Raag Saarang

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

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

³I am the hand-maiden of my Lord and Master.

⁴I have grasped the Feet of God, the Life of the world. He has killed and eradicated my egotism. ||1||Pause||

⁵He is the Perfect, Supreme Light, the Supreme Lord God, my Beloved, my Breath of Life.

⁶The Fascinating Lord has fascinated my mind; contemplating the Word of the Shabad, I have come to understand. ||1||

⁷The worthless self-willed manmukh, with false and shallow understanding - his mind and body are held in pain's grip.

⁸Since I came to be imbued with the Love of my Beautiful Lord, I meditate on the Lord, and my mind is encouraged. ||2||

⁹Abandoning egotism, I have become detached. And now, I absorb true intuitive understanding.

¹⁰The mind is pleased and appeased by the Pure, Immaculate Lord; the opinions of other people are irrelevant. ||3||

¹¹There is no other like You, in the past or in the future, O my Beloved, my Breath of Life, my Support.

¹²The soul-bride is imbued with the Name of the Lord; O Nanak, the Lord is her Husband. ||4||1||

¹³Saarang, First Mehl:

¹⁴How can I survive without the Lord? I am suffering in pain.

¹⁵My tongue does not taste - all is bland without the Lord's sublime essence. Without God, I suffer and die. ||1||Pause||

¹⁶As long as I do not attain the Blessed Vision of my Beloved, I remain hungry and thirsty.

¹⁷Gazing upon the Blessed Vision of His Darshan, my mind is pleased and appeased. The lotus blossoms forth in the water. ||1||

¹⁸The low-hanging clouds crack with thunder and burst. The cuckoos and the peacocks are filled with passion,

¹⁹along with the birds in the trees, the bulls and the snakes. The soul-bride is happy when her Husband Lord returns home. ||2||

²⁰She is filthy and ugly, unfeminine and ill-mannered - she has no intuitive understanding of her Husband Lord.

²¹She is not satisfied by the sublime essence of her Lord's Love; she is evil-minded, immersed in her pain. ||3||

²²The soul-bride does not come and go in reincarnation or suffer in pain; her body is not touched by the pain of disease.

²³O Nanak, she is intuitively embellished by God; seeing God, her mind is encouraged. ||4||2||

²⁴Saarang, First Mehl:

²⁵My Beloved Lord God is not far away.

²⁶My mind is pleased and appeased by the Word of the True Guru's Teachings. I have found the Lord, the Support of my breath of life. ||1||Pause||

¹This is the way to meet your Husband Lord. Blessed is the soul-bride who is loved by her Husband Lord.

²Social class and status, race, ancestry and skepticism are eliminated, following the Guru's Teachings and contemplating the Word of the Shabad. ||1||

³One whose mind is pleased and appeased, has no egotistical pride. Violence and greed are forgotten.

⁴The soul-bride intuitively ravishes and enjoys her Husband Lord; as Gurmukh, she is embellished by His Love. ||2||

⁵Burn away any love of family and relatives, which increases your attachment to Maya.

⁶One who does not savor the Lord's Love deep within, lives in duality and corruption. ||3||

⁷His Love is a priceless jewel deep within my being; the Lover of my Beloved is not hidden.

⁸O Nanak, as Gurmukh, enshrine the Priceless Naam deep within your being, all the ages through. ||4||3||

⁹Saarang, Fourth Mehl, First House:

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

¹¹I am the dust of the feet of the humble Saints of the Lord.

¹²Joining the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, I have obtained the supreme status. The Lord, the Supreme Soul, is all-pervading everywhere. ||1||Pause||

¹³Meeting the Saintly True Guru, I have found peace and tranquility. Sins and painful mistakes are totally erased and taken away.

¹⁴The Divine Light of the soul radiates forth, gazing upon the Presence of the Immaculate Lord God. ||1||

¹⁵By great good fortune, I have found the Sat Sangat; the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is all-prevading everywhere.

¹⁶I have taken my cleansing bath at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage, bathing in the dust of the feet of the True Congregation. ||2||

¹⁷Evil-minded and corrupt, filthy-minded and shallow, with impure heart, attached to enticement and falsehood.

¹⁸Without good karma, how can I find the Sangat? Engrossed in egotism, the mortal remains stuck in regret. ||3||

¹⁹Be kind and show Your Mercy, O Dear Lord; I beg for the dust of the feet of the Sat Sangat.

²⁰O Nanak, meeting with the Saints, the Lord is attained. The Lord's humble servant obtains the Presence of the Lord. ||4||1||

²¹Saarang, Fourth Mehl:

²²I am a sacrifice to the Feet of the Lord of the Universe.

²³I cannot swim across the terrifying world ocean. But chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, I am carried across across. ||1||Pause||

²⁴Faith in God came to fill my heart; I serve Him intuitively, and contemplate Him.

²⁵Night and day, I chant the Lord's Name within my heart; it is all-powerful and virtuous. ||1||

²⁶God is Inaccessible and Unfathomable, All-pervading everywhere, in all minds and bodies; He is Infinite and Invisible.

²⁷When the Guru bebomes merciful, then the Unseen Lord is seen within the heart. ||2||

²⁸Deep within the inner being is the Name of the Lord, the Support of the entire earth, but to the egotistical shaakta, the faithless cynic, He seems far away.

²⁹His burning desire is never quenched, and he loses the game of life in the gamble. ||3||

³⁰Standing up and sitting down, the mortal sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord, when the Guru bestows even a tiny bit of His Grace.

³¹O Nanak, those who are blessed by His Glance of Grace - He saves and protects their honor. ||4||2||

¹Saarang, Fourth Mehl:

²O my Beloved Lord, Har, Har, please bless me with Your Ambrosial Name.

³Those whose minds are pleased to be Gurmukh - the Lord completes their projects. ||1||Pause||

⁴Those humble beings who become meek before the Guru-their pains are taken away.

⁵Night and day, they perform devotional worship services to the Guru; they are embellished with the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||1||

⁶Within their hearts is the ambrosial essence of the Naam, the Name of the Lord; they savor this essence, sing the praises of this essence, and contemplate this essence.

⁷By Guru's Grace, they are aware of this ambrosial essence; they find the Gate of Salvation. ||2||

⁸The True is the Primal Being, Unmoving and Unchanging. One who takes the Support of the Naam, the Name of the Lord - his intellect becomes focused and steady.

⁹I offer my soul to Him; I am a sacrifice to my True Guru. ||3||

¹⁰The self-willed manmukhs are stuck in doubt and attached to duality; the darkness of spiritual ignorance is within them.

¹¹They do not see the True Guru, the Giver; they are not on this shore, or the other. ||4||

¹²Our Lord and Master is permeating and pervading each and every heart; He is supremely Potent to exercise His Might.

¹³Nanak, the slave of His slaves, says, please, be merciful and save me! ||5||3||

¹⁴Saarang, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁵This is the way to work for the Lord.

¹⁶Whatever He does, accept that as true. As Gurmukh, remain lovingly absorbed in His Name. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷The Love of the Lord of the Universe seems supremely sweet. Everything else is forgotten.

¹⁸Night and day, he is in ecstasy; his mind is pleased and appeased, and his light merges into the Light. ||1||

¹⁹Singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, his mind is satisfied. Peace and tranquility come to abide within his mind.

²⁰When the Guru becomes merciful, the mortal finds the Lord; he focuses his consciousness on the Lord's Lotus Feet. ||2||

²¹The intellect is enlightened, meditating on the Lord. He remains lovingly attuned to the essence of spiritual wisdom.

²²The Divine Light radiates forth deep within his being; his mind is pleased and appeased. He merges intuitively into Celestial Samaadhi. ||3||

²³One whose heart is filled with falsehood, continues to practice falsehood, even while he teaches and preaches about the Lord.

²⁴Within him is the utter darkness of greed. He is thrashed like wheat, and suffers in pain. ||4||

²⁵When my God is totally pleased, the mortal tunes in and becomes Gurmukh.

²⁶Nanak has obtained the Immaculate Naam, the Name of the Lord. Chanting the Naam, he has found peace. ||5||4||

²⁷Saarang, Fourth Mehl:

²⁸My mind is pleased and appeased by the Name of the Lord.

²⁹The True Guru has implanted divine love within my heart. The Sermon of the Lord, Har, Har, is pleasing to my mind. ||1||Pause||

³⁰Please be merciful to Your meek and humble servant; please bless Your humble servant with Your Unspoken Speech.

³¹Meeting with the humble Saints, I have found the sublime essence of the Lord. The Lord seems so sweet to my mind and body. ||1||

³²They alone are unattached, who are imbued with the Lord's Love; through the Guru's Teachings, they realize the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

³³Meeting with the Primal Being, one finds peace, and one's comings and goings in reincarnation are ended. ||2||

³⁴With my eyes, I gaze lovingly upon God, my Lord and Master. I chant His Name with my tongue.

¹With my ears, I listen to the Kirtan of His Praises, day and night. I love the Lord, Har, Har, with all my heart. ||3||

²When the Guru helped me to overcome the five thieves, then I found ultimate bliss, attached to the Naam.

³The Lord has showered His Mercy on servant Nanak; he merges in the Lord, in the Name of the Lord. ||4||5||

⁴Saarang, Fourth Mehl:

⁵O my mind, chant the Name of the Lord, and study His Excellence.

⁶Without the Lord's Name, nothing is steady or stable. All the rest of the show is useless. ||1||Pause||

⁷What is there to accept, and what is there to reject, O madman? Whatever is seen shall turn to dust.

⁸That poison which you believe to be your own - you must abandon it and leave it behind. What a load you have to carry on your head! ||1||

⁹Moment by moment, instant by instant, your life is running out. The fool cannot understand this.

¹⁰He does things which will not go along with him in the end. This is the lifestyle of the faithless cynic. ||2||

¹¹So join together with the humble Saints, O madman, and you shall find the Gate of Salvation.

¹²Without the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, no one finds any peace. Go and ask the scholars of the Vedas. ||3||

¹³All the kings and queens shall depart; they must leave this false expanse.

¹⁴O Nanak, the Saints are eternally steady and stable; they take the Support of the Name of the Lord. ||4||6||

¹⁵Saarang, Fourth Mehl, Third House, Dho-Padhay:

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

¹⁷O son, why do you argue with your father?

¹⁸It is a sin to argue with the one who fathered you and raised you. ||1||Pause||

¹⁹That wealth, which you are so proud of - that wealth does not belong to anyone.

²⁰In an instant, you shall have to leave behind all your corrupt pleasures; you shall be left to regret and repent. ||1||

²¹He is God, your Lord and Master - chant the Chant of that Lord.

²²Servant Nanak spreads the Teachings; if you listen to it, you shall be rid of your pain. ||2||1||7||

²³Saarang, Fourth Mehl, Fifth House, Dho-Padhay, Partaal:

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

²⁵O my mind, meditate on the Lord of the World, the Master of the Universe, the Life of the World, the Enticer of the mind; fall in love with Him. I take the Support of the Lord, Har, Har, Har, all day and all night. ||1||Pause||

²⁶Endless, endless, endless are the Praises of the Lord. Suk Dayv, Naarad and the gods like Brahma sing His Glorious Praises. Your Glorious Virtues, O my Lord and Master, cannot even be counted.

²⁷O Lord, You are Infinite, O Lord, You are Infinite, O Lord, You are my Lord and Master; only You Yourself know Your Own Ways. ||1||

²⁸Those who are near, near to the Lord - those who dwell near the Lord - those humble servants of the Lord are the Holy, the devotees of the Lord.

²⁹Those humble servants of the Lord merge with their Lord, O Nanak, like water merging with water. ||2||1||8||

¹Saarang, Fourth Mehl:

²O my mind, meditate on the Lord, the Lord, your Lord and Master. The Lord is the Most Divine of all the divine beings. Chant the Name of the Lord, Raam, Raam, the Lord, my most Dear Beloved. ||1||Pause||

³That household, in which the Glorious Praises of the Lord are sung, where the Panch Shabad, the Five Primal Sounds, resound - great is the destiny written on the forehead of one who lives in such a household.

⁴All the sins of that humble being are taken away, all pains are taken away, all diseases are taken away; sexual desire, anger, greed, attachment and egotistical pride are taken away. The Lord drives the five thieves out of such a person of the Lord. ||1||

⁵Chant the Name of the Lord, O Holy Saints of the Lord; meditate on the Lord of the Universe, O Holy people of the Lord. Meditate in thought, word and deed on the Lord, Har, Har. Worship and adore the Lord, O Holy people of the Lord.

⁶Chant the Name of the Lord, chant the Name of the Lord. It shall rid you of all your sins.

⁷Continually and continuously remain awake and aware. You shall be in ecstasy forever and ever, meditating on the Lord of the Universe.

⁸Servant Nanak: O Lord, Your devotees obtain the fruits of their minds' desires; they obtain all the fruits and rewards, and the four great blessings - Dharmic faith, wealth and riches, fulfilment of desires and liberation. ||2||2||9||

⁹Saarang, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁰O my mind, meditate on the Lord, the Lord of Wealth, the Source of Nectar, the Supreme Lord God, the True Transcendent Being, God, the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts.

¹¹He is the Destroyer of all suffering, the Giver of all peace; sing the Praises of my Beloved Lord God. ||1||Pause||

¹²The Lord dwells in the home of each and every heart. The Lord dwells in the water, and the Lord dwells on the land. The Lord dwells in the spaces and interspaces. I have such a great longing to see the Lord.

¹³If only some Saint, some humble Saint of the Lord, my Holy Beloved, would come, to show me the way.

¹⁴I would wash and massage the feet of that humble being. ||1||

¹⁵The Lord's humble servant meets the Lord, through his faith in the Lord; meeting the Lord, he becomes Gurmukh.

¹⁶My mind and body are in ecstasy; I have seen my Sovereign Lord King.

¹⁷Servant Nanak has been blessed with Grace, blessed with the Lord's Grace, blessed with the Grace of the Lord of the Universe.

¹⁸I meditate on the Lord, the Name of the Lord, night and day, forever, forever and ever. ||2||3||10||

¹⁹Saarang, Fourth Mehl:

²⁰O my mind, meditate on the Fearless Lord,

²¹who is True, True, Forever True.

²²He is free of vengeance, the Image of the Undying,

²³beyond birth, Self-existent.

²⁴O my mind, meditate night and day on the Formless, Self-sustaining Lord. ||1||Pause||

²⁵For the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan, for the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan, the three hundred thirty million gods, and millions of Siddhas, celibates and Yogis make their pilgrimages to sacred shrines and rivers, and go on fasts.

²⁶The service of the humble person is approved, unto whom the Lord of the World shows His Mercy. ||1||

²⁷They alone are the good Saints of the Lord, the best and most exalted devotees, who are pleasing to their Lord.

²⁸Those who have my Lord and Master on their side - O Nanak, the Lord saves their honor. ||2||4||11||

¹Saarang, Fourth Mehl, Partaal:

²O my mind, meditate on the Lord of the Universe, the Lord, the Lord of the Universe, the Treasure of Virtue, the God of all creation. O my mind, chant the Name of the Lord, the Lord, the Eternal, Imperishable, Primal Lord God. ||1||Pause||

³The Name of the Lord is the Ambrosial Nectar, Har, Har, Har. He alone drinks it in, whom the Lord inspires to drink it.

⁴The Merciful Lord Himself bestows His Mercy, and He leads the mortal to meet with the True Guru. That humble being tastes the Ambrosial Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||1||

⁵Those who serve my Lord, forever and ever - all their pain, doubt and fear are taken away.

⁶Servant Nanak chants the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and so he lives, like the song-bird, which is satisfied only by drinking in the water. ||2||5||12||

⁷Saarang, Fourth Mehl:

⁸O my mind, meditate on the Supreme Lord.

⁹The Lord, the Lord is All-pervading.

¹⁰True, True is the Lord.

¹¹O Siblings of Destiny, chant the Name of the Lord, Raam, Raam, Raam, forever. He is All-pervading everywhere. ||1||Pause||

¹²The Lord Himself is Himself the Creator of all. The Lord Himself is Himself pervading the whole world.

¹³That person, upon whom my Sovereign Lord King, Raam, Raam, Raam, bestows His Mercy - that person is lovingly attuned to the Lord's Name. ||1||

¹⁴O Saints of the Lord, behold the Glory of the Name of the Lord; His Name saves the honor of His humble devotees in this Dark Age of Kali Yuga.

¹⁵My Sovereign Lord King has taken servant Nanak's side; his enemies and attackers have all run away. ||2||6||13||

¹⁶Saarang, Fifth Mehl, Chau-Padhay, First House:

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

¹⁸I am a sacrifice to the Image of the True Guru.

¹⁹My inner being is filled with a great thirst, like that of the song-bird for water. When shall I find the Fruitful Vision of His Darshan? ||1||Pause||

²⁰He is the Master of the masterless, the Cherisher of all. He is the Lover of the devotees of His Name.

²¹That mortal, whom no one can protect - You bless him with Your Support, O Lord. ||1||

²²Support of the unsupported, Saving Grace of the unsaved, Home of the homeless.

²³Wherever I go in the ten directions, You are there with me. The only thing I do is sing the Kirtan of Your Praises. ||2||

²⁴From Your Oneness, You become tens of thousands, and from tens of thousands, You become One. I cannot describe Your state and extent.

²⁵You are Infinite - Your value cannot be appraised. Everything I see is Your play. ||3||

²⁶I speak with the Company of the Holy; I am in love with the Holy people of the Lord.

²⁷Servant Nanak has found the Lord through the Guru's Teachings; please bless me with Your Blessed Vision; O Lord, my mind yearns for it. ||4||1||

²⁸Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²⁹The Dear Lord is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts.

³⁰The mortal does evil deeds, and hides from others, but like the air, the Lord is present everywhere. ||1||Pause||

³¹You call yourself a devotee of Vishnu and you practice the six rituals, but your inner being is polluted with greed.

³²Those who slander the Society of the Saints, shall all be drowned in their ignorance. ||1||

¹The mortal eats the food which he has carefully prepared, and then steals the wealth of others. His inner being is filled with falsehood and pride.

²He knows nothing of the Vedas or the Shaastras; his mind is gripped by pride. ||2||

³He says his evening prayers, and observes all the fasts, but this is all just a show.

⁴God made him stray from the path, and sent him into the wilderness. All his actions are useless. ||3||

⁵He alone is a spiritual teacher, and he alone is a devotee of Vishnu and a scholar, whom the Lord God blesses with His Grace.

⁶Serving the True Guru, he obtains the supreme status and saves the whole world. ||4||

⁷What can I say? I don't know what to say. As God wills, so do I speak.

⁸I ask only for the dust of the feet of the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. Servant Nanak seeks their Sanctuary. ||5||2||

⁹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁰Now, my dancing is over.

¹¹I have intuitively obtained my Darling Beloved. Through the Word of the True Guru's Teachings, I found Him. ||1||Pause||

¹²The virgin speaks with her friends about her husband and they laugh together;

¹³but when he comes home, she becomes shy, and modestly covers her face. ||1||

¹⁴When gold is melted in the crucible, it flows freely everywhere.

¹⁵But when it is made into pure solid bars of gold, then it remains stationary. ||2||

¹⁶As long as the days and the nights of one's life last, the clock strikes the hours, minutes and seconds.

¹⁷But when the gong player gets up and leaves, the gong is not sounded again. ||3||

¹⁸When the pitcher is filled with water, the water contained within it seems distinct.

¹⁹Says Nanak, when the pitcher is emptied out, the water mingles again with water. ||4||3||

²⁰Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²¹Now if he is asked, what can he say?

²²He was supposed to have gathered the sublime essence of the Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord, but instead, the mad-man was busy with poison. ||1||Pause||

²³This human life, so difficult to obtain, was finally obtained after such a long time. He is losing it in exchange for a shell.

²⁴He came to buy musk, but instead, he has loaded dust and thistle grass. ||1||

²⁵He comes in search of profits, but he is entangled in the enticing illusion of Maya.

²⁶He loses the jewel, in exchange for mere glass. When will he have this blessed opportunity again? ||2||

²⁷He is full of sins, and he has not even one redeeming virtue. Forsaking his Lord and Master, he is involved with Maya, God's slave.

²⁸And when the final silence comes, like inanimate matter, he is caught like a thief at the door. ||3||

²⁹I cannot see any other way out. I seek the Sanctuary of the Lord's slaves.

³⁰Says Nanak, the mortal is emancipated, only when all his demerits and faults are erased and eradicated. ||4||4||

³¹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³²O mother, my patience is gone. I am in love with my Husband Lord.

³³There are so many kinds of incomparable pleasures, but I am not interested in any of them. ||1||Pause||

³⁴Night and day, I utter, "Pri-a, Pri-a - Beloved, Beloved" with my mouth. I cannot sleep, even for an instant; I remain awake and aware.

³⁵Necklaces, eye make-up, fancy clothes and decorations - without my Husband Lord, these are all poison to me. ||1||

¹I ask and ask, with humility, "Who can tell me which country my Husband Lord lives in?"

²I would dedicate my heart to him, I offer my mind and body and everything; I place my head at his feet. ||2||

³I bow at the feet of the voluntary slave of the Lord; I beg him to bless me with the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

⁴Show Mercy to me, that I may meet God, and gaze upon the Blessed Vision of His Darshan every moment. ||3||

⁵When He is Kind to me, He comes to dwell within my being. Night and day, my mind is calm and peaceful.

⁶Says Nanak, I sing the Songs of Joy; the Unstruck Word of the Shabad resounds within me. ||4||5||

⁷Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

⁸O mother, True, True True is the Lord, and True, True, True is His Holy Saint.

⁹The Word which the Perfect Guru has spoken, I have tied to my robe. ||1||Pause||

¹⁰Night and day, and the stars in the sky shall vanish. The sun and the moon shall vanish.

¹¹The mountains, the earth, the water and the air shall pass away. Only the Word of the Holy Saint shall endure. ||1||

¹²Those born of eggs shall pass away, and those born of the womb shall pass away. Those born of the earth and sweat shall pass away as well.

¹³The four Vedas shall pass away, and the six Shaastras shall pass away. Only the Word of the Holy Saint is eternal. ||2||

¹⁴Raajas, the quality of energetic activity shall pass away. Taamas, the quality of lethargic darkness shall pass away. Saatvas, the quality of peaceful light shall pass away as well.

¹⁵All that is seen shall pass away. Only the Word of the Holy Saint is beyond destruction. ||3||

¹⁶He Himself is Himself by Himself. All that is seen is His play.

¹⁷He cannot be found by any means. O Nanak, meeting with the Guru, God is found. ||4||6||

¹⁸Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁹The Guru, the Lord of the Universe, dwells within my mind.

²⁰Wherever my Lord and Master is remembered in meditation - that village is filled with peace and bliss. ||1||Pause||

²¹Wherever my Beloved Lord and Master is forgotten - all misery and misfortune is there.

²²Where the Praises of my Lord, the Embodiment of Bliss and Joy are sung - eternal peace and wealth are there. ||1||

²³Wherever they do not listen to the Stories of the Lord with their ears - the utterly desolate wilderness is there.

²⁴Where the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises are sung with love in the Saadh Sangat - there is fragrance and fruit and joy in abundance. ||2||

²⁵Without meditative remembrance on the Lord, one may live for millions of years, but his life would be totally useless.

²⁶But if he vibrates and meditates on the Lord of the Universe, for even a moment, then he shall live forever and ever. ||3||

²⁷O God, I seek Your Sanctuary, Your Sanctuary, Your Sanctuary; please mercifully bless me with the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

²⁸O Nanak, the Lord is All-pervading everywhere, amongst all. He knows the qualities and the condition of all. ||4||7||

²⁹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³⁰Now, I have obtained the Support of the Lord.

³¹Those who seek the Sanctuary of the Ocean of Mercy are carried across the world-ocean. ||1||Pause||

³²They sleep in peace, and intuitively merge into the Lord. The Guru takes away their cynicism and doubt.

³³Whatever they wish for, the Lord does; they obtain the fruits of their minds' desires. ||1||

³⁴In my heart, I meditate on Him; with my eyes, I focus my meditation on Him. With my ears, I listen to His Sermon.

¹With my feet, I walk on my Lord and Mater's Path. With my tongue, I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||2||

²With my eyes, I see the Lord, the Embodiment of Absolute Bliss; the Saint has turned away from the world.

³I have found the Priceless Name of the Beloved Lord; it never leaves me or goes anywhere else. ||3||

⁴What praise, what glory and what virtues should I utter, in order to please the Lord?

⁵That humble being, unto whom the Merciful Lord is kind - O servant Nanak, he is the slave of God's slaves. ||4||8||

⁶Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

⁷Who can I tell, and with whom can I speak, about this state of peace and bliss?

⁸I am in ecstasy and delight, gazing upon the Blessed Vision of God's Darshan. My mind sings His Songs of Joy and His Glories. ||1||Pause||

⁹I am wonderstruck, gazing upon the Wondrous Lord. The Merciful Lord is All-pervading everywhere.

¹⁰I drink in the Invaluable Nectar of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. Like the mute, I can only smile - I cannot speak of its flavor. ||1||

¹¹As the breath is held in bondage, no one can understand its coming in and going out.

¹²So is that person, whose heart is enlightened by the Lord - his story cannot be told. ||2||

¹³As many other efforts as you can think of - I have seen them and studied them all.

¹⁴My Beloved, Carefree Lord has revealed Himself within the home of my own heart; thus I have realized the Inaccessible Lord. ||3||

¹⁵The Absolute, Formless, Eternally Unchanging, Immeasurable Lord cannot be measured.

¹⁶Says Nanak, whoever endures the unendurable - this state belongs to him alone. ||4||9||

¹⁷Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁸The corrupt person passes his days and nights uselessly.

¹⁹He does not vibrate and meditate on the Lord of the Universe; he is intoxicated with egotistical intellect. He loses his life in the gamble. ||1||Pause||

²⁰The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is priceless, but he is not in love with it. He loves only to slander others.

²¹Weaving the grass, he builds his house of straw. At the door, he builds a fire. ||1||

²²He carries a load of sulfur on his head, and drives the Ambrosial Nectar out of his mind.

²³Wearing his good clothes, the mortal falls into the coal-pit; again and again, he tries to shake it off. ||2||

²⁴Standing on the branch, eating and eating and smiling, he cuts down the tree.

²⁵He falls down head-first and is shattered into bits and pieces. ||3||

²⁶He bears vengeance against the Lord who is free of vengeance. The fool is not up to the task.

²⁷Says Nanak, the Saving Grace of the Saints is the Formless, Supreme Lord God. ||4||10||

²⁸Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²⁹All the others are deluded by doubt; they do not understand.

³⁰That person, within whose heart the One Pure Word abides, realizes the essence of the Vedas. ||1||Pause||

³¹He walks in the ways of the world, trying to please people.

³²But as long as his heart is not enlightened, he is stuck in pitch black darkness. ||1||

³³The land may be prepared in every way, but nothing sprouts without being planted.

³⁴Just so, without the Lord's Name, no one is liberated, nor is egotistical pride eradicated. ||2||

³⁵The mortal may churn water until he is sore, but how can butter be produced?

³⁶Without meeting the Guru, no one is liberated, and the Lord of the Universe is not met. ||3||

¹Searching and searching, I have come to this realization: all peace and bliss are in the Name of the Lord.

²Says Nanak, he alone receives it, upon whose forehead such destiny is inscribed. ||4||11||

³Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

⁴Night and day, utter the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

⁵You shall obtain all wealth, all pleasures and successes, and the fruits of your mind's desires. ||1||Pause||

⁶Come, O Saints, let us meditate in remembrance on God; He is the Eternal, Imperishable Giver of Peace and Praanaa, the Breath of Life.

⁷Master of the masterless, Destroyer of the pains of the meek and the poor; He is All-pervading and permeating, abiding in all hearts. ||1||

⁸The very fortunate ones drink in the Sublime Essence of the Lord, singing, reciting and listening to the Lord's Praises.

⁹All their sufferings and struggles are wiped away from their bodies; they remain lovingly awake and aware in the Name of the Lord. ||2||

¹⁰So abandon your sexual desire, greed, falsehood and slander; meditating in remembrance on the Lord, you shall be released from bondage.

¹¹The intoxication of loving attachments, egotism and blind possessiveness are eradicated by Guru's Grace. ||3||

¹²You are All-Powerful, O Supreme Lord God and Master; please be Merciful to Your humble servant.

¹³My Lord and Master is All-pervading and prevailing everywhere; O Nanak, God is Near. ||4||12||

¹⁴Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁵I am a sacrifice to the Feet of the Divine Guru.

¹⁶I meditate with Him on the Supreme Lord God; His Teachings have emancipated me. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷All pains, diseases and fears are erased, for one who comes to the Sanctuary of the Lord's Saints.

¹⁸He Himself chants, and inspires others to chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord. He is Utterly All-Powerful; He carries us across to the other side. ||1||

¹⁹His Mantra drives out cynicism, and totally fills the empty one.

²⁰Those who obey the Order of the Lord's slaves, do not enter into the womb of reincarnation ever again. ||2||

²¹Whoever works for the Lord's devotees and sings His Praises - his pains of birth and death are taken away.

²²Those unto whom my Beloved becomes Merciful, endure the Unendurable Ecstasy of the Lord, Har, Har. ||3||

²³Those who are satisfied by the Sublime Essence of the Lord, merge intuitively into the Lord; no mouth can describe their state.

²⁴By Guru's Grace, O Nanak, they are content; chanting and meditating on God's Name, they are saved. ||4||13||

²⁵Saarang, Fifth Mehla:

²⁶I sing, O I sing the Songs of Joy of my Lord, the Treasure of Virtue.

²⁷Fortunate is the time, fortunate is the day and the moment, when I become pleasing to the Lord of the World. ||1||Pause||

²⁸I touch my forehead to the Feet of the Saints.

²⁹The Saints have placed their hands on my forehead. ||1||

³⁰My mind is filled with the Mantra of the Holy Saints,

³¹and I have risen above the three qualities||2||

³²Gazing upon the Blessed Vision, the Darshan of God's devotees, my eyes are filled with love.

³³Greed and attachment are gone, along with doubt. ||3||

³⁴Says Nanak, I have found intuitive peace, poise and bliss.

³⁵Tearing down the wall, I have met the Lord, the Embodiment of Supreme Bliss. ||4||14||

³⁶Saarang, Fifth Mehl, Second House:

³⁷One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³⁸How can I express the pain of my soul?

³⁹I am so thirsty for the Blessed Vision, the Darshan of my Enticing and Lovely Beloved. My mind cannot survive - it yearns for Him in so many ways. ||1||Pause||

¹I think thoughts of Him; I miss the Love of my Beloved. When will I obtain the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan?

²I try, but this mind is not encouraged. Is there any Saint who can lead me to God? ||1||

³Chanting, penance, self-control, good deeds and charity - I sacrifice all these in fire; I dedicate all peace and places to Him.

⁴One who helps me to behold the Blessed Vision of my Beloved, for even an instant - I am a sacrifice to that Saint. ||2||

⁵I offer all my prayers and entreaties to him; I serve him, day and night.

⁶I have renounced all pride and egotism; he tells me the stories of my Beloved. ||3||

⁷I am wonder-struck, gazing upon the wondrous play of God. The Guru, the True Guru, has led me to meet the Primal Lord.

⁸I have found God, my Merciful Loving Lord, within the home of my own heart. O Nanak, the fire within me has been quenched. ||4||1||15||

⁹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁰You fool, why are you not meditating on the Lord now?

¹¹In the awful hell of the fire of the womb, you did penance, upside-down; each and every instant, you sang His Glorious Praises. ||1||Pause||

¹²You wandered through countless incarnations, until finally you attained this priceless human birth.

¹³Leaving the womb, you were born, and when you came out, you became attached to other places. ||1||

¹⁴You practiced evil and fraud day and night, and did useless deeds.

¹⁵You thrash the straw, but it has no wheat; running around and hurrying, you obtain only pain. ||2||

¹⁶The false person is attached to falsehood; he is entangled with transitory things.

¹⁷And when the Righteous Judge of Dharma seizes you, O madman, you shall arise and depart with your face blackened. ||3||

¹⁸He alone meets with God, whom God Himself meets, by such pre-ordained destiny written on his forehead.

¹⁹Says Nanak, I am a sacrifice to that humble being, who remains unattached within his mind. ||4||2||16||

²⁰Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²¹How can I live without my Beloved, O my mother?

²²Separated from Him, the mortal becomes a corpse, and is not allowed to remain within the house. ||1||Pause||

²³He is the Giver of the soul, the heart, the breath of life. Being with Him, we are embellished with joy.

²⁴Please bless me with Your Gace, O Saint, that I may sing the songs of joyful praise to my God. ||1||

²⁵I touch my forehead to the feet of the Saints. My eyes long for their dust.

²⁶By His Grace, we meet God; O Nanak, I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice to Him. ||2||3||17||

²⁷Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²⁸I am a sacrifice to that occasion.

²⁹Twenty-four hours a day, I meditate in remembrance on my God; by great good fortune, I have found the Lord. ||1||Pause||

³⁰Kabeer is good, the slave of the Lord's slaves; the humble barber Sain is sublime.

³¹Highest of the high is Naam Dayv, who looked upon all alike; Ravi Daas was in tune with the Lord. ||1||

³²My soul, body and wealth belong to the Saints; my mind longs for the dust of the Saints.

³³And by the radiant Grace of the Saints, all my doubts have been erased. O Nanak, I have met the Lord. ||2||4||18||

³⁴Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³⁵The True Guru fulfills the mind's desires.

¹All wealth and treasures are obtained by remembering Him in meditation; twenty-four hours a day, O my mind, meditate on Him. ||1||Pause||

²Your Name is Ambrosial Nectar, O my Lord and Master. Whoever drinks it in is satisfied.

³The sins of countless incarnations are erased, and hereafter, he shall be saved and redeemed in the Court of the Lord. ||1||

⁴I have come to Your Sanctuary, O Creator, O Perfect Supreme Eternal Lord God.

⁵Please be kind to me, that I may meditate on Your Lotus Feet. O Nanak, my mind and body thirst for the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan. ||2||5||19||

⁶Saarang, Fifth Mehl, Third House:

⁷One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁸O my mind, why are you lured away by otherness?

⁹Here and hereafter, God is forever your Help and Support. He is your soul-mate; He will help you succeed. ||1||Pause||

¹⁰The Name of your Beloved Lover, the Fascinating Lord, is Ambrosial Nectar. Drinking it in, you shall find satisfaction.

¹¹The Being of Immortal Manifestation is found in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. Meditate on Him in that most sublime place. ||1||

¹²The Bani, the Word of the Supreme Lord God, is the greatest Mantra of all. It eradicates pride from the mind.

¹³Searching, Nanak found the home of peace and bliss in the Name of the Lord. ||2||1||20||

¹⁴Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁵O my mind, sing forever the Songs of Joy of the Lord of the Universe.

¹⁶All your disease, sorrow and sin will be erased, if you meditate on the Lord's Name, even for an instant. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷Abandon all your clever tricks; go and enter the Sanctuary of the Holy.

¹⁸When the Lord, the Destroyer of the pains of the poor becomes merciful, the Messenger of Death is changed into the Righteous Judge of Dharma. ||1||

¹⁹Without the One Lord, there is no other at all. No one else can equal Him.

²⁰The Lord is Nanak's Mother, Father and Sibling, the Giver of Peace, his Breath of Life. ||2||2||21||

²¹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²²The Lord's humble servant saves those who accompany him.

²³Their minds are sanctified and rendered pure, and they are rid of the pains of countless incarnations. ||1||Pause||

²⁴Those who walk on the path find peace; they are saved, along with those who speak with them.

²⁵Even those who are drowning in the horrible, deep dark pit are carried across in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||1||

²⁶Those who have such high destiny turn their faces toward the Saadh Sangat.

²⁷Nanak longs for the dust of their feet; O God, please shower Your Mercy on me! ||2||3||22||

²⁸Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²⁹The humble servant of the Lord meditates on the Lord, Raam, Raam, Raam.

³⁰One who enjoys peace in the Company of the Holy, even for an instant, obtains millions of heavenly paradises. ||1||Pause||

³¹This human body, so difficult to obtain, is sanctified by meditating on the Lord. It takes away the fear of death.

³²Even the sins of terrible sinners are washed away, by cherishing the Lord's Name within the heart. ||1||

³³Whoever listens to the Immaculate Praises of the Lord - his pains of birth and death are dispelled.

³⁴Says Nanak, the Lord is found by great good fortune, and then the mind and body blossom forth. ||2||4||23||

¹Saarang, Fifth Mehl, Dho-Padhay, Fourth House:

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

³O my Fascinating Lord, I pray to You: come into my house.

⁴I act in pride, and speak in pride. I am mistaken and wrong, but I am still Your hand-maiden, O my Beloved. ||1||Pause||

⁵I hear that You are near, but I cannot see You. I wander in suffering, deluded by doubt.

⁶The Guru has become merciful to me; He has removed the veils. Meeting with my Beloved, my mind blossoms forth in abundance. ||1||

⁷If I were to forget my Lord and Master, even for an instant, it would be like millions of days, tens of thousands of years.

⁸When I joined the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, O Nanak, I met my Lord. ||2||1||24||

⁹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁰Now what should I think? I have given up thinking.

¹¹You do whatever You wish to do. Please bless me with Your Name - I am a sacrifice to You. ||1||Pause||

¹²The poison of corruption is flowering forth in the four directions; I have taken the GurMantra as my antidote.

¹³Giving me His Hand, He has saved me as His Own; like the lotus in the water, I remain unattached. ||1||

¹⁴I am nothing. What am I? You hold all in Your Power.

¹⁵Nanak has run to Your Sanctuary, Lord; please save him, for the sake of Your Saints. ||2||2||25||

¹⁶Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁷Now I have abandoned all efforts and devices.

¹⁸My Lord and Master is the All-powerful Creator, the Cause of causes, my only Saving Grace. ||1||Pause||

¹⁹I have seen numerous forms of incomparable beauty, but nothing is like You.

²⁰You give Your Support to all, O my Lord and Master; You are the Giver of peace, of the soul and the breath of life. ||1||

²¹Wandering, wandering, I grew so tired; meeting the Guru, I fell at His Feet.

²²Says Nanak, I have found total peace; this life-night of mine passes in peace. ||2||3||26||

²³Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²⁴Now I have found the Support of my Lord.

²⁵The Guru, the Giver of peace, has become merciful to me. I was blind - I see the jewel of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

²⁶I have cut away the darkness of ignorance and become immaculate; my discriminationg intellect has blossomed forth.

²⁷As the waves of water and the foam become water again, the Lord and His servant become One. ||1||

²⁸He is taken in again, into what from which he came; all is one in the One Lord.

²⁹O Nanak, I have come to see the Master of the breath of life, all-pervading everywhere. ||2||4||27||

³⁰Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³¹My mind longs for the One Beloved Lord.

³²I have looked everywhere in every country, but nothing equals even a hair of my Beloved. ||1||Pause||

³³All sorts of delicacies and dainties are placed before me, but I do not even want to look at them.

³⁴I long for the sublime essence of the Lord, calling, "Pri-o! Pri-o! - Beloved! Beloved!", like the Bumble bee longing for the lotus flower. ||1||

¹The Treasure of Virtue, the Enticer of the mind, my Beloved is the Giver of peace to all.

²Guru Nanak has led me to You, O God. Join with me, O my Best Friend, and hold me close in Your Embrace. ||2||5||28||

³Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

⁴Now my mind is pleased and appeased by my Lord and Master.

⁵The Holy Saint has become kind and compassionate to me, and has destroyed this demon of duality. ||1||Pause||

⁶You are so beautiful, and You are so wise; You are elegant and all-knowing.

⁷All the Yogis, spiritual teachers and meditators do not know even a bit of Your value. ||1||

⁸You are the Master, You are the Lord under the royal canopy; You are the perfectly pervading Lord God.

⁹Please bless me with the gift of service to the Saints; O Nanak, I am a sacrifice to the Lord. ||2||6||29||

¹⁰Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹¹The Love of my Beloved comes into my conscious mind.

¹²I have forgotten the entangling affairs of Maya, and I spend my life-night fighting with evil. ||1||Pause||

¹³I serve the Lord; the Lord abides within my heart. I have found my Lord in the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation.

¹⁴So I have met with my enticingly beautiful Beloved; I have obtained the peace which I asked for. ||1||

¹⁵The Guru has brought my Beloved under my control, and I enjoy Him with unrestrained pleasure.

¹⁶I have become fearless; O Nanak, my fears have been eradicated. Chanting the Word, I have found the Lord. ||2||7||30||

¹⁷Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁸I am a sacrifice to the Blessed Vision, the Darshan of my Dear Lord.

¹⁹The Naad, the Sound-current of His Word fills my ears; my body has settled gently into the Lap of my Beloved. ||1||Pause||

²⁰I was a discarded bride, and the Guru has made me a happy soul-bride. I have found the Elegant and All-knowing Lord.

²¹That home, in which I was not even allowed to sit - I have found that place in which I can dwell. ||1||

²²God, the Love of His devotees, has come under the control of those who protect the honor of His Saints.

²³Says Nanak, my mid is pleased and appeased with the Lord, and my subservience to other people has come to an end. ||2||8||31||

²⁴Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²⁵Now my association with the five thieves has come to an end.

²⁶Gazing upon the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan, my mind is in ecstasy; by Guru's Grace, I am released. ||1||Pause||

²⁷The impregnable place is guarded by countless ramparts and warriors.

²⁸This impregnable fortress cannot be touched, but with the assistance of the Saints, I have entered and robbed it. ||1||

²⁹I have found such a great treasure, a priceless, inexhaustible supply of jewels.

³⁰O servant Nanak, when God showered His Mercy on me, my mind drank in the sublime essence of the Lord. ||2||9||32||

³¹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³²Now my mind is absorbed in my Lord and Master.

³³The Perfect Guru has blessed me with the gift of the breath of life. I am involved with the Lord, like the fish with the water. ||1||Pause||

³⁴I have cast out sexual desire, anger, greed, egotism and envy; I have offered all this as a gift.

³⁵The Guru has implanted the medicine of the Lord's Mantra within me, and I have met with the All-knowing Lord God. ||1||

³⁶My household belongs to You, O my Lord and Master; the Guru has blessed me with God, and rid me of egotism.

¹Says Nanak, I have found the Lord with intuitive ease, within the home of my own heart. Devotional worship of the Lord is a treasure over-flowing. ||2||10||33||

²Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³O my Enticing Lord, all beings are Yours - You save them.

⁴Even a tiny bit of Your Mercy ends all cruelty and tyranny. You save and redeem millions of universes. ||1||Pause||

⁵I offer countless prayers; I remember You each and every instant.

⁶Please be merciful to me, O Destroyer of the pains of the poor; please give me Your hand and save me. ||1||

⁷And what about these poor kings? Tell me, who can they kill?

⁸Save me, save me, save me, O Giver of peace; O Nanak, all the world is Yours. ||2||11||34||

⁹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁰Now I have obtained the wealth of the Lord's Name.

¹¹I have become carefree, and all my thirsty desires are satisfied. Such is the destiny written on my forehead. ||1||Pause||

¹²Searching and searching, I became depressed; I wandered all around, and finally came back to my body-village.

¹³The Merciful Guru made this deal, and I have obtained the priceless jewel. ||1||

¹⁴The other deals and trades which I did, brought only sorrow and suffering.

¹⁵Fearless are those traders who deal in meditation on the Lord of the Universe. O Nanak, the Lord's Name is their capital. ||2||12||35||

¹⁶Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁷The Speech of my Beloved seems so sweet to my mind.

¹⁸The Guru has taken hold of my arm, and linked me to God's service. My Beloved Lord is forever merciful to me. ||1||Pause||

¹⁹O God, You are my Lord and Master; You are the Cherisher of all. My wife and I are totally Your slaves.

²⁰You are all my honor and power - You are. Your Name is my only Support. ||1||

²¹If You seat me on the throne, then I am Your slave. If You make me a grass-cutter, then what can I say?

²²Servant Nanak's God is the Primal Lord, the Architect of Destiny, Unfathomable and Immeasurable. ||2||13||36||

²³Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²⁴The tongue becomes beautiful, uttering the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

²⁵In an instant, He creates and destroys. Gazing upon His Wondrous Plays, my mind is fascinated. ||1||Pause||

²⁶Listening to His Praises, my mind is in utter ecstasy, and my heart is rid of pride and pain.

²⁷I have found peace, and my pains have been taken away, since I became one with God. ||1||

²⁸Sinful resides have been wiped away, and my mind is immaculate. The Guru has lifted me up and pulled me out of the deception of Maya.

²⁹Says Nanak, I have found God, the All-powerful Creator, the Cause of causes. ||2||14||37||

³⁰Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³¹With my eyes, I have seen the marvellous wonders of the Lord.

³²He is far from all, and yet near to all. He is Inaccessible and Unfathomable, and yet He dwells in the heart. ||1||Pause||

³³The Infallible Lord never makes a mistake. He does not have to write His Orders, and He does not have to consult with anyone.

³⁴In an instant, He creates, embellishes and destroys. He is the Lover of His devotees, the Treasure of Excellence. ||1||

³⁵Lighting the lamp in the deep dark pit, the Guru illumines and enlightens the heart.

¹Says Nanak, gazing upon the Blessed Vision of His Darshan, I have found peace, and all my hopes have been fulfilled. ||2||15||38||

²Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³The most beautiful path for the feet is to follow the Lord of the Universe.

⁴The more you walk on any other path, the more you suffer in pain. ||1||Pause||

⁵The eyes are sanctified, gazing upon the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan. Serving Him, the hands are sanctified.

⁶The heart is sanctified, when the Lord abides within the heart; that forehead which touches the dust of the feet of the Saints is sanctified. ||1||

⁷All treasures are in the Name of the Lord, Har, Har; he alone obtains it, who has it written in his karma.

⁸Servant Nanak has met with the Perfect Guru; he passes his life-night in peace, poise and pleasure. ||2||16||39||

⁹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁰Meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord; at the very last instant, it shall be your Help and Support.

¹¹In that place where your mother, father, children and siblings shall be of no use to you at all, there, the Name alone shall save you. ||1||Pause||

¹²He alone meditates on the Lord in the deep dark pit of his own household, upon whose forehead such destiny is written.

¹³His bonds are loosened, and the Guru liberates him. He sees You, O Lord, everywhere. ||1||

¹⁴Drinking in the Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam, his mind is satisfied. Tasting it, his tongue is satiated.

¹⁵Says Nanak, I have obtained celestial peace and poise; the Guru has quenched all my thirst. ||2||17||40||

¹⁶Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁷Meeting the Guru, I meditate on God in such a way,

¹⁸that He has become kind and compassionate to me. He is the Destroyer of pain; He does not allow the hot wind to even touch me. ||1||Pause||

¹⁹With each and every breath I take, I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

²⁰He is not separated from me, even for an instant, and I never forget Him. He is always with me, wherever I go. ||1||

²¹I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice, a sacrifice, a sacrifice to His Lotus Feet. I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice to the Blessed Vision of the Guru's Darshan.

²²Says Nanak, I do not care about anything else; I have found the Lord, the Ocean of peace. ||2||18||41||

²³Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²⁴The Word of the Guru's Shabad seems so sweet to my mind.

²⁵My karma has been activated, and the Divine Radiance of the Lord, Har, Har, is manifest in each and every heart. ||1||Pause||

²⁶The Supreme Lord God, beyond birth, Self-existent, is seated within every heart everywhere.

²⁷I have come to obtain the Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice to the Lotus Feet of God. ||1||

²⁸I anoint my forehead with the dust of the Society of the Saints; it is as if I have bathed at all the sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

²⁹Says Nanak, I am dyed in the deep crimson color of His Love; the Love of my Lord shall never fade away. ||2||19||42||

³⁰Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³¹The Guru has given me the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, as my Companion.

³²If the Word of God dwells within my heart for even an instant, all my hunger is relieved. ||1||Pause||

³³O Treasure of Mercy, Master of Excellence, my Lord and Master, Ocean of peace, Lord of all.

³⁴My hopes rest in You alone, O my Lord and Master; hope in anything else is useless. ||1||

³⁵My eyes were satisfied and fulfilled, gazing upon the Blessed Vision of His Darshan, when the Guru placed His Hand on my forehead.

¹Says Nanak, I have found immeasurable peace; my fear of birth and death is gone. ||2||20||43||

²Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³You fool: why are you going somewhere else?

⁴The Enticing Ambrosial Amrit is with you, but you are deluded, totally deluded, and you eat poison. ||1||Pause||

⁵God is Beautiful, Wise and Incomparable; He is the Creator, the Architect of Destiny, but you have no love for Him.

⁶The mad-man's mind is enticed by Maya, the enticer; he has taken the intoxicating drug of falsehood. ||1||

⁷The Destroyer of pain has become kind and compassionate to me, and I am in tune with the Saints.

⁸I have obtained all treasures within the home of my own heart; says Nanak, my light has merged into the Light. ||2||21||44||

⁹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁰My consciousness has loved my Beloved God, since the very beginning of time.

¹¹When You blessed me with the Teachings, O my True Guru, I was embellished with beauty. ||1||Pause||

¹²I am mistaken; You are never mistaken. I am a sinner; You are the Saving Grace of sinners.

¹³I am a lowly thorn-tree, and You are the sandalwood tree. Please preserve my honor by staying with me; please stay with me. ||1||

¹⁴You are deep and profound, calm and benevolent. What am I? Just a poor helpless being.

¹⁵The Merciful Guru Nanak has united me with the Lord. I lay on His Bed of Peace. ||2||22||45||

¹⁶Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁷O my mind, blessed and approved is that day,

¹⁸and fruitful is that hour, and lucky is that moment, when the True Guru blesses me with spirtual wisdom. ||1||Pause||

¹⁹Blessed is my good destiny, and blessed is my Husband Lord. Blessed are those upon whom honor is bestowed.

²⁰This body is Yours, all my home and wealth are Yours; I offer my heart as a sacrifice to You. ||1||

²¹I obtain tens of thousands and millions of regal pleasures, if I gaze upon Your Blessed Vision, even for an instant.

²²When You, O God, say, "My servant, stay here with me", Nanak knows unlimited peace. ||2||23||46||

²³Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²⁴Now I am rid of my skepticism and sorrow.

²⁵I have abandoned and forsaken all other efforts, and come to the Sanctuary of the True Guru. ||1||Pause||

²⁶I have attained total perfection, and all my works are perfectly completed; the illness of egotism has been totally eradicated.

²⁷Millions of sins are destroyed in an instant; meeting with the Guru, I chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||1||

²⁸Subduing the five thieves, he Guru has made them my slaves; my mind has become stable and steady and fearless.

²⁹It does not come or go in reincarnation; it does not waver or wander anywhere. O Nanak, my empire is eternal. ||2||24||47||

³⁰Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³¹Here and hereafter, God is forever my Help and Support.

³²He is the Enticer of my mind, the Beloved of my soul. What Glorious Praises of His can I sing and chant? ||1||Pause||

³³He plays with me, He fondles and caresses me. Forever and ever, He blesses me with bliss.

³⁴He cherishes me, like the father and the mother love their child. ||1||

³⁵I cannot survive without Him, even for an instant; I shall never forget Him.

¹Says Nanak, joining the Society of the Saints, I am enraptured, lovingly attuned to my Lord. ||2||25||48||

²Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³Sing of your Lord and Master, your Best Friend.

⁴Do not place your hopes in anyone else; meditate on God, the Giver of peace. ||1||Pause||

⁵Peace, joy and salvation are in His Home. Seek the Protection of His Sanctuary.

⁶But if you forsake Him, and serve mortal beings, your honor will dissolve like salt in water. ||1||

⁷I have grasped the Anchor and Support of my Lord and Master; meeting with the Guru, I have found wisdom and understanding.

⁸Nanak has met God, the Treasure of Excellence; all dependence on others is gone. ||2||26||49||

⁹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁰I have the Almighty Support of my Dear Lord God.

¹¹I do not look up to anyone else. My honor and glory are Yours, O God. ||1||Pause||

¹²God has taken my side; He has lifted me up and pulled me out of the whirlpool of corruption.

¹³He has poured the medicine of the Naam, the Ambrosial Name of the Lord, into my mouth; I have fallen at the Guru's Feet. ||1||

¹⁴How can I praise You with only one mouth? You are generous, even to the unworthy.

¹⁵You cut away the noose, and now You own me; Nanak is blessed with myriad joys. ||2||27||50||

¹⁶Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁷Remembering God in meditation, pains are dispelled.

¹⁸When the Giver of peace to the soul becomes merciful, the mortal is totally redeemed. ||1||Pause||

¹⁹I know of none other than God; tell me, who else should I approach?

²⁰As You know me, so do You keep me, O my Lord and Master.I have surrendered everything to You. ||1||

²¹God gave me His Hand and saved me; He has blessed me with eternal life.

²²Says Nanak, my mind is in ecstasy; the noose of death has been cut away from my neck. ||2||28||51||

²³Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²⁴My mind contemplates You, O Lord, all the time.

²⁵I am Your meek and helpless child; You are God my Father. As You know me, You save me. ||1||Pause||

²⁶When I am hungry, I ask for food; when I am full, I am totally at peace.

²⁷When I dwell with You, I am free of disease; if I become separated from You, I turn to dust. ||1||

²⁸What power does the slave of Your slave have, O Establisher and Disestablisher?

²⁹If I do not forget the Naam, the Name of the Lord, then I die. Nanak offers this prayer. ||2||29||52||

³⁰Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³¹I have shaken off fear and dread from my mind.

³²With intuitive ease, peace and poise, I sing the Glorious Praises of my Kind, Sweet, Darling Beloved. ||1||Pause||

³³Practicing the Guru's Word, by His Grace, I do not wander anywhere anymore.

³⁴The illusion has been dispelled; I am in Samaadhi, Sukh-aasan, the position of peace. I have found the Lord, the Lover of His devotees, within the home of my own heart. ||1||

³⁵| The Sound-current of the Naad, playful joys and pleasures - I am intuitively, easily absorbed into the Celestial Lord.

³⁶He Himself is the Creator, the Cause of causes. Says Nanak, He Himself is All-in-all. ||2||30||53||

¹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²The Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is the Support of the mind.

³I am a sacrifice to the One who gave it to me; I humbly bow to the Perfect Guru. ||1||Pause||

⁴My thirst is quenched, and I have been intuitively embellished. The poisons of sexual desire and anger have been burnt away.

⁵This mind does not come and go; it abides in that place, where the Formless Lord sits. ||1||

⁶The One Lord is manifest and radiant; the One Lord is hidden and mysterious. The One Lord is abysmal darkness.

⁷From the beginning, throughout the middle and until the end, is God. Says Nanak, reflect on the Truth. ||2||31||54||

⁸Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

⁹Without God, I cannot survive, even for an instant.

¹⁰One who finds joy in the Lord finds total peace and perfection. ||1||Pause||

¹¹God is the Embodiment of bliss, the Breath of Life and Wealth; remembering Him in meditation, I am blessed with absolute bliss.

¹²He is utterly All-powerful, with me forever and ever; what tongue can utter His Glorious Praises? ||1||

¹³His Place is sacred, and His Glory is sacred; sacred are those who listen and speak of Him.

¹⁴Says Nanak, that dwelling is sacred, in which Your Saints live. ||2||32||55||

¹⁵Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁶My tongue chants Your Name, Your Name.

¹⁷In the mother's womb, You sustained me, and in this mortal world, You alone help me. ||1||Pause||

¹⁸You are my Father, and You are my Mother; You are my Loving Friend and Sibling.

¹⁹You are my Family, and You are my Support. You are the Giver of the Breath of Life. ||1||

²⁰You are my Treasure, and You are my Wealth. You are my Gems and Jewels.

²¹You are the wish-fulfilling Elysian Tree. Nanak has found You through the Guru, and now he is enraptured. ||2||33||56||

²²Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²³Wherever he goes, his consciousness turns to his own.

²⁴Whoever is a chaylaa (a servant) goes only to his Lord and Master. ||1||Pause||

²⁵He shares his sorrows, his joys and his condition only with his own.

²⁶He obtains honor from his own, and strength from his own; he gets an advantage from his own. ||1||

²⁷Some have regal power, youth, wealth and property; some have a father and a mother.

²⁸I have obtained all things, O Nanak, from the Guru. My hopes have been fulfilled. ||2||34||57||

²⁹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³⁰False is intoxication and pride in Maya.

³¹Get rid of your fraud and attachment, O wretched mortal, and remember that the Lord of the World is with you. ||1||Pause||

³²False are royal powers, youth, nobility, kings, rulers and aristocrats.

³³False are the fine clothes, perfumes and clever tricks; false are the foods and drinks. ||1||

³⁴O Patron of the meek and the poor, I am the slave of Your slaves; I seek the Sanctuary of Your Saints.

³⁵I humbly ask, I beg of You, please relieve my anxiety; O Lord of Life, please unite Nanak with Yourself. ||2||35||58||

³⁶Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³⁷By himself, the mortal cannot accomplish anything.

³⁸He runs around chasing all sorts of projects, engrossed in other entanglements. ||1||Pause||

³⁹His companions of these few days will not be there when he is in trouble.

¹He is hand and glove with those who are of no use to him; the poor wretch is affectionately involved with them. ||1||

²I am nothing; nothing belongs to me. I have no power or control.

³O Creator, Cause of causes, Lord God of Nanak, I am saved and redeemed in the Society of the Saints. ||2||36||59||

⁴Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

⁵The Great Enticer Maya keeps enticing, and cannot be stopped.

⁶She is the Beloved of all the Siddhas and seekers; no one can fend her off. ||1||Pause||

⁷Reciting the six Shaastras and visiting sacred shrines of pilgrimage do not decrease her power.

⁸Devotional worship, ceremonial religious marks, fasting, vows and penance - none of these will make her release her hold. ||1||

⁹The world has fallen into the deep dark pit. O Saints, please bless me with the supreme status of salvation.

¹⁰In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, Nanak has been liberated, gazing upon the Blessed Vision of their Darshan, even for an instant. ||2||37||60||

¹¹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹²Why are you working so hard to earn profits?

¹³You are puffed up like a bag of air, and your skin is very brittle. Your body has grown old and dusty. ||1||Pause||

¹⁴You move things from here to there, like the hawk swooping down on the flesh of its prey.

¹⁵You are blind - you have forgotten the Great Giver. You fill your belly like a traveller at an inn. ||1||

¹⁶You are entangled in the taste of false pleasures and corrupt sins; the path which you have to take is very narrow.

¹⁷Says Nanak: figure it out, you ignorant fool! Today or tomorrow, the knot will be untied! ||2||38||61||

¹⁸Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁹O Dear Guru, by associating with You, I have come to know the Lord.

²⁰There are millions of heroes, and no one pays any attention to them, but in the Court of the Lord, I am honored and respected. ||1||Pause||

²¹What is the origin of the human beings? How beautiful they are!

²²When God infuses His Light into clay, the human body is judged to be precious. ||1||

²³From You, I have learned to serve; from You, I have learned to chant and meditate; from You, I have realized the essence of reality.

²⁴Placing His Hand on my forehead, He has cut away the bonds which held me; O Nanak, I am the slave of His slaves. ||2||39||62||

²⁵Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²⁶The Lord has blessed His servant with His Name.

²⁷What can any poor mortal do to someone who has the Lord as his Savior and Protector? ||1||Pause||

²⁸He Himself is the Great Being; He Himself is the Leader. He Himself accomplishes the tasks of His servant.

²⁹Our Lord and Master destroys all demons; He is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts. ||1||

³⁰He Himself saves the honor of His servants; He Himself blesses them with stability.

³¹From the very beginning of time, and throughout the ages, He saves His servants. O Nanak, how rare is the person who knows God. ||2||40||63||

³²Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³³O Lord, You are my Best Friend, my Companion, my Breath of Life.

³⁴My mind, wealth, body and soul are all Yours; this body is sewn together by Your Blessing. ||1||Pause||

³⁵You have blessed me with all sorts of gifts; you have blessed me with honor and respect.

³⁶Forever and ever, You preserve my honor, O Inner-knower, O Searcher of hearts. ||1||

¹Those Saints who know You, O Lord and Master - blessed and approved is their coming into the world.

²The Congregation of those humble beings is obtained by great good fortune; Nanak is a sacrifice to the Saints. ||2||41||64||

³Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

⁴Save me, O Merciful Saint!

⁵You are the All-powerful Cause of causes. You have ended my separation, and joined me with God. ||1||Pause||

⁶You save us from the corruption and sins of countless incarnations; associating with You, we obtain sublime understanding.

⁷Forgetting God, we wandered through countless incarnations; with each and every breath, we sing the Lord's Praises. ||1||

⁸Whoever meets with the Holy Saints - those sinners are sanctified.

⁹Says Nanak, those who have such high destiny, win this invaluable human life. ||2||42||65||

¹⁰Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹¹O my Lord and Master, Your humble servant has come to offer this prayer.

¹²Hearing Your Name, I am blessed with total peace, bliss, poise and pleasure. ||1||Pause||

¹³The Treasure of Mercy, the Ocean of Peace - His Praises are diffused everywhere.

¹⁴O Lord, You celebrate in the Society of the Saints; You reveal Yourself to them. ||1||

¹⁵With my eyes I see the Saints, and dedicate myself to serving them; I wash their feet with my hair.

¹⁶Twenty-four hours a day, I gaze upon the Blessed Vision, the Darshan of the Saints; this is the peace and comfort which Nanak has received. ||2||43||66||

¹⁷Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁸One who is lovingly absorbed in the Lord's Name

¹⁹is a good-hearted friend, intuitively embellished with happiness. He is said to be blessed and fortunate. ||1||Pause||

²⁰He is rid of sin and corruption, and detached from Maya; he has renounced the poison of egotistical intellect.

²¹He thirsts for the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan, and he places his hopes in the One Lord alone. The Feet of his Beloved are the Support of his heart. ||1||

²²He sleeps, wakes, rises up and sits down without anxiety; he laughs and cries without anxiety.

²³Says Nanak, she who has cheated the world - that Maya is cheated by the humble servant of the Lord. ||2||44||67||

²⁴Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²⁵Now, no one complains about the Lord's humble servant.

²⁶Whoever tries to complain is destroyed by the Guru, the Transcendent Lord God. ||1||Pause||

²⁷Whoever harbors vengeance against the One who is beyond all vengenace, shall lose in the Court of the Lord.

²⁸From the very beginning of time, and throughout the ages, it is the glorious greatness of God, that He preserves the honor of His humble servants. ||1||

²⁹The mortal becomes fearless, and all his fears are taken away, when he leans on the Support of the Lord's Lotus Feet.

³⁰Chanting the Name, through the Guru's Word, Nanak has become famous throughout the world. ||2||45||68||

³¹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³²The Lord's humble servant has discarded all self-conceit.

³³As You see fit, You save us, O Lord of the World. Beholding Your Glorious Grandeur, I live. ||1||Pause||

³⁴Through the Guru's Instruction, and the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, all sorrow and suffering is taken away.

³⁵I look upon friend and enemy alike; all that I speak is the Lord's meditation. ||1||

³⁶The fire within me is quenched; I am cool, calm and tranquil. Hearing the unstruck celestial melody, I am wonder-struck and amazed.

³⁷I am in ecstasy, O Nanak, and my mind is filled with Truth, through the perfect perfection of the Sound-current of the Naad. ||2||46||69||

¹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²My Guru has rid me of my cynicism.

³I am a sacrifice to that Guru; I am devoted to Him, forever and ever. ||1||Pause||

⁴I chant the Guru's Name day and night; I enshrine the Guru's Feet within my mind.

⁵I bathe continually in the dust of the Guru's Feet, washing off my dirty sins. ||1||

⁶I continually serve the Perfect Guru; I humbly bow to my Guru.

⁷The Perfect Guru has blessed me with all fruitful rewards; O Nanak, the Guru has emancipated me. ||2||47||70||

⁸Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

⁹Meditating in remembrance on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the mortal attains salvation.

¹⁰His sorrows are dispelled, and his fears are all erased; he is in love with the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||1||Pause||

¹¹His mind worships and adores the Lord, Har, Har, Har, Har; his tongue sings the Praises of the Lord.

¹²Abandoning egotistical pride, sexual desire, anger and slander, he embraces love for the Lord. ||1||

¹³Worship and adore the Merciful Lord God; chanting the Name of the Lord of the Universe, you shall be embellished and exalted.

¹⁴Says Nanak, whoever becomes the dust of all, merges in the Blesed Vision of the Lord, Har, Har. ||2||48||71||

¹⁵Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁶I am a sacrifice to my Perfect Guru.

¹⁷My Savior Lord has saved me; He has revealed the Glory of His Name. ||1||Pause||

¹⁸He makes His servants and slaves fearless, and takes away all their pain.

¹⁹So renounce all other efforts, and enshrine the Lord's Lotus Feet within your mind. ||1||

²⁰God is the Support of the breath of life, my Best Friend and Companion, the One and Only Creator of the Universe.

²¹Nanak's Lord and Master is the Highest of all; again and again, I humbly bow to Him. ||2||49||72||

²²Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²³Tell me: other than the Lord, who exists?

²⁴The Creator, the Embodiment of Mercy, bestows all comforts; meditate forever on that God. ||1||Pause||

²⁵All creatures are strung on His Thread; sing the Praises of that God.

²⁶Meditate in remembrance on that Lord and Master who gives you everything. Why would you go to anyone else? ||1||

²⁷Service to my Lord and Master is fruitful and rewarding; from Him, you shall obtain the fruits of your mind's desires.

²⁸Says Nanak, take your profits and leave; you shall go to your true home in peace. ||2||50||73||

²⁹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³⁰O my Lord and Master, I have come to Your Sanctuary.

³¹The anxiety of my mind departed, when I gazed upon the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan. ||1||Pause||

³²You know my condition, without my speaking. You inspire me to chant Your Name.

³³My pains are gone, and I am absorbed in peace, poise and bliss, singing Your Glorious Praises. ||1||

³⁴Taking me by the arm, You lifted me up, out of the deep dark pit of household and Maya.

³⁵Says Nanak, the Guru has broken my bonds, and ended my separation; He has united me with God. ||2||51||74||

¹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²The Name of the Lord is cooling and soothing.

³Searching, searching the Vedas, the Puraanas and the Simritees, the Holy Saints have realized this. ||1||Pause||

⁴In the worlds of Shiva, Brahma and Indra, I wandered around, burning up with envy.

⁵Meditating, meditating in remembrance on my Lord and Master, I became cool and calm; my pains, sorrows and doubts are gone. ||1||

⁶Whoever has been saved in the past or the present, was saved through loving devotional worship of the Divine Lord.

⁷This is Nanak's prayer: O Dear God, please let me serve the humble Saints. ||2||52||75||

⁸Saarang, Fifth Mehl;

⁹O my tongue, sing the Ambrosial Praises of the Lord.

¹⁰Chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, listen to the Lord's Sermon, and chant God's Name. ||1||Pause||

¹¹So gather in the jewel, the wealth of the Lord's Name; love God with your mind and body.

¹²You must realize that all other wealth is false; this alone is the true purpose of life. ||1||

¹³He is the Giver of the soul, the breath of life and liberation; lovingly tune in to the One and Only Lord.

¹⁴Says Nanak, I have entered His Sanctuary; He gives sustenance to all. ||2||53||76||

¹⁵Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁶I cannot do anything else.

¹⁷I have taken this Support, meeting the Saints; I have entered the Sanctuary of the One Lord of the World. ||1||Pause||

¹⁸The five wicked enemies are within this body; they lead the mortal to practice evil and corruption.

¹⁹He has infinite hope, but his days are numbered, and old age is sapping his strength. ||1||

²⁰He is the Help of the helpless, the Merciful Lord, the Ocean of Peace, the Destroyer of all pains and fears.

²¹Slave Nanak longs for this blessing, that he may live, gazing upon the Feet of God. ||2||54||77||

²²Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²³Without the Lord's Name, flavors are tasteless and insipid.

²⁴Sing the Sweet Ambrosial Praises of the Lord's Kirtan; day and night, the Sound-current of the Naad will resonate and resound. ||1||Pause||

²⁵Meditating in remembrance on the Lord, total peace and bliss are obtained, and all sorrows are taken away.

²⁶The profit of the Lord, Har, Har, is found in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy; so load it and bring it on home. ||1||

²⁷He is the Highest of all, the Highest of the high; His celestial ecomony has no limit.

²⁸Nanak cannot even express His Glorious Grandeur; gazing upon Him, he is wonder-struck. ||2||55||78||

²⁹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³⁰The mortal came to hear and chant the Word of the Guru's Bani.

³¹But he has forgotten the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and he has become attached to other temptations. His life is totally worthless! ||1||Pause||

³²O my unconscious mind, become conscious and figure it out; the Saints speak the Unspoken Speech of the Lord.

³³So gather in your profits - worship and adore the Lord within your heart; your coming and going in reincarnation shall end. ||1||

³⁴Efforts, powers and clever tricks are Yours; if You bless me with them, I repeat Your Name.

³⁵They alone are devotees, and they alone are attached to devotional worship, O Nanak, who are pleasing to God. ||2||56||79||

³⁶Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³⁷Those who deal in the Naam, the Name of the Lord, are wealthy.

³⁸So become a partner with them, and earn the wealth of the Naam. Contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||1||Pause||

¹Abandon your deception, and go beyond vengeance; see God who is always with you.

²Deal only in this true wealth and gather in this true wealth, and you shall never suffer loss. ||1||

³Eating and consuming it, it is never exhausted; God's treasures are overflowing.

⁴Says Nanak, you shall go home to the Court of the Supreme Lord God with honor and respect. ||2||57||80||

⁵Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

⁶O Dear God, I am wretched and helpless!

⁷From what source did you create humans? This is Your Glorious Grandeur. ||1||Pause||

⁸You are the Giver of the soul and the breath of life to all; Your Infinite Glories cannot be spoken.

⁹You are the Beloved Lord of all, the Cherisher of all, the Support of all hearts. ||1||

¹⁰No one knows Your state and extent. You alone created the expanse of the Universe.

¹¹Please, give me a seat in the boat of the Holy; O Nanak, thus I shall cross over this terrifying world-ocean, and reach the other shore. ||2||58||81||

¹²Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹³One who comes to the Lord's Sanctuary is very fortunate.

¹⁴He knows of no other than the One Lord. He has renounced all other efforts. ||1||Pause||

¹⁵He worships and adores the Lord, Har, Har, in thought, word and deed; in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, he finds peace.

¹⁶He enjoys bliss and pleasure, and savors the Unspoken Speech of the Lord; he merges intuitively into the True Lord. ||1||

¹⁷Sublime and exalted is the speech of one whom the Lord, in His Mercy makes His Own.

¹⁸Those who are imbued with God in the state of Nirvaanaa, O Nanak, are emancipated in the Saadh Sangat. ||2||59||82||

¹⁹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²⁰Since I grasped hold of the Sanctuary of the Holy,

²¹my mind is illuminated with tranquility, peace and poise, and I am rid of all my pain. ||1||Pause||

²²Please be merciful to me, O Lord, and bless me with Your Name; this is the prayer I offer to You.

²³I have forgotten my other occupations; remembering God in meditation, I have obtained the true profit. ||1||

²⁴We shall merge again into the One from whom we came; He is the Essence of Being.

²⁵Says Nanak, the Guru has eradicated my doubt; my light has merged into the Light. ||2||60||83||

²⁶Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²⁷O my tongue, sing the Praises of the Lord.

²⁸Abandon all other tastes and flavors; the taste of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is so sublime. ||1||Pause||

²⁹Enshrine the Lord's Lotus Feet within your heart; let yourself be lovingly attuned to the One Lord.

³⁰In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, you shall become immaculate and pure; you shall not come to be reincarnated again. ||1||

³¹You are the Support of the soul and the breath of life; You are the Home of the homeless.

³²With each and every breath, I dwell on the Lord, Har, Har; O Nanak, I am forever a sacrifice to Him. ||2||61||84||

³³Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³⁴To meditate on the Lotus Feet of the Lord of the Universe is heaven for me.

³⁵In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, is the treasure of liberation and the Lord's Ambrosial Name. ||1||Pause||

³⁶O Lord God, please be kind to me, that I may hear with my ears Your Sublime and Exalted Sermon.

³⁷My cycle of coming and going is finally completed, and I have attained peace and tranquility. ||1||

¹Searching and searching, I have realized the essence of reality: devotional worship is the most sublime fulfillment.

²Says Nanak, without the Name of the One Lord, all other ways are imperfect. ||2||62||85||

³Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

⁴The True Guru is the True Giver.

⁵Gazing upon the Blessed Vision of His Darshan, all my pains are dispelled. I am a sacrifice to His Lotus Feet. ||1||Pause||

⁶The Supreme Lord God is True, and True are the Holy Saints; the Name of the Lord is steady and stable.

⁷So worship the Imperishable, Supreme Lord God with love, and sing His Glorious Praises. ||1||

⁸The limits of the Inaccessible, Unfathomable Lord cannot be found; He is the Support of all hearts.

⁹O Nanak, chant, "Waaho! Waaho!" to Him, who has no end or limitation. ||2||63||86||

¹⁰Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹¹The Feet of the Guru abide within my mind.

¹²My Lord and Master is permeating and pervading all places; He dwells nearby, close to all. ||1||Pause||

¹³Breaking my bonds, I have lovingly tuned in to the Lord, and now the Saints are pleased with me.

¹⁴This precious human life has been sanctified, and all my desires have been fulfilled. ||1||

¹⁵O my God, whoever You bless with Your Mercy - he alone sings Your Glorious Praises.

¹⁶Servant Nanak is a sacrifice to that person who sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe, twenty-four hours a day. ||2||64||87||

¹⁷Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁸A person is judged to be alive, only if he sees the Lord.

¹⁹Please be merciful to me, O my Enticing Beloved Lord, and erase the record of my doubts. ||1||Pause||

²⁰By speaking and listening, tranquility and peace are not found at all. What can anyone learn without faith?

²¹One who renounces God and longs for another - his face is blackened with filth. ||1||

²²One who is blessed with the wealth of our Lord and Master, the Embodiment of Peace, does not believe in any other religious doctrine.

²³O Nanak, one whose mind is fascinated and intoxicated with the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan - his tasks are perfectly accomplished. ||2||65||88||

²⁴Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²⁵Meditate in remembrance on the Naam, the Name of the One Lord.

²⁶In this way, the sins of your past mistakes shall be burnt off in an instant. It is like giving millions in charity, and bathing at sacred shrines of pilgrimage. ||1||Pause||

²⁷Entangled in other affairs, the mortal suffers uselessly in sorrow. Without the Lord, wisdom is useless.

²⁸The mortal is freed of the anguish of death and birth, meditating and vibrating on the Blissful Lord of the Universe. ||1||

²⁹I seek Your Sancutary, O Perfect Lord, Ocean of Peace. Please be merciful, and bless me with this gift.

³⁰Meditating, meditating in remembrance on God, Nanak lives; his egotistical pride has been eradicated. ||2||66||89||

³¹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³²He alone is a Dhoorat, who is attached to the Primal Lord God.

³³He alone is a Dhurandhar, and he alone is a Basundhar, who is absorbed in the sublime essence of Love of the One Lord. ||1||Pause||

³⁴One who practices deception and does not know where true profit lies is not a Dhoorat - he is a fool.

³⁵He abandons profitable enterprises and is involved in unprofitable ones. He does not meditate on the Beauteous Lord God. ||1||

³⁶He alone is clever and wise and a religious scholar, he alone is a brave warrior, and he alone is intelligent,

³⁷who chants the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. O Nanak, he alone is approved. ||2||67||90||

¹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²The Lord, Har, Har, is the life of the humble Saints.

³Instead of enjoying corrupt pleasures, they drink in the Ambrosial Essence of the Name of the Lord, the Ocean of Peace. ||1||Pause||

⁴They gather up the priceless wealth of the Lord's Name, and weave it into the fabric of their mind and body.

⁵Imbued with the Lord's Love, their minds are dyed in the deep crimson color of devotional love; they are intoxicated with the sublime essence of the Lord's Name. ||1||

⁶As the fish is immersed in water, they are absorbed in the Lord's Name.

⁷O Nanak, the Saints are like the rainbirds; they are comforted, drinking in the drops of the Lord's Name. ||2||68||91||

⁸Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

⁹Without the Name of the Lord, the mortal is a ghost.

¹⁰All the actions he commits are just shackles and bonds. ||1||Pause||

¹¹Without serving God, one who serves another wastes his time uselessly.

¹²When the Messenger of Death comes to kill you, O mortal, what will your condition be then? ||1||

¹³Please protect Your slave, O Eternally Merciful Lord.

¹⁴O Nanak, my God is the Treasure of Peace; He is the wealth and property of the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||2||69||92||

¹⁵Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁶My mind and body deal only in the Lord.

¹⁷Imbued with loving devotional worship, I sing His Glorious Praises; I am not affected by worldly affairs. ||1||Pause||

¹⁸This is the way of life of the Holy Saint: he listens to the Kirtan, the Praises of his Lord and Master, and meditates in remembrance on Him.

¹⁹He implants the Lord's Lotus Feet deep within his heart; worship of the Lord is the support of his breath of life. ||1||

²⁰O God, Merciful to the meek, please hear my prayer, and shower Your Blessings upon me.

²¹I continually chant the treasure of the Naam with my tongue; Nanak is forever a sacrifice. ||2||70||93||

²²Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²³Without the Name of the Lord, his intellect is shallow.

²⁴He does not meditate in remembrance on the Lord, his Lord and Master; the blind fool suffers in terrible agony. ||1||Pause||

²⁵He does not embrace love for the Name of the Lord; he is totally attached to various religious robes.

²⁶His attachments are shattered in an instant; when the pitcher is broken, the water runs out. ||1||

²⁷Please bless me, that I may worship You in loving devotion. My mind is absorbed and intoxicated with Your Delicious Love.

²⁸Nanak, Your slave, has entered Your Sanctuary; without God, there is no other at all. ||2||71||94||

²⁹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³⁰In my mind, I think about that moment,

³¹when I join the Gathering of the Friendly Saints, constantly singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe. ||1||Pause||

³²Without vibrating and meditating on the Lord, whatever deeds you do will be useless.

³³The Perfect Embodiment of Supreme Bliss is so sweet to my mind. Without Him, there is no other at all. ||1||

³⁴Chanting, deep meditation, austere self-discipline, good deeds and other techniques to being peace - they are not equal to even a tiny bit of the Lord's Name.

³⁵Nanak's mind is pierced through by the Lotus Feet of the Lord; it is absorbed in His Lotus Feet. ||2||72||95||

³⁶Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³⁷My God is always with me; He is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts.

³⁸I find happiness in the world hereafter, and peace and pleasure in this world, meditating in remembrance on the Name of my Lord and Master. ||1||Pause||

¹The Lord is my Best Friend, my Buddy, my Companion. I sing the Glorious Praises of my Sovereign Lord King.

²I shall not forget Him in my heart, even for an instant; I have met with the Perfect Guru. ||1||

³In His Mercy, He protects His slave; all beings and creatures are in His Power.

⁴One who is lovingly attuned to the One, the Perfect Transcendent Lord God, O Nanak, is rid of all fear. ||2||73||96||

⁵Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

⁶One who has the Lord's Power on his side

⁷- all his desires are fulfilled, and no pain afflicts him. ||1||Pause||

⁸That humble devotee is a slave of his God, who listens to Him, and so lives.

⁹I have made the effort to gaze upon the Blessed Vision of His Darshan; it is obtained only by good karma. ||1||

¹⁰It is only by Guru's Grace that I see His Vision with my eyes which none can equal.

¹¹Please bless Nanak with this Gift, that he may wash the Feet of the Saints, and so live. ||2||74||97||

¹²Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹³I live by singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

¹⁴Please be Merciful to me, O my Loving Lord of the Universe, that I may never forget You. ||1||Pause||

¹⁵My mind, body, wealth and all are Yours, O my Lord and Master; there is nowhere else for me at all.

¹⁶As You keep me, so do I survive; I eat and I wear whatever You give me. ||1||

¹⁷I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice to the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy; I shall never again fall into reincarnation.

¹⁸Slave Nanak seeks Your Sancuary, Lord; as it pleases Your Will, so do You guide him. ||2||75||98||

¹⁹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²⁰O my mind, the Naam is the most sublime peace.

²¹Other affairs of Maya are corrupt. They are nothing more than dust. ||1||Pause||

²²The mortal has fallen into the deep dark pit of household attachment; it is a horrible, dark hell.

²³He wanders in various incarnations, growing weary; he wanders through them again and again. ||1||

²⁴O Purifier of sinners, O Lover of Your devotees, please shower Your Mercy on Your meek servant.

²⁵With palms pressed together, Nanak begs for this blessing: O Lord, please save me in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||2||76||99||

²⁶Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²⁷The Glorious Radiance of the Lord has spread out everywhere.

²⁸The doubts of my mind and body are all erased, and I am rid of the three diseases. ||1||Pause||

²⁹My thirst is quenched, and my hopes have all been fulfilled; my sorrows and sufferings are over.

³⁰Singing the Glorious Praises of the Unmoving, Eternal, Unchanging Lord God, my mind, body and soul are comforted and encouraged. ||1||

³¹Sexual desire, anger, greed, pride and envy are destroyed in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

³²He is the Lover of His devotees, the Destroyer of fear; O Nanak, He is our Mother and Father. ||2||77||100||

³³Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³⁴Without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the world is miserable.

³⁵Like a dog, its desires are never satisfied; it clings to the ashes of corruption. ||1||Pause||

³⁶Administering the intoxicating drug, God Himself leads the mortals astray; they are reincarnated again and again.

³⁷He does not meditate in remembrance on the Lord, even for an instant, and so the Messenger of Death makes him suffer. ||1||

³⁸Please be merciful to me, O Destroyer of the pains of the meek and the poor; let me be the dust of the feet of the Saints.

¹Slave Nanak asks for the Blessed Vision of God. It is the Support of his mind and body. ||2||78||101||

²Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³Without the Name of the Lord, the soul is polluted.

⁴The True Lord God has Himself administered the intoxicating drug of corruption, and led the mortal astray. ||1||Pause||

⁵Wandering through millions of incarnations in countless ways, he does not find stability anywhere.

⁶The faithless cynic does not intuitively meet with the Perfect True Guru; he continues coming and going in reincarnation. ||1||

⁷Please save me, O All-powerful Lord God, O Great Giver; O God, You are Inaccessible and Infinite.

⁸Slave Nanak seeks Your Sanctuary, to cross over the terrible world-ocean, and reach the other shore. ||2||79||102||

⁹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁰To chant the Glorious Praises of the Lord is Sublime.

¹¹In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, meditate on the Transcendent Lord God; The taste of His essence is Ambrosial Nectar. ||1||Pause||

¹²Meditating in remembrance on the One Unmoving, Eternal, Unchanging Lord God, the intoxication of Maya wears off.

¹³One who is blessed with intuitive peace and poise, and the vibrations of the Unstruck Celestial Bani, never suffers again. ||1||

¹⁴Even Brahma and his sons sing God's Praises; Sukdayv and Prahlaad sing His Praises as well.

¹⁵Drinking in the fascinating Ambrosial Nectar of the Lord's sublime essence, Nanak meditates on the Amazing Lord. ||2||80||103||

¹⁶Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁷He commits many millions of sins.

¹⁸Day and night, he does not get tired of them, and he never finds release. ||1||Pause||

¹⁹He carries on his head a terrible, heavy load of sin and corruption.

²⁰In an instant, he is exposed. The Messenger of Death seizes him by his hair. ||1||

²¹He is consigned to countless forms of reincarnation, into beasts, ghosts, camels and donkeys.

²²Vibrating and meditating on the Lord of the Universe in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, O Nanak, you shall never be struck or harmed at all. ||2||81||104||

²³Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²⁴He is so blind! He is eating loads of poison.

²⁵His eyes, ears and body are totally exhausted; he shall lose his breath in an instant. ||1||Pause||

²⁶Making the poor suffer, he fills his belly, but the wealth of Maya shall not go with him.

²⁷Committing sinful mistakes again and again, he regrets and repents, but he can never give them up. ||1||

²⁸The Messenger of Death comes to slaughter the slanderer; he beats him on his head.

²⁹O Nanak, he cuts himself with his own dagger, and damages his own mind. ||2||82||105||

³⁰Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³¹The slanderer is destroyed in mid-stream.

³²Our Lord and Master is the Saving Grace, the Protector of His humble servants; those who have turned their backs on the Guru are overtaken by death. ||1||Pause||

³³No one listens to what he says; he is not allowed to sit anywhere.

³⁴He suffers in pain here, and falls into hell hereafter. He wanders in endless reincarnations. ||1||

³⁵He has become infamous across worlds and galaxies; he receives according to what he has done.

³⁶Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of the Fearless Creator Lord; he sings His Glorious Praises in ecstasy and bliss. ||2||83||106||

³⁷Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³⁸Desire plays itself out in so many ways.

¹But it is not fulfilled at all, and in the end, it dies, exhausted. ||1||Pause||

²It does not produce tranquility, peace and poise; this is the way it works.

³He does not know what belongs to him, and to others. He burns in sexual desire and anger. ||1||

⁴The world is enveloped by an ocean of pain; O Lord, please save Your slave!

⁵Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of Your Lotus Feet; Nanak is forever and ever a sacrifice. ||2||84||107||

⁶Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

⁷O sinner, who taught you to sin?

⁸You do not contemplate your Lord and Master, even for an instant; it was He who gave you your body and soul. ||1||Pause||

⁹Eating, drinking and sleeping, you are happy, but contemplating the Naam, the Name of the Lord, you are miserable.

¹⁰In the womb of your mother, you cried and whined like a wretch. ||1||

¹¹And now, bound by great pride and corruption, you shall wander in endless incarnations.

¹²You have forgotten the Lord of the Universe; what misery will be your lot now? O Nanak, peace is found by realizing the sublime state of the Lord. ||2||85||108||

¹³Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁴O mother, I have grasped the Protection, the Sanctuary of the Lord's Feet.

¹⁵Gazing upon the Blessed Vision of His Darshan, my mind is fascinated, and evil-mindedness is taken away. ||1||Pause||

¹⁶He is Unfathomable, Incomprehensible, Exalted and High, Eternal and Imperishable; His worth cannot be appraised.

¹⁷Gazing upon Him, gazing upon Him in the water and on the land, my mind has blossomed forth in ecstasy. He is totally pervading and permeating all. ||1||

¹⁸Merciful to the meek, my Beloved, Enticer of my mind; meeting with the Holy, He is known.

¹⁹Meditating, meditating in remembrance on the Lord, Nanak lives; the Messenger of Death cannot catch or torment him. ||2||86||109||

²⁰Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²¹O mother, my mind is intoxicated.

²²Gazing upon the Merciful Lord, I am filled with bliss and peace; imbued with the sublime essence of the Lord, I am intoxicated. ||1||Pause||

²³I have become spotless and pure, singing the Sacred Praises of the Lord; I shall never again be dirtied.

²⁴My awareness is focused on the Lotus Feet of God; I have met the Infinite, Supreme Being. ||1||

²⁵Taking me by the hand, He has given me everything; He has lit up my lamp.

²⁶O Nanak, savoring the Naam, the Name of the Lord, I have become detached; my generations have been carried across as well. ||2||87||110||

²⁷Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²⁸O mother, by meditating in remembrance on some other, the mortal dies.

²⁹Forsaking the Lord of the Universe, the Giver of souls, the mortal is engrossed and entangled in Maya. ||1||Pause||

³⁰Forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, he walks on some other path, and falls into the most horrible hell.

³¹He suffers uncounted punishments, and wanders from womb to womb in reincarnation. ||1||

³²They alone are wealthy, and they alone are honorable, who are absorbed in the Sanctuary of the Lord.

³³By Guru's Grace, O Nanak, they conquer the world; they do not come and go in reincarnation ever again. ||2||88||111||

³⁴Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³⁵The Lord has cut down the crooked tree of my deceit.

³⁶The forest of doubt is burnt away in an instant, by the fire of the Lord's Name. ||1||Pause||

³⁷Sexual desire, anger and slander are gone; in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, I have beaten them and driven them out.

¹The Gurmukh is successful in this priceless human life; he shall not lose it in the gamble ever again. ||1||

²Twenty-four hours a day, I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and contemplate the Perfect Word of the Shabad.

³Servant Nanak is the slave of Your slaves; over and over again, he bows in humble reverence to You. ||2||89||112||

⁴Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

⁵This Holy Book is the home of the Transcendent Lord God.

⁶Whoever sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, has the perfect knowledge of God. ||1||Pause||

⁷The Siddhas and seekers and all the silent sages long for the Lord, but those who meditate on Him are rare.

⁸That person, unto whom my Lord and Master is merciful - all his tasks are perfectly accomplished. ||1||

⁹One whose heart is filled with the Lord, the Destroyer of fear, knows the whole world.

¹⁰May I never forget You, even for an instant, O my Creator Lord; Nanak begs for this blessing. ||2||90||113||

¹¹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹²The rain has fallen everywhere.

¹³Singing the Lord's Praises with ecstasy and bliss, the Perfect Lord is revealed. ||1||Pause||

¹⁴On all four sides and in the ten directions, the Lord is an ocean. There is no place where He does not exist.

¹⁵O Perfect Lord God, Ocean of Mercy, You bless all with the gift of the soul. ||1||

¹⁶True, True, True is my Lord and Master; True is the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

¹⁷True are those humble beings, within whom faith wells up; O Nanak, they are not deluded by doubt. ||2||91||114||

¹⁸Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁹O Dear Lord of the Universe, You are the Support of my breath of life.

²⁰You are my Best Friend and Companion, my Help and Support; You are my family. ||1||Pause||

²¹You placed Your Hand on my forehead; in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, I sing Your Glorious Praises.

²²By Your Grace, I have obtained all fruits and rewards; I meditate on the Lord's Name with delight. ||1||

²³The True Guru has laid the eternal foundation; it shall never be shaken.

²⁴Guru Nanak has become merciful to me, and I have been blessed with the treasure of absolute peace. ||2||92||115||

²⁵Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²⁶Only the true merchandise of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, stays with you.

²⁷Sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, the treasure of wealth, and earn your profit; in the midst of corruption, remain untouched. ||1||Pause||

²⁸All beings and creatures find contentment, meditating on their God.

²⁹The priceless jewel of infinite worth, this human life, is won, and they are not consigned to reincarnation ever again. ||1||

³⁰When the Lord of the Universe shows His kindness and compassion, the mortal finds the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy,

³¹Nanak has found the wealth of the Lotus Feet of the Lord; he is imbued with the Love of God. ||2||93||116||

³²Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³³O mother, I am wonder-struck, gazing upon the Lord.

³⁴My mind is enticed by the unstruck celestial melody; its flavor is amazing! ||1||Pause||

³⁵He is my Mother, Father and Relative. My mind delights in the Lord.

³⁶Singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, all my illusions are dispelled. ||1||

³⁷I am lovingly attached to His Lotus Feet; my doubt and fear are totally consumed.

³⁸Servant Nanak has taken the Support of the One Lord. He shall not wander in reincarnation ever again. ||2||94||117||

¹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²O mother, I am totally intoxicated with the Lord's Feet.

³I know of none other than the Lord. I have totally burnt off my sense of duality. ||1||Pause||

⁴To abandon the Lord of the World, and become involved with anything else, is to fall into the pit of corruption.

⁵My mind is enticed, thirsty for the Blessed Vision of His Darshan. He has lifted me up and out of hell. ||1||

⁶By the Grace of the Saints, I have met the Lord, the Giver of peace; the noise of egotism has been stilled.

⁷Slave Nanak is imbued with the Love of the Lord; the forests of his mind and body have blossomed forth. ||2||95||118||

⁸Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

⁹The false dealings are finished.

¹⁰Join the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, and meditate, vibrate on the Lord. This is the most excellent thing in the world. ||1||Pause||

¹¹Here and hereafter, you shall never waver; enshrine the Naam, the Name of the Lord, within your heart.

¹²The boat of the Guru's Feet is found by great good fortune; it shall carry you across the world-ocean. ||1||

¹³The Infinite Lord is totally permeating and pervading the water, the land and the sky.

¹⁴Drink in the Ambrosial Nectar of the Lord's Name; O Nanak, all other tastes are bitter. ||2||96||119||

¹⁵Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁶You whine and cry

¹⁷- you are intoxicated with the great corruption of attachment and pride, but you do not remember the Lord in meditation. ||1||Pause||

¹⁸Those who meditate on the Lord in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy - the guilt of their minstakes is burnt away.

¹⁹Fruitful is the body, and blessed is the birth of those who merge with God. ||1||

²⁰The four great blessings, and the eighteen supernatural spiritual powers - above all these are the Holy Saints.

²¹Slave Nanak longs for the dust of the feet of the humble; attached to the hem of His robe, he is saved. ||2||97||120||

²²Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²³The Lord's humble servants yearn for the Lord's Name.

²⁴In thought, word and deed, they long for this peace, to gaze with their eyes upon the Blessed Vision of God's Darshan. ||1||Pause||

²⁵You are Endless, O God, my Supreme Lord and Master; Your state cannot be known.

²⁶My mind is pierced through by the Love of Your Lotus Feet; this is everything to me - I enshrine it deep within my being. ||1||

²⁷In the Vedas, the Puraanas and the Simritees, the humble and the Holy chant this Bani with their tongues.

²⁸Chanting the Lord's Name, O Nanak, I am emancipated; other teachings of duality are useless. ||2||98||121||

²⁹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³⁰A fly! You are just a fly, created by the Lord.

³¹Wherever it stinks, you land there; you suck in the most toxic stench. ||1||Pause||

³²You don't stay put anywhere; I have seen this with my eyes.

³³You have not spared anyone, except the Saints - the Saints are on the side of the Lord of the Universe. ||1||

³⁴You have enticed all beings and creatures; no one knows You, except the Saints.

³⁵Slave Nanak is imbued with the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises. Focusing his consciousness on the Word of the Shabad, he realizes the Presence of the True Lord. ||2||99||122||

³⁶Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³⁷O mother, the noose of Death has been cut away.

³⁸Chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, I have found total peace. I remain unattached in the midst of my household. ||1||Pause||

¹Granting His Grace, He has made me His Own. The thirst for the Blessed Vision of His Darshan wells up within me.

²Joining the Society of the Saints, I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord; I have given up other hopes. ||1||

³The Saint has pulled me out of the utterly desolate wilderness, and shown me the path.

⁴Gazing upon His Darshan, all sins are taken away; Nanak is blessed with the jewel of the Lord. ||2||100||123||

⁵Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

⁶O mother, I am involved with the Love of the Lord;

⁷I am intoxicated with it. My mind has such a longing and thirst for the Blessed Vision, the Darshan of my Beauteous Lord. No one can break this. ||1||Pause||

⁸The Lord is my breath of life, honor, spouse, parent, child, relative, wealth - everything.

⁹Cursed is this body of bones, this pile of maggots and manure, if it knows any other than the Lord. ||1||

¹⁰The Destroyer of the pains of the poor has become merciful to me, by the power of the karma of my past actions.

¹¹Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of God, the Treasure, the Ocean of Mercy; my subservience to others is past. ||2||101||124||

¹²Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹³The Lord's melody is noble and sublime.

¹⁴The Lotus Feet of my Lord and Master are incomparably beautiful. Meditating on them, one becomes Holy. ||1||Pause||

¹⁵Just by thinking of the Darshan, the Blessed Vision of the Lord of the World, the dirty sins are washed away.

¹⁶The Lord cuts down and weeds out the corruption of the cycle of birth and death. ||1||

¹⁷How rare is that person who has such pre-ordained destiny, to find the Lord.

¹⁸Chanting the Glorious Praises of the Creator, the Lord of the Universe - O Nanak, this is Truth. ||2||102||125||

¹⁹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²⁰The intellect of one who dwells on the Name of the Lord is excellent.

²¹One who forgets the Lord and becomes involved with some other - all his showy pretensions are false. ||1||Pause||

²²Meditate, vibrate on our Lord and Master in the Company of the Holy, and your sins shall be eradicated.

²³When the Lord's Lotus Feet abide within the heart, the mortal is never again caught in the cycle of death and birth. ||1||

²⁴He showers us with His kindness and compassion; He saves and protects those who take the Support of the Naam, the Name of the One Lord.

²⁵Meditating in remembrance on Him, day and night, O Nanak, your face shall be radiant in the Court of the Lord. ||2||103||126||

²⁶Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²⁷Honored - you shall be honored in the Court of the Lord.

²⁸Join the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, and sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord; your egotistical pride will be totally dispelled. ||1||Pause||

²⁹Showering His kindness and compassion, He shall make you His Own. As Gurmukh, your spiritual wisdom shall be perfect.

³⁰All peace and all sorts of ecstasy are obtained, by meditating on the Darshan, the Blessed Vision of my Lord and Master. ||1||

³¹She who dwells close to her Lord is always the pure, happy soul-bride; she is famous in the ten directions.

³²She is imbued with the Love of her Loving Beloved Lord; Nanak is a sacrifice to her. ||2||104||127||

³³Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³⁴O Lord, I take the Support of Your Lotus Feet.

³⁵You are my Best Friend and Companion; I am with You. You are our Protector, O Lord of the Universe. ||1||Pause||

³⁶You are mine, and I am Yours; here and hereafter, You are my Saving Grace.

³⁷You are Endess and Infinite, O my Lord and Master; by Guru's Grace, a few understand. ||1||

³⁸Without being spoken, without being told, You know all, O Searcher of hearts.

³⁹One whom God unites with Himself, O Nanak, that humble being is honored in the Court of the Lord. ||2||105||128||

¹Saarang, Fifth Mehl, Chau-Padhay, Fifth House:

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

³Meditate, vibrate on the Lord; other actions are corrupt.

⁴Pride, attachment and desire are not quenched; the world is in the grip of death. ||1||Pause||

⁵Eating, drinking, laughing and sleeping, life passes uselessly.

⁶The mortal wanders in reincarnation, burning in the hellish environment of the womb; in the end, he is destroyed by death. ||1||

⁷He practices fraud, cruelty and slander against others; he sins, and washes his hands.

⁸Without the True Guru, he has no understanding; he is lost in the utter darkness of anger and attachment. ||2||

⁹He takes the intoxicating drugs of cruelty and corruption, and is plundered. He is not conscious of the Creator Lord God.

¹⁰The Lord of the Universe is hidden and unattached. The mortal is like a wild elephant, intoxicated with the wine of egotism. ||3||

¹¹In His Mercy, God saves His Saints; they have the Support of His Lotus Feet.

¹²With his palms pressed together, Nanak has come to the Sanctuary of the Primal Being, the Infinite Lord God. ||4||1||129||

¹³Saarang, Fifth Mehl, Sixth House, Partaal:

¹⁴One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹⁵Chant His Sublime Word and His Priceless Glories.

¹⁶Why are you indulding in corrupt actions?

¹⁷Look at this, see and understand!

¹⁸Meditate on the Word of the Guru's Shabad, and attain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.

¹⁹Imbued with the Love of the Lord, you shall totally play with Him. ||1||Pause||

²⁰The world is a dream.

²¹Its expanse is false.

²²O my companion, why are you so enticed by the Enticer? Enshrine the Love of Your Beloved within your heart. ||1||

²³He is total love and affection.

²⁴God is always merciful.

²⁵Others - why are you involved with others?

²⁶Remain involved with the Lord.

²⁷When you join the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy,

²⁸says Nanak, meditate on the Lord.

²⁹Now, your association with death is ended. ||2||1||130||

³⁰Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³¹You may make donations of gold,

³²and give away land in charity

³³and purify your mind in various ways,

³⁴but none of this is equal to the Lord's Name. Remain attached to the Lord's Lotus Feet. ||1||Pause||

³⁵You may recite the four Vedas with your tongue,

³⁶and listen to the eighteen Puraanas and the six Shaastras with your ears,

³⁷but these are not equal to the celestial melody of the Naam, the Name of the Lord of the Universe.

³⁸Remain attached to the Lord's Lotus Feet. ||1||

³⁹You may observe fasts, and say your prayers, purify yourself

⁴⁰and do good deeds; you may go on pilgrimages everywhere and eat nothing at all.

⁴¹You may cook your food without touching anyone;

⁴²you may make a great show of cleansing techniques,

⁴³and burn incense and devotional lamps, but none of these are equal to the Lord's Name.

⁴⁴O Merciful Lord, please hear the prayer of the meek and the poor.

⁴⁵Please grant me the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan, that I may see You with my eyes. The Naam is so sweet to servant Nanak. ||2||2||131||

⁴⁶Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁷Meditate on the Lord, Raam, Raam, Raam. The Lord is your Help and Support. ||1||Pause||

¹Grasping hold of the Feet of the Saints, I have abandoned sexual desire, anger and greed. The Guru, the Lord of the World, has been kind to me, and I have realized my destiny. ||1||

²My doubts and attachments have been dispelled, and the blinding bonds of Maya have been broken. My Lord and Master is pervading and permeating everywhere; no one is an enemy.

³My Lord and Master is totally satisfied with me; He has rid me of the pains of death and birth. Grasping hold of the Feet of the Saints, Nanak sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||2||3||132||

⁴Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

⁵Chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, Har; enshrine the Lord, Har, Har, within your mind. ||1||Pause||

⁶Hear Him with your ears, and practice devotional worship - these are good deeds, which make up for past evils.

⁷So seek the Sanctuary of the Holy, and forget all your other habits. ||1||.

⁸Love the Lord's Feet, continually and continuously - the most sacred and sanctified.

⁹Fear is taken away from the servant of the Lord, and the dirty sins and mistakes of the past are burnt away.

¹⁰Those who speak are liberated, and those who listen are liberated; those who keep the Rehit, the Code of Conduct, are not reincarnated again.

¹¹The Lord's Name is the most sublime essence; Nanak contemplates the nature of reality. ||2||4||133||

¹²Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

¹³I beg for devotion to the Naam, the Name of the Lord; I have forsaken all other activities. ||1||Pause||

¹⁴Meditate lovingly on the Lord, and sing forever the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe.

¹⁵I long for the dust of the feet of the Lord's humble servant, O Great Giver, my Lord and Master. ||1||

¹⁶The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is the ultimate ecstasy, bliss, happiness, peace and tranquility. The fear is death is dispelled by meditating in remembrance on the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts.

¹⁷Only the Sanctuary of the Feet of the Lord of the Universe can destroy all the suffering of the world.

¹⁸The Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, is the boat, O Nanak, to carry us across to the other side. ||2||5||134||

¹⁹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²⁰Gazing upon my Guru, I sing the Praises of my Beloved Lord.

²¹I escape from the five thieves, and I find the One, when I join the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||1||Pause||

²²Nothing of the visible world shall go along with you; abandon your pride and attachment.

²³Love the One Lord, and join the Saadh Sangat, and you shall be embellished and exalted. ||1||

²⁴I have found the Lord, the Treasure of Excellence; all my hopes have been fulfilled.

²⁵Nanak's mind is in ecstasy; the Guru has shattered the impregnable fortress. ||2||6||135||

²⁶Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²⁷My mind is neutral and detached;

²⁸Serving the Holy Saints, I meditate on my Beloved within my heart.

²⁹Gazing upon the Embodiment of Ecstasy, I rise to the Mansion of His Presence. ||1||

³⁰I work for Him; I have forsaken everything else. I seek only His Sanctuary.

³¹O Nanak, my Lord and Master hugs me close in His Embrace; the Guru is pleased and satisfied with me. ||2||7||136||

³²Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³³This is my condition.

³⁴Only my Merciful Lord knows it. ||1||Pause||

³⁵I have abandoned my mother and father, and sold my mind to the Saints.

³⁶I have lost my social status, birth-right and ancestry; I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, Har, Har. ||1||

³⁷I have broken away from other people and family; I work only for God.

³⁸The Guru has taught me, O Nanak, to serve only the One Lord. ||2||8||137||

¹Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

²You are my Loving Beloved Enticing Lord of the World.

³You are in worms, elephants, stones and all beings and creatures; You nourish and cherish them all. ||1||Pause||

⁴You are not far away; You are totally present with all.

⁵You are Beautiful, the Source of Nectar. ||1||

⁶You have no caste or social class, no ancestry or family.

⁷Nanak: God, You are Merciful. ||2||9||138||

⁸Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

⁹Acting and play-acting, the mortal sinks into corruption. Even the moon and the sun are enticed and bewitched.

¹⁰The disturbing noise of corruption wells up, in the tinkling ankle bells of Maya the beautiful. With her beguiling gestures of love, she seduces everyone except the Lord. ||Pause||

¹¹Maya clings to the three worlds; those who are stuck in wrong actions cannot escape her. Drunk and engrossed in blind worldly affairs, they are tossed about on the mighty ocean. ||1||

¹²The Saint, the slave of the Lord is saved; the noose of the Messenger of Death is snapped. The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is the Purifier of sinners; O Nanak, remember Him in meditation. ||2||10||139||3||13||155||

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

¹⁴Raag Saarang, Ninth Mehl:

¹⁵No one will be your help and support, except the Lord.

¹⁶Who has any mother, father, child or spouse? Who is anyone's brother or sister? ||1||Pause||

¹⁷All the wealth, land and property which you consider your own

¹⁸- when you leave your body, none of it shall go along with you. Why do you cling to them? ||1||

¹⁹God is Merciful to the meek, forever the Destroyer of fear, and yet you do not develop any loving relationship with Him.

²⁰Says Nanak, the whole world is totally false; it is like a dream in the night. ||2||1||

²¹Saarang, Ninth Mehl:

²²O mortal, why are you engrossed in corruption?

²³No one is allowed to remain in this world; one comes, and another departs. ||1||Pause||

²⁴Who has a body? Who has wealth and property? With whom should we fall in love?

²⁵Whatever is seen, shall all disappear, like the shade of a passing cloud. ||1||

²⁶Abandon egotism, and grasp the Sanctuary of the Saints; you shall be liberated in an instant.

²⁷O servant Nanak, without meditating and vibrating on the Lord God, there is no peace, even in dreams. ||2||2||

²⁸Saarang, Ninth Mehl:

²⁹O mortal, why have you wasted your life?

³⁰Intoxicated with Maya and its riches, involved in corrupt pleasures, you have not sought the Sanctuary of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

³¹This whole world is just a dream; why does seeing it fill you with greed?

³²Everything that has been created will be destroyed; nothing will remain. ||1||

³³You see this false body as true; in this way, you have placed yourself in bondage.

³⁴O servant Nanak, he is a liberated being, whose consciousness lovingly vibrates, and meditates on the Lord. ||2||3||

³⁵Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

³⁶In my mind, I never sang the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

¹I remained under the influence of corruption, night and day; I did whatever I pleased. ||1||Pause||

²I never listened to the Guru's Teachings; I was entangled with others' spouses.

³I ran all around slandering others; I was taught, but I never learned. ||1||

⁴How can I even describe my actions? This is how I wasted my life.

⁵Says Nanak, I am totally filled with faults. I have come to Your Sanctuary - please save me, O Lord! ||2||4||3||13||139||4||159||

⁶Raag Saarang, Ashtpadheeyaa, First Mehl, First House:

⁷One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁸How can I live, O my mother?

⁹Hail to the Lord of the Universe. I ask to sing Your Praises; without You, O Lord, I cannot even survive. ||1||Pause||

¹⁰I am thirsty, thirsty for the Lord; the soul-bride gazes upon Him all through the night.

¹¹My mind is absorbed into the Lord, my Lord and Master. Only God knows the pain of another. ||1||

¹²My body suffers in pain, without the Lord; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, I find the Lord.

¹³O Dear Lord, please be kind and compassionate to me, that I might remain merged in You, O Lord. ||2||

¹⁴Follow such a path, O my conscious mind, that you may remain focused on the Feet of the Lord.

¹⁵I am wonder-struck, singing the Glorious Praises of my Fascinating Lord; I am intuitively absorbed in the Fearless Lord. ||3||

¹⁶That heart, in which the Eternal, Unchanging Naam vibrates and resounds, does not diminish, and cannot be evaluated.

¹⁷Without the Name, everyone is poor; the True Guru has imparted this understanding. ||4||

¹⁸My Beloved is my breath of life - listen, O my companion. The demons have taken poison and died.

¹⁹As love for Him welled up, so it remains. My mind is imbued with His Love. ||5||

²⁰I am absorbed in celestial samaadhi, lovingly attached to the Lord forever. I live by singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

²¹Imbued with the Word of the Guru's Shabad, I have become detached from the world. In the profound primal trance, I dwell within the home of my own inner being. ||6||

²²The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is sublimely sweet and supremely delicious; within the home of my own self, I understand the essence of the Lord.

²³Wherever You keep my mind, there it is. This is what the Guru has taught me. ||7||

²⁴Sanak and Sanandan, Brahma and Indra, were imbued with devotional worship, and came to be in harmony with Him.

²⁵O Nanak, without the Lord, I cannot live, even for an instant. The Name of the Lord is glorious and great. ||8||1||

²⁶Saarang, First Mehl:

²⁷Without the Lord, how can my mind be comforted?

²⁸The guilt and sin of millions of ages is erased, and one is released from the cycle of reincarnation, when the Truth is implanted within. ||1||Pause||

²⁹Anger is gone, egotism and attachment have been burnt away; I am imbued with His ever-fresh Love.

³⁰Other fears are forgotten, begging at God's Door. The Immaculate Lord is my Companion. ||1||

³¹Forsaking my fickle intellect, I have found God, the Destroyer of fear; I am lovingly attuned to the One Word, the Shabad.

³²Tasting the sublime essence of the Lord, my thirst is quenched; by great good fortune, the Lord has united me with Himself. ||2||

³³The empty tank has been filled to overflowing. Following the Guru's Teachings, I am enraptured with the True Lord.

¹My mind is imbued with love for the Naam. The Immaculate Lord is merciful, from the beginning of time, and througout the ages. ||3||

²My mind is fascinated with the Fascinating Lord. By great good fortune, I am lovingly attuned to Him.

³Contemplating the True Lord, all the resides of sins and mistakes are wiped away. My mind is pure and immaculate in His Love. ||4||

⁴God is the Deep and Unfathomable Ocean, the Source of all jewels; no other is worthy of worship.

⁵I contemplate the Shabad, the Destroyer of doubt and fear; I do not know any other at all. ||5||

⁶Subduing my mind, I have realized the pure status; I am totally imbued with the sublime essence of the Lord.

⁷I do not know any other except the Lord. The True Guru has imparted this understanding. ||6||

⁸God is Inaccessible and Unfathomable, Unmastered and Unborn; through the Guru's Teachings, I know the One Lord.

⁹Filled to overflowing, my consciousness does not waver; through the Mind, my mind is pleased and appeased. ||7||

¹⁰By Guru's Grace, I speak the Unspoken; I speak what He makes me speak.

¹¹O Nanak, my Lord is Merciful to the meek; I do not know any other at all. ||8||2||

¹²Saarang, Third Mehl, Ashtpadheeyaa, First House:

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

¹⁴O my mind, the Name of the Lord is glorious and great.

¹⁵I know of none, other than the Lord; through the Lord's Name, I have attained liberation and emancipation. ||1||Pause||

¹⁶Through the Word of the Shabad, I am lovingly attuned to the Lord, the Destroyer of fear, the Destroyer of the Messenger of Death.

¹⁷As Gurmukh, I have realized the Lord, the Giver of peace; I remain intuitively absorbed in Him. ||1||

¹⁸The Immaculate Name of the Lord is the food of His devotees; they wear the glory of devotional worship.

¹⁹They abide in the home of their inner beings, and they serve the Lord forever; they are honored in the Court of the Lord. ||2||

²⁰The intellect of the self-willed manmukh is false; his mind wavers and wobbles, and he cannot speak the Unspoken Speech.

²¹Following the Guru's Teachings, the Eternal Unchanging Lord abides within the mind; the True Word of His Bani is Ambrosial Nectar. ||3||

²²The Shabad calms the turbulent waves of the mind; the tongue is intuively imbued with peace.

²³So remain united forever with your True Guru, who is lovingly attuned to the Lord. ||4||

²⁴If the mortal dies in the Shabad, then he is liberated; he focuses his consciousness on the Lord's Feet.

²⁵The Lord is an Ocean; His Water is Forever Pure. Whoever bathes in it is intuitively imbued with peace. ||5||

²⁶Those who contemplate the Shabad are forever imbued with His Love; their egotism and desires are subdued.

²⁷The Pure, Unattached Lord permeates their inner beings; the Lord, the Supreme Soul, is pervading all. ||6||

²⁸Your humble servants serve You, O Lord; those who are imbued with the Truth are pleasing to Your Mind.

²⁹Those who are involved in duality do not find the Mansion of the Lord's Presence; caught in the false nature of the world, they do not discriminate between merits and demerits. ||7||

³⁰When the Lord merges us into Himself, we speak the Unspoken Speech; True is the Shabad, and True is the Word of His Bani.

³¹O Nanak, the true people are absorbed in the Truth; they chant the Name of the Lord. ||8||1||

³²Saarang, Third Mehl:

³³O my mind, the Name of the Lord is supremely sweet.

¹It is the Destroyer of the sins, the guilt and fears of countless incarnations; the Gurmukh sees the One Lord. ||1||Pause||

²Millions upon millions of sins are erased, when the mind comes to love the True Lord.

³I do not know any other, except the Lord; the True Guru has revealed the One Lord to me. ||1||

⁴Those whose hearts are filled with the wealth of the Lord's Love, remain intuitively absorbed in Him.

⁵Imbued with the Shabad, they are dyed in the deep crimson color of His Love. They are imbued with the Lord's celestial peace and poise. ||2||

⁶Contemplating the Shabad, the tongue is imbued with joy; embracing His Love, it is dyed a deep crimson.

⁷I have come to know the Name of the Pure Detached Lord; my mind is satisfied and comforted. ||3||

⁸The Pandits, the religious scholars, read and study, and all the silent sages have grown weary; they have grown weary of wearing their religious robes and wandering all around.

⁹By Guru's Grace, I have found the Immaculate Lord; I contemplate the True Word of the Shabad. ||4||

¹⁰My coming and going in reincarnation is ended, and I am imbued with Truth; the True Word of the Shabad is pleasing to my mind.

¹¹Serving the True Guru, eternal peace is found, and self-conceit is eliminated from within. ||5||

¹²Through the True Word of the Shabad, the celestial melody wells up, and the mind is lovingly focused on the True Lord.

¹³The Immaculate Naam, the Name of the Inaccessible and Unfathomable Lord, abides in the mind of the Gurmukh. ||6||

¹⁴The whole world is contained in the One Lord. How rare are those who understand the One Lord.

¹⁵One who dies in the Shabad comes to know everything; night and day, he realizes the One Lord. ||7||

¹⁶That humble being, upon whom the Lord casts His Glance of Grace, understands. Nothing else can be said.

¹⁷O Nanak, those who are imbued with the Naam are forever detached from the world; they are lovingly attuned to the One Word of the Shabad. ||8||2||

¹⁸Saarang, Third Mehl:

¹⁹O my mind, the Speech of the Lord is unspoken.

²⁰That humble being who is blessed by the Lord's Glance of Grace, obtains it. How rare is that Gurmukh who understands. ||1||Pause||

²¹The Lord is Deep, Profound and Unfathomable, the Ocean of Excellence; He is realized through the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

²²Mortals do their deeds in all sorts of ways, in the love of duality; but without the Shabad, they are insane. ||1||

²³That humble being who bathes in the Lord's Name becomes immaculate; he never becomes polluted again.

²⁴Without the Name, the whole world is polluted; wandering in duality, it loses its honor. ||2||

²⁵What should I grasp? What should I gather up or leave behind? I do not know.

²⁶O Dear Lord, Your Name is the Help and Support of those whom You bless with Your kindness and compassion. ||3||

²⁷The True Lord is the True Giver, the Architect of Destiny; as He pleases, He links mortals to the Name.

²⁸He alone comes to understand, who enters the Guru's Gate, whom the Lord Himself instructs. ||4||

²⁹Even gazing upon the wonders of the Lord, this mind does not think of Him. The world comes and goes in reincarnation.

³⁰Serving the True Guru, the mortal comes to understand, and finds the Door of Salvation. ||5||

³¹Those who understand the Lord's Court, never suffer separation from him. The True Guru has imparted this understanding.

³²They practice truth, self-restraint and good deeds; their comings and goings are ended. ||6||

³³In the Court of the True Lord, they practice Truth. The Gurmukhs take the Support of the True Lord.

¹The self-willed manmukhs wander, lost in doubt and duality. They do not know how to contemplate the Lord. ||7||

²He Himself is the Gurmukh, and He Himself gives; He Himself creates and beholds.

³O Nanak, those humble beings are approved, whose honor the Lord Himself accepts. ||8||3||

⁴Saarang, Fifth Mehl, Ashtpadheeyaa, First House:

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

⁶O Lord of the World, I gaze upon Your wondrous glory.

⁷You are the Doer, the Cause of causes, the Creator and Destroyer. You are the Sovereign Lord of all. ||1||Pause||

⁸The rulers and nobles and kings shall become beggars. Their ostentatious shows are false

⁹. My Sovereign Lord King is eternally stable. His Praises are sung in every heart. ||1||

¹⁰Listen to the Praises of my Lord King, O Saints. I chant them as best I can.

¹¹My Lord King, the Great Giver, is Immeasurable. He is the Highest of the high. ||2||

¹²He has strung His Breath throughout the creation; He locked the fire in the wood.

¹³He placed the water and the land together, but neither blends with the other. ||3||

¹⁴In each and every heart, the Story of our Sovereign Lord is told; in each and every home, they yearn for Him.

¹⁵Afterwards, He created all beings and creatures; but first, He provided them with sustenance. ||4||

¹⁶Whatever He does, He does by Himself. Who has ever given Him advice?

¹⁷The mortals make all sorts of efforts and showy displays, but He is realized only through the Teachings of Truth. ||5||

¹⁸The Lord protects and saves His devotees; He blesses them with the glory of His Name.

¹⁹Whoever is disrespectful to the humble servant of the Lord, shall be swept away and destroyed. ||6||

²⁰Those who join the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, are liberated; all their demerits are taken away.

²¹Seeing them, God becomes merciful; they are carried across the terrifying world-ocean. ||7||

²²I am lowly, I am nothing at all; You are my Great Lord and Master - how can I even contemplate Your creative potency?

²³My mind and body are cooled and soothed, gazing upon the Blessed Vision of the Guru's Darshan. Nanak takes the Support of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||8||1||

²⁴Saarang, Fifth Mehl, Ashtpadheeyaa, Sixth House:

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

²⁶Listen to the Story of the Inaccessible and Unfathomable.

²⁷The glory of the Supreme Lord God is wondrous and amazing! ||1||Pause||

²⁸Forever and ever, humbly bow to the True Guru.

²⁹By Guru's Grace, sing the Glorious Praises of the Infinite Lord.

³⁰His Light shall radiate deep within your mind.

³¹With the healing ointment of spiritual wisdom, ignorance is dispelled. ||1||

³²There is no limit to His Expanse.

³³His Glory is Infinite and Endless.

³⁴His many plays cannot be counted.

³⁵He is not subject to pleasure or pain. ||2||

³⁶Many Brahmas vibrate Him in the Vedas.

³⁷Many Shivas sit in deep meditation.

¹Many beings take incarnation.

²Many Indras stand at the Lord's Door. ||3||

³Many winds, fires and waters.

⁴Many jewels, and oceans of butter and milk.

⁵Many suns, moons and stars.

⁶Many gods and goddesses of so many kinds. ||4||

⁷Many earths, many wish-fulfilling cows.

⁸Many miraculous Elysian trees, many Krishnas playing the flute.

⁹Many Akaashic ethers, many nether regions of the underworld.

¹⁰Many mouths chant and meditate on the Lord. ||5||

¹¹Many Shaastras, Simritees and Puraanas.

¹²Many ways in which we speak.

¹³Many listeners listen to the Lord of Treasure.

¹⁴The Lord God totally permeates all beings. ||6||

¹⁵Many righteous judges of Dharma, many gods of wealth.

¹⁶Many gods of water, many mountains of gold.

¹⁷Many thousand-headed snakes, chanting ever-new Names of God.

¹⁸They do not know the limits of the Supreme Lord God. ||7||

¹⁹Many solar systems, many galaxies.

²⁰Many forms, colors and celestial realms.

²¹Many gardens, many fruits and roots.

²²He Himself is mind, and He Himself is matter. ||8||

²³Many ages, days and nights.

²⁴Many apocalypses, many creations.

²⁵Many beings are in His home.

²⁶The Lord is perfectly pervading all places. ||9||

²⁷Many Mayas, which cannot be known.

²⁸Many are the ways in which our Sovereign Lord plays.

²⁹Many exquisite melodies sing of the Lord.

³⁰Many recording scribes of the conscious and subconscious are revealed there. ||10||

³¹He is above all, and yet He dwells with His devotees.

³²Twenty-four hours a day, they sing His Praises with love.

³³Many unstruck melodies resound and resonate with bliss.

³⁴There is no end or limit of that sublime essence. ||11||

³⁵True is the Primal Being, and True is His dwelling.

³⁶He is the Highest of the high, Immaculate and Detached, in Nirvaanaa.

³⁷He alone knows His handiwork.

³⁸He Himself pervades each and every heart.

³⁹The Merciful Lord is the Treasure of Compassion, O Nanak.

⁴⁰Those who chant and meditate on Him, O Nanak, are exalted and enraptured. ||12||1||2||2||3||7||

⁴¹Saarang, Chhant, Fifth Mehl:

⁴²One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁴³See the Giver of fearlessness in all.

⁴⁴The Detached Lord is totally permeating each and every heart.

⁴⁵Like waves in the water, He created the creation.

⁴⁶He enjoys all tastes, and takes pleasure in all hearts. There is no other like Him at all.

⁴⁷The color of the Lord's Love is the one color of our Lord and Master; in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, God is realized.

⁴⁸O Nanak, I am drenched with the Blessed Vision of the Lord, like the fish in the water. I see the Giver of fearlessness in all. ||1||

⁴⁹What praises should I give, and what approval should I offer to Him?

⁵⁰The Perfect Lord is totally pervading and permeating all places.

⁵¹The Perfect Enticing Lord adorns each and every heart. When He withdraws, the mortal turns to dust.

¹Why do you not worship and adore Him? Join together with the Holy Saints; any instant, your time shall come.

²All your property and wealth, and all that you see - none of it will go along with you.

³Says Nanak, worship and adore the Lord, Har, Har. What praise, and what approval, can I offer to Him? ||2||

⁴I ask the Saints, what is my Lord and Master like?

⁵I offer my heart, to one who brings me news of Him.

⁶Give me news of my Dear God; where does the Enticer live?

⁷He is the Giver of peace to life and limb; God is totally permeating all places, interspaces and countries.

⁸He is liberated from bondage, joined to each and every heart. I cannot say what the Lord is like.

⁹Gazing upon His wondrous play, O Nanak, my mind is fascinated. I humbly ask, what is my Lord and Master like? ||3||

¹⁰In His Kindness, He has come to His humble servant.

¹¹Blessed is that heart, in which the Lord's Feet are enshrined.

¹²His Feet are enshrined within, in the Society of the Saints; the darkness of ignorance is dispelled.

¹³The heart is enlightened and illumined and enraptured; God has been found.

¹⁴Pain is gone, and peace has come to my house. The ultimate intuitive peace prevails.

¹⁵Says Nanak, I have found the Perfect Lord; in His Kindness, He has come to His humble servant. ||4||1||

¹⁶Vaar Of Saarang, Fourth Mehl, To Be Sung To The Tune Of Mehma-Hasna:

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

¹⁸Salok, Second Mehl:

¹⁹The key of the Guru opens the lock of attachment, in the house of the mind, under the roof of the body.

²⁰O Nanak, without the Guru, the door of the mind cannot be opened. No one else holds the key in hand. ||1||

²¹First Mehl:

²²He is not won over by music, songs or the Vedas.

²³He is not won over by intuitive wisdom, meditation or Yoga.

²⁴He is not won over by feeling sad and depressed forever.

²⁵He is not won over by beauty, wealth and pleasures.

²⁶He is not won over by wandering naked at sacred shrines.

²⁷He is not won over by giving donations in charity.

²⁸He is not won over by living alone in the wilderness.

²⁹He is not won over by fighting and dying as a warrior in battle.

³⁰He is not won over by becoming the dust of the masses.

³¹The account is written of the loves of the mind.

³²O Nanak, the Lord is won over only by His Name. ||2||

³³First Mehl:

³⁴You may study the nine grammars, the six Shaastras and the six divions of the Vedas.

³⁵You may recite the Mahaabhaarata.

³⁶Even these cannot find the limits of the Lord.

³⁷Without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, how can anyone be liberated?

³⁸Brahma, in the lotus of the navel, does not know the limits of God.

³⁹The Gurmukh, O Nanak, realizes the Naam. ||3||

⁴⁰Pauree:

⁴¹The Immaculate Lord Himself, by Himself, created Himself.

⁴²He Himself created the whole drama of all the world's play.

⁴³He Himself formed the three gunas, the three qualities; He increased the attachment to Maya.

⁴⁴By Guru's Grace, they are saved - those who love the Will of God.

⁴⁵O Nanak, the True Lord is pervading everywhere; all are contained within the True Lord. ||1||

¹Salok, Second Mehl:

²He Himself creates, O Nanak; He establishes the various creatures.

³How can anyone be called bad? We have only One Lord and Master.

⁴There is One Lord and Master of all; He watches over all, and assigns all to their tasks.

⁵Some have less, and some have more; no one is allowed to leave empty.

⁶Naked we come, and naked we go; in between, we put on a show.

⁷O Nanak, one who does not understand the Hukam of God's Command - what will he have to do in the world hereafter? ||1||

⁸First Mehl:

⁹He sends out the various created beings, and he calls back the various created beings again.

¹⁰He himself establishes, and He Himself disestablishes. He fashions them in various forms.

¹¹And all the human beings who wander around as beggars, He Himself gives in charity to them.

¹²As it is recorded, the mortals speak, and as it is recorded, they walk. So why put on all this show?

¹³This is the basis of intelligence; this is certified and approved. Nanak speaks and proclaims it.

¹⁴By past actions, each being is judged; what else can anyone say? ||2||

¹⁵Pauree:

¹⁶The Guru's Word makes the drama play itself out. Through virtue, this becomes evident.

¹⁷Whoever utters the Word of the Guru's Bani - the Lord is enshrined in his mind.

¹⁸Maya's power is gone, and doubt is eradicated; awaken to the Light of the Lord.

¹⁹Those who hold onto goodness as their treasure meet the Guru, the Primal Being.

²⁰O Nanak, they are intuitively absorbed and blended into the Name of the Lord. ||2||

²¹Salok, Second Mehl:

²²The merchants come from the Banker; He sends the account of their destiny with them.

²³On the basis of their accounts, He issues the Hukam of His Command, and they are left to take care of their merchandise.

²⁴The merchants have purchased their merchandise and packed up their cargo.

²⁵Some depart after having earned a good profit, while others leave, having lost their investment altogether.

²⁶No one asks to have less; who should be celebrated?

²⁷The Lord casts His Glance of Grace, O Nanak, upon those who have preserved their capital investment. ||1||

²⁸First Mehl:

²⁹United, the united separate, and separated, they unite again.

³⁰Living, the living die, and dying, they live again.

³¹They become the fathers of many, and the sons of many; they become the gurus of many, and the disciples.

³²No account can be made of the future or the past; who knows what shall be, or what was?

³³All the actions and events of the past are recorded; the Doer did, He does, and He will do.

³⁴The self-willed manmukh dies, while the Gurmukh is saved; O Nanak, the Gracious Lord bestows His Glance of Grace. ||2||

³⁵Pauree:

³⁶The self-willed manmukh wanders in duality, lured and enticed by duality.

³⁷He practices falsehood and deception, telling lies.

³⁸Love and attachment to children and spouse is total misery and pain.

³⁹He is gagged and bound at the door of the Messenger of Death; he dies, and wanders lost in reincarnation.

⁴⁰The self-willed manmukh wastes his life; Nanak loves the Lord. ||3||

⁴¹Salok, Second Mehl:

⁴²Those who are blessed with the glorious greatness of Your Name - their minds are imbued with Your Love.

⁴³O Nanak, there is only One Ambrosial Nectar; there is no other nectar at all.

⁴⁴O Nanak, the Ambrosial Nectar is obtained within the mind, by Guru's Grace.

⁴⁵They alone drink it in with love, who have such pre-ordained destiny. ||1||

¹Second Mehl:

²Why praise the created being? Praise the One who created all.

³O Nanak, there is no other Giver, except the One Lord.

⁴Praise the Creator Lord, who created the creation.

⁵Praise the Great Giver, who gives sustenence to all.

⁶O Nanak, the treasure of the Eternal Lord is over-flowing.

⁷Praise and honor the One, who has no end or limitation. ||2||

⁸Pauree:

⁹The Name of the Lord is a treasure. Serving it, peace is obtained.

¹⁰I chant the Name of the Immaculate Lord, so that I may go home with honor.

¹¹The Word of the Gurmukh is the Naam; I enshrine the Naam within my heart.

¹²The bird of the intellect comes under one's control, by meditating on the True Guru.

¹³O Nanak, if the Lord becomes merciful, the mortal lovingly tunes in to the Naam. ||4||

¹⁴Salok, Second Mehl:

¹⁵How can we speak of Him? Only He knows Himself.

¹⁶His decree cannot be challenged; He is our Supreme Lord and Master.

¹⁷By His Decree, even kings, nobles and commanders must step down.

¹⁸Whatever is pleasing to His Will, O Nanak, is a good deed.

¹⁹By His Decree, we walk; nothing rests in our hands.

²⁰When the Order comes from our Lord and Master, all must rise up and take to the road.

²¹As His Decree is issued, so is His Command obeyed.

²²Those who are sent, come, O Nanak; when they are called back, they depart and go. ||1||

²³Second Mehl:

²⁴Those whom the Lord blesses with His Praises, are the true keepers of the treasure.

²⁵Those who are blessed with the key - they alone receive the treasure.

²⁶That treasure, from which virtue wells up - that treasure is approved.

²⁷Those who are blessed by His Glance of Grace, O Nanak, bear the Insignia of the Naam. ||2||

²⁸Pauree:

²⁹The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is immaculate and pure; hearing it, peace is obtained.

³⁰Listening and hearing, It is enshrined in the mind; how rare is that humble being who realizes it.

³¹Sitting down and standing up, I shall never forget Him, the Truest of the true.

³²His devotees have the Support of His Name; in His Name, they find peace.

³³O Nanak, He permeates and pervades mind and body; He is the Lord, the Guru's Word. ||5||

³⁴Salok, First Mehl:

³⁵O Nanak, the weight is weighed out, when the soul is placed on the scale.

³⁶Nothing is equal to speaking of the One, who perfectly unites us with the Perfect Lord.

³⁷To call Him glorious and great carries such a heavy weight.

³⁸Other intellectualisms are lightweight; other words are lightweight as well.

³⁹The weight of the earth, water and mountains

⁴⁰- how can the goldsmith weigh it on the scale?

⁴¹What weights can balance the scale?

⁴²O Nanak, when questioned, the answer is given.

⁴³The blind fool is running around, leading the blind.

⁴⁴The more they say, the more they expose themselves. ||1||

⁴⁵First Mehl:

⁴⁶It is difficult to chant it; it is difficult to listen to it. It cannot be chanted with the mouth.

⁴⁷Some speak with their mouths and chant the Word of the Shabad - the low and the high, day and night.

⁴⁸If He were something, then He would be visible. His form and state cannot be seen.

⁴⁹The Creator Lord does all deeds; He is established in the hearts of the high and the low.

¹It is so difficult to chant it, O Nanak; it cannot be chanted with the mouth. ||2||

²Pauree:

³Hearing the Name, the mind is delighted. The Name brings peace and tranquility.

⁴Hearing the Name, the mind is satisfied, and all pains are taken away.

⁵Hearing the Name, one becomes famous; the Name brings glorious greatness.

⁶The Name brings all honor and status; through the Name, salvation is obtained.

⁷The Gurmukh meditates on the Name; Nanak is lovingly attuned to the Name. ||6||

⁸Salok, First Mehl:

⁹Impurity does not come from music; impurity does not come from the Vedas.

¹⁰Impurity does not come from the phases of the sun and the moon.

¹¹Impurity does not come from food; impurity does not come from ritual cleansing baths.

¹²Impurity does not come from the rain, which falls everywhere.

¹³Impurity does not come from the earth; impurity does not come from the water.

¹⁴Impurity does not come from the air which is diffused everywhere.

¹⁵O Nanak, the one who has no Guru, has no redeeming virtues at all.

¹⁶Impurity comes from turning one's face away from God. ||1||

¹⁷First Mehl:

¹⁸O Nanak, the mouth is truly cleansed by ritual cleansing, if you really know how to do it.

¹⁹For the intuitively aware, cleansing is spiritual wisdom. For the Yogi, it is self-control.

²⁰For the Brahmin, cleansing is contentment; for the householder, it is truth and charity.

²¹For the king, cleansing is justice; for the scholar, it is true meditation.

²²The consciousness is not washed with water; you drink it to quench your thirst.

²³Water is the father of the world; in the end, water destroys it all. ||2||

²⁴Pauree:

²⁵Hearing the Name, all supernatural spiritual powers are obtained, and wealth follows along.

²⁶Hearing the Name, the nine treasures are received, and the mind's desires are obtained.

²⁷Hearing the Name, contentment comes, and Maya meditates at one's feet.

²⁸Hearing the Name, intuitive peace and poise wells up.

²⁹Through the Guru's Teachings, the Name is obtained; O Nanak, sing His Glorious Praises. ||7||

³⁰Salok, First Mehl:

³¹In pain, we are born; in pain, we die. In pain, we deal with the world.

³²Hereafter, there is said to be pain, only pain; the more the mortals read, the more they cry out.

³³The packages of pain are untied, but peace does not emerge.

³⁴In pain, the soul burns; in pain, it departs weeping and wailing.

³⁵O Nanak, imbued with the Lord's Praise, the mind and body blossom forth, rejuvenated.

³⁶In the fire of pain, the mortals die; but pain is also the cure. ||1||

³⁷First Mehl:

³⁸O Nanak, worldly pleasures are nothing more than dust. They are the dust of the dust of ashes.

³⁹The mortal earns only the dust of the dust; his body is covered with dust.

⁴⁰When the soul is taken out of the body, it too is covered with dust.

⁴¹And when one's account is called for in the world hereafter, he receives only ten times more dust. ||2||

⁴²Pauree:

⁴³Hearing the Name, one is blessed with purity and self-control, and the Messenger of Death will not draw near.

⁴⁴Hearing the Name, the heart is illumined, and darkness is dispelled.

⁴⁵Hearing the Name, one comes to understand his own self, and the profit of the Name is obtained.

⁴⁶Hearing the Name, sins are eradicated, and one meets the Immaculate True Lord.

⁴⁷O Nanak, hearing the Name, one's face becomes radiant. As Gurmukh, meditate on the Name. ||8||

⁴⁸Salok, First Mehl:

⁴⁹In your home, is the Lord God, along with all your other gods.

¹You wash your stone gods and worship them.

²You offer saffron, sandalwood and flowers.

³Falling at their feet, you try so hard to appease them.

⁴Begging, begging from other people, you get things to wear and eat.

⁵For your blind deeds, you will be blindly punished.

⁶Your idol does not feed the hungry, or save the dying.

⁷The blind assembly argues in blindness. ||1||

⁸First Mehl:

⁹All intuitive understanding, all Yoga, all the Vedas and Puraanas.

¹⁰All actions, all penances, all songs and spiritual wisdom.

¹¹All intellect, all enlightenment, all sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

¹²All kingdoms, all royal commands, all joys and all delicacies.

¹³All mankind, all divinites, all Yoga and meditation.

¹⁴All worlds, all celestial realms; all the beings of the universe.

¹⁵According to His Hukam, He commands them. His Pen writes out the account of their actions.

¹⁶O Nanak, True is the Lord, and True is His Name. True is His Congregation and His Court. ||2||

¹⁷Pauree:

¹⁸With faith in the Name, peace wells up; the Name brings emancipation.

¹⁹With faith in the Name, honor is obtained. The Lord is enshrined in the heart.

²⁰With faith in the Name, one crosses over the terrifying world-ocean, and no obstructions are ever again encountered.

²¹With faith in the Name, the Path is revealed; through the Name, one is totally enlightened.

²²O Nanak, meeting with the True Guru, one comes to have faith in the Name; he alone has faith, who is blessed with it. ||9||

²³Salok, First Mehl:

²⁴The mortal walks on his head through the worlds and realms; he meditates, balanced on one foot.

²⁵Controlling the wind of the breath, he meditates within his mind, tucking his chin down into his chest.

²⁶What does he lean on? Where does he get his power?

²⁷What can be said, O Nanak? Who is blessed by the Creator?

²⁸God keeps all under His Command, but the fool shows off himself. ||1||

²⁹First Mehl:

³⁰He is, He is - I say it millions upon millions, millions upon millions of times.

³¹With my mouth I say it, forever and ever; there is no end to this speech.

³²I do not get tired, and I will not be stopped; this is how great my determination is.

³³O Nanak, this is tiny and insignificant. To say that it is more, is wrong. ||2||

³⁴Pauree:

³⁵With faith in the Name, all one's ancestors and family are saved.

³⁶With faith in the Name, one's associates are saved; enshrine it within your heart.

³⁷With faith in the Name, those who hear it are saved; let your tongue delight in it.

³⁸With faith in the Name, pain and hunger are dispelled; let your consciousness be attached to the Name.

³⁹O Nanak, they alone Praise the Name, who meet with the Guru. ||10||

⁴⁰Salok, First Mehl:

⁴¹All nights, all days, all dates, all days of the week;

⁴²All seasons, all months, all the earth and everything on it.

⁴³All waters, all winds, all fires and underworlds.

⁴⁴All solar systems and galaxies, all worlds, people and forms.

⁴⁵No one knows how great the Hukam of His Command is; no one can describe His actions.

⁴⁶Mortals may utter, chant, recite and contemplate His Praises until they grow weary.

⁴⁷The poor fools, O Nanak, cannot find even a tiny bit of the Lord. ||1||

⁴⁸First Mehl:

⁴⁹If I were to walk around with my eyes wide open, gazing at all the created forms;

⁵⁰I could ask the spiritual teachers and religious scholars, and those who contemplate the Vedas;

¹I could ask the gods, mortal men, warriors and divine incarnations;

²I could consult all the Siddhas in Samaadhi, and go to see the Lord's Court.

³Hereafter, Truth is the Name of all; the Fearless Lord has no fear at all.

⁴False are other intellectualisms, false and shallow; blind are the contemplations of the blind.

⁵O Nanak, by the karma of good actions, the mortal comes to meditate on the Lord; by His Grace, we are carried across. ||2||

⁶Pauree:

⁷With faith in the Name, evil-mindedness is eradicated, and the intellect is enlightened.

⁸With faith in the Name, egotism is eradicated, and all sickness is cured.

⁹Believing in the Name, The Name wells up, and intuitive peace and poise are obtained.

¹⁰Believing in the Name, tranquility and peace well up, and the Lord is enshrined in the mind.

¹¹O Nanak, the Name is a jewel; the Gurmukh meditates on the Lord. ||11||

¹²Salok, First Mehl:

¹³If there were any other equal to You, O Lord, I would speak to them of You.

¹⁴You, I praise You; I am blind, but through the Name, I am all-seeing.

¹⁵Whatever is spoken, is the Word of the Shabad. Chanting it with love, we are embellished.

¹⁶Nanak, this is the greatest thing to say: all glorious greatness is Yours. ||1||

¹⁷First Mehl:

¹⁸When there was nothing, what happened? What happens when one is born?

¹⁹The Creator, the Doer, does all; He watches over all, again and again

²⁰. Whether we keep silent or beg out loud, the Great Giver blesses us with His gifts.

²¹The One Lord is the Giver; we are all beggars. I have seen this throughout the Universe.

²²Nanak knows this: the Great Giver lives forever. ||2||

²³Pauree:

²⁴With faith in the Name, intuitive awareness wells up; through the Name, intelligence comes.

²⁵With faith in the Name, chant the Glories of God; through the Name, peace is obtained.

²⁶With faith in the Name, doubt is eradicated, and the mortal never suffers again.

²⁷With faith in the Name, sing His Praises, and your sinful intellect shall be washed clean.

²⁸O Nanak, through the Perfect Guru, one comes to have faith in the Name; they alone receive it, unto whom He gives it. ||12||

²⁹Salok, First Mehl:

³⁰Some read the Shaastras, the Vedas and the Puraanas.

³¹They recite them, out of ignorance.

³²If they really understood them, they would realize the Lord.

³³Nanak says, there is no need to shout so loud. ||1||

³⁴First Mehl:

³⁵When I am Yours, then everything is mine. When I am not, You are.

³⁶You Yourself are All-powerful, and You Yourself are the Intuitive Knower. The whole world is strung on the Power of Your Shakti.

³⁷You Yourself send out the mortal beings, and You Yourself call them back home. Having created the creation, You behold it.

³⁸O Nanak, True is the Name of the True Lord; through Truth, one is accepted by the Primal Lord God. ||2||

³⁹Pauree:

⁴⁰The Name of the Immaculate Lord is unknowable. How can it be known?

⁴¹The Name of the Immaculate Lord is with the mortal being. How can it be obtained, O Siblings of Destiny?

⁴²The Name of the Immaculate Lord is all-pervading and permeating everywhere.

⁴³Through the Perfect Guru, it is obtained. It is revealed within the heart.

⁴⁴O Nanak, when the Merciful Lord grants His Grace, the mortal meets with the Guru, O Siblings of Desitny. ||13||

⁴⁵Salok, First Mehl:

⁴⁶In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, people have faces like dogs; they eat rotting carcasses for food.

⁴⁷They bark and speak, telling only lies; all thought of righteousness has left them.

⁴⁸Those who have no honor while alive, will have an evil reputation after they die.

¹Whatever is predestined, happens, O Nanak; whatever the Creator does, comes to pass. ||1||

²First Mehl:

³Women have become advisors, and men have become hunters.

⁴Humility, self-control and purity have run away; people eat the uneatable, forbidden food.

⁵Modesty has left her home, and honor has gone away with her.

⁶O Nanak, there is only One True Lord; do not bother to search for any other as true. ||2||

⁷Pauree:

⁸You smear your outer body with ashes, but within, you are filled with darkness.

⁹You wear the patched coat and all the right clothes and robes, but you are still egotistical and proud.

¹⁰You do not chant the Shabad, the Word of Your Lord and Master; you are attached to the expanse of Maya.

¹¹Within, you are filled with greed and doubt; you wander around like a fool.

¹²Says Nanak, you never even think of the Naam; you have lost the game of life in the gamble. ||14||

¹³Salok, First Mehl:

¹⁴You may be in love with tens of thousands, and live for thousands of years; but what good are these pleasures and occupations?

¹⁵And when you must separate from them, that separation is like poison, but they will be gone in an instant.

¹⁶You may eat sweets for a hundred years, but eventually, you will have to eat the bitter as well.

¹⁷Then, you will not remember eating the sweets; bitterness will permeate you.

¹⁸The sweet and the bitter are both diseases.

¹⁹O Nanak, eating them, you will come to ruin in the end.

²⁰It is useless to worry and struggle to death.

²¹Entangled in worries and struggles, people exhaust themselves. ||1||

²²First Mehl:

²³They have fine clothes and furniture of various colors.

²⁴Their houses are painted beautifully white.

²⁵In pleasure and poise, they play their mind games.

²⁶When they approach You, O Lord, they shall be spoken to.

²⁷They think it is sweet, so they eat the bitter.

²⁸The bitter disease grows in the body.

²⁹If, later on, they receive the sweet,

³⁰then their bitterness shall be gone, O mother.

³¹O Nanak, the Gurmukh is blessed to receive

³²what he is predestined to receive. ||2||

³³Pauree:

³⁴Those whose hearts are filled with the filth of deception, may wash themselves on the outside.

³⁵They practice falsehood and deception, and their falsehood is revealed.

³⁶That which is within them, comes out; it cannot be concealed by concealment.

³⁷Attached to falsehood and greed, the mortal is consigned to reincarnation over and over again.

³⁸O Nanak, whatever the mortal plants, he must eat. The Creator Lord has written our destiny. ||15||

³⁹Salok, Second Mehl:

⁴⁰The Vedas bring forth stories and legends, and thoughts of vice and virtue.

⁴¹What is given, they receive, and what is received, they give. They are reincarnated in heaven and hell.

⁴²High and low, social class and status - the world wanders lost in superstition.

⁴³The Ambrosial Word of Gurbani proclaims the essence of reality. Spiritual wisdom and meditation are contained within it.

⁴⁴The Gurmukhs chant it, and the Gurmukhs realize it. Intuitively aware, they meditate on it.

⁴⁵By the Hukam of His Command, He formed the Universe, and in His Hukam, He keeps it. By His Hukam, He keeps it under His Gaze.

⁴⁶O Nanak, if the mortal shatters his ego before he departs, as it is pre-ordained, then he is approved. ||1||

⁴⁷First Mehl:

⁴⁸The Vedas proclaim that vice and virtue are the seeds of heaven and hell.

⁴⁹Whatever is planted, shall grow. The soul eats the fruits of its actions, and understands.

⁵⁰Whoever praises spiritual wisdom as great, becomes truthful in the True Name.

⁵¹When Truth is planted, Truth grows. In the Court of the Lord, you shall find your place of honor.

¹The Vedas are only merchants; spiritual wisdom is the capital; by His Grace, it is received.

²O Nanak, without capital, no one has ever departed with profit. ||2||

³Pauree:

⁴You can water a bitter neem tree with ambrosial nectar.

⁵You can feed a venomous snake lots of milk.

⁶The self-willed manmukh is resistant; he cannot be softened. You might as well water a stone.

⁷Irrigating a poisonous plant with ambrosial nectar, only poisonous fruit is obtained.

⁸O Lord, please unite Nanak with the Sangat, the Holy Congregation, so that he may be rid of all poison. ||16||

⁹Salok, First Mehl:

¹⁰Death does not ask the time; it does not ask the date or the day of the week.

¹¹Some have packed up, and some who have packed up have gone.

¹²Some are severely punished, and some are taken care of.

¹³They must leave their armies and drums, and their beautiful mansions.

¹⁴O Nanak, the pile of dust is once again reduced to dust. ||1||

¹⁵First Mehl:

¹⁶O Nanak, the pile shall fall apart; the fortress of the body is made of dust.

¹⁷The thief has settled within you; O soul, your life is false. ||2||

¹⁸Pauree:

¹⁹Those who are filled with vicious slander, shall have their noses cut, and be shamed.

²⁰They are totally ugly, and always in pain. Their faces are blackened by Maya.

²¹They rise early in the morning, to cheat and steal from others; they hide from the Lord's Name.

²²O Dear Lord, let me not even associate with them; save me from them, O my Sovereign Lord King.

²³O Nanak, the self-willed manmukhs act according to their past deeds, producing nothing but pain. ||17||

²⁴Salok, Fourth Mehl:

²⁵Everyone belongs to our Lord and Master. Everyone came from Him.

²⁶Only by realizing the Hukam of His Command, is Truth obtained.

²⁷The Gurmukh realizes his own self; no one appears evil to him.

²⁸O Nanak, the Gurmukh meditates on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. Fruitful is his coming into the world. ||1||

²⁹Fourth Mehl:

³⁰He Himself is the Giver of all; He unites all with Himself.

³¹O Nanak, they are united with the Word of the Shabad; serving the Lord, the Great Giver, they shall never be separated from Him again. ||2||

³²Pauree:

³³Peace and tranquility fill the heart of the Gurmukh; the Name wells up within them.

³⁴Chanting and meditation, penance and self-discipline, and bathing at sacred shrines of pilgrimage - the merits of these come by pleasing my God.

³⁵So serve the Lord with a pure heart; singing His Glorious Praises, you shall be embellished and exalted.

³⁶My Dear Lord is pleased by this; he carries the Gurmukh across.

³⁷O Nanak, the Gurmukh is merged with the Lord; he is embellished in His Court. ||18||

³⁸Salok, First Mehl:

³⁹Thus speaks the wealthy man: I should go and get more wealth.

⁴⁰Nanak becomes poor on that day when he forgets the Lord's Name. ||1||

⁴¹First Mehl:

⁴²The sun rises and sets, and the lives of all run out.

⁴³The mind and body experience pleasures; one loses, and another wins.

⁴⁴Everyone is puffed up with pride; even after they are spoken to, they do not stop.

⁴⁵O Nanak, the Lord Himself sees all; when He takes the air out of the balloon, the body falls. ||2||

⁴⁶Pauree:

⁴⁷The treasure of the Name is in the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation. There, the Lord is found.

¹By Guru's Grace, the heart is illumined, and darkness is dispelled.

²Iron is transformed into gold, when it touches the Philosopher's Stone.

³O Nanak, meeting with the True Guru, the Name is obtained. Meeting Him, the mortal meditates on the Name.

⁴Those who have virtue as their treasure, obtain the Blessed Vision of His Darshan. ||19||

⁵Salok, First Mehl:

⁶Cursed are the lives of those who read and write the Lord's Name to sell it.

⁷Their crop is devastated - what harvest will they have?

⁸Lacking truth and humility, they shall not be appreciated in the world hereafter.

⁹Wisdom which leads to arguments is not called wisdom.

¹⁰Wisdom leads us to serve our Lord and Master; through wisdom, honor is obtained.

¹¹Wisdom does not come by reading textbooks; wisdom inspires us to give in charity.

¹²Says Nanak, this is the Path; other things lead to Satan. ||1||

¹³Second Mehl:

¹⁴Mortals are known by their actions; this is the way it has to be.

¹⁵They should show goodness, and not be deformed by their actions; this is how they are called beautiful.

¹⁶Whatever they desire, they shall receive; O Nanak, they become the very image of God. ||2||

¹⁷Pauree:

¹⁸The True Guru is the tree of ambrosia. it bears the fruit of sweet nectar.

¹⁹He alone receives it, who is so pre-destined, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

²⁰One who walks in harmony with the Will of the True Guru, is blended with the Lord.

²¹The Messenger of Death cannot even see him; his heart is illumined with God's Light.

²²O Nanak, God forgives him, and blends him with Himself; he does not rot away in the womb of reincarnation ever again. ||20||

²³Salok, First Mehl:

²⁴Those who have truth as their fast, contentment as their sacred shrine of pilgrimage, spiritual wisdom and meditation as their cleansing bath,

²⁵kindness as their deity, and forgiveness as their chanting beads - they are the most excellent people.

²⁶Those who take the Way as their loincloth, and intuitive awareness their ritualistically purified enclosure, with good deeds their ceremonial forehead mark,

²⁷and love their food - O Nanak, they are very rare. ||1||

²⁸Third Mehl:

²⁹On the ninth day of the month, make a vow to speak the Truth,

³⁰and your sexual desire, anger and desire shall be eaten up.

³¹On the tenth day, regulate your ten doors; on the eleventh day, know that the Lord is One.

³²On the twelfth day, the five thieves are subdued, and then, O Nanak, the mind is pleased and appeased.

³³Observe such a fast as this, O Pandit, O religious scholar; of what use are all the other teachings? ||2||

³⁴Pauree:

³⁵Kings, rulers and monarchs enjoy pleasures and gather the poison of Maya.

³⁶In love with it, they collect more and more, stealing the wealth of others.

³⁷They do not trust their own children or spouses; they are totally attached to the love of Maya.

³⁸But even as they look on, Maya cheats them, and they come to regret and repent.

³⁹Bound and gagged at Death's door, they are beaten and punished; O Nanak, it pleases the Will of the Lord. ||21||

⁴⁰Salok, First Mehl:

⁴¹The one who lacks spiritual wisdom sings religious songs.

⁴²The hungry Mullah turns his home into a mosque.

⁴³The lazy unemployed has his ears pierced to look like a Yogi.

⁴⁴Someone else becomes a pan-handler, and loses his social status.

⁴⁵One who calls himself a guru or a spiritual teacher, while he goes around begging

⁴⁶- don't ever touch his feet.

⁴⁷One who works for what he eats, and gives some of what he has

⁴⁸- O Nanak, he knows the Path. ||1||

¹First Mehl:

²Those mortals whose minds are like deep dark pits do not understand the purpose of life, even when it is explained to them.

³Their minds are blind, and their heart-lotuses are upside-down; they look totally ugly.

⁴Some know how to speak, and understand what they are told. They are wise and beautiful.

⁵Some do not understand about the Sound-current of the Naad or the Vedas, music, virtue or vice.

⁶Some are not blessed with understanding, intelligence, or sublime intellect; they do not grasp the mystery of God's Word.

⁷O Nanak, they are donkeys; they are very proud of themselves, but they have no virtues at all. ||2||

⁸Pauree:

⁹To the Gurmukh, everything is sacred: wealth, property, Maya.

¹⁰Those who spend the wealth of the Lord find peace through giving.

¹¹Those who meditate on the Lord's Name shall never be deprived.

¹²The Gurmukhs come to see the Lord, and leave behind the things of Maya.

¹³O Nanak, the devotees do not think of anything else; they are absorbed in the Name of the Lord. ||22||

¹⁴Salok, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁵Those who serve the True Guru are very fortunate.

¹⁶They are lovingly attuned to the True Shabad, the Word of the One God.

¹⁷In their own household and family, they are in natural Samaadhi.

¹⁸O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Naam are truly detached from the world. ||1||

¹⁹Fourth Mehl:

²⁰Calculated service is not service at all, and what is done is not approved.

²¹The flavor of the Shabad, the Word of God, is not tasted if the mortal is not in love with the True Lord God.

²²The stubborn-minded person does not even like the True Guru; he comes and goes in reincarnation.

²³He takes one step forward, and ten steps back.

²⁴The mortal works to serve the True Guru, if he walks in harmony with the True Guru's Will.

²⁵He loses his self-conceit, and meets the True Guru; he remains intuitively absorbed in the Lord.

²⁶O Nanak, they never forget the Naam, the Name of the Lord; they are united in Union with the True Lord. ||2||

²⁷Pauree:

²⁸They call themselves emperors and rulers, but none of them will be allowed to stay.

²⁹Their sturdy forts and mansions - none of them will go along with them.

³⁰Their gold and horses, fast as the wind, are cursed, and cursed are their clever tricks.

³¹Eating the thirty-six delicacies, they become bloated with pollution.

³²O Nanak, the self-willed manmukh does not know the One who gives, and so he suffers in pain. ||23||

³³Salok, Third Mehl:

³⁴The Pandits, the religious scholars and the silent sages read and recite until they get tired. They wander through foreign lands in their religious robes, until they are exhausted.

³⁵In love with duality, they never receive the Name. Held in the grasp of pain, they suffer terribly.

³⁶The blind fools serve the three gunas, the three dispositions; they deal only with Maya.

³⁷With deception in their hearts, the fools read sacred texts to fill their bellies.

³⁸One who serves the True Guru finds peace; he eradicates egotism from within.

³⁹O Nanak, there is One Name to chant and dwell on; how rare are those who reflect on this and understand. ||1||

⁴⁰Third Mehl:

⁴¹Naked we come, and naked we go. This is by the Lord's Command; what else can we do?

⁴²The object belongs to Him; He shall take it away; with whom should one be angry.

⁴³One who becomes Gurmukh accepts God's Will; he intuitively drinks in the Lord's sublime essence.

⁴⁴O Nanak, praise the Giver of peace forever; with your tongue, savor the Lord. ||2||

¹Pauree:

²The fortress of the body has been decorated and adorned in so many ways.

³The wealthy wear beautiful silk robes of various colors.

⁴They hold elegant and beautiful courts, on red and white carpets.

⁵But they eat in pain, and in pain they seek pleasure; they are very proud of their pride.

⁶O Nanak, the mortal does not even think of the Name, which shall deliver him in the end. ||24||

⁷Salok, Third Mehl:

⁸She sleeps in intuitive peace and poise, absorbed in the Word of the Shabad.

⁹God hugs her close in His Embrace, and merges her into Himself.

¹⁰Duality is eradicated with intuitive ease.

¹¹The Naam comes to abide in her mind.

¹²He hugs close in His Embrace those who shatter and reform their beings.

¹³O Nanak, those who are predestined to meet Him, come and meet Him now. ||1||

¹⁴Third Mehl:

¹⁵Those who forget the Naam, the Name of the Lord - so what if they chant other chants?

¹⁶They are maggots in manure, plundered by the thief of worldly entanglements.

¹⁷O Nanak, never forget the Naam; greed for anything else is false. ||2||

¹⁸Pauree:

¹⁹Those who praise the Naam, and believe in the Naam, are eternally stable in this world.

²⁰Within their hearts, they dwell on the Lord, and nothing else at all.

²¹With each and every hair, they chant the Lord's Name, each and every instant, the Lord.

²²The birth of the Gurmukh is fruitful and certified; pure and unstained, his filth is washed away.

²³O Nanak, meditating on the Lord of eternal life, the status of immortality is obtained. ||25||

²⁴Salok, Third Mehl:

²⁵Those who forget the Naam and do other things,

²⁶O Nanak, will be bound and gagged and beaten in the City of Death, like the thief caught red-handed. ||1||

²⁷Fifth Mehl:

²⁸The earth is beauteous, and the sky is lovely, chanting the Name of the Lord.

²⁹O Nanak, those who lack the Naam - their carcasses are eaten by the crows. ||2||

³⁰Pauree:

³¹Those who lovingly praise the Naam, and dwell in the mansion of the self deep within,

³²do not enter into reincarnation ever again; they shall never be destroyed.

³³They remain immersed and absorbed in the love of the Lord, with every breath and morsel of food.

³⁴The color of the Lord's Love never fades away; the Gurmukhs are enlightened.

³⁵Granting His Grace, He unites them with Himself; O Nanak, the Lord keeps them by His side. ||26||

³⁶Salok, Third Mehl:

³⁷As long as his mind is disturbed by waves, he is caught in ego and egotistical pride.

³⁸He does not find the taste of the Shabad, and he does not embrace love for the Name.

³⁹His service is not accepted; worrying and worrying, he wastes away in misery.

⁴⁰O Nanak, he alone is called a selfless servant, who cuts off his head, and offers it to the Lord.

⁴¹He accepts the Will of the True Guru, and enshrines the Shabad within his heart. ||1||

⁴²Third Mehl:

⁴³That is chanting and meditation, work and selfless service, which is pleasing to our Lord and Master.

⁴⁴The Lord Himself forgives, and takes away self-conceit, and unites the mortals with Himself.

⁴⁵United with the Lord, the mortal is never separated again; his light merges into the Light.

⁴⁶O Nanak, by Guru's Grace, the mortal understands, when the Lord allows him to understand. ||2||

⁴⁷Pauree:

⁴⁸All are held accountable, even the egotistical self-willed manmukhs.

⁴⁹They never even think of the Name of the Lord; the Messenger of Death shall hit them on their heads.

¹Their sin and corruption are like rusty slag; they carry such a heavy load.

²The path is treacherous and terrifying; how can they cross over to the other side?

³O Nanak, those whom the Guru protects are saved. They are saved in the Name of the Lord. ||27||

⁴Salok, Third Mehl:

⁵Without serving the True Guru, no one finds peace; mortals die and are reborn, over and over again.

⁶They have been given the drug of emotional attachment; in love with duality, they are totally corrupt.

⁷Some are saved, by Guru's Grace. Everyone humbly bows before such humble beings.

⁸O Nanak, meditate on the Naam, deep within yourself, day and night. You shall find the Door of Salvation. ||1||

⁹Third Mehl:

¹⁰Emotionally attached to Maya, the mortal forgets truth, death and the Name of the Lord.

¹¹Engaged in worldly affairs, his life wastes away; deep within himself, he suffers in pain.

¹²O Nanak, those who have the karma of such pre-ordained destiny, serve the True Guru and find peace. ||2||

¹³Pauree:

¹⁴Read the account of the Name of the Lord, and you shall never again be called to account.

¹⁵No one will question you, and you will always be safe in the Court of the Lord.

¹⁶The Messenger of Death will meet you, and be your constant servant.

¹⁷Through the Perfect Guru, you shall find the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. You shall be famous throughout the world.

¹⁸O Nanak, the unstruck celestial melody vibrates at your door; come and merge with the Lord. ||28||

¹⁹Salok, Third Mehl:

²⁰Whoever follows the Guru's Teachings, attains the most sublime peace of all peace.

²¹Acting in accordance with the Guru, his fear is cut away; O Nanak, he is carried across. ||1||

²²Third Mehl:

²³The True Lord does not grow old; His Naam is never dirtied.

²⁴Whoever walks in harmony with the Guru's Will, shall not be reborn again.

²⁵O Nanak, those who forget the Naam, come and go in reincarnation. ||2||

²⁶Pauree:

²⁷I am a beggar; I ask this blessing of You: O Lord, please embellish me with Your Love.

²⁸I am so thirsty for the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan; His Darshan brings me satisfaction.

²⁹I cannot live for a moment, for even an instant, without seeing Him, O my mother.

³⁰The Guru has shown me that the Lord is always with me; He is permeating and pervading all places.

³¹He Himself wakes the sleepers, O Nanak, and lovingly attunes them to Himself. ||29||

³²Salok, Third Mehl:

³³The self-willed manmukhs do not even know how to speak. They are filled with sexual desire, anger and egotism.

³⁴They do not know the difference between good and bad; they constantly think of corruption.

³⁵In the Lord's Court, they are called to account, and they are judged to be false.

³⁶He Himself creates the Universe. He Himself contemplates it.

³⁷O Nanak, whom should we tell? The True Lord is permeating and pervading all. ||1||

³⁸Third Mehl:

³⁹The Gurmukhs worship and adore the Lord; they receive the good karma of their actions.

⁴⁰O Nanak, I am a sacrifice to those whose minds are filled with the Lord. ||2||

⁴¹Pauree:

⁴²All people cherish hope, that they will live long lives.

⁴³They wish to live forever; they adorn and embellish their forts and mansions.

⁴⁴By various frauds and deceptions, they steal the wealth of others.

⁴⁵But the Messenger of Death keeps his gaze on their breath, and the life of those goblins decreases day by day.

¹Nanak has come to the Sanctuary of the Guru, and is saved. The Guru, the Lord, is his Protector. ||30||

²Salok, Third Mehl:

³Reading and writing, the Pandits engage in debates and disputes; they are attached to the flavors of Maya.

⁴In the love of duality, they forget the Naam. Those foolish mortals shall receive their punishment.

⁵They do not serve the One who created them, who gives sustenance to all.

⁶The noose of Death around their necks is not cut off; they come and go in reincarnation, over and over again.

⁷The True Guru comes and meets those who have such pre-ordained destiny.

⁸Night and day, they meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord; O Nanak, they merge into the True Lord. ||1||

⁹Third Mehl:

¹⁰Those Gurmukhs who fall at His Feet deal with the True Lord and serve the True Lord.

¹¹O Nanak, those who walk in harmony with the Guru's Will are intuitively absorbed in the True Lord. ||2||

¹²Pauree:

¹³In hope, there is very great pain; the self-willed manmukh focuses his consciousness on it.

¹⁴The Gurmukhs become desireless, and attain supreme peace.

¹⁵In the midst of their household, they remain detached; they are lovingly attuned to the Detached Lord.

¹⁶Sorrow and separation do not cling to them at all. They are pleased with the Lord's Will.

¹⁷O Nanak, they remain forever immersed in the Primal Lord, who blends them with Himself. ||31||

¹⁸Salok, Third Mehl:

¹⁹Why keep what is held in trust for another? Giving it back, peace is found.

²⁰The Word of the Guru's Shabad rests in the Guru; it does not appear through anyone else.

²¹The blind man finds a jewel, and goes from house to house selling it.

²²But they cannot appraise it, and they do not offer him even half a shell for it.

²³If he cannot appraise it himself, then he should have it appraised by an appraiser.

²⁴If he focuses his consciousness, then he obtains the true object, and he is blessed with the nine treasures.

²⁵The wealth is within the house, while the world is dying of hunger. Without the True Guru, no one has a clue.

²⁶When the cooling and soothing Shabad comes to dwell in the mind and body, there is no sorrow or separation there.

²⁷The object belongs to someone else, but the fool is proud of it, and shows his shallow nature.

²⁸O Nanak, without understanding, no one obtains it; they come and go in reincarnation, over and over again. ||1||

²⁹Third Mehl:

³⁰My mind is in ecstasy; I have met my Beloved Lord. My beloved friends, the Saints, are delighted.

³¹Those who are united with the Primal Lord shall never be separated again. The Creator has united them with Himself.

³²The Shabad permeates my inner being, and I have found the Guru; all my sorrows are dispelled.

³³I praise forever the Lord, the Giver of peace; I keep Him enshrined deep within my heart.

³⁴How can the self-willed manmukh gossip about those who are embellished and exalted in the True Word of the Shabad?

³⁵My Beloved Himself preserves the honor of those who have come to the Guru's Door seeking Sanctuary.

³⁶O Nanak, the Gurmukhs are filled with joy; their faces are radiant in the Court of the Lord. ||2||

³⁷Pauree:

³⁸The husband and wife are very much in love; joining together, their love increases.

³⁹Gazing on his children and his wife, the man is pleased and attached to Maya.

⁴⁰Stealing the wealth of his own country and other lands, he brings it home and feeds them.

¹In the end, hatred and conflict well up, and no one can save him.

²O Nanak, without the Name, those loving attachments are cursed; engrossed in them, he suffers in pain. ||32||

³Salok, Third Mehl:

⁴The Guru's Word is the Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam. Eating it, all hunger departs.

⁵There is no thirst or desire at all, when the Naam comes to dwell in the mind.

⁶Eating anything other than the Name, disease runs to afflict the body.

⁷O Nanak, whoever takes the Praise of the Shabad as his spices and flavors - the Lord unites him in His Union. ||1||

⁸Third Mehl:

⁹The life within all living beings is the Word of the Shabad. Through it, we meet our Husband Lord.

¹⁰Without the Shabad, the world is in darkness. Through the Shabad, it is enlightened.

¹¹The Pandits, the religious scholars, and the silent sages read and write until they are weary. The religious fanatics are tired of washing their bodies.

¹²Without the Shabad, no one attains the Lord; the miserable depart weeping and wailing.

¹³O Nanak, by His Glance of Grace, the Merciful Lord is attained. ||2||

¹⁴Pauree:

¹⁵The husband and wife are very much in love; sitting together, they make evil plans.

¹⁶All that is seen shall pass away. This is the Will of my God.

¹⁷How can anyone remain in this world forever? Some may try to devise a plan.

¹⁸Working for the Perfect Guru, the wall becomes permanent and stable.

¹⁹O Nanak, the Lord forgives them, and merges them into Himself; they are absorbed in the Lord's Name. ||33||

²⁰Salok, Third Mehl:

²¹Attached to Maya, the mortal forgets the Fear of God and Guru, and love for the Infinite Lord.

²²The waves of greed take away his wisdom and understanding, and he does not embrace love for the True Lord.

²³The Word of the Shabad abides in the mind of the Gurmukhs, who find the Gate of Salvation.

²⁴O Nanak, the Lord Himself forgives them, and unites them in Union with Himself. ||1||

²⁵Fourth Mehl:

²⁶O Nanak, without Him, we could not live for a moment. Forgetting Him, we could not succeed for an instant.

²⁷O mortal, how can you be angry with the One who cares for you? ||2||

²⁸Fourth Mehl:

²⁹The rainy season of Saawan has come. The Gurmukh meditates on the Lord's Name.

³⁰All pain, hunger and misfortune end, when the rain falls in torrents.

³¹The entire earth is rejuvenated, and the grain grows in abundance.

³²The Carefree Lord, by His Grace, summons that mortal whom the Lord Himself approves.

³³So meditate on the Lord, O Saints; He shall save you in the end.

³⁴The Kirtan of the Lord's Praises and devotion to Him is bliss; peace shall come to dwell in the mind.

³⁵Those Gurmukhs who worship the Naam, the Name of the Lord - their pain and hunger departs.

³⁶Servant Nanak is satisfied, singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. Please embellish him with the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan. ||3||

³⁷Pauree:

³⁸The Perfect Guru bestows His gifts, which increase day by day.

³⁹The Merciful Lord Himself bestows them; they cannot be concealed by concealment.

⁴⁰The heart-lotus blossoms forth, and the mortal is lovingly absorbed in the state of supreme bliss.

⁴¹If anyone tries to challenge him, the Lord throws dust on his head.

⁴²O Nanak, no one can equal the glory of the Perfect True Guru. ||34||

¹Salok, Third Mehl:

²The Order of the Lord is beyond challenge. Clever tricks and arguments will not work against it.

³So abandon your self-conceit, and take to His Sanctuary; accept the Order of His Will.

⁴The Gurmukh eliminates self-conceit from within himself; he shall not be punished by the Messenger of Death.

⁵O Nanak, he alone is called a selfless servant, who remains lovingly attuned to the True Lord. ||1||

⁶Third Mehl:

⁷All gifts, light and beauty are Yours.

⁸Excessive cleverness and egotism are mine.

⁹The mortal performs all sorts of rituals in greed and attachment; engrossed in egotsim, he shall never escape the cycle of reincarnation.

¹⁰O Nanak, the Creator Himself inspires all to act. Whatever pleases Him is good. ||2||

¹¹Pauree, Fifth Mehl:

¹²Let Truth be your food, and Truth your clothes, and take the Support of the True Name.

¹³The True Guru shall lead you to meet God, the Great Giver.

¹⁴When perfect destiny is activated, the mortal meditates on the Formless Lord.

¹⁵Joining the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, you shall cross over the world-ocean.

¹⁶O Nanak, chant God's Praises, and celebrate His Victory. ||35||

¹⁷Salok, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁸In Your Mercy, You care for all beings and creatures.

¹⁹You produce corn and water in abundance; You eliminate pain and poverty, and carry all beings across.

²⁰The Great Giver listened to my prayer, and the world has been cooled and comforted.

²¹Take me into Your Embrace, and take away all my pain.

²²Nanak meditates on the Naam, the Name of the Lord; the House of God is fruitful and prosperous. ||1||

²³Fifth Mehl:

²⁴Rain is falling from the clouds - it is so beautiful! The Creator Lord issued His Order.

²⁵Grain has been produced in abundance; the world is cooled and comforted.

²⁶The mind and body are rejuvenated, meditating in remembrance on the Inaccessible and Infinite Lord.

²⁷O my True Creator Lord God, please shower Your Mercy on me.

²⁸He does whatever He pleases; Nanak is forever a sacrifice to Him. ||2||

²⁹Pauree:

³⁰The Great Lord is Inaccessible; His glorious greatness is glorious!

³¹Gazing upon Him through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, I blossom forth in ecstasy; tranquility comes to my inner being.

³²All by Himself, He Himself is pervading everywhere, O Siblings of Destiny.

³³He Himself is the Lord and Master of all. He has subdued all, and all are under the Hukam of His Command.

³⁴O Nanak, the Lord does whatever He pleases. Everyone walks in harmony with His Will. ||36||1|| Sudh||

³⁵Raag Saarang, The Word Of The Devotees. Kabeer Jee:

³⁶Kabeer Jee:

³⁷One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³⁸O mortal, why are you so proud of small things?

³⁹With a few pounds of grain and a few coins in your pocket, you are totally puffed up with pride. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁰With great pomp and ceremony, you control a hundred villages, with an income of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

⁴¹The power you exert will last for only a few days, like the green leaves of the forest. ||1||

⁴²No one has brought this wealth with him, and no one will take it with him when he goes.

⁴³Emperors, even greater than Raawan, passed away in an instant. ||2||

¹The Lord's Saints are steady and stable forever; they worship and adore Him, and chant the Lord's Name.

²Those who are mercifully blessed by the Lord of the Universe, join the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation. ||3||

³Mother, father, spouse, children and wealth will not go along with you in the end.

⁴Says Kabeer, meditate and vibrate on the Lord, O madman. Your life is uselessly wasting away. ||4||1||

⁵I do not know the limits of Your Royal Ashram.

⁶I am the humble slave of Your Saints. ||1||Pause||

⁷The one who goes laughing returns crying, and the one who goes crying returns laughing.

⁸What is inhabited becomes deserted, and what is deserted becomes inhabited. ||1||

⁹The water turns into a desert, the desert turns into a well, and the well turns into a mountain.

¹⁰From the earth, the mortal is exalted to the Akaashic ethers; and from the ethers on high, he is thrown down again. ||2||

¹¹The beggar is transformed into a king, and the king into a beggar.

¹²The idiotic fool is transformed into a Pandit, a religious scholar, and the Pandit into a fool. ||3||

¹³The woman is transformed into a man, and the men into women.

¹⁴Says Kabeer, God is the Beloved of the Holy Saints. I am a sacrifice to His image. ||4||2||

¹⁵Saarang, The Word Of Naam Dayv Jee:

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

¹⁷O mortal, why are you going into the forest of corruption?

¹⁸You have been misled into eating the toxic drug. ||1||Pause||

¹⁹You are like a fish living in the water;

²⁰you do not see the net of death.

²¹Trying to taste the flavor, you swallow the hook.

²²You are bound by attachment to wealth and woman. ||1||

²³The bee stores up loads of honey;

²⁴then someone comes and takes the honey, and throws dust in its mouth.

²⁵The cow stores up loads of milk;

²⁶then the milkman comes and ties it by its neck and milks it. ||2||

²⁷For the sake of Maya, the mortal works very hard.

²⁸He takes the wealth of Maya, and buries it in the ground.

²⁹He acquires so much, but the fool does not appreciate it.

³⁰His wealth remains buried in the ground, while his body turns to dust. ||3||

³¹He burns in tremendous sexual desire, unresolved anger and desire.

³²He never joins the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

³³Says Naam Dayv, seek God's Shelter;

³⁴be fearless, and vibrate on the Lord God. ||4||1||

³⁵Why not make a bet with me, O Lord of Wealth?

³⁶From the master comes the servant, and from the servant, comes the master. This is the game I play with You. ||1||Pause||

³⁷You Yourself are the deity, and You are the temple of worship. You are the devoted worshipper.

³⁸From the water, the waves rise up, and from the waves, the water. They are only different by figures of speech. ||1||

³⁹You Yourself sing, and You Yourself dance. You Yourself blow the bugle.

⁴⁰Says Naam Dayv, You are my Lord and Master. Your humble servant is imperfect; You are perfect. ||2||2||

⁴¹Says God: my slave is devoted only to me; he is in my very image.

⁴²The sight of him, even for an instant, cures the three fevers; his touch brings liberation from the deep dark pit of household affairs. ||1||Pause||

⁴³The devotee can release anyone from my bondage, but I cannot release anyone from his.

¹If, at any time, he grabs and binds me, even then, I cannot protest. ||1||

²I am bound by virtue; I am the Life of all. My slaves are my very life.

³Says Naam Dayv, as is the quality of his soul, so is my love which illuminates him. ||2||3||

⁴Saarang:

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

⁶So what have you accomplished by listening to the Puraanas?

⁷Faithful devotion has not welled up within you, and you have not been inspired to give to the hungry. ||1||Pause||

⁸You have not forgotten sexual desire, and you have not forgotten anger; greed has not left you either.

⁹Your mouth has not stopped slandering and gossiping about others. Your service is useless and fruitless. ||1||

¹⁰By breaking into the houses of others and robbing them, you fill your belly, you sinner.

¹¹But when you go to the world beyond, your guilt will be well known, by the acts of ignorance which you committed. ||2||

¹²Cruelty has not left your mind; you have not cherished kindness for other living beings.

¹³Parmaanand has joined the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. Why have you not followed the sacred teachings? ||3||1||6||

¹⁴O mind, do not even associate with those who have turned their backs on the Lord.

¹⁵Saarang, Fifth Mehl, Sur Daas:

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

¹⁷The people of the Lord dwell with the Lord.

¹⁸They dedicate their minds and bodies to Him; they dedicate everything to Him. They are intoxicated with the celestial melody of intuitive ecstasy. ||1||Pause||

¹⁹Gazing upon the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan, they are cleansed of corruption. They obtain absolutely everything.

²⁰They have nothing to do with anything else; they gaze on the beauteous Face of God. ||1||

²¹But one who forsakes the elegantly beautiful Lord, and harbors desire for anything else, is like a leech on the body of a leper.

²²Says Sur Daas, God has taken my mind in His Hands. He has blessed me with the world beyond. ||2||1||8||

²³Saarang, Kabeer Jee:

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

²⁵Other than the Lord, who is the Help and Support of the mind?

²⁶Love and attachment to mother, father, sibling, child and spouse, is all just an illusion. ||1||Pause||

²⁷So build a raft to the world hereafter; what faith do you place in wealth?

²⁸What confidence do you place in this fragile vessel; it breaks with the slightest stroke. ||1||

²⁹You shall obtain the rewards of all righteousness and goodness, if you desire to be the dust of all.

³⁰Says Kabeer, listen, O Saints: this mind is like the bird, flying above the forest. ||2||1||9||