Raag Tukhaari

¹Tukhaari Chhant, First Mehl, Baarah Maahaa ~ The Twelve Months:

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

³Listen: according to the karma of their past actions,

⁴O Lord, the Created Universe is Yours; what is my condition? Without the Lord, I cannot survive, even for an instant.

⁵Without my Beloved, I am miserable; I have no friend at all. As Gurmukh, I drink in the Ambrosial Nectar.

⁶The Formless Lord is contained in His Creation. To obey God is the best course of action.

⁷O Nanak, the soul-bride is gazing upon Your Path; please listen, O Supreme Soul. ||1||

⁸The rainbird cries out, "Pri-o! Beloved!", and the song-bird sings the Lord's Bani.

⁹The soul-bride enjoys all the pleasures, and merges in the Being of her Beloved.

¹⁰She merges into the Being of her Beloved, when she becomes pleasing to God; she is the happy, blessed soul-bride.

¹¹Establishing the nine houses, and the Royal Mansion of the Tenth Gate above them, the Lord dwells in that home deep within the self.

¹²All are Yours, You are my Beloved; night and day, I celebrate Your Love.

¹³O Nanak, the rainbird cries out, "Pri-o! Pri-o! Beloved! Beloved!" The song-bird is embellished with the Word of the Shabad. ||2||

¹⁴Please listen, O my Beloved Lord - I am drenched with Your Love.

¹⁵My mind and body are absorbed in dwelling on You; I cannot forget You, even for an instant.

¹⁶How could I forget You, even for an instant? I am a sacrifice to You; singing Your Glorious Praises, I live.

¹⁷No one is mine; unto whom do I belong? Without the Lord, I cannot survive.

¹⁸I have grasped the Support of the Lord's Feet; dwelling there, my body has become immaculate.

¹⁹O Nanak, I have obtained profound insight, and found peace; my mind is comforted by the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||3||

²⁰The Ambrosial Nectar rains down on us! Its drops are so delightful!

²¹Meeting the Guru, the Best Friend, with intuitive ease, the mortal falls in love with the Lord.

²²The Lord comes into the temple of the body, when it pleases God's Will; the soul-bride rises up, and sings His Glorious Praises.

²³In each and every home, the Husband Lord ravishes and enjoys the happy soul-brides; so why has He forgotten me?

²⁴The sky is overcast with heavy, low-hanging clouds; the rain is delightful, and my Beloved's Love is pleasing to my mind and body.

²⁵O Nanak, the Ambrosial Nectar of Gurbani rains down; the Lord, in His Grace, has come into the home of my heart. ||4||

²⁶In the month of Chayt, the lovely spring has come, and the bumble bees hum with joy.

¹The forest is blossoming in front of my door; if only my Beloved would return to my home!

²If her Husband Lord does not return home, how can the soul-bride find peace? Her body is wasting away with the sorrow of separation.

³The beautiful song-bird sings, perched on the mango tree; but how can I endure the pain in the depths of my being?

⁴The bumble bee is buzzing around the flowering branches; but how can I survive? I am dying, O my mother!

⁵O Nanak, in Chayt, peace is easily obtained, if the soul-bride obtains the Lord as her Husband, within the home of her own heart. ||5||

⁶Vaisakhi is so pleasant; the branches blossom with new leaves.

⁷The soul-bride yearns to see the Lord at her door. Come, O Lord, and take pity on me!

⁸Please come home, O my Beloved; carry me across the treacherous world-ocean. Without You, I am not worth even a shell.

⁹Who can estimate my worth, if I am pleasing to You? I see You, and inspire others to see You, O my Love.

¹⁰I know that You are not far away; I believe that You are deep within me, and I realize Your Presence.

¹¹O Nanak, finding God in Vaisakhi, the consciousness is filled with the Word of the Shabad, and the mind comes to believe. ||6||

¹²The month of Jayt'h is so sublime. How could I forget my Beloved?

¹³The earth burns like a furnace, and the soul-bride offers her prayer.

¹⁴The bride offers her prayer, and sings His Glorious Praises; singing His Praises, she becomes pleasing to God.

¹⁵The Unattached Lord dwells in His true mansion. If He allows me, then I will come to Him.

¹⁶The bride is dishonored and powerless; how will she find peace without her Lord?

¹⁷O Nanak, in Jayt'h, she who knows her Lord becomes just like Him; grasping virtue, she meets with the Merciful Lord. ||7||

¹⁸The month of Aasaarh is good; the sun blazes in the sky.

¹⁹The earth suffers in pain, parched and roasted in the fire.

²⁰The fire dries up the moisture, and she dies in agony. But even then, the sun does not grow tired.

²¹His chariot moves on, and the soul-bride seeks shade; the crickets are chirping in the forest.

²²She ties up her bundle of faults and demerits, and suffers in the world hereafter. But dwelling on the True Lord, she finds peace.

²³O Nanak, I have given this mind to Him; death and life rest with God. ||8||

²⁴In Saawan, be happy, O my mind. The rainy season has come, and the clouds have burst into showers.

²⁵My mind and body are pleased by my Lord, but my Beloved has gone away.

²⁶My Beloved has not come home, and I am dying of the sorrow of separation. The lightning flashes, and I am scared.

²⁷My bed is lonely, and I am suffering in agony. I am dying in pain, O my mother!

²⁸Tell me - without the Lord, how can I sleep, or feel hungry? My clothes give no comfort to my body.

²⁹O Nanak, she alone is a happy soul-bride, who merges in the Being of her Beloved Husband Lord. ||9||

³⁰In Bhaadon, the young woman is confused by doubt; later, she regrets and repents.

³¹The lakes and fields are overflowing with water; the rainy season has come - the time to celebrate!

³²In the dark of night it rains; how can the young bride find peace? The frogs and peacocks send out their noisy calls.

³³"Pri-o! Pri-o! Beloved! Beloved!" cries the rainbird, while the snakes slither around, biting.

³⁴The mosquitoes bite and sting, and the ponds are filled to overflowing; without the Lord, how can she find peace?

³⁵O Nanak, I will go and ask my Guru; wherever God is, there I will go. ||10||

³⁶In Assu, come, my Beloved; the soul-bride is grieving to death.

³⁷She can only meet Him, when God leads her to meet Him; she is ruined by the love of duality.

³⁸If she is plundered by falsehood, then her Beloved forsakes her. Then, the white flowers of old age blossom in my hair.

¹Summer is now behind us, and the winter season is ahead. Gazing upon this play, my shaky mind wavers.

²In all ten directions, the branches are green and alive. That which ripens slowly, is sweet.

³O Nanak, in Assu, please meet me, my Beloved. The True Guru has become my Advocate and Friend. ||11||

⁴In Katak, that alone comes to pass, which is pleasing to the Will of God.

⁵The lamp of intuition burns, lit by the essence of reality.

⁶Love is the oil in the lamp, which unites the soul-bride with her Lord. The bride is delighted, in ecstasy.

⁷One who dies in faults and demerits - her death is not successful. But one who dies in glorious virtue, really truly dies.

⁸Those who are blessed with devotional worship of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, sit in the home of their own inner being. They place their hopes in You.

⁹Nanak: please open the shutters of Your Door, O Lord, and meet me. A single moment is like six months to me. ||12||

¹⁰The month of Maghar is good, for those who sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and merge in His Being.

¹¹The virtuous wife utters His Glorious Praises; my Beloved Husband Lord is Eternal and Unchanging.

¹²The Primal Lord is Unmoving and Unchanging, Clever and Wise; all the world is fickle.

¹³By virtue of spiritual wisdom and meditation, she merges in His Being; she is pleasing to God, and He is pleasing to her.

¹⁴I have heard the songs and the music, and the poems of the poets; but only the Name of the Lord takes away my pain.

¹⁵O Nanak, that soul-bride is pleasing to her Husband Lord, who performs loving devotional worship before her Beloved. ||13||

¹⁶In Poh, the snow falls, and the sap of the trees and the fields dries up.

¹⁷Why have You not come? I keep You in my mind, body and mouth.

¹⁸He is permeating and pervading my mind and body; He is the Life of the World. Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, I enjoy His Love.

¹⁹His Light fills all those born of eggs, born from the womb, born of sweat and born of the earth, each and every heart.

²⁰Grant me the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan, O Lord of Mercy and Compassion. O Great Giver, grant me understanding, that I might find salvation.

²¹O Nanak, the Lord enjoys, savors and ravishes the bride who is in love with Him. ||14||

²²In Maagh, I become pure; I know that the sacred shrine of pilgrimage is within me.

²³I have met my Friend with intuitive ease; I grasp His Glorious Virtues, and merge in His Being.

²⁴O my Beloved, Beauteous Lord God, please listen: I sing Your Glories, and merge in Your Being. If it is pleasing to Your Will, I bathe in the sacred pool within.

²⁵The Ganges, Jamunaa, the sacred meeting place of the three rivers, the seven seas,

²⁶O Nanak, in Maagh, the most sublime essence is meditation on the Lord; this is the cleansing bath of the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage. ||15||

²⁷In Phalgun, her mind is enraptured, pleased by the Love of her Beloved.

²⁸Night and day, she is enraptured, and her selfishness is gone.

²⁹Emotional attachment is eradicated from her mind, when it pleases Him; in His Mercy, He comes to my home.

³⁰I dress in various clothes, but without my Beloved, I shall not find a place in the Mansion of His Presence.

³¹I have adorned myself with garlands of flowers, pearl necklaces, scented oils and silk robes.

³²O Nanak, the Guru has united me with Him. The soul-bride has found her Husband Lord, within the home of her own heart. ||16||

³³The twelve months, the seasons, the weeks, the days, the hours, the minutes and the seconds are all sublime,

³⁴God, my Beloved, has met me, and my affairs are all resolved. The Creator Lord knows all ways and means.

³⁵I am loved by the One who has embellished and exalted me; I have met Him, and I savor His Love.

³⁶The bed of my heart becomes beautiful, when my Husband Lord ravishes me. As Gurmukh, the destiny on my forehead has been awakened and activated.

¹O Nanak, day and night, my Beloved enjoys me; with the Lord as my Husband, my Marriage is Eternal. ||17||1||

²Tukhaari, First Mehl:

³In the first watch of the dark night, O bride of splendored eyes,

⁴protect your riches; your turn is coming soon.

⁵When your turn comes, who will wake you? While you sleep, your juice shall be sucked out by the Messenger of Death.

⁶The night is so dark; what will become of your honor? The thieves will break into your home and rob you.

⁷O Saviour Lord, Inaccessible and Infinite, please hear my prayer.

⁸O Nanak, the fool never remembers Him; what can he see in the dark of night? ||1||

⁹The second watch has begun; wake up, you unconscious being!

¹⁰Protect your riches, O mortal; your farm is being eaten.

¹¹Protect your crops, and love the Lord, the Guru. Stay awake and aware, and the thieves shall not rob you.

¹²You shall not have to go on the path of Death, and you shall not suffer in pain; your fear and terror of death shall run away.

¹³The lamps of the sun and the moon are lit by the Guru's Teachings, through His Door, meditating on the True Lord, in the mind and with the mouth.

¹⁴O Nanak, the fool still does not remember the Lord. How can he find peace in duality? ||2||

¹⁵The third watch has begun, and sleep has set in.

¹⁶The mortal suffers in pain, from attachment to Maya, children and spouse.

¹⁷Maya, his children, his wife and the world are so dear to him; he bites the bait, and is caught.

¹⁸Meditating on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, he shall find peace; following the Guru's Teachings, he shall not be seized by death.

¹⁹He cannot escape from birth, dying and death; without the Name, he suffers.

²⁰O Nanak, in the third watch of the three-phased Maya, the world is engrossed in attachment to Maya. ||3||

²¹The fourth watch has begun, and the day is about to dawn.

²²Those who remain awake and aware, night and day, preserve and protect their homes.

²³The night is pleasant and peaceful, for those who remain awake; following the Guru's advice, they focus on the Naam.

²⁴Those who practice the Word of the Guru's Shabad are not reincarnated again; the Lord God is their Best Friend.

²⁵The hands shake, the feet and body totter, the vision goes dark, and the body turns to dust.

²⁶O Nanak, people are miserable throughout the four ages, if the Name of the Lord does not abide in the mind. ||4||

²⁷The knot has been untied; rise up - the order has come!

²⁸Pleasures and comforts are gone; like a prisoner, you are driven on.

²⁹You shall be bound and gagged, when it pleases God; you will not see or hear it coming.

³⁰Everyone will have their turn; the crop ripens, and then it is cut down.

³¹The account is kept for every second, every instant; the soul suffers for the bad and the good.

³²O Nanak, the angelic beings are united with the Word of the Shabad; this is the way God made it. ||5||2||

³³Tukhaari, First Mehl:

³⁴The meteor shoots across the sky. How can it be seen with the eyes?

³⁵The True Guru reveals the Word of the Shabad to His servant who has such perfect karma.

³⁶The Guru reveals the Shabad; dwelling on the True Lord, day and night, he beholds and reflects on God.

³⁷The five restless desires are restrained, and he knows the home of his own heart. He conquers sexual desire, anger and corruption.

³⁸His inner being is illuminated, by the Guru's Teachings; He beholds the Lord's play of karma.

¹O Nanak, killing his ego, he is satisfied; the meteor has shot across the sky. ||1||

²The Gurmukhs remain awake and aware; their egotistical pride is eradicated.

³Night and day, it is dawn for them; they merge in the True Lord.

⁴The Gurmukhs are merged in the True Lord; they are pleasing to His Mind. The Gurmukhs are intact, safe and sound, awake and awake.

⁵The Guru blesses them with the Ambrosial Nectar of the True Name; they are lovingly attuned to the Lord's Feet.

⁶The Divine Light is revealed, and in that Light, they achieve realization; the self-willed manmukhs wander in doubt and confusion.

⁷O Nanak, when the dawn breaks, their minds are satisfied; they pass their life-night awake and aware. ||2||

⁸Forgetting faults and demerits, virtue and merit enter one's home.

⁹The One Lord is permeating everywhere; there is no other at all.

¹⁰He is All-pervading; there is no other. The mind comes to believe, from the mind.

¹¹The One who established the water, the land, the three worlds, each and every heart - that God is known by the Gurmukh.

¹²The Infinite, All-powerful Lord is the Creator, the Cause of causes; erasing the three-phased Maya, we merge in Him.

¹³O Nanak, then, demerits are dissolved by merits; such are the Guru's Teachings. ||3||

¹⁴My coming and going in reincarnation have ended; doubt and hesitation are gone.

¹⁵Conquering my ego, I have met the True Lord, and now I wear the robe of Truth.

¹⁶The Guru has rid me of egotism; my sorrow and suffering are dispelled.

¹⁷My might merges into the Light; I realize and understand my own self.

¹⁸In this world of my parents' home, I am satisfied with the Shabad; at my in-laws' home, in the world beyond, I shall be pleasing to my Husband Lord.

¹⁹O Nanak, the True Guru has united me in His Union; my dependence on people has ended. ||4||3||

²⁰Tukhaari, First Mehl:

²¹Deluded by doubt, misled and confused, the soul-bride later regrets and repents.

²²Abandoning her Husband Lord, she sleeps, and does not appreciate His Worth.

²³Leaving her Husband Lord, she sleeps, and is plundered by her faults and demerits. The night is so painful for this bride.

²⁴Sexual desire, anger and egotism destroy her. She burns in egotism.

²⁵When the soul-swan flies away, by the Command of the Lord, her dust mingles with dust.

²⁶O Nanak, without the True Name, she is confused and deluded, and so she regrets and repents. ||1||

²⁷Please listen, O my Beloved Husband Lord, to my one prayer.

²⁸You dwell in the home of the self deep within, while I roll around like a dust-ball.

²⁹Without my Husband Lord, no one likes me at all; what can I say or do now?

³⁰The Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord, is the sweetest nectar of nectars. Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, with my tongue, I drink in this nectar.

³¹Without the Name, no one has any friend or companion; millions come and go in reincarnation.

³²Nanak: the profit is earned and the soul returns home. True, true are Your Teachings. ||2||

³³O Friend, You have travelled so far from Your homeland; I send my message of love to You.

³⁴I cherish and remember that Friend; the eyes of this soul-bride are filled with tears.

³⁵The eyes of the soul-bride are filled with tears; I dwell upon Your Glorious Virtues. How can I meet my Beloved Lord God?

³⁶I do not know the treacherous path, the way to You. How can I find You and cross over, O my Husband Lord?

³⁷Through the Shabad, the Word of the True Guru, the separated soul-bride meets with the Lord; I place my body and mind before You.

³⁸O Nanak, the ambrosial tree bears the most delicious fruits; meeting with my Beloved, I taste the sweet essence. ||3||

³⁹The Lord has called you to the Mansion of His Presence - do not delay!

¹Night and day, imbued with His Love, you shall meet with Him with intuitive ease.

²In celestial peace and poise, you shall meet Him; do not harbor anger - subdue your proud self!

³Imbued with Truth, I am united in His Union, while the self-willed manmukhs continue coming and going.

⁴When you dance, what veil covers you? Break the water pot, and be unattached.

⁵O Nanak, realize your own self; as Gurmukh, contemplate the essence of reality. ||4||4||

⁶Tukhaari, First Mehl:

⁷O my Dear Beloved, I am the slave of Your slaves.

⁸The Guru has shown me the Invisible Lord, and now, I do not seek any other.

⁹The Guru showed me the Invisible Lord, when it pleased Him, and when God showered His Blessings.

¹⁰The Life of the World, the Great Giver, the Primal Lord, the Architect of Destiny, the Lord of the woods - I have met Him with intuitive ease.

¹¹Bestow Your Glance of Grace and carry me across, to save me. Please bless me with the Truth, O Lord, Merciful to the meek.

¹²Prays Nanak, I am the slave of Your slaves. You are the Cherisher of all souls. ||1||

¹³My Dear Beloved is enshrined throughout the Universe.

¹⁴The Shabad is pervading, through the Guru, the Embodiment of the Lord.

¹⁵The Guru, the Embodiment of the Lord, is enshrined throughout the three worlds; His limits cannot be found.

¹⁶He created the beings of various colors and kinds; His Blessings increase day by day.

¹⁷The Infinite Lord Himself establishes and disestablishes; whatever pleases Him, happens.

¹⁸O Nanak, the diamond of the mind is pierced through by the diamond of spiritual wisdom. The garland of virtue is strung. ||2||

¹⁹The virtuous person merges in the Virtuous Lord; his forehead bears the insignia of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

²⁰The true person merges in the True Lord; his comings and goings are over.

²¹The true person realizes the True Lord, and is imbued with Truth. He meets the True Lord, and is pleasing to the Lord's Mind.

²²No one else is seen to be above the True Lord; the true person merges in the True Lord.

²³The Fascinating Lord has fascinated my mind; releasing me from bondage, He has set me free.

²⁴O Nanak, my light merged into the Light, when I met my most Darling Beloved. ||3||

²⁵By searching, the true home, the place of the True Guru is found.

²⁶The Gurmukh obtains spiritual wisdom, while the self-willed manmukh does not.

²⁷Whoever the Lord has blessed with the gift of Truth is accepted; the Supremely Wise Lord is forever the Great Giver.

²⁸He is known to be Immortal, Unborn and Permanent; the True Mansion of His Presence is everlasting.

²⁹The day-to-day account of deeds is not recorded for that person, who manifests the radiance of the Divine Light of the Lord.

³⁰O Nanak, the true person is absorbed in the True Lord; the Gurmukh crosses over to the other side. ||4||5||

³¹Tukhaari, First Mehl:

³²O my ignorant, unconscious mind, reform yourself.

³³O my mind, leave behind your faults and demerits, and be absorbed in virtue.

³⁴You are deluded by so many flavors and pleasures, and you act in such confusion. You are separated, and you will not meet your Lord.

³⁵How can the impassible world-ocean be crossed? The fear of the Messenger of Death is deadly. The path of Death is agonizingly painful.

³⁶The mortal does not know the Lord in the evening, or in the morning; trapped on the treacherous path, what will he do then?

³⁷Bound in bondage, he is released only by this method: as Gurmukh, serve the Lord. ||1||

³⁸O my mind, abandon your household entanglements.

³⁹O my mind, serve the Lord, the Primal, Detached Lord.

¹Meditate in remembrance on the One Universal Creator; the True Lord created the entire Universe.

²The Guru controls the air, water and fire; He has staged the drama of the world.

³Reflect on your own self, and so practice good conduct; chant the Name of the Lord as your self-discipline and meditation.

⁴The Name of the Lord is your Companion, Friend and Dear Beloved; chant it, and meditate on it. ||2||

⁵O my mind, remain steady and stable, and you will not have to endure beatings.

⁶O my mind, singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, you shall merge into Him with intuitive ease.

⁷Singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, be happy. Apply the ointment of spiritual wisdom to your eyes.

⁸The Word of the Shabad is the lamp which illuminates the three worlds; it slaughters the five demons.

⁹Quieting your fears, become fearless, and you shall cross over the impassible world ocean. Meeting the Guru, your affairs shall be resolved.

¹⁰You shall find the joy and the beauty of the Lord's Love and Affection; the Lord Himself shall shower you with His Grace. ||3||

¹¹O my mind, why did you come into the world? What will you take with you when you go?

¹²O my mind, you shall be emancipated, when you eliminate your doubts.

¹³So gather the wealth and capital of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, you shall realize its value.

¹⁴Filth shall be taken away, through the Immaculate Word of the Shabad; you shall know the Mansion of the Lord's Presence, your true home.

¹⁵Through the Naam, you shall obtain honor, and come home. Eagerly drink in the Ambrosial Amrit.

¹⁶Meditate on the Lord's Name, and you shall obtain the sublime essence of the Shabad; by great good fortune, chant the Praises of the Lord. ||4||

¹⁷O my mind, without a ladder, how will you climb up to the Temple of the Lord?

¹⁸O my mind, without a boat, you shall not reach the other shore.

¹⁹On that far shore is Your Beloved, Infinite Friend. Only your awareness of the Guru's Shabad will carry you across.

²⁰Join the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, and you shall enjoy ecstasy; you shall not regret or repent later on.

²¹Be Merciful, O Merciful True Lord God: please give me the Blessing of the Lord's Name, and the Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

²²Nanak prays: please hear me, O my Beloved; instruct my mind through the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||5||6||

²³Tukhaari Chhant, Fourth Mehl:

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

²⁵My inner being is filled with love for my Beloved Husband Lord. How can I live without Him?

²⁶As long as I do not have the Blessed Vision of His Darshan, how can I drink in the Ambrosial Nectar?

²⁷How can I drink in the Ambrosial Nectar without the Lord? I cannot survive without Him.

²⁸Night and day, I cry out, "Pri-o! Pri-o! Beloved! Beloved!", day and night. Without my Husband Lord, my thirst is not quenched.

²⁹Please, bless me with Your Grace, O my Beloved Lord, that I may dwell on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, forever.

³⁰Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, I have met my Beloved; I am a sacrifice to the True Guru. ||1||

³¹When I see my Beloved Husband Lord, I chant the Lord's Glorious Praises with love.

¹My inner being blossoms forth; I continually utter, "Pri-o! Pri-o! Beloved! Beloved!"

²I speak of my Dear Beloved, and through the Shabad, I am saved. Unless I can see Him, I am not satisfied.

³That soul-bride who is ever adorned with the Shabad, meditates on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

⁴Please bless this beggar, Your humble servant, with the Gift of Mercy; please unite me with my Beloved.

⁵Night and day, I meditate on the Guru, the Lord of the World; I am a sacrifice to the True Guru. ||2||

⁶I am a stone in the Boat of the Guru. Please carry me across the terrifying ocean of poison.

⁷O Guru, please, lovingly bless me with the Word of the Shabad. I am such a fool - please save me!

⁸I am a fool and an idiot; I know nothing of Your extent. You are known as Inaccessible and Great.

⁹You Yourself are Merciful; please, mercifully bless me. I am unworthy and dishonored - please, unite me with Yourself!

¹⁰Through countless lifetimes, I wandered in sin; now, I have come seeking Your Sanctuary.

¹¹Take pity on me and save me, Dear Lord; I have grasped the Feet of the True Guru. ||3||

¹²The Guru is the Philosopher's Stone; by His touch, iron is transformed into gold.

¹³My light merges into the Light, and my body-fortress is so beautiful.

¹⁴My body-fortress is so beautiful; I am fascinated by my God. How could I forget Him, for even a breath, or a morsel of food?

¹⁵I have seized the Unseen and Unfathomable Lord, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad. I am a sacrifice to the True Guru.

¹⁶I place my head in offering before the True Guru, if it truly pleases the True Guru.

¹⁷Take pity on me, O God, Great Giver, that Nanak may merge in Your Being. ||4||1||

¹⁸Tukhaari, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁹The Lord, Har, Har, is Inaccessible, Unfathomable, Infinite, the Farthest of the Far.

²⁰Those who meditate on You, O Lord of the Universe - those humble beings cross over the terrifying, treacherous world-ocean.

²¹Those who meditate on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, easily cross over the terrifying, treacherous world-ocean.

²²Those who lovingly walk in harmony with the Word of the Guru, the True Guru - the Lord, Har, Har, unites them with Himself.

²³The mortal's light meets the Light of God, and blends with that Divine Light when the Lord, the Support of the Earth, grants His Grace.

²⁴The Lord, Har, Har, is Inaccessible, Unfathomable, Infinite, the Farthest of the Far. ||1||

²⁵O my Lord and Master, You are Inaccessible and Unfathomable. You are totally pervading and permeating each and every heart.

²⁶You are Unseen, Unknowable and Unfathomable; You are found through the Word of the Guru, the True Guru.

²⁷Blessed, blessed are those humble, powerful and perfect people, who join the Guru's Sangat, the Society of the Saints, and chant His Glorious Praises.

²⁸With clear and precise understanding, the Gurmukhs contemplate the Guru's Shabad; each and every instant, they continually speak of the Lord.

²⁹When the Gurmukh sits down, he chants the Lord's Name. When the Gurmukh stands up, he chants the Lord's Name, Har, Har.

³⁰O my Lord and Master, You are Inaccessible and Unfathomable. You are totally pervading and permeating each and every heart. ||2||

³¹Those humble servants who serve are accepted. They serve the Lord, and follow the Guru's Teachings.

³²All their millions of sins are taken away in an instant; the Lord takes them far away.

³³All their sin and blame is washed away. They worship and adore the One Lord with their conscious minds.

¹The Creator makes fruitful the lives of all those who, through the Guru's Word, chant the True Name.

²Blessed are those humble beings, those great and perfect people, who follow the Guru's Teachings and meditate on the Lord; they cross over the terrifying and treacherous world-ocean.

³Those humble servants who serve are accepted. They follow the Guru's Teachings, and serve the Lord. ||3||

⁴You Yourself, Lord, are the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts; as You make me walk, O my Beloved, so do I walk.

⁵Nothing is in my hands; when You unite me, then I come to be united.

⁶Those whom You unite with Yourself, O my Lord and Master - all their accounts are settled.

⁷No one can go through the accounts of those, O Siblings of Destiny, who through the Word of the Guru's Teachings are united with the Lord.

⁸O Nanak, the Lord shows Mercy to those who accept the Guru's Will as good.

⁹You Yourself, Lord, are the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts; as You make me walk, O my Beloved, so do I walk. ||4||2||

¹⁰Tukhaari, Fourth Mehl:

¹¹You are the Life of the World, the Lord of the Universe, our Lord and Master, the Creator of all the Universe.

¹²They alone meditate on You, O my Lord, who have such destiny recorded on their foreheads.

¹³Those who are so pre-destined by their Lord and Master, worship and adore the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

¹⁴All sins are erased in an instant, for those who meditate on the Lord, through the Guru's Teachings.

¹⁵Blessed, blessed are those humble beings who meditate on the Lord's Name. Seeing them, I am uplifted.

¹⁶You are the Life of the World, the Lord of the Universe, our Lord and Master, the Creator of all the Universe. ||1||

¹⁷You are totally pervading the water, the land and the sky. O True Lord, You are the Master of all.

¹⁸Those who meditate on the Lord in their conscious minds - all those who chant and meditate on the Lord are liberated.

¹⁹Those mortal beings who meditate on the Lord are liberated; their faces are radiant in the Court of the Lord.

²⁰Those humble beings are exalted in this world and the next; the Savior Lord saves them.

²¹Listen to the Lord's Name in the Society of the Saints, O humble Siblings of Destiny. The Gurmukh's service to the Lord is fruitful.

²²You are totally pervading the water, the land and the sky. O True Lord, You are the Master of all. ||2||

²³You are the One Lord, the One and Only Lord, pervading all places and interspaces.

²⁴The forests and fields, the three worlds and the entire Universe, chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

²⁵All chant the Name of the Creator Lord, Har, Har; countless, uncountable beings meditate on the Lord.

²⁶Blessed, blessed are those Saints and Holy People of the Lord, who are pleasing to the Creator Lord God.

²⁷O Creator, please bless me with the Fruitful Vision, the Darshan, of those who chant the Lord's Name in their hearts forever.

²⁸You are the One Lord, the One and Only Lord, pervading all places and interspaces. ||3||

²⁹The treasures of devotional worship to You are countless; he alone is blessed with them, O my Lord and Master, whom You bless.

³⁰The Lord's Glorious Virtues abide within the heart of that person, whose forehead the Guru has touched.

³¹The Glorious Virtues of the Lord dwell in the heart of that person, whose inner being is filled with the Fear of God, and His Love.

¹Without the Fear of God, His Love is not obtained. Without the Fear of God, no one is carried across to the other side.

²O Nanak, he alone is blessed with the Fear of God, and God's Love and Affection, whom You, Lord, bless with Your Mercy.

³The treasures of devotional worship to You are countless; he alone is blessed with Them, O my Lord and Master, whom You bless. ||4||3||

⁴Tukhaari, Fourth Mehl:

⁵To receive the Blessed Vision of the Darshan of the Guru, the True Guru, is to truly bathe at the Abhaijit festival.

⁶The filth of evil-mindedness is washed off, and the darkness of ignorance is dispelled.

⁷Blessed by the Guru's Darshan, spiritual ignorance is dispelled, and the Divine Light illuminates the inner being.

⁸The pains of birth and death vanish in an instant, and the Eternal, Imperishable Lord God is found.

⁹The Creator Lord God Himself created the festival, when the True Guru went to bathe at the festival in Kuruk-shaytra.

¹⁰To receive the Blessed Vision of the Darshan of the Guru, the True Guru, is to truly bathe at the Abhaijit festival. ||1||

¹¹The Sikhs travelled with the Guru, the True Guru, on the path, along the road.

¹²Night and day, devotional worship services were held, each and every instant, with each step.

¹³Devotional worship services to the Lord God were held, and all the people came to see the Guru.

¹⁴Whoever was blessed with the Darshan of the Guru, the True Guru, the Lord united with Himself.

¹⁵The True Guru made the pilgrimage to the sacred shrines, for the sake of saving all the people.

¹⁶The Sikhs travelled with the Guru, the True Guru, on the path, along the road. ||2||

¹⁷When the Guru, the True Guru, first arrived at Kuruk-shaytra, it was a very auspicious time.

¹⁸The news spread throughout the world, and the beings of the three worlds came.

¹⁹The angelic beings and silent sages from all the three worlds came to see Him.

²⁰Those who are touched by the Guru, the True Guru - all their sins and mistakes were erased and dispelled.

²¹The Yogis, the nudists, the Sannyaasees and those of the six schools of philosophy spoke with Him, and then bowed and departed.

²²When the Guru, the True Guru, first arrived at Kuruk-shaytra, it was a very auspicious time. ||3||

²³Second, the Guru went to the river Jamunaa, where He chanted the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

²⁴The tax collectors met the Guru and gave Him offerings; they did not impose the tax on His followers.

²⁵All the True Guru's followers were excused from the tax; they meditated on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

²⁶The Messenger of Death does not even approach those who have walked on the path, and followed the Guru's Teachings.

²⁷All the world said, "Guru! Guru! Guru!" Uttering the Guru's Name, they were all emancipated.

²⁸Second, the Guru went to the river Jamunaa, where He chanted the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||4||

²⁹Third, He went to the Ganges, and a wonderful drama was played out there.

³⁰All were fascinated, gazing upon the Blessed Vision of the Saintly Guru's Darshan; no tax at all was imposed upon anyone.

³¹No tax at all was collected, and the mouths of the tax collectors were sealed.

³²They said, "O brothers, what should we do? Who should we ask? Everyone is running after the True Guru."

¹The tax collectors were smart; they thought about it, and saw. They broke their cash-boxes and left.

²Third, He went to the Ganges, and a wonderful drama was played out there. ||5||

³The important men of the city met together, and sought the Protection of the Guru, the True Guru.

⁴The Guru, the True Guru, the Guru is the Lord of the Universe. Go ahead and consult the Simritees - they will confirm this.

⁵The Simritees and the Shaastras all confirm that Suk Dayv and Prahlaad meditated on the Guru, the Lord of the Universe, and knew Him as the Supreme Lord.

⁶The five thieves and the highway robbers dwell in the fortress of the body-village; the Guru has destroyed their home and place.

⁷The Puraanas continually praise the giving of charity, but devotional worship of the Lord is only obtained through the Word of Guru Nanak.

⁸The important men of the city met together, and sought the Protection of the Guru, the True Guru. ||6||4||10||

⁹Tukhaari Chhant, Fifth Mehl:

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

¹¹O my Beloved, I am a sacrifice to You. Through the Guru, I have dedicated my mind to You.

¹²Hearing the Word of Your Shabad, my mind is enraptured.

¹³This mind is enraptured, like the fish in the water; it is lovingly attached to the Lord.

¹⁴Your Worth cannot be described, O my Lord and Master; Your Mansion is Incomparable and Unrivalled.

¹⁵O Giver of all Virtue, O my Lord and Master, please hear the prayer of this humble person.

¹⁶Please bless Nanak with the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan. I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, a sacrifice to You. ||1||

¹⁷This body and mind are Yours; all virtues are Yours.

¹⁸I am a sacrifice, every little bit, to Your Darshan.

¹⁹Please hear me, O my Lord God; I live only by seeing Your Vision, even if only for an instant.

²⁰I have heard that Your Name is the most Ambrosial Nectar; please bless me with Your Mercy, that I may drink it in.

²¹My hopes and desires rest in You, O my Husband Lord; like the rainbird, I long for the rain-drop.

²²Says Nanak, my soul is a sacrifice to You; please bless me with Your Darshan, O my Lord God. ||2||

²³You are my True Lord and Master, O Infinite King.

²⁴You are my Dear Beloved, so dear to my life and consciousness.

²⁵You bring peace to my soul; You are known to the Gurmukh. All are blessed by Your Love.

²⁶The mortal does only those deeds which You ordain, Lord.

²⁷One who is blessed by Your Grace, O Lord of the Universe, conquers his mind in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

²⁸Says Nanak, my soul is a sacrifice to You; You gave me my soul and body. ||3||

²⁹I am unworthy, but He has saved me, for the sake of the Saints.

³⁰The True Guru has covered my faults; I am such a sinner.

³¹God has covered for me; He is the Giver of the soul, life and peace.

³²My Lord and Master is Eternal and Unchanging, Ever-present; He is the Perfect Creator, the Architect of Destiny.

³³Your Praise cannot be described; who can say where You are?

³⁴Slave Nanak is a sacrifice to the one who blesses him with the Lord's Name, even for an instant. ||4||1||11||