmukh; true are the eyes of the Gurmukh.

⁴³The Gurmukh practices and lives the Truth.

⁴⁴He speaks the Truth forever, day and night, and inspires others to speak the Truth. ||5||

⁴⁵True and exalted is the speech of the Gurmukh.

⁴⁶The Gurmukh speaks Truth, only Truth.

⁴⁷The Gurmukh serves the Truest of the True forever; the Gurmukh proclaims the Word of the Shabad. ||6||

¹One who becomes Gurmukh understands.

²He rids himself of egotism, Maya and doubt.

³He ascends the sublime, exalted ladder of the Guru, and he sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord at His True Door. ||7||

⁴The Gurmukh practices true self-control, and acts in excellence.

⁵The Gurmukh obtains the gate of salvation.

⁶Through loving devotion, he remains forever imbued with the Lord's Love; eradicating self-conceit, he merges in the Lord. ||8||

⁷One who becomes Gurmukh examines his own mind, and instructs others.

⁸He is lovingly attuned to the True Name forever.

⁹They act in harmony with the Mind of the True Lord. ||9||

¹⁰As it pleases His Will, He unites us with the True Guru.

¹¹As it pleases His Will, He comes to dwell within the mind.

¹²As it pleases His Will, He imbues us with His Love; as it pleases His Will, He comes to dwell in the mind. ||10||

¹³Those who act stubborn-mindedly are destroyed.

¹⁴Wearing all sorts of religious robes, they do not please the Lord.

¹⁵Tinged by corruption, they earn only pain; they are immersed in pain. ||11||

¹⁶One who becomes Gurmukh earns peace.

¹⁷He comes to understand death and birth.

¹⁸One who looks alike upon death and birth, is pleasing to my God. ||12||

¹⁹The Gurmukh, while remaining dead, is respected and approved.

²⁰He realizes that coming and going are according to God's Will.

²¹He does not die, he is not reborn, and he does not suffer in pain; his mind merges in the Mind of God. ||13||

²²Very fortunate are those who find the True Guru.

²³They eradicate egotism and attachment from within.

²⁴Their minds are immaculate, and they are never again stained with filth. They are honored at the Door of the True Court. ||14||

²⁵He Himself acts, and inspires all to act.

²⁶He Himself watches over all; He establishes and disestablishes.

²⁷The service of the Gurmukh is pleasing to my God; one who listens to the Truth is approved. ||15||

²⁸The Gurmukh practices Truth, and only Truth.

²⁹The Gurmukh is immaculate; no filth attaches to him.

³⁰O Nanak, those who contemplate the Naam are imbued with it. They merge in the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||16||1||15||

³¹Maaroo, Third Mehl:

³²He Himself fashioned the Universe, through the Hukam of His Command.

³³He Himself establishes and disestablishes, and embellishes with grace.

³⁴The True Lord Himself administers all justice; through Truth, we merge in the True Lord. ||1||

³⁵The body takes the form of a fortress.

³⁶Emotional attachment to Maya has expanded throughout its expanse.

³⁷Without the Word of the Shabad, the body is reduced to a pile of ashes; in the end, dust mingles with dust. ||2||

³⁸The body is the infinite fortress of gold;

³⁹it is permeated by the Infinite Word of the Shabad.

⁴⁰The Gurmukh sings the Glorious Praises of the True Lord forever; meeting his Beloved, he finds peace. ||3||

⁴¹The body is the temple of the Lord; the Lord Himself embellishes it.

⁴²The Dear Lord dwells within it.

⁴³Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the merchants trade, and in His Grace, the Lord merges them with Himself. ||4||

⁴⁴He alone is pure, who eradicates anger.

⁴⁵He realizes the Shabad, and reforms himself.

⁴⁶The Creator Himself acts, and inspires all to act; He Himself abides in the mind. ||5||

⁴⁷Pure and unique is devotional worship.

⁴⁸The mind and body are washed clean, contemplating the Shabad.

¹One who remains forever imbued with His Love, night and day - in His Mercy, the Lord inspires him to perform devotional worship service. ||6||

²In this temple of the mind, the mind wanders around.

³Discarding joy like straw, it suffers in terrible pain.

⁴Without meeting the True Guru, it finds no place of rest; He Himself has staged this play. ||7||

⁵He Himself is infinite; He contemplates Himself.

⁶He Himself bestows Union through actions of excellence.

⁷What can the poor creatures do? Granting forgiveness, He unites them with Himself. ||8||

⁸The Perfect Lord Himself unites them with the True Guru.

⁹Through the True Word of the Shabad, he makes them brave spiritual heroes.

¹⁰Uniting them with Himself, He bestows glorious greatness; He inspires them to focus their consciousness on the True Lord. ||9||

¹¹The True Lord is deep within the heart.

¹²How rare are those who, as Gurmukh, realize this.

¹³The treasure of the Naam abides deep within their hearts; they meditate on the Naam with their tongues. ||10||

¹⁴He wanders through foreign lands, but does not look within himself.

¹⁵Attached to Maya, he is bound and gagged by the Messenger of Death.

¹⁶The noose of death around his neck will never be untied; in the love of duality, he wanders in reincarnation. ||11||

¹⁷There is no real chanting, meditation, penance or self-control,

¹⁸as long as one does not live to the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

¹⁹Accepting the Word of the Guru's Shabad, one obtains Truth; through Truth, one merges in the True Lord. ||12||

²⁰Sexual desire and anger are very powerful in the world.

²¹They lead to all sorts of actions, but these only add to all the pain.

²²Those who serve the True Guru find peace; they are united with the True Shabad. ||13||

²³Air, water and fire make up the body.

²⁴Emotional attachment to Maya rules deep within all.

²⁵When one realizes the One who created him, emotional attachment to Maya is dispelled. ||14||

²⁶Some are engrossed in emotional attachment to Maya and pride.

²⁷They are self-conceited and egotistical.

²⁸They never think about the Messenger of Death; in the end, they leave, regretting and repenting. ||15||

²⁹He alone knows the Way, who created it.

³⁰The Gurmukh, who is blessed with the Shabad, realizes Him.

³¹Slave Nanak offers ths prayer; O Lord, let my consciousness be attached to the True Name. ||16||2||16||

³²Maaroo, Third Mehl:

³³From the very beginning of time, and throughout the ages, the Merciful Lord has been the Great Giver.

³⁴Through the Shabad, the Word of the Perfect Guru, He is realized.

³⁵Those who serve You are immersed in You. You unite them in Union with Yourself. ||1||

³⁶You are inaccessible and unfathomable; Your limits cannot be found.

³⁷All beings and creatures seek Your Sanctuary.

³⁸As is pleases Your Will, You guide us along; You Yourself place us on the Path. ||2||

³⁹The True Lord is, and shall always be.

⁴⁰He Himself creates - there is no other at all.

⁴¹The Giver of peace takes care of all; He Himself sustains them. ||3||

⁴²You are inaccessible, unfathomable, invisible and infinite;

⁴³no one knows Your extent.

⁴⁴You Yourself realize Yourself. Through the Guru's Teachings, You reveal Yourself. ||4||

⁴⁵Your Almighty Command prevails throughout

¹By the Hukam of Your Command, You create, and by Your Command, You destroy. By Your Command, You unite in Union. ||5||

²One who realizes Your Command, praises Your Command.

³You are Inaccessible, Unfathomable and Self-Sufficient.

⁴As is the understanding You give, so do I become. You Yourself reveal the Shabad. ||6||

⁵Night and day, the days of our lives wear away.

⁶Night and day both bear witness to this loss.

⁷The blind, foolish, self-willed manmukh is not aware of this; death is hovering over his head. ||7||

⁸The mind and body are cooled and soothed, holding tight to the Guru's Feet.

⁹Doubt is eliminated from within, and fear runs away.

¹⁰One is in bliss forever, singing the Glorious Praises of the True Lord, and speaking the True Word of His Bani. ||8||

¹¹One who knows You as the Architect of Karma,

¹²has the good fortune of perfect destiny, and recognizes the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

¹³The Lord, the Truest of the True, is his social class and honor. Conquering his ego, he is united with the Lord. ||9||

¹⁴The stubborn and insensitive mind is attached to the love of duality.

¹⁵Deluded by doubt, the unfortunate wander around in confusion.

¹⁶But if they are blessed by God's Grace, they serve the True Guru, and easily obtain peace. ||10||

¹⁷He Himself created the 8.4 million species of beings.

¹⁸Only in this human life, is devotional worship to the Guru implanted within.

¹⁹Without devotion, one lives in manure; he falls into manure again and again. ||11||

²⁰If one is blessed with His Grace, devotional worship to the Guru is implanted within.

²¹Without God's Grace, how can anyone find Him?

²²The Creator Himself acts, and inspires all to act; as He wills, he leads us on. ||12||

²³The Simritees and the Shaastras do not know His limits.

²⁴The blind fool does not recognize the essence of reality.

²⁵The Creator Himself acts, and inspires all to act; He Himself deludes with doubt. ||13||

²⁶He Himself causes everything to be done.

²⁷He Himself joins each and every person to his tasks.

²⁸He Himself establishes and disestablishes, and watches over all; He reveals Himself to the Gurmukh. ||14||

²⁹The True Lord and Master is profoundly deep and unfathomable.

³⁰Praising Him forever, the mind is comforted and consoled.

³¹He is inaccessible and unfathomable; His value cannot be estimated. He dwells in the mind of the Gurmukh. ||15||

³²He Himself is detached; all others are entangled in their affairs.

³³By Guru's Grace, one comes to understand Him.

³⁴O Nanak, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, comes to dwell deep within the heart; through the Guru's Teachings, one is united in His Union. ||16||3||17||

³⁵Maaroo, Third Mehl:

³⁶For thirty-six ages, utter darkness prevailed.

³⁷Only You Yourself know this, O Creator Lord.

³⁸What can anyone else say? What can anyone explain? Only You Yourself can estimate Your worth. ||1||

³⁹The One Universal Creator created the entire Universe.

⁴⁰All the plays and dramas are to Your glory and greatness.

⁴¹The True Lord Himself makes all distinctions; He Himself breaks and builds. ||2||

⁴²The Juggler has staged His juggling show.

⁴³Through the Perfect Guru, one comes to behold it.

⁴⁴One who remains forever detached in the Word of the Guru's Shabad - his consciousness is attuned to the True Lord. ||3||

⁴⁵The musical instruments of the body vibrate and resound.

⁴⁶The Player Himself plays them.

⁴⁷The breath flows equally through the hearts of each and every being. Receiving the breath, all the instruments sing. ||4||

¹Whatever the Creator does, surely comes to pass.

²Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, egotism is consumed.

³By Guru's Grace, some are blessed with glorious greatness; they meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||5||

⁴There is no other profit as great as service to the Guru.

⁵The Naam abides within my mind, and I praise the Naam.

⁶The Naam is forever the Giver of peace. Through the Naam, we earn the profit. ||6||

⁷Without the Name, all the world suffers in misery.

⁸The more actions one does, the more the corruption increases.

⁹Without serving the Naam, how can anyone find peace? Without the Naam, one suffers in pain. ||7||

¹⁰He Himself acts, and inspires all to act.

¹¹By Guru's Grace, He reveals Himself to a few.

¹²One who becomes Gurmukh breaks his bonds, and attains the home of liberation. ||8||

¹³One who calculates his accounts, burns in the world.

¹⁴His skepticism and corruption are never dispelled.

¹⁵One who becomes Gurmukh abandons his calculations; through Truth, we merge in the True Lord. ||9||

¹⁶If God grants Truth, then we may attain it.

¹⁷By Guru's Grace, it is revealed.

¹⁸One who praises the True Name, and remains imbued with the Lord's Love, by Guru's Grace, finds peace. ||10||

¹⁹The Beloved Naam, the Name of the Lord, is chanting, meditation, penance and self-control.

²⁰God, the Destroyer, destroys sins.

²¹Through the Name of the Lord, the body and mind are cooled and soothed, and one is intuitively, easily absorbed into the Celestial Lord. ||11||

²²With greed within them, their minds are filthy, and they spread filth around.

²³They do filthy deeds, and suffer in pain.

²⁴They deal in falsehood, and nothing but falsehood; telling lies, they suffer in pain. ||12||

²⁵Rare is that person who enshrines the Immaculate Bani of the Guru's Word within his mind.

²⁶By Guru's Grace, his skepticism is removed.

²⁷He walks in harmony with the Guru's Will, day and night; remembering the Naam, the Name of the Lord, he finds peace. ||13||

²⁸The True Lord Himself is the Creator.

²⁹He Himself creates and destroys.

³⁰One who becomes Gurmukh, praises the Lord forever. Meeting the True Lord, he finds peace. ||14||

³¹Making countless efforts, sexual desire is not overcome.

³²Everyone is burning in the fires of sexuality and anger.

³³Serving the True Guru, one brings his mind under control; conquering his mind, he merges in the Mind of God. ||15||

³⁴You Yourself created the sense of 'mine' and 'yours.'

³⁵All creatures are Yours; You created all beings.

³⁶O Nanak, contemplate the Naam forever; through the Guru's Teachings, the Lord abides in the mind. ||16||4||18||

³⁷Maaroo, Third Mehl:

³⁸The Dear Lord is the Giver, inaccessible and unfathomable.

³⁹He does not have even an iota of greed; He is self-sufficient.

⁴⁰No one can reach up to Him; He Himself unites in His Union. ||1||

⁴¹Whatever He does, surely comes to pass.

⁴²There is no other Giver, except for Him.

⁴³Whoever the Lord blesses with His gift, obtains it. Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, He unites him with Himself. ||2||

⁴⁴The fourteen worlds are Your markets.

⁴⁵The True Guru reveals them, along with one's inner being.

⁴⁶One who deals in the Name, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, obtains it. ||3||

¹Serving the True Guru, one obtains intuitive bliss.

²The Lord of the Universe comes to dwell within the heart.

³He intuitively practices devotional worship day and night; God Himself practices devotional worship. ||4||

⁴Those who are separated from the True Guru, suffer in misery.

⁵Night and day, they are punished, and they suffer in total agony.

⁶Their faces are blackened, and they do not obtain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. They suffer in sorrow and agony. ||5||

⁷Those who serve the True Guru are very fortunate.

⁸They intuitively enshrine love for the True Lord.

⁹They practice Truth, forever Truth; they are united in Union with the True Lord. ||6||

¹⁰He alone obtains the Truth, unto whom the True Lord gives it.

¹¹His inner being is filled with Truth, and his doubt is dispelled.

¹²The True Lord Himself is the Giver of Truth; he alone obtains the Truth, unto whom He gives it. ||7||

¹³He Himself is the Creator of all.

¹⁴Only one whom He instructs, understands Him.

¹⁵He Himself forgives, and grants glorious greatness. He himself unites in His Union. ||8||

¹⁶Acting egotistically, one loses his life.

¹⁷Even in the world hereafter, emotioal attachment to Maya does not leave him.

¹⁸In the world hereafter, the Messenger of Death calls him to account, and crushes him like sesame seeds in the oil-press. ||9||

¹⁹By perfect destiny, one serves the Guru.

²⁰If God grants His Grace, then one serves.

²¹The Messenger of Death cannot even approach him, and in the Mansion of the True Lord's Presence, he finds peace. ||10||

²²They alone find peace, who are pleasing to Your Will.

²³By perfect destiny, they are attached to the Guru's service.

²⁴All glorious greatness rests in Your Hands; he alone obtains it, unto whom You give it. ||11||

²⁵Through the Guru, one's inner being is enlightened and illumined.

²⁶The wealth of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, comes to dwell in the mind.

²⁷The jewel of spiritual wisdom ever illumines the heart, and the darkness of spiritual ignorance is dispelled. ||12||

²⁸The blind and ignorant are attached to duality.

²⁹The unfortunates are drowned without water, and die.

³⁰When they depart from the world, they do not find the Lord's door and home; bound and gagged at Death's door, they suffer in pain. ||13||

³¹Without serving the True Guru, no one finds liberation.

³²Go ask any spiritual teacher or meditator.

³³Whoever serves the True Guru is blessed with glorious greatness, and honored in the Court of the True Lord. ||14||

³⁴One who serves the True Guru, the Lord merges into Himself.

³⁵Cutting away attachment, one lovingly focuses on the True Lord.

³⁶The merchants deal forever in Truth; they earn the profit of the Naam. ||15||

³⁷The Creator Himself acts, and inspires all to act.

³⁸He alone is liberated, who dies in the Word of the Shabad.

³⁹O Nanak, the Naam dwells deep within the mind; meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||16||5||19||

⁴⁰Maaroo, Third Mehl:

⁴¹Whatever You do, is done.

⁴²How rare are those who walk in harmony with the Lord's Will.

⁴³One who surrenders to the Lord's Will finds peace; he finds peace in the Lord's Will. ||1||

⁴⁴Your Will is pleasing to the Gurmukh.

⁴⁵Practicing Truth, he intuitively finds peace.

⁴⁶Many long to walk in harmony with the Lord's Will; He Himself inspires us to surrender to His Will. ||2||

⁴⁷One who surrenders to Your Will, meets with You, Lord.

¹One who is pleased with Your Will is immersed in You.

²Glorious greatness rests in God's Will; rare are those who accept it. ||3||

³When it pleases His Will, He leads us to meet the Guru.

⁴The Gurmukh finds the treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

⁵By Your Will, You created the whole Universe; those whom You bless with Your favor are pleased with Your Will. ||4||

⁶The blind, self-willed manmukhs practice cleverness.

⁷They do not surrender to the Lord's Will, and suffer terrible pain.

⁸Deluded by doubt, they come and go in reincarnation; they never find the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. ||5||

⁹The True Guru brings Union, and grants glorious greatness.

¹⁰The Primal Lord ordained service to the True Guru.

¹¹Serving the True Guru, the Naam is obtained. Through the Naam, one finds peace. ||6||

¹²Everything wells up from the Naam, and through the Naam, perishes.

¹³By Guru's Grace, the mind and body are pleased with the Naam.

¹⁴Meditating on the Naam, the tongue is drenched with the Lord's sublime essence. Through this essence, the Essence is obtained. ||7||

¹⁵Rare are those who find the Mansion of the Lord's Presence within the mansion of their own body.

¹⁶Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they lovingly focus their consciousness on the True Lord.

¹⁷Whoever the Lord blesses with Truth obtains Truth; he merges in Truth, and only Truth. ||8||

¹⁸Forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the mind and body suffer in pain.

¹⁹Attached to the love of Maya, he earns nothing but disease.

²⁰Without the Name, his mind and body are afflicted with leprosy, and he obtains his home in hell. ||9||

²¹Those who are imbued with the Naam - their bodies are immaculate and pure.

²²Their soul-swan is immaculate, and in the Lord's Love, they find eternal peace.

²³Praising the Naam, they find eternal peace, and dwell in the home of their own inner being. ||10||

²⁴Everyone deals and trades.

²⁵Without the Name, all the world loses.

²⁶Naked they come, and naked they go; without the Name, they suffer in pain. ||11||

²⁷He alone obtains the Naam, unto whom the Lord gives it.

²⁸Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the Lord comes to dwell in the mind.

²⁹By Guru's Grace, the Naam dwells deep within the heart, and one meditates upon the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||12||

³⁰Everyone who comes into the world, longs for the Name.

³¹They alone are blessed with the Name, whose past actions were so ordained by the Primal Lord.

³²Those who obtain the Name are very fortunate. Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they are united with God. ||13||

³³Utterly incomparable is the fortress of the body.

³⁴Within it, God sits in contemplation.

³⁵He administers true justice, and trades in Truth; through Him, one finds the eternal, unchanging dwelling. ||14||

³⁶Deep within the inner self are glorious homes and beautiful places.

³⁷But rare is that person who, as Gurmukh, finds these places.

³⁸If one stays in these places, and praises the True Lord, the True Lord comes to dwell in the mind. ||15||

³⁹My Creator Lord has formed this formation.

⁴⁰He has placed everything within this body.

⁴¹O Nanak, those who deal in the Naam are imbued with His Love. The Gurmukh obtains the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||16||6||20||

⁴²Maaroo, Third Mehl:

⁴³Contemplating the Word of the Shabad, the body becomes golden.

⁴⁴The Lord abides there; He has no end or limitation.

⁴⁵Night and day, serve the Lord, and chant the True Word of the Guru's Bani. Through the Shabad, meet the Dear Lord. ||1||

¹I am a sacrifice to those who remember the Lord.

²Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, I unite in Union with the Lord.

³I touch the dust of their feet to my face and forehead; sitting in the Society of the Saints, I sing His Glorious Praises. ||2||

⁴I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, as I am pleasing to the Lord God.

⁵With the Lord's Name deep within my inner being, I am adorned with the Word of the Shabad.

⁶The Word of the Guru's Bani is heard throughout the four corners of the world; through it, we merge in the True Name. ||3||

⁷That humble being, who searches within himself,

⁸Through the Guru's Shabad, he applies the ointment of spiritual wisdom to his eyes; the Gracious Lord, in His Grace, unites him with Himself. ||4||

⁹By great good fortune, I obtained this body;

¹⁰in this human life, I have focused my consciousness on the Word of the Shabad.

¹¹Without the Shabad, everything is enveloped in utter darkness; only the Gurmukh understands. ||5||

¹²Some merely waste away their lives - why have they even come into the world?

¹³The self-willed manmukhs are attached to the love of duality.

¹⁴This opportunity shall not into their hands again; their foot slips, and they come to regret and repent. ||6||

¹⁵Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the body is sanctified.

¹⁶The True Lord, the ocean of virtue, dwells within it.

¹⁷One who sees the Truest of the True everywhere, hears the Truth, and enshrines it within his mind. ||7||

¹⁸Egotism and mental calculations are relieved through the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

¹⁹Keep the Dear Lord close, and enshrine Him in your heart.

²⁰One who praises the Lord forever, through the Guru's Shabad, meets with the True Lord, and finds peace. ||8||

²¹He alone remembers the Lord, whom the Lord inspires to remember.

²²Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, He comes to dwell in the mind.

²³He Himself sees, and He Himself understands; He merges all into Himself. ||9||

²⁴He alone knows, who has placed the object within his mind.

²⁵Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, he comes to understand himself.

²⁶That humble being who understands himself is immaculate. He proclaims the Guru's Bani, and the Word of the Shabad. ||10||

²⁷This body is sanctified and purified;

²⁸through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, it contemplates the Lord, the ocean of virtue.

²⁹One who chants the Glorious Praises of the Lord night and day, and remains attuned to His Love, chants His Glorious Virtues, immersed in the Glorious Lord. ||11||

³⁰This body is the source of all Maya;

³¹in love with duality, it is deluded by doubt.

³²It does not remember the Lord, and suffers in eternal pain. Without remembering the Lord, it suffers in pain. ||12||

³³One who serves the True Guru is approved and respected.

³⁴His body and soul-swan are immaculate and pure; in the Court of the Lord, he is known to be true.

³⁵He serves the Lord, and enshrines the Lord in his mind; he is exalted, singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||13||

³⁶Without good destiny, no one can serve the True Guru.

³⁷The self-willed manmukhs are deluded, and die weeping and wailing.

³⁸Those who are blessed by the Guru's Glance of Grace - the Dear Lord unites them with Himself. ||14||

³⁹In the body fortress, are the solidly-constructed markets.

⁴⁰The Gurmukh purchases the object, and takes care of it.

⁴¹Meditating on the Name of the Lord, day and night, he attains the sublime, exalted status. ||15||

⁴²The True Lord Himself is the Giver of peace.

⁴³Through the Shabad of the Perfect Guru, He is realized.

⁴⁴Nanak praises the Naam, the True Name of the Lord; through perfect destiny, He is found. ||16||7||21||

¹Maaroo, Third Mehl:

²The Formless Lord created the universe of form.

³By the Hukam of His Command, He created attachment to Maya.

⁴The Creator Himself stages all the plays; hearing of the True Lord, enshrine Him in your mind. ||1||

⁵Maya, the mother, gave birth to the three gunas, the three qualities,

⁶and proclaimed the four Vedas to Brahma.

⁷Creating the years, months, days and dates, He infused intelligence into the world. ||2||

⁸Service to the Guru is the most excellent action.

⁹Enshrine the Lord's Name within your heart.

¹⁰The Word of the Guru's Bani prevails throughout the world; through this Bani, the Lord's Name is obtained. ||3||

¹¹He reads the Vedas, but he starts arguments night and day.

¹²He does not remember the Naam, the Name of the Lord; he is bound and gagged by the Messenger of Death.

¹³In the love of duality, he suffers in pain forever; he is deluded by doubt, and confused by the three gunas. ||4||

¹⁴The Gurmukh is in love with the One Lord alone;

¹⁵he submerges in his mind the three-phased desire.

¹⁶Through the True Word of the Shabad, he is liberated forever; he renounces emotional attachment to Maya. ||5||

¹⁷Those who are so pre-ordained to be imbued, are imbued with love for the Lord.

¹⁸By Guru's Grace, they are intuitively intoxicated.

¹⁹Serving the True Guru forever, they find God; He Himself unites them with Himself. ||6||

²⁰In attachment to Maya and doubt, the Lord is not found.

²¹Attached to the love of duality, one suffers in pain.

²²The crimson color lasts for only a few days; all too soon, it fades away. ||7||

²³So color this mind in the Fear and the Love of God.

²⁴Dyed in this color, one merges in the True Lord.

²⁵By perfect destiny, some may obtain this color. Through the Guru's Teachings, this color is applied. ||8||

²⁶The self-willed manmukhs take great pride in themselves.

²⁷In the Court of the Lord, they are never honored.

²⁸Attached to duality, they waste their lives; without understanding, they suffer in pain. ||9||

²⁹My God has hidden Himself deep within the self.

³⁰By Guru's Grace, one is united in the Lord's Union.

³¹God is True, and True is His trade, through which the priceless Naam is obtained. ||10||

³²No one has found this body's value.

³³My Lord and Master has worked His handiwork.

³⁴One who becomes Gurmukh purifies his body, and then the Lord unites him with Himself. ||11||

³⁵Within the body, one loses, and within the body, one wins.

³⁶The Gurmukh seeks the self-sustaining Lord.

³⁷The Gurmukh trades, and finds peace forever; he intuitively merges in the Celestial Lord. ||12||

³⁸True is the Lord's Mansion, and True is His treasure.

³⁹The Great Giver Himself gives.

⁴⁰The Gurmukh praises the Giver of peace; his mind is united with the Lord, and he comes to know His worth. ||13||

⁴¹Within the body is the object; its value cannot be estimated.

⁴²He Himself grants glorious greatness to the Gurmukh.

⁴³He alone knows this object, to whom this store belongs; the Gurmukh is blessed with it, and does not come to regret. ||14||

⁴⁴The Dear Lord is pervading and permeating all.

⁴⁵By Guru's Grace, He is found.

⁴⁶He Himself unites in His Union; through the Word of the Shabad, one intuitively merges with Him. ||15||

¹The True Lord Himself unites us in the Word of His Shabad.

²Within the Shabad, doubt is driven out.

³O Nanak, He blesses us with His Naam, and throgh the Naam, peace is found. ||16||8||22||

⁴Maaroo, Third Mehl:

⁵He is inaccessible, unfathomable and self-sustaining.

⁶He Himself is merciful, inaccessible and unlimited.

⁷No one can reach up to Him; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, He is met. ||1||

⁸He alone serves You, who pleases You.

⁹Through the Guru's Shabad, he merges in the True Lord.

¹⁰Night and day, he chants the Lord's Praises, day and night; his tongue savors and delights in the sublime essence of the Lord. ||2||

¹¹Those who die in the Shabad - their death is exalted and glorified.

¹²They enshrine the Lord's Glories in their hearts.

¹³Holding tight to the Guru's feet, their lives becomes prosperous, and they are rid of the love of duality. ||3||

¹⁴The Dear Lord unites them in Union with Himself.

¹⁵Through the Guru's Shabad, self-conceit is dispelled.

¹⁶Those who remain attuned to devotional worship to the Lord, night and day, earn the profit in this world. ||4||

¹⁷What Glorious Virtues of Yours should I describe? I cannot describe them.

¹⁸You have no end or limitation. Your value cannot be estimated.

¹⁹When the Giver of peace Himself bestows His Mercy, the virtuous are absorbed in virtue. ||5||

²⁰In this world, emotional attachment is spread all over.

²¹The ignorant, self-willed manmukh is immersed in utter darkness.

²²Chasing after worldly affairs, he wastes away his life in vain; without the Name, he suffers in pain. ||6||

²³If God grants His Grace, then one finds the True Guru.

²⁴Through the Shabad, the filth of egotism is burned away.

²⁵The mind becomes immaculate, and the jewel of spiritual wisdom brings enlightenment; the darkness of spiritual ignorance is dispelled. ||7||

²⁶Your Names are countless; Your value cannot be estimated.

²⁷I enshrine the Lord's True Name within my heart.

²⁸Who can estimate Your value, God? You are immersed and absorbed in Yourself. ||8||

²⁹The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is priceless, inaccessible and infinite.

³⁰No one can weigh it.

³¹You Yourself weigh, and estimate all; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, You unite, when the weight is perfect. ||9||

³²Your servant serves, and offers this prayer.

³³Please, let me sit near You, and unite me with Yourself.

³⁴You are the Giver of peace to all beings; by perfect karma, we meditate on You. ||10||

³⁵Chastity, truth and self-control come by practicing and living the Truth.

³⁶This mind becomes immaculate and pure, singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

³⁷In this world of poison, the Ambrosial Nectar is obtained, if it pleases my Dear Lord. ||11||

³⁸He alone understands, whom God inspires to understand.

³⁹Singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, one's inner being is awakened.

⁴⁰Egotism and possessiveness are silenced and subdued, and one intuitively finds the True Lord. ||12||

⁴¹Without good karma, countless others wander around.

⁴²They die, and die again, only to be reborn; they cannot escape the cycle of reincarnation.

⁴³Imbued with poison, they practice poison and corruption, and they never find peace. ||13||

⁴⁴Many disguise themselves with religious robes.

⁴⁵Without the Shabad, no one has conquered egotism.

⁴⁶One who remains dead while yet alive is liberated, and merges in the True Name. ||14||

⁴⁷Spiritual ignorance and desire burn this human body.

¹He alone puts out this fire, who practices and lives the Guru's Shabad.

²His body and mind are cooled and soothed, and his anger is silenced; conquering egotism, he merges in the Lord. ||15||

³True is the Lord and Master, and True is His glorious greatness.

⁴By Guru's Grace, a rare few attain this.

⁵Nanak offers this one prayer: through the Naam, the Name of the Lord, may I merge in the Lord. ||16||1||23||

⁶Maaroo, Third Mehl:

⁷By Your Grace, please unite with Your devotees.

⁸Your devotees ever praise You, lovingly focusing on You.

⁹In Your Sanctuary, they are saved, O Creator Lord; You unite them in Union with Yourself. ||1||

¹⁰Sublime and exalted is devotion to the Perfect Word of the Shabad.

¹¹Peace prevails within; they are pleasing to Your Mind.

¹²One whose mind and body are imbued with true devotion, focuses his consciousness on the True Lord. ||2||

¹³In egotism, the body is forever burning.

¹⁴When God grants His Grace, one meets the Perfect Guru.

¹⁵The Shabad dispels the spiritual ignorance within, and through the True Guru, one finds peace. ||3||

¹⁶The blind, self-willed manmukh acts blindly.

¹⁷He is in terrible trouble, and wanders in reincarnation.

¹⁸He can never snap the noose of Death, and in the end, he suffers in horrible pain. ||4||

¹⁹Through the Shabad, one's comings and goings in reincarnation are ended.

²⁰He keeps the True Name enshrined within his heart.

²¹He dies in the Word of the Guru's Shabad, and conquers his mind; stilling his egotism, he merges in the Lord. ||5||

²²Coming and going, the people of the world are wasting away.

²³Without the True Guru, no one finds permanence and stability.

²⁴The Shabad shines its Light deep within the self, and one dwells in peace; one's light merges into the Light. ||6||

²⁵The five demons think of evil and corruption.

²⁶The expanse is the manifestation of emotional attachment to Maya.

²⁷Serving the True Guru, one is liberated, and the five demons are put under his control. ||7||

²⁸Without the Guru, there is only the darkness of attachment.

²⁹Over and over, time and time again, they are drowned.

³⁰Meeting the True Guru, Truth is implanted within, and the True Name becomes pleasing to the mind. ||8||

³¹True is His Door, and True is His Court, His Royal Darbaar.

³²The true ones serve Him, through the Beloved Word of the Shabad.

³³Singing the Glorious Praises of the True Lord, in the true melody, I am immersed and absorbed in Truth. ||9||

³⁴Deep within the home of the self, one finds the home of the Lord.

³⁵Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, one easily, intuitively finds it.

³⁶There, one is not afflicted with sorrow or separation; merge into the Celestial Lord with intuitive ease. ||10||

³⁷The evil people live in the love of duality.

³⁸They wander around, totally attached and thirsty.

³⁹They sit in evil gatherings, and suffer in pain forever; they earn pain, nothing but pain. ||11||

⁴⁰Without the True Guru, there is no Sangat, no Congregation.

⁴¹Without the Shabad, no one can cross over to the other side.

⁴²One who intuitively chants God's Glorious Praises day and night - his light merges into the Light. ||12||

⁴³The body is the tree; the bird of the soul dwells within it.

⁴⁴It drinks in the Ambrosial Nectar, resting in the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

⁴⁵It never flies away, and it does not come or go; it dwells within the home of its own self. ||13||

⁴⁶Purify the body, and contemplate the Shabad.

⁴⁷Remove the poisonous drug of emotional attachment, and eradicate doubt.

⁴⁸The Giver of peace Himself bestows His Mercy, and unites us in Union with Himself. ||14||

¹He is always near at hand; He is never far away.

²Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, realize that He is very near.

³Your heart-lotus shall blossom forth, and the ray of God's Divine Light shall illuminate your heart; He shall be revealed to You. ||15||

⁴The True Lord is Himself the Creator.

⁵He Himself kills, and gives life; there is no other at all.

⁶O Nanak, through the Naam, the Name of the Lord, glorious greatness is obtained. Eradicating self-conceit, peace is found. ||16||2||24||

⁷Maaroo, Solahas, Fourth Mehl:

⁸One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁹The Lord Lord Himself is the One who exalts and embellishes.

¹⁰Do not consider any other work.

¹¹The True Lord abides deep within the heart of the Gurmukh, who intuitively merges in the True Lord. ||1||

¹²The True Lord dwells within the minds of all.

¹³By Guru's Grace, they are intuitively absorbed in Him.

¹⁴Calling out, "Guru, Guru", I have found eternal peace; my consciousness is focused on the Guru's feet. ||2||

¹⁵The True Guru is spiritual wisdom; the True Guru is worship and adoration.

¹⁶I serve the True Guru, and no other.

¹⁷From the True Guru, I have obtained the wealth, the jewel of the Naam. Service to the True Guru is pleasing to me. ||3||

¹⁸Without the True Guru, those who are attached to duality

¹⁹come and go, and wander in reincarnation; these unfortunate ones die.

²⁰O Nanak, even after they are emancipated, those who become Gurmukh remain in the Guru's Sanctuary. ||4||

²¹The love of the Gurmukh is forever true.

²²I beg for the invaluable Naam, the Name of the Lord, from the Guru.

²³O Dear Lord, please be kind, and grant Your Grace; please keep me in the Guru's Sanctuary. ||5||

²⁴The True Guru trickles the Ambrosial Nectar into my mouth.

²⁵My Tenth Gate has been opened and revealed.

²⁶The unstruck sound current of the Shabad vibrates and resounds there, with the melody of the Guru's Bani; one is easily, intuitively absorbed in the Lord. ||6||

²⁷Those who are so pre-ordained by the Creator,

²⁸pass their nights and days calling on the Guru.

²⁹Without the True Guru, no one understands; focus your consciousness on the Guru's Feet. ||7||

³⁰The Lord Himself blesses those with whom He is pleased.

³¹The Gurmukh receives the wealth of the Naam.

³²When the Lord grants His Grace, He bestows the Naam; Nanak is immersed and absorbed in the Naam. ||8||

³³The jewel of spiritual wisdom is revealed within the mind.

³⁴The wealth of the Naam is easily, intuitively received.

³⁵This glorious greatness is obtained from the Guru; I am forever a sacrifice to the True Guru. ||9||

³⁶With the rising of the sun, the darkness of the night is dispelled.

³⁷Spiritual ignorance is eradicated, by the priceless jewel of the Guru.

³⁸The True Guru is the fantastically valuable jewel of spiritual wisdom; blessed by God's Mercy, peace is found. ||10||

³⁹The Gurmukh obtains the Naam, and his good reputation increases.

⁴⁰In all four ages he is considered to be pure and good.

⁴¹Imbued with the Naam, the Name of the Lord, he finds peace. He remains lovingly focused on the Naam. ||11||

⁴²The Gurmukh receives the Naam.

⁴³In intuitive peace he wakes, and in intuitive peace he sleeps.

¹The Gurmukh is immersed and absorbed in the Naam; Nanak meditates on the Naam. ||12||

²The Ambrosial Nectar of the Guru's Bani is in the mouth of the devotees.

³The Gurmukhs chant and repeat the Lord's Name.

⁴Chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, their minds forever blossom forth; they focus their minds on the Lord's Feet. ||13||

⁵I am foolish and ignorant; I have no wisdom at all.

⁶From the True Guru, I have obtained understanding in my mind.

⁷O Dear Lord, please be kind to me, and grant Your Grace; let me be committed to serving the True Guru. ||14||

⁸Those who know the True Guru realize the One Lord.

⁹The Giver of peace is all-pervading, permeating everywhere.

¹⁰Understanding my own soul, I have obtained the Supreme Status; my awareness is immersed in selfless service. ||15||

¹¹Those who are blessed with glorious greatness by the Primal Lord God

¹²are lovingly focused on the True Guru, who dwells within their minds.

¹³The Giver of life to the world Himself meets them; O Nanak, they are absorbed in His Being. ||16||1||

¹⁴Maaroo, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁵The Lord is inaccessible and unfathomable; He is eternal and imperishable.

¹⁶He dwells in the heart, and is all-pervading, permeating everywhere.

¹⁷There is no other Giver except Him; worship the Lord, O mortals. ||1||

¹⁸No one can kill anyone

¹⁹So serve such a Lord, O Saints, whose Bani is exalted and sublime. ||2||

²⁰When it seems that a place is empty and void,

²¹there, the Creator Lord is permeating and pervading.

²²He causes the dried-up branch to blossom forth in greenery again; so meditate on the Lord - wondrous are His ways! ||3||

²³The One who knows the anguish of all beings

²⁴unto that Lord and Master, I am a sacrifice.

²⁵Offer your prayers to the One who is the Giver of all peace and joy. ||4||

²⁶But one who does not know the state of the soul

²⁷do not say anything to such an ignorant person.

²⁸Do not argue with fools, O mortals. Meditate on the Lord, in the state of Nirvaanaa. ||5||

²⁹Don't worry - let the Creator take care of it.

³⁰The Lord gives to all creatures in the water and on the land.

³¹My God bestows His blessings without being asked, even to worms in soil and stones. ||6||

³²Do not place your hopes in friends, children and siblings.

³³Do not place your hopes in kings or the business of others.

³⁴Without the Lord's Name, no one will be your helper; so meditate on the Lord, the Lord of the world. ||7||

³⁵Night and day, chant the Naam.

³⁶All your hopes and desires shall be fulfilled.

³⁷O servant Nanak, chant the Naam, the Name of the Destroyer of fear, and your life-night shall pass in intuitive peace and poise. ||8||

³⁸Those who serve the Lord find peace.

³⁹They are intuitively absorbed in the Lord's Name.

⁴⁰The Lord preserves the honor of those who seek His Sanctuary; go and consult the Vedas and the Puraanas. ||9||

⁴¹That humble being is attached to the Lord's service, whom the Lord so attaches.

⁴²Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, doubt and fear are dispelled.

⁴³In his own home, he remains unattached, like the lotus flower in the water. ||10||

¹One who serves in egotism is not accepted or approved.

²Such a person is born, only to die again, and come and go in reincarnation.

³Perfect is that penance and that service, which is pleasing to the Mind of my Lord. ||11||

⁴What Glorious Virtues of Yours should I chant, O my Lord and Master?

⁵You are the Inner-knower, the Searcher of all souls.

⁶I beg for blessings from You, O Creator Lord; I repeat Your Name night and day. ||12||

⁷Some speak in egotistical power.

⁸Some have the power of authority and Maya.

⁹I have no other Support at all, except the Lord. O Creator Lord, please save me, meek and dishonored. ||13||

¹⁰You bless the meek and dishonored with honor, as it pleases You, O Lord.

¹¹Many others argue in conflict, coming and going in reincarnation.

¹²Those people, whose side You take, O Lord and Master, are elevated and successful. ||14||

¹³Those who meditate forever on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har,

¹⁴by Guru's Grace, obtain the supreme status.

¹⁵Those who serve the Lord find peace; without serving Him, they regret and repent. ||15||

¹⁶You are pervading all, O Lord of the world.

¹⁷He alone meditates on the Lord, upon whose forehead the Guru places His hand.

¹⁸Entering the Sanctuary of the Lord, I meditate on the Lord; servant Nanak is the slave of His slaves. ||16||2||

¹⁹Maaroo, Solahas, Fifth Mehl:

²⁰One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²¹He infused His power into the earth.

²²He suspends the heavens upon the feet of His Command.

²³He created fire and locked it into wood. That God protects all, O Siblings of Destiny. ||1||

²⁴He gives nourishment to all beings and creatures.

²⁵He Himself is the all-powerful Creator, the Cause of causes.

²⁶In an instant, He establishes and disestablishes; He is your help and support. ||2||

²⁷He cherished you in your mother's womb.

²⁸With every breath and morsel of food, He is with you, and takes care of you.

²⁹Forever and ever, meditate on that Beloved; Great is His glorious greatness! ||3||

³⁰The sultans and nobles are reduced to dust in an instant.

³¹God cherishes the poor, and makes them into rulers.

³²He is the Destroyer of egotistical pride, the Support of all. His value cannot be estimated. ||4||

³³He alone is honorable, and he alone is wealthy,

³⁴within whose mind the Lord God abides.

³⁵He alone is my mother, father, child, relative and sibling, who created this Universe. ||5||

³⁶I have come to God's Sanctuary, and so I fear nothing.

³⁷In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, I am sure to be saved.

³⁸One who adores the Creator in thought, word and deed, shall never be punished. ||6||

³⁹One whose mind and body are permeated with the Lord, the treasure of virtue,

⁴⁰does not wander in birth, death and reincarnation.

⁴¹Pain vanishes and peace prevails, when one is satisfied and fulfilled. ||7||

⁴²My Lord and Master is my best friend.

¹The Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts, is in all places and interspaces.

²Meditating, meditating in remembrance on the Perfect Transcendent Lord, I am rid of all anxieties and calculations. ||8||

³One who has the Name of the Lord has hundreds of thousands and millions of arms.

⁴The wealth of the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises is with him.

⁵In His Mercy, God has blessed me with the sword of spiritual wisdom; I have attacked and killed the demons. ||9||

⁶Chant the Chant of the Lord, the Chant of Chants.

⁷Be a winner of the game of life and come to abide in your true home.

⁸You shall not see the 8.4 million types of hell; sing His Glorious Praises and remain saturated with loving devotion||10||

⁹He is the Savior of worlds and galaxies.

¹⁰He is lofty, unfathomable, inaccessible and infinite.

¹¹That humble being, unto whom God grants His Grace, meditates on Him. ||11||

¹²God has broken my bonds, and claimed me as His own.

¹³In His Mercy, He has made me the slave of His home.

¹⁴The unstruck celestial sound current resounds and vibrates, when one performs acts of true service. ||12||

¹⁵O God, I have enshrined faith in You within my mind.

¹⁶My egotistical intellect has been driven out.

¹⁷God has made me His own, and now I have a glorious reputation in this world. ||13||

¹⁸Proclaim His Glorious Victory, and meditate on the Lord of the Universe.

¹⁹I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice to my Lord God.

²⁰I do not see any other except Him. The One Lord pervades the whole world. ||14||

²¹True, True, True is God.

²²By Guru's Grace, my mind is attuned to Him forever.

²³Your humble servants live by meditating, meditating in remembrance on You, merging in You, O One Universal Creator. ||15||

²⁴The Dear Lord is the Beloved of His humble devotees.

²⁵My Lord and Master is the Savior of all.

²⁶Meditating in remembrance on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, all desires are fulfilled. He has saved the honor of servant Nanak. ||16||1||

²⁷Maaroo, Solahas, Fifth Mehl:

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

²⁹The body-bride is attached to the Yogi, the husband-soul.

³⁰She is involved with him, enjoying pleasure and delights.

³¹As a consequence of past actions, they have come together, enjoying pleasurable play. ||1||

³²Whatever the husband does, the bride willingly accepts.

³³The husband adorns his bride, and keeps her with himself.

³⁴Joining together, they live in harmony day and night; the husband comforts his wife. ||2||

³⁵When the bride asks, the husband runs around in all sorts of ways.

³⁶Whatever he finds, he brings to show his bride.

³⁷But there is one thing he cannot reach, and so his bride remains hungry and thirsty. ||3||

³⁸With her palms pressed together, the bride offers her prayer,

³⁹"O my beloved, do not leave me and go to foreign lands; please stay here with me.

⁴⁰Do such business within our home, that my hunger and thirst may be relieved." ||4||

⁴¹All sorts of religious rituals are performed in this age,

⁴²but without the sublime essence of the Lord, not an iota of peace is found.

⁴³When the Lord becomes Merciful, O Nanak, then in the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, the bride and the husband enjoy ecstasy and bliss. ||5||

¹The body-bride is blind, and the groom is clever and wise.

²The creation was created of the five elements.

³That merchandise, for which you have come into the world, is received only from the True Guru. ||6||

⁴The body-bride says, "Please live with me,

⁵O my beloved, peaceful, young lord.

⁶Without you, I am of no account. Please give me your word, that you will not leave me". ||7||

⁷The soul-husband says, "I am the slave of my Commander.

⁸He is my Great Lord and Master, who is fearless and independent.

⁹As long as He wills, I will remain with you. When He summons me, I shall arise and depart." ||8||

¹⁰The husband speaks words of Truth to the bride,

¹¹but the bride is restless and inexperienced, and she does not understand anything.

¹²Again and again, she begs her husband to stay; she thinks that he is just joking when he answers her. ||9||

¹³The Order comes, and the husband-soul is called.

¹⁴He does not consult with his bride, and does not ask her opinion.

¹⁵He gets up and marches off, and the discarded body-bride mingles with dust. O Nanak, behold the illusion of emotional attachment and hope. ||10||

¹⁶O greedy mind - listen, O my mind!

¹⁷Serve the True Guru day and night forever.

¹⁸Without the True Guru, the faithless cynics rot away and die. The noose of Death is around the necks of those who have no guru. ||11||

¹⁹The self-willed manmukh comes, and the self-willed manmukh goes.

²⁰The manmukh suffers beatings again and again.

²¹The manmukh endures as many hells as there are; the Gurmukh is not even touched by them. ||12||

²²He alone is Gurmukh, who is pleasing to the Dear Lord.

²³Who can destroy anyone who is robed in honor by the Lord?

²⁴The blissful one is forever in bliss; he is dressed in robes of honor. ||13||

²⁵I am a sacrifice to the Perfect True Guru.

²⁶He is the Giver of Sanctuary, the Heroic Warrior who keeps His Word.

²⁷Such is the Lord God, the Giver of peace, whom I have met; He shall never leave me or go anywhere else. ||14||

²⁸He is the treasure of virtue; His value cannot be estimated.

²⁹He is perfectly permeating each and every heart, prevailing everywhere.

³⁰Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of the Destroyer of the pains of the poor; I am the dust of the feet of Your slaves. ||15||1||2||

³¹Maaroo, Solahas, Fifth Mehl:

³²One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³³My Blissful Lord is forever in bliss.

³⁴He fills each and every heart, and judges each and everyone.

³⁵The True Lord and Master is above the heads of all kings; there is none other than Him. ||1||

³⁶He is joyful, blissful and merciful.

³⁷God's Light is manifest everywhere.

³⁸He creates forms, and gazing upon them, He enjoys them; He Himself worships Himself. ||2||

³⁹He contemplates His own creative power.

⁴⁰The True Lord Himself creates the expanse of the Universe.

⁴¹He Himself stages the play, day and night; He Himself listens, and hearing, rejoices. ||3||

⁴²True is His throne, and True is His kingdom.

⁴³True is the treasure of the True Banker.

¹He Himself is True, and true is all that He has established. True is the prevailing Order of the True Lord. ||4||

²True is the justice of the True Lord.

³Your place is forever True, O God.

⁴True is Your Creative Power, and True is the Word of Your Bani. True is the peace which You give, O my Lord and Master. ||5||

⁵You alone are the greatest king.

⁶By the Hukam of Your Command, O True Lord, our affairs are fulfilled.

⁷Inwardly and outwardly, You know everything; You Yourself are pleased with Yourself. ||6||

⁸You are the great party-goer, You are the great enjoyer.

⁹You are detached in Nirvaanaa, You are the Yogi.

¹⁰All celestial comforts are in Your home; Your Glance of Grace rains Nectar. ||7||

¹¹You alone give Your gifts.

¹²You grant Your gifts unto all the beings of the world.

¹³Your treasures are overflowing, and are never exhausted; through them, we remain satisfied and fulfilled. ||8||

¹⁴The Siddhas, seekers and forest-dwellers beg from You.

¹⁵The celibates and abstainers, and those who abide in peace beg from You.

¹⁶You alone are the Great Giver; all are beggars of You. You bless all the world with Your gifts. ||9||

¹⁷Your devotees worship You with infinite love.

¹⁸In an instant, You establish and disestablish.

¹⁹Your weight is so heavy, O my infinite Lord and Master. Your devotees surrender to the Hukam of Your Command. ||10||

²⁰They alone know You, whom You bless with Your Glance of Grace.

²¹Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they enjoy Your Love forever.

²²They alone are clever, handsome and wise, who are pleasing to Your Mind. ||11||

²³One who keeps You in his consciousness, becomes carefree and independent.

²⁴One who keeps You in his consciousness, is the true king.

²⁵One who keeps You in his consciousness - what does he have to fear? And what else does he need to do? ||12||

²⁶Thirst and desire are quenched, and one's inner being is cooled and soothed.

²⁷The True Guru has mended the broken one.

²⁸Awareness of the Word of the Shabad has awakened within my heart. Shaking it and vibrating it, I drink in the Ambrosial Nectar. ||13||

²⁹I shall not die; I shall live forever and ever.

³⁰I have become immortal; I am eternal and imperishable.

³¹I do not come, and I do not go. The Guru has driven out my doubts. ||14||

³²Perfect is the Word of the Perfect Guru.

³³One who is attached to the Perfect Lord, is immersed in the Perfect Lord.

³⁴His love increases day by day, and when it is weighed, it does not decrease. ||15||

³⁵When the gold is made one hundred percent pure,

³⁶its color is true to the jeweller's eye.

³⁷Assaying it, it is placed in the treasury by God the Jeweller, and it is not melted down again. ||16||

³⁸Your Naam is Ambrosial Nectar, O my Lord and Master.

³⁹Nanak, Your slave, is forever a sacrifice to You.

⁴⁰In the Society of the Saints, I have found great peace; gazing upon the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan, this mind is pleased and satisfied. ||17||1||3||

⁴¹Maaroo, Fifth Mehl, Solhas:

⁴²One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁴³The Guru is the Lord of the World, the Guru is the Master of the Universe.

⁴⁴The Guru is merciful, and always forgiving.

⁴⁵The Guru is the Shaastras, the Simritees and the six rituals. The Guru is the Holy Shrine. ||1||

¹Meditating in remembrance on the Guru, all the sins are erased.

²Meditating in remembrance on the Guru, one is not strangled by the noose of Death.

³Meditating in remembrance on the Guru, the mind becomes immaculate; the Guru eliminates egotistical pride. ||2||

⁴The Guru's servant is not consigned to hell.

⁵The Guru's servant meditates on the Supreme Lord God.

⁶The Guru's servant joins the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy; the Guru ever gives the life of the soul. ||3||

⁷At the Gurdwara, the Guru's Gate, the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises are sung.

⁸Meeting with the True Guru, one chants the Lord's Praises.

⁹The True Guru eradicates sorrow and suffering, and bestows honor in the Court of the Lord. ||4||

¹⁰The Guru has revealed the inaccessible and unfathomable Lord.

¹¹The True Guru returns to the Path, those who have wandered away.

¹²No obstacles stand in the way of devotion to the Lord, for one who serves the Guru. The Guru implants perfect spiritual wisdom. ||5||

¹³The Guru has revealed the Lord everywhere.

¹⁴The Lord of the Universe is permeating and pervading the water and the land.

¹⁵The high and the low are all the same to Him. Focus your mind's meditation intuitively on Him. ||6||

¹⁶Meeting with the Guru, all thirst is quenched.

¹⁷Meeting with the Guru, one is not watched by Maya.

¹⁸The Perfect Guru bestows truth and contentment; I drink in the Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||7||

¹⁹The Word of the Guru's Bani is contained in all.

²⁰He Himself hears it, and He Himself repeats it.

²¹Those who meditate on it, are all emancipated; they attain the eternal and unchanging home. ||8||

²²The Glory of the True Guru is known only to the True Guru.

²³Whatever He does, is according to the Pleasure of His Will.

²⁴Your humble servants beg for the dust of the feet of the Holy; Nanak is forever a sacrifice to You. ||9||1||4||

²⁵Maaroo, Solahas, Fifth Mehl:

²⁶One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²⁷The Primal, Immaculate Lord God is formless.

²⁸The Detached Lord is Himself prevailing in all.

²⁹He has no race or social class, no identifying mark. By the Hukam of His Will, He created the entire universe. ||1||

³⁰Out of all the 8.4 million species of beings,

³¹God blessed mankind with glory.

³²That human who misses this chance, shall suffer the pains of coming and going in reincarnation. ||2||

³³What should I say, to one who has been created.

³⁴The Gurmukh receives the treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

³⁵He alone is confused, whom the Lord Himself confuses. He alone understands, whom the Lord inspires to understand. ||3||

³⁶This body has been made the village of joy and sorrow.

³⁷They alone are emancipated, who seek the Sanctuary of the True Guru.

³⁸One who remains untouched by the three qualities, the three gunas - such a Gurmukh is blessed with glory. ||4||

³⁹You can do anything, but whatever you do,

⁴⁰The seed which is planted out of season does not sprout, and all one's capital and profits are lost. ||5||

⁴¹In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises are most sublime and exalted.

⁴²Become Gurmukh, chant and focus your meditation.

¹You shall save yourself, and save all your generations as well. You shall go to the Court of the Lord with honor. ||6||

²All the continents, nether worlds, islands and worlds

³God Himself has made them all subject to death.

⁴The One Imperishable Lord Himself is unmoving and unchanging. Meditating on Him, one becomes unchanging. ||7||

⁵The Lord's servant becomes like the Lord.

⁶Do not think that, because of his human body, he is different.

⁷The waves of the water rise up in various ways, and then the water merges again in water. ||8||

⁸A beggar begs for charity at His Door.

⁹When God pleases, He takes pity on him.

¹⁰Please bless me with the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan, to satisfy my mind, O Lord. Through the Kirtan of Your Praises, my mind is held steady. ||9||

¹¹The Beauteous Lord and Master is not controlled in any way.

¹²The Lord does that which pleases the Saints of the Lord.

¹³He does whatever they wish to be done; nothing blocks their way at His Door. ||10||

¹⁴Wherever the mortal is confronted with difficulty,

¹⁵there he should meditate on the Lord of the Universe.

¹⁶Where there are no children, spouse or friends, there the Lord Himself comes to the rescue. ||11||

¹⁷The Great Lord and Master is inaccessible and unfathomable.

¹⁸How can anyone meet with God, the self-suficient One?

¹⁹Those who have had the noose cut away from around their necks, whom God has set back upon the Path, obtain a place in the Sangat, the Congregation. ||12||

²⁰One who realizes the Hukam of the Lord's Command is said to be His servant.

²¹He endures both bad and good equally.

²²When egotism is silenced, then one comes to know the One Lord. Such a Gurmukh intuitively merges in the Lord. ||13||

²³The devotees of the Lord dwell forever in peace.

²⁴With a child-like, innocent nature, they remain detached, turning away from the world.

²⁵They enjoy various pleasures in many ways; God caresses them, like a father caressing his son. ||14||

²⁶He is inaccessible and unfathomable; His value cannot be estimated.

²⁷We meet Him, only when He causes us to meet.