Siree Raag

¹One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²Raag Siree Raag, First Mehl, First House:

³If I had a palace made of pearls, inlaid with jewels,

⁴scented with musk, saffron and sandalwood, a sheer delight to behold

⁵-seeing this, I might go astray and forget You, and Your Name would not enter into my mind. ||1||

⁶Without the Lord, my soul is scorched and burnt.

⁷I consulted my Guru, and now I see that there is no other place at all. ||1||Pause||

⁸If the floor of this palace was a mosaic of diamonds and rubies, and if my bed was encased with rubies,

⁹and if heavenly beauties, their faces adorned with emeralds, tried to entice me with sensual gestures of love

¹⁰-seeing these, I might go astray and forget You, and Your Name would not enter into my mind. ||2||

¹¹If I were to become a Siddha, and work miracles, summon wealth

¹²and become invisible and visible at will, so that people would hold me in awe

¹³-seeing these, I might go astray and forget You, and Your Name would not enter into my mind. ||3||

¹⁴If I were to become an emperor and raise a huge army, and sit on a throne,

¹⁵issuing commands and collecting taxes-O Nanak, all of this could pass away like a puff of wind.

¹⁶Seeing these, I might go astray and forget You, and Your Name would not enter into my mind. ||4||1||

¹⁷Siree Raag, First Mehl:

¹⁸If I could live for millions and millions of years, and if the air was my food and drink,

¹⁹and if I lived in a cave and never saw either the sun or the moon, and if I never slept, even in dreams

²⁰-even so, I could not estimate Your Value. How can I describe the Greatness of Your Name? ||1||

²¹The True Lord, the Formless One, is Himself in His Own Place.

²²I have heard, over and over again, and so I tell the tale; as it pleases You, Lord, please instill within me the yearning for You. ||1||Pause||

²³If I was slashed and cut into pieces, over and over again, and put into the mill and ground into flour,

²⁴burnt by fire and mixed with ashes

²⁵-even then, I could not estimate Your Value. How can I describe the Greatness of Your Name? ||2||

²⁶If I was a bird, soaring and flying through hundreds of heavens,

²⁷and if I was invisible, neither eating nor drinking anything

²⁸-even so, I could not estimate Your Value. How can I describe the Greatness of Your Name? ||3||

¹O Nanak, if I had hundreds of thousands of stacks of paper, and if I were to read and recite and embrace love for the Lord,

²and if ink were never to fail me, and if my pen were able to move like the wind

³-even so, I could not estimate Your Value. How can I describe the Greatness of Your Name? ||4||2||

⁴Siree Raag, First Mehl:

⁵As it is pre-ordained, people speak their words. As it is pre-ordained, they consume their food.

⁶As it is pre-ordained, they walk along the way. As it is pre-ordained, they see and hear.

⁷As it is pre-ordained, they draw their breath. Why should I go and ask the scholars about this? ||1||

⁸O Baba, the splendor of Maya is deceptive.

⁹The blind man has forgotten the Name; he is in limbo, neither here nor there. ||1||Pause||

¹⁰Life and death come to all who are born. Everything here gets devoured by Death.

¹¹He sits and examines the accounts, there where no one goes along with anyone.

¹²Those who weep and wail might just as well all tie bundles of straw. ||2||

¹³Everyone says that God is the Greatest of the Great. No one calls Him any less.

¹⁴No one can estimate His Worth. By speaking of Him, His Greatness is not increased.

¹⁵You are the One True Lord and Master of all the other beings, of so many worlds. ||3||

¹⁶Nanak seeks the company of the lowest of the low class, the very lowest of the low.

¹⁷In that place where the lowly are cared for-there, the Blessings of Your Glance of Grace rain down. ||4||3||

¹⁸Siree Raag, First Mehl:

¹⁹Greed is a dog; falsehood is a filthy street-sweeper. Cheating is eating a rotting carcass.

²⁰Slandering others is putting the filth of others into your own mouth. The fire of anger is the outcaste who burns dead bodies at the crematorium.

²¹I am caught in these tastes and flavors, and in self-conceited praise. These are my actions, O my Creator! ||1||

²²O Baba, speak only that which will bring you honor.

²³They alone are good, who are judged good at the Lord's Door. Those with bad karma can only sit and weep. ||1||Pause||

²⁴The pleasures of gold and silver, the pleasures of women, the pleasure of the fragrance of sandalwood,

²⁵the pleasure of horses, the pleasure of a soft bed in a palace, the pleasure of sweet treats and the pleasure of hearty meals

²⁶-these pleasures of the human body are so numerous; how can the Naam, the Name of the Lord, find its dwelling in the heart? ||2||

²⁷Those words are acceptable, which, when spoken, bring honor.

²⁸Harsh words bring only grief. Listen, O foolish and ignorant mind!

²⁹Those who are pleasing to Him are good. What else is there to be said? ||3||

³⁰Wisdom, honor and wealth are in the laps of those whose hearts remain permeated with the Lord.

³¹What praise can be offered to them? What other adornments can be bestowed upon them?

³²O Nanak, those who lack the Lord's Glance of Grace cherish neither charity nor the Lord's Name. ||4||4||

³³Siree Raag, First Mehl:

³⁴The Great Giver has given the intoxicating drug of falsehood.

³⁵The people are intoxicated; they have forgotten death, and they have fun for a few days.

³⁶Those who do not use intoxicants are true; they dwell in the Court of the Lord. ||1||

³⁷O Nanak, know the True Lord as True.

³⁸Serving Him, peace is obtained; you shall go to His Court with honor. ||1||Pause||

³⁹The Wine of Truth is not fermented from molasses. The True Name is contained within it.

¹I am a sacrifice to those who hear and chant the True Name.

²Only one who obtains a room in the Mansion of the Lord's Presence is deemed to be truly intoxicated. ||2||

³Bathe in the waters of Goodness and apply the scented oil of Truth to your body,

⁴and your face shall become radiant. This is the gift of 100,000 gifts.

⁵Tell your troubles to the One who is the Source of all comfort. ||3||

⁶How can you forget the One who created your soul, and the praanaa, the breath of life?

⁷Without Him, all that we wear and eat is impure.

⁸Everything else is false. Whatever pleases Your Will is acceptable. ||4||5||

⁹Siree Raag, First Mehl:

¹⁰Burn emotional attachment, and grind it into ink. Transform your intelligence into the purest of paper.

¹¹Make the love of the Lord your pen, and let your consciousness be the scribe. Then, seek the Guru's Instructions, and record these deliberations.

¹²Write the Praises of the Naam, the Name of the Lord; write over and over again that He has no end or limitation. ||1||

¹³O Baba, write such an account,

¹⁴that when it is asked for, it will bring the Mark of Truth. ||1||Pause||

¹⁵There, where greatness, eternal peace and everlasting joy are bestowed,

¹⁶the faces of those whose minds are attuned to the True Name are anointed with the Mark of Grace.

¹⁷If one receives God's Grace, then such honors are received, and not by mere words. ||2||

¹⁸Some come, and some arise and depart. They give themselves lofty names.

¹⁹Some are born beggars, and some hold vast courts.

²⁰Going to the world hereafter, everyone shall realize that without the Name, it is all useless. ||3||

²¹I am terrified by the Fear of You, God. Bothered and bewildered, my body is wasting away.

²²Those who are known as sultans and emperors shall be reduced to dust in the end.

²³O Nanak, arising and departing, all false attachments are cut away. ||4||6||

²⁴Siree Raag, First Mehl:

²⁵Believing, all tastes are sweet. Hearing, the salty flavors are tasted;

²⁶chanting with one's mouth, the spicy flavors are savored. All these spices have been made from the Sound-current of the Naad.

²⁷The thirty-six flavors of ambrosial nectar are in the Love of the One Lord; they are tasted only by one who is blessed by His Glance of Grace. ||1||

²⁸O Baba, the pleasures of other foods are false.

²⁹Eating them, the body is ruined, and wickedness and corruption enter into the mind. ||1||Pause||

³⁰My mind is imbued with the Lord's Love; it is dyed a deep crimson. Truth and charity are my white clothes.

³¹Erasing the blackness of sin is my wearing of blue clothes, and meditation on the Lord's Lotus Feet is my robe of honor.

³²Contentment is my cummerbund, Your Name is my wealth and youth. ||2||

³³O Baba, the pleasures of other clothes are false.

³⁴Wearing them, the body is ruined, and wickedness and corruption enter into the mind. ||1||Pause||

³⁵The understanding of Your Way, Lord, is horses, saddles and bags of gold for me.

³⁶The pursuit of virtue is my bow and arrow, my quiver, sword and scabbard.

³⁷To be distinguished with honor is my drum and banner. Your Mercy is my social status. ||3||

³⁸O Baba, the pleasures of other rides are false.

³⁹By such rides, the body is ruined, and wickedness and corruption enter into the mind. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁰The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is the pleasure of houses and mansions. Your Glance of Grace is my family, Lord.

¹The Hukam of Your Command is the pleasure of Your Will, Lord. To say anything else is far beyond anyone's reach.

²O Nanak, the True King does not seek advice from anyone else in His decisions. ||4||

³O Baba, the pleasure of other sleep is false.

⁴By such sleep, the body is ruined, and wickedness and corruption enter into the mind. ||1||Pause||4||7||

⁵Siree Raag, First Mehl:

⁶With the body of saffron, and the tongue a jewel, and the breath of the body pure fragrant incense;

⁷with the face anointed at the sixty-eight holy places of pilgrimage, and the heart illuminated with wisdom

⁸-with that wisdom, chant the Praises of the True Name, the Treasure of Excellence. ||1||

⁹O Baba, other wisdom is useless and irrelevant.

¹⁰If falsehood is practiced a hundred times, it is still false in its effects. ||1||Pause||

¹¹You may be worshipped and adored as a Pir (a spiritual teacher); you may be welcomed by all the world;

¹²you may adopt a lofty name, and be known to have supernatural spiritual powers

¹³-even so, if you are not accepted in the Court of the Lord, then all this adoration is false. ||2||

¹⁴No one can overthrow those who have been established by the True Guru.

¹⁵The Treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is within them, and through the Naam, they are radiant and famous.

¹⁶They worship the Naam, and they believe in the Naam. The True One is forever Intact and Unbroken. ||3||

¹⁷When the body mingles with dust, what happens to the soul?

¹⁸All clever tricks are burnt away, and you shall depart crying.

¹⁹O Nanak, those who forget the Naam-what will happen when they go to the Court of the Lord? ||4||8||

²⁰Siree Raag, First Mehl:

²¹The virtuous wife exudes virtue; the unvirtuous suffer in misery.

²²If you long for your Husband Lord, O soul-bride, you must know that He is not met by falsehood.

²³No boat or raft can take you to Him. Your Husband Lord is far away. ||1||

²⁴My Lord and Master is Perfect; His Throne is Eternal and Immovable.

²⁵One who attains perfection as Gurmukh, obtains the Immeasurable True Lord. ||1||Pause||

²⁶The Palace of the Lord God is so beautiful.

²⁷How can I climb up to the Fortress without a ladder? By meditating on the Lord, through the Guru, I am blessed and exalted. ||2||

²⁸The Guru is the Ladder, the Guru is the Boat, and the Guru is the Raft to take me to the Lord's Name.

²⁹The Guru is the Boat to carry me across the world-ocean; the Guru is the Sacred Shrine of Pilgrimage, the Guru is the Holy River.

³⁰If it pleases Him, I bathe in the Pool of Truth, and become radiant and pure. ||3||

³¹He is called the Most Perfect of the Perfect. He sits upon His Perfect Throne.

³²He looks so Beautiful in His Perfect Place. He fulfills the hopes of the hopeless.

³³O Nanak, if one obtains the Perfect Lord, how can his virtues decrease? ||4||9||

³⁴Siree Raag, First Mehl:

³⁵Come, my dear sisters and spiritual companions; hug me close in your embrace.

³⁶Let's join together, and tell stories of our All-powerful Husband Lord.

³⁷All Virtues are in our True Lord and Master; we are utterly without virtue. ||1||

³⁸O Creator Lord, all are in Your Power.

³⁹I dwell upon the One Word of the Shabad. You are mine-what else do I need? ||1||Pause||

⁴⁰Go, and ask the happy soul-brides, "By what virtuous qualities do you enjoy your Husband Lord?"

⁴¹"We are adorned with intuitive ease, contentment and sweet words.

⁴²We meet with our Beloved, the Source of Joy, when we listen to the Word of the Guru's Shabad." ||2||

¹You have so many Creative Powers, Lord; Your Bountiful Blessings are so Great.

²So many of Your beings and creatures praise You day and night.

³You have so many forms and colors, so many classes, high and low. ||3||

⁴Meeting the True One, Truth wells up. The truthful are absorbed into the True Lord.

⁵Intuitive understanding is obtained and one is welcomed with honor, through the Guru's Word, filled with the Fear of God.

⁶O Nanak, the True King absorbs us into Himself. ||4||10||

⁷Siree Raag, First Mehl:

⁸It all worked out-I was saved, and the egotism within my heart was subdued.

⁹The evil energies have been made to serve me, since I placed my faith in the True Guru.

¹⁰I have renounced my useless schemes, by the Grace of the True, Carefree Lord. ||1||

¹¹O mind, meeting with the True One, fear departs.

¹²Without the Fear of God, how can anyone become fearless? Become Gurmukh, and immerse yourself in the Shabad. ||1||Pause||

¹³How can we describe Him with words? There is no end to the descriptions of Him.

¹⁴There are so many beggars, but He is the only Giver.

¹⁵He is the Giver of the soul, and the praanaa, the breath of life; when He dwells within the mind, there is peace. ||2||

¹⁶The world is a drama, staged in a dream. In a moment, the play is played out.

¹⁷Some attain union with the Lord, while others depart in separation.

¹⁸Whatever pleases Him comes to pass; nothing else can be done. ||3||

¹⁹The Gurmukhs purchase the Genuine Article. The True Merchandise is purchased with the True Capital.

²⁰Those who purchase this True Merchandise through the Perfect Guru are blessed.

²¹O Nanak, one who stocks this True Merchandise shall recognize and realize the Genuine Article. ||4||11||

²²Siree Raag, First Mehl:

²³As metal merges with metal, those who chant the Praises of the Lord are absorbed into the Praiseworthy Lord.

²⁴Like the poppies, they are dyed in the deep crimson color of Truthfulness.

²⁵Those contented souls who meditate on the Lord with single-minded love, meet the True Lord. ||1||

²⁶O Siblings of Destiny, become the dust of the feet of the humble Saints.

²⁷In the Society of the Saints, the Guru is found. He is the Treasure of Liberation, the Source of all good fortune. ||1||Pause||

²⁸Upon that Highest Plane of Sublime Beauty, stands the Mansion of the Lord.

²⁹By true actions, this human body is obtained, and the door within ourselves which leads to the Mansion of the Beloved, is found.

³⁰The Gurmukhs train their minds to contemplate the Lord, the Supreme Soul. ||2||

³¹By actions committed under the influence of the three qualities, hope and anxiety are produced.

³²Without the Guru, how can anyone be released from these three qualities? Through intuitive wisdom, we meet with Him and find peace.

³³Within the home of the self, the Mansion of His Presence is realized when He bestows His Glance of Grace and washes away our pollution. ||3||

³⁴Without the Guru, this pollution is not removed. Without the Lord, how can there be any homecoming?

³⁵Contemplate the One Word of the Shabad, and abandon other hopes.

³⁶O Nanak, I am forever a sacrifice to the one who beholds, and inspires others to behold Him. ||4||12||

³⁷Siree Raag, First Mehl:

³⁸The life of the discarded bride is cursed. She is deceived by the love of duality.

³⁹Like a wall of sand, day and night, she crumbles, and eventually, she breaks down altogether.

⁴⁰Without the Word of the Shabad, peace does not come. Without her Husband Lord, her suffering does not end. ||1||

⁴¹O soul-bride, without your Husband Lord, what good are your decorations?

¹In this world, you shall not find any shelter; in the world hereafter, being false, you shall suffer. ||1||Pause||

²The True Lord Himself knows all; He makes no mistakes. He is the Great Farmer of the Universe.

³First, He prepares the ground, and then He plants the Seed of the True Name.

⁴The nine treasures are produced from Name of the One Lord. By His Grace, we obtain His Banner and Insignia. ||2||

⁵Some are very knowledgeable, but if they do not know the Guru, then what is the use of their lives?

⁶The blind have forgotten the Naam, the Name of the Lord. The self-willed manmukhs are in utter darkness.

⁷Their comings and goings in reincarnation do not end; through death and rebirth, they are wasting away. ||3||

⁸The bride may buy sandalwood oil and perfumes, and apply them in great quantities to her hair;

⁹she may sweeten her breath with betel leaf and camphor,

¹⁰but if this bride is not pleasing to her Husband Lord, then all these trappings are false. ||4||

¹¹Her enjoyment of all pleasures is futile, and all her decorations are corrupt.

¹²Until she has been pierced through with the Shabad, how can she look beautiful at Guru's Gate?

¹³O Nanak, blessed is that fortunate bride, who is in love with her Husband Lord. ||5||13||

¹⁴Siree Raag, First Mehl:

¹⁵The empty body is dreadful, when the soul goes out from within.

¹⁶The burning fire of life is extinguished, and the smoke of the breath no longer emerges.

¹⁷The five relatives (the senses) weep and wail painfully, and waste away through the love of duality. ||1||

¹⁸You fool: chant the Name of the Lord, and preserve your virtue.

¹⁹Egotism and possessiveness are very enticing; egotistical pride has plundered everyone. ||1||Pause||

²⁰Those who have forgotten the Naam, the Name of the Lord, are attached to affairs of duality.

²¹Attached to duality, they putrefy and die; they are filled with the fire of desire within.

²²Those who are protected by the Guru are saved; all others are cheated and plundered by deceitful worldly affairs. ||2||

²³Love dies, and affection vanishes. Hatred and alienation die.

²⁴Entanglements end, and egotism dies, along with attachment to Maya, possessiveness and anger.

²⁵Those who receive His Mercy obtain the True One. The Gurmukhs dwell forever in balanced restraint. ||3||

²⁶By true actions, the True Lord is met, and the Guru's Teachings are found.

²⁷Then, they are not subject to birth and death; they do not come and go in reincarnation.

²⁸O Nanak, they are respected at the Lord's Gate; they are robed in honor in the Court of the Lord. ||4||14||

²⁹Siree Raag, First Mehl:

³⁰The body is burnt to ashes; by its love of Maya, the mind is rusted through.

³¹Demerits become one's enemies, and falsehood blows the bugle of attack.

³²Without the Word of the Shabad, people wander lost in reincarnation. Through the love of duality, multitudes have been drowned. ||1||

³³O mind, swim across, by focusing your consciousness on the Shabad.

³⁴Those who do not become Gurmukh do not understand the Naam; they die, and continue coming and going in reincarnation. ||1||Pause||

³⁵That body is said to be pure, in which the True Name abides.

³⁶One whose body is imbued with the Fear of the True One, and whose tongue savors Truthfulness,

³⁷is brought to ecstasy by the True Lord's Glance of Grace. That person does not have to go through the fire of the womb again. ||2||

³⁸From the True Lord came the air, and from the air came water.

³⁹From water, He created the three worlds; in each and every heart He has infused His Light.

⁴⁰The Immaculate Lord does not become polluted. Attuned to the Shabad, honor is obtained. ||3||

⁴¹One whose mind is contented with Truthfulness, is blessed with the Lord's Glance of Grace.

¹The body of the five elements is dyed in the Fear of the True One; the mind is filled with the True Light.

²O Nanak, your demerits shall be forgotten; the Guru shall preserve your honor. ||4||15||

³Siree Raag, First Mehl:

⁴O Nanak, the Boat of Truth will ferry you across; contemplate the Guru.

⁵Some come, and some go; they are totally filled with egotism.

⁶Through stubborn-mindedness, the intellect is drowned; one who becomes Gurmukh and truthful is saved. ||1||

⁷Without the Guru, how can anyone swim across to find peace?

⁸As it pleases You, Lord, You save me. There is no other for me at all. ||1||Pause||

⁹In front of me, I see the jungle burning; behind me, I see green plants sprouting.

¹⁰We shall merge into the One from whom we came. The True One is pervading each and every heart.

¹¹He Himself unites us in Union with Himself; the True Mansion of His Presence is close at hand. ||2||

¹²With each and every breath, I dwell upon You; I shall never forget You.

¹³The more the Lord and Master dwells within the mind, the more the Gurmukh drinks in the Ambrosial Nectar.

¹⁴Mind and body are Yours; You are my Master. Please rid me of my pride, and let me merge with You. ||3||

¹⁵The One who formed this universe created the creation of the three worlds.

¹⁶The Gurmukh knows the Divine Light, while the foolish self-willed manmukh gropes around in the darkness.

¹⁷One who sees that Light within each and every heart understands the Essence of the Guru's Teachings. ||4||

¹⁸Those who understand are Gurmukh; recognize and applaud them.

¹⁹They meet and merge with the True One. They become the Radiant Manifestation of the Excellence of the True One.

²⁰O Nanak, they are contented with the Naam, the Name of the Lord. They offer their bodies and souls to God. ||5||16||

²¹Siree Raag, First Mehl:

²²Listen, O my mind, my friend, my darling: now is the time to meet the Lord.

²³As long as there is youth and breath, give this body to Him.

²⁴Without virtue, it is useless; the body shall crumble into a pile of dust. ||1||

²⁵O my mind, earn the profit, before you return home.

²⁶The Gurmukh praises the Naam, and the fire of egotism is extinguished. ||1||Pause||

²⁷Again and again, we hear and tell stories; we read and write and understand loads of knowledge,

²⁸but still, desires increase day and night, and the disease of egotism fills us with corruption.

²⁹That Carefree Lord cannot be appraised; His Real Value is known only through the Wisdom of the Guru's Teachings. ||2||

³⁰Even if someone has hundreds of thousands of clever mental tricks, and the love and company of hundreds of thousands of people

³¹still, without the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, he will not feel satisfied. Without the Name, all suffer in sorrow.

³²Chanting the Name of the Lord, O my soul, you shall be emancipated; as Gurmukh, you shall come to understand your own self. ||3||

³³I have sold my body and mind to the Guru, and I have given my mind and head as well.

³⁴I was seeking and searching for Him throughout the three worlds; then, as Gurmukh, I sought and found Him.

³⁵The True Guru has united me in Union, O Nanak, with that God. ||4||17||

³⁶Siree Raag, First Mehl:

³⁷I have no anxiety about dying, and no hope of living.

³⁸You are the Cherisher of all beings; You keep the account of our breaths and morsels of food.

³⁹You abide within the Gurmukh. As it pleases You, You decide our allotment. ||1||

⁴⁰O my soul, chant the Name of the Lord; the mind will be pleased and appeased.

⁴¹The raging fire within is extinguished; the Gurmukh obtains spiritual wisdom. ||1||Pause||

¹Know the state of your inner being; meet with the Guru and get rid of your skepticism.

²To reach your True Home after you die, you must conquer death while you are still alive.

³The beautiful, Unstruck Sound of the Shabad is obtained, contemplating the Guru. ||2||

⁴The Unstruck Melody of Gurbani is obtained, and egotism is eliminated.

⁵I am forever a sacrifice to those who serve their True Guru.

⁶They are dressed in robes of honor in the Court of the Lord; the Name of the Lord is on their lips. ||3||

⁷Wherever I look, I see the Lord pervading there, in the union of Shiva and Shakti, of consciousness and matter.

⁸The three qualities hold the body in bondage; whoever comes into the world is subject to their play.

⁹Those who separate themselves from the Lord wander lost in misery. The self-willed manmukhs do not attain union with Him. ||4||

¹⁰If the mind becomes balanced and detached, and comes to dwell in its own true home, imbued with the Fear of God,

¹¹then it enjoys the essence of supreme spiritual wisdom; it shall never feel hunger again.

¹²O Nanak, conquer and subdue this mind; meet with the Lord, and you shall never again suffer in pain. ||5||18||

¹³Siree Raag, First Mehl:

¹⁴This foolish mind is greedy; through greed, it becomes even more attached to greed.

¹⁵The evil-minded shaaktas, the faithless cynics, are not attuned to the Shabad; they come and go in reincarnation.

¹⁶One who meets with the Holy True Guru finds the Treasure of Excellence. ||1||

¹⁷O mind, renounce your egotistical pride.

¹⁸Serve the Lord, the Guru, the Sacred Pool, and you shall be honored in the Court of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

¹⁹Chant the Name of the Lord day and night; become Gurmukh, and know the Wealth of the Lord.

²⁰All comforts and peace, and the Essence of the Lord, are enjoyed by acquiring spiritual wisdom in the Society of the Saints.

²¹Day and night, continually serve the Lord God; the True Guru has given the Naam. ||2||

²²Those who practice falsehood are dogs; those who slander the Guru shall burn in their own fire.

²³They wander lost and confused, deceived by doubt, suffering in terrible pain. The Messenger of Death shall beat them to a pulp.

²⁴The self-willed manmukhs find no peace, while the Gurmukhs are wondrously joyful. ||3||

²⁵In this world, people are engrossed in false pursuits, but in the world hereafter, only the account of your true actions is accepted.

²⁶The Guru serves the Lord, His Intimate Friend. The Guru's actions are supremely exalted.

²⁷O Nanak, never forget the Naam, the Name of the Lord; the True Lord shall bless you with His Mark of Grace. ||4||19||

²⁸Siree Raag, First Mehl:

²⁹Forgetting the Beloved, even for a moment, the mind is afflicted with terrible diseases.

³⁰How can honor be attained in His Court, if the Lord does not dwell in the mind?

³¹Meeting with the Guru, peace is found. The fire is extinguished in His Glorious Praises. ||1||

³²O mind, enshrine the Praises of the Lord, day and night.

³³One who does not forget the Naam, for a moment or even an instant-how rare is such a person in this world! ||1||Pause||

³⁴When one's light merges into the Light, and one's intuitive consciousness is joined with the Intuitive Consciousness,

³⁵then one's cruel and violent instincts and egotism depart, and skepticism and sorrow are taken away.

³⁶The Lord abides within the mind of the Gurmukh, who merges in the Lord's Union, through the Guru. ||2||

³⁷If I surrender my body like a bride, the Enjoyer will enjoy me.

³⁸Do not make love with one who is just a passing show.

³⁹The Gurmukh is ravished like the pure and happy bride on the Bed of God, her Husband. ||3||

¹The Gurmukh puts out the four fires, with the Water of the Lord's Name.

²The lotus blossoms deep within the heart, and filled with Ambrosial Nectar, one is satisfied.

³O Nanak, make the True Guru your friend; going to His Court, you shall obtain the True Lord. ||4||20||

⁴Siree Raag, First Mehl:

⁵Meditate on the Lord, Har, Har, O my beloved; follow the Guru's Teachings, and speak of the Lord.

⁶Apply the Touchstone of Truth to your mind, and see if it comes up to its full weight.

⁷No one has found the worth of the ruby of the heart; its value cannot be estimated. ||1||

⁸O Siblings of Destiny, the Diamond of the Lord is within the Guru.

⁹The True Guru is found in the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation. Day and night, praise the Word of His Shabad. ||1||Pause||

¹⁰The True Merchandise, Wealth and Capital are obtained through the Radiant Light of the Guru.

¹¹Just as fire is extinguished by pouring on water, desire becomes the slave of the Lord's slaves.

¹²The Messenger of Death will not touch you; in this way, you shall cross over the terrifying world-ocean, carrying others across with you. ||2||

¹³The Gurmukhs do not like falsehood. They are imbued with Truth; they love only Truth.

¹⁴The shaaktas, the faithless cynics, do not like the Truth; false are the foundations of the false.

¹⁵Imbued with Truth, you shall meet the Guru. The true ones are absorbed into the True Lord. ||3||

¹⁶Within the mind are emeralds and rubies, the Jewel of the Naam, treasures and diamonds.

¹⁷The Naam is the True Merchandise and Wealth; in each and every heart, His Presence is deep and profound.

¹⁸O Nanak, the Gurmukh finds the Diamond of the Lord, by His Kindness and Compassion. ||4||21||

¹⁹Siree Raag, First Mehl:

²⁰The fire of doubt is not extinguished, even by wandering through foreign lands and countries.

²¹If inner filth is not removed, one's life is cursed, and one's clothes are cursed.

²²There is no other way to perform devotional worship, except through the Teachings of the True Guru. ||1||

²³O mind, become Gurmukh, and extinguish the fire within.

²⁴Let the Words of the Guru abide within your mind; let egotism and desires die. ||1||Pause||

²⁵The jewel of the mind is priceless; through the Name of the Lord, honor is obtained.

²⁶Join the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, and find the Lord. The Gurmukh embraces love for the Lord.

²⁷Give up your selfishness, and you shall find peace; like water mingling with water, you shall merge in absorption. ||2||

²⁸Those who have not contemplated the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, are unworthy; they come and go in reincarnation.

²⁹One who has not met with the True Guru, the Primal Being, is bothered and bewildered in the terrifying world-ocean.

³⁰This jewel of the soul is priceless, and yet it is being squandered like this, in exchange for a mere shell. ||3||

³¹Those who joyfully meet with the True Guru are perfectly fulfilled and wise.

³²Meeting with the Guru, they cross over the terrifying world-ocean. In the Court of the Lord, they are honored and approved.

³³O Nanak, their faces are radiant; the Music of the Shabad, the Word of God, wells up within them. ||4||22||

³⁴Siree Raag, First Mehl:

³⁵Make your deals, dealers, and take care of your merchandise.

³⁶Buy that object which will go along with you.

³⁷In the next world, the All-knowing Merchant will take this object and care for it. ||1||

³⁸O Siblings of Destiny, chant the Lord's Name, and focus your consciousness on Him.

³⁹Take the Merchandise of the Lord's Praises with you. Your Husband Lord shall see this and approve. ||1||Pause||

¹Those who do not have the Assets of Truth-how can they find peace?

²By dealing their deals of falsehood, their minds and bodies become false.

³Like the deer caught in the trap, they suffer in terrible agony; they continually cry out in pain. ||2||

⁴The counterfeit coins are not put into the Treasury; they do not obtain the Blessed Vision of the Lord-Guru.

⁵The false ones have no social status or honor. No one succeeds through falsehood.

⁶Practicing falsehood again and again, people come and go in reincarnation, and forfeit their honor. ||3||

⁷O Nanak, instruct your mind through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, and praise the Lord.

⁸Those who are imbued with the love of the Name of the Lord are not loaded down by doubt.

⁹Those who chant the Name of the Lord earn great profits; the Fearless Lord abides within their minds. ||4||23||

¹⁰Siree Raag, First Mehl, Second House:

¹¹Wealth, the beauty of youth and flowers are guests for only a few days.

¹²Like the leaves of the water-lily, they wither and fade and finally die. ||1||

¹³Be happy, dear beloved, as long as your youth is fresh and delightful.

¹⁴But your days are few-you have grown weary, and now your body has grown old. ||1||Pause||

¹⁵My playful friends have gone to sleep in the graveyard.

¹⁶In my double-mindedness, I shall have to go as well. I cry in a feeble voice. ||2||

¹⁷Haven't you heard the call from beyond, O beautiful soul-bride?

¹⁸You must go to your in-laws; you cannot stay with your parents forever. ||3||

¹⁹O Nanak, know that she who sleeps in her parents' home is plundered in broad daylight.

²⁰She has lost her bouquet of merits; gathering one of demerits, she departs. ||4||24||

²¹Siree Raag, First Mehl, Second House:

²²He Himself is the Enjoyer, and He Himself is the Enjoyment. He Himself is the Ravisher of all.

²³He Himself is the Bride in her dress, He Himself is the Bridegroom on the bed. ||1||

²⁴My Lord and Master is imbued with love; He is totally permeating and pervading all. ||1||Pause||

²⁵He Himself is the fisherman and the fish; He Himself is the water and the net.

²⁶He Himself is the sinker, and He Himself is the bait. ||2||

²⁷He Himself loves in so many ways. O sister soul-brides, He is my Beloved.

²⁸He continually ravishes and enjoys the happy soul-brides; just look at the plight I am in without Him! ||3||

²⁹Prays Nanak, please hear my prayer: You are the pool, and You are the soul-swan.

³⁰You are the lotus flower of the day and You are the water-lily of the night. You Yourself behold them, and blossom forth in bliss. ||4||25||

³¹Siree Raag, First Mehl, Third House:

³²Make this body the field, and plant the seed of good actions. Water it with the Name of the Lord, who holds all the world in His Hands.

³³Let your mind be the farmer; the Lord shall sprout in your heart, and you shall attain the state of Nirvaanaa. ||1||

³⁴You fool! Why are you so proud of Maya?

³⁵Father, children, spouse, mother and all relatives-they shall not be your helpers in the end. ||Pause||

³⁶So weed out evil, wickedness and corruption; leave these behind, and let your soul meditate on God.

³⁷When chanting, austere meditation and self-discipline become your protectors, then the lotus blossoms forth, and the honey trickles out. ||2||

³⁸Bring the twenty-seven elements of the body under your control, and throughout the three stages of life, remember death.

³⁹See the Infinite Lord in the ten directions, and in all the variety of nature. Says Nanak, in this way, the One Lord shall carry you across. ||3||26||

¹Siree Raag, First Mehl, Third House:

²Make good deeds the soil, and let the Word of the Shabad be the seed; irrigate it continually with the water of Truth.

³Become such a farmer, and faith will sprout. This brings knowledge of heaven and hell, you fool! ||1||

⁴Do not think that your Husband Lord can be obtained by mere words.

⁵You are wasting this life in the pride of wealth and the splendor of beauty. ||1||Pause||

⁶The defect of the body which leads to sin is the mud puddle, and this mind is the frog, which does not appreciate the lotus flower at all.

⁷The bumble bee is the teacher who continually teaches the lesson. But how can one understand, unless one is made to understand? ||2||

⁸This speaking and listening is like the song of the wind, for those whose minds are colored by the love of Maya.

⁹The Grace of the Master is bestowed upon those who meditate on Him alone. They are pleasing to His Heart. ||3||

¹⁰You may observe the thirty fasts, and say the five prayers each day, but 'Satan' can undo them.

¹¹Says Nanak, you will have to walk on the Path of Death, so why do you bother to collect wealth and property? ||4||27||

¹²Siree Raag, First Mehl, Fourth House:

¹³He is the Master who has made the world bloom; He makes the Universe blossom forth, fresh and green.

¹⁴He holds the water and the land in bondage. Hail to the Creator Lord! ||1||

¹⁵Death, O Mullah-death will come,

¹⁶so live in the Fear of God the Creator. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷You are a Mullah, and you are a Qazi, only when you know the Naam, the Name of God.

¹⁸You may be very educated, but no one can remain when the measure of life is full. ||2||

¹⁹He alone is a Qazi, who renounces selfishness and conceit, and makes the One Name his Support.

²⁰The True Creator Lord is, and shall always be. He was not born; He shall not die. ||3||

²¹You may chant your prayers five times each day; you may read the Bible and the Koran.

²²Says Nanak, the grave is calling you, and now your food and drink are finished. ||4||28||

²³Siree Raag, First Mehl, Fourth House:

²⁴The dogs of greed are with me.

²⁵In the early morning, they continually bark at the wind.

²⁶Falsehood is my dagger; through deception, I eat the carcasses of the dead.

²⁷I live as a wild hunter, O Creator! ||1||

²⁸I have not followed good advice, nor have I done good deeds.

²⁹I am deformed and horribly disfigured.

³⁰Your Name alone, Lord, saves the world.

³¹This is my hope; this is my support. ||1||Pause||

³²With my mouth I speak slander, day and night.

³³I spy on the houses of others-I am such a wretched low-life!

³⁴Unfulfilled sexual desire and unresolved anger dwell in my body, like the outcasts who cremate the dead.

³⁵I live as a wild hunter, O Creator! ||2||

³⁶I make plans to trap others, although I appear gentle.

³⁷I am a robber-I rob the world.

³⁸I am very clever-I carry loads of sin.

³⁹I live as a wild hunter, O Creator! ||3||

⁴⁰I have not appreciated what You have done for me, Lord; I take from others and exploit them.

⁴¹What face shall I show You, Lord? I am a sneak and a thief.

⁴²Nanak describes the state of the lowly.

⁴³I live as a wild hunter, O Creator! ||4||29||

⁴⁴Siree Raag, First Mehl, Fourth House:

⁴⁵There is one awareness among all created beings.

⁴⁶None have been created without this awareness.

¹As is their awareness, so is their way.

²According to the account of our actions, we come and go in reincarnation. ||1||

³Why, O soul, do you try such clever tricks?

⁴Taking away and giving back, God does not delay. ||1||Pause||

⁵All beings belong to You; all beings are Yours. O Lord and Master,

⁶how can You become angry with them?

⁷Even if You, O Lord and Master, become angry with them,

⁸still, You are theirs, and they are Yours. ||2||

⁹We are foul-mouthed; we spoil everything with our foul words.

¹⁰You weigh us in the balance of Your Glance of Grace.

¹¹When one's actions are right, the understanding is perfect.

¹²Without good deeds, it becomes more and more deficient. ||3||

¹³Prays Nanak, what is the nature of the spiritual people?

¹⁴They are self-realized; they understand God.

¹⁵By Guru's Grace, they contemplate Him;

¹⁶such spiritual people are honored in His Court. ||4||30||

¹⁷Siree Raag, First Mehl, Fourth House:

¹⁸You are the River, All-knowing and All-seeing. I am just a fish-how can I find Your limit?

¹⁹Wherever I look, You are there. Outside of You, I would burst and die. ||1||

²⁰I do not know of the fisherman, and I do not know of the net.

²¹But when the pain comes, then I call upon You. ||1||Pause||

²²You are present everywhere. I had thought that You were far away.

²³Whatever I do, I do in Your Presence.

²⁴You see all my actions, and yet I deny them.

²⁵I have not worked for You, or Your Name. ||2||

²⁶Whatever You give me, that is what I eat.

²⁷There is no other door-unto which door should I go?

²⁸Nanak offers this one prayer:

²⁹this body and soul are totally Yours. ||3||

³⁰He Himself is near, and He Himself is far away; He Himself is in-between.

³¹He Himself beholds, and He Himself listens. By His Creative Power, He created the world.

³²Whatever pleases Him, O Nanak-that Command is acceptable. ||4||31||

³³Siree Raag, First Mehl, Fourth House:

³⁴Why should the created beings feel pride in their minds?

³⁵The Gift is in the Hands of the Great Giver.

³⁶As it pleases Him, He may give, or not give.

³⁷What can be done by the order of the created beings? ||1||

³⁸He Himself is True; Truth is pleasing to His Will.

³⁹The spiritually blind are unripe and imperfect, inferior and worthless. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁰The One who owns the trees of the forest and the plants of the garden

⁴¹according to their nature, He gives them all their names.

⁴²The Flower and the Fruit of the Lord's Love are obtained by pre-ordained destiny.

⁴³As we plant, so we harvest and eat. ||2||

⁴⁴The wall of the body is temporary, as is the soul-mason within it.

⁴⁵The flavor of the intellect is bland and insipid without the Salt.

⁴⁶O Nanak, as He wills, He makes things right.

⁴⁷Without the Name, no one is approved. ||3||32||

⁴⁸Siree Raag, First Mehl, Fifth House:

⁴⁹The Undeceiveable is not deceived by deception. He cannot be wounded by any dagger.

⁵⁰As our Lord and Master keeps us, so do we exist. The soul of this greedy person is tossed this way and that. ||1||

⁵¹Without the oil, how can the lamp be lit? ||1||Pause||

⁵²Let the reading of your prayer book be the oil,

⁵³Light this lamp with the understanding of Truth. ||2||

⁵⁴Use this oil to light this lamp.

⁵⁵Light it, and meet your Lord and Master. ||1||Pause||

⁵⁶This body is softened with the Word of the Guru's Bani;

⁵⁷you shall find peace, doing seva (selfless service).

¹All the world continues coming and going in reincarnation. ||3||

²In the midst of this world, do seva,

³and you shall be given a place of honor in the Court of the Lord.

⁴Says Nanak, swing your arms in joy! ||4||33||

⁵Siree Raag, Third Mehl, First House:

⁶One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁷I serve my True Guru with single-minded devotion, and lovingly focus my consciousness on Him.

⁸The True Guru is the mind's desire and the sacred shrine of pilgrimage, for those unto whom He has given this understanding.

⁹The blessings of the wishes of the mind are obtained, and the fruits of one's desires.

¹⁰Meditate on the Name, worship the Name, and through the Name, you shall be absorbed in intuitive peace and poise. ||1||

¹¹O my mind, drink in the Sublime Essence of the Lord, and your thirst shall be quenched.

¹²Those Gurmukhs who have tasted it remain intuitively absorbed in the Lord. ||1||Pause||

¹³Those who serve the True Guru obtain the Treasure of the Naam.

¹⁴Deep within, they are drenched with the Essence of the Lord, and the egotistical pride of the mind is subdued.

¹⁵The heart-lotus blossoms forth, and they intuitively center themselves in meditation.

¹⁶Their minds become pure, and they remain immersed in the Lord; they are honored in His Court. ||2||

¹⁷Those who serve the True Guru in this world are very rare.

¹⁸Those who keep the Lord enshrined in their hearts subdue egotism and possessiveness.

¹⁹I am a sacrifice to those who are in love with the Naam.

²⁰Those who attain the Inexhaustible Name of the Infinite Lord remain happy throughout the four ages. ||3||

²¹Meeting with the Guru, the Naam is obtained, and the thirst of emotional attachment departs.

²²When the mind is permeated with the Lord, one remains detached within the home of the heart.

²³I am a sacrifice to those who enjoy the Sublime Taste of the Lord.

²⁴O Nanak, by His Glance of Grace, the True Name, the Treasure of Excellence, is obtained. ||4||1||34||

²⁵Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

²⁶People wear all sorts of costumes and wander all around, but in their hearts and minds, they practice deception.

²⁷They do not attain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence, and after death, they sink into manure. ||1||

²⁸O mind, remain detached in the midst of your household.

²⁹Practicing truth, self-discipline and good deeds, the Gurmukh is enlightened. ||1||Pause||

³⁰Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the mind is conquered, and one attains the State of Liberation in one's own home.

³¹So meditate on the Name of the Lord; join and merge with the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation. ||2||

³²You may enjoy the pleasures of hundreds of thousands of women, and rule the nine continents of the world.

³³But without the True Guru, you will not find peace; you will be reincarnated over and over again. ||3||

³⁴Those who wear the Necklace of the Lord around their necks, and focus their consciousness on the Guru's Feet

³⁵-wealth and supernatural spiritual powers follow them, but they do not care for such things at all. ||4||

³⁶Whatever pleases God's Will comes to pass. Nothing else can be done.

³⁷Servant Nanak lives by chanting the Naam. O Lord, please give it to me, in Your Natural Way. ||5||2||35||

¹Siree Raag, Third Mehl, First House:

²Everyone belongs to the One who rules the Universe.

³The Gurmukh practices good deeds, and the truth is revealed in the heart.

⁴True is the reputation of the true, within whom truth abides.

⁵Those who meet the True Lord are not separated again; they come to dwell in the home of the self deep within. ||1||

⁶O my Lord! Without the Lord, I have no other at all.

⁷The True Guru leads us to meet the Immaculate True God through the Word of His Shabad. ||1||Pause||

⁸One whom the Lord merges into Himself is merged in the Shabad, and remains so merged.

⁹No one merges with Him through the love of duality; over and over again, they come and go in reincarnation.

¹⁰The One Lord permeates all. The One Lord is pervading everywhere.

¹¹That Gurmukh, unto whom the Lord shows His Kindness, is absorbed in the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||2||

¹²After all their reading, the Pandits, the religious scholars, and the astrologers argue and debate.

¹³Their intellect and understanding are perverted; they just don't understand. They are filled with greed and corruption.

¹⁴Through 8.4 million incarnations they wander lost and confused; through all their wandering and roaming, they are ruined.

¹⁵They act according to their pre-ordained destiny, which no one can erase. ||3||

¹⁶It is very difficult to serve the True Guru. Surrender your head; give up your selfishness.

¹⁷Realizing the Shabad, one meets with the Lord, and all one's service is accepted.

¹⁸By personally experiencing the Personality of the Guru, one's own personality is uplifted, and one's light merges into the Light.

¹⁹Those who have such pre-ordained destiny come to meet the True Guru. ||4||

²⁰O mind, don't cry out that you are hungry, always hungry; stop complaining.

²¹The One who created the 8.4 million species of beings gives sustenance to all.

²²The Fearless Lord is forever Merciful; He takes care of all.

²³O Nanak, the Gurmukh understands, and finds the Door of Liberation. ||5||3||36||

²⁴Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

²⁵Those who hear and believe, find the home of the self deep within.

²⁶Through the Guru's Teachings, they praise the True Lord; they find the Lord, the Treasure of Excellence.

²⁷Attuned to the Word of the Shabad, they are immaculate and pure. I am forever a sacrifice to them.

²⁸Those people, within whose hearts the Lord abides, are radiant and enlightened. ||1||

²⁹O my mind, meditate on the Immaculate Lord, Har, Har.

³⁰Those whose have such pre-ordained destiny written on their foreheads-those Gurmukhs remain absorbed in the Lord's Love. ||1||Pause||

³¹O Saints, see clearly that the Lord is near at hand; He is pervading everywhere.

³²Those who follow the Guru's Teachings realize Him, and see Him Ever-present.

³³He dwells forever in the minds of the virtuous. He is far removed from those worthless people who lack virtue.

³⁴The self-willed manmukhs are totally without virtue. Without the Name, they die in frustration. ||2||

³⁵Those who hear and believe in the Word of the Guru's Shabad, meditate on the Lord in their minds.

³⁶Night and day, they are steeped in devotion; their minds and bodies become pure.

³⁷The color of the world is false and weak; when it washes away, people cry out in pain.

³⁸Those who have the Radiant Light of the Naam within, become steady and stable, forever and ever. ||3||

¹The blessing of this human life has been obtained, but still, people do not lovingly focus their thoughts on the Name of the Lord.

²Their feet slip, and they cannot stay here any longer. And in the next world, they find no place of rest at all.

³This opportunity shall not come again. In the end, they depart, regretting and repenting.

⁴Those whom the Lord blesses with His Glance of Grace are saved; they are lovingly attuned to the Lord. ||4||

⁵They all show off and pretend, but the self-willed manmukhs do not understand.

⁶Those Gurmukhs who are pure of heart-their service is accepted.

⁷They sing the Glorious Praise of the Lord; they read about the Lord each day. Singing the Praise of the Lord, they merge in absorption.

⁸O Nanak, the words of those who are lovingly attuned to the Naam are true forever. ||5||4||37||

⁹Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

¹⁰Those who meditate single-mindedly on the Naam, and contemplate the Teachings of the Guru

¹¹-their faces are forever radiant in the Court of the True Lord.

¹²They drink in the Ambrosial Nectar forever and ever, and they love the True Name. ||1||

¹³O Siblings of Destiny, the Gurmukhs are honored forever.

¹⁴They meditate forever on the Lord, Har, Har, and they wash off the filth of egotism. ||1||Pause||

¹⁵The self-willed manmukhs do not know the Naam. Without the Name, they lose their honor.

¹⁶They do not savor the Taste of the Shabad; they are attached to the love of duality.

¹⁷They are worms in the filth of manure. They fall into manure, and into manure they are absorbed. ||2||

¹⁸Fruitful are the lives of those who walk in harmony with the Will of the True Guru.

¹⁹Their families are saved; blessed are the mothers who gave birth to them.

²⁰By His Will He grants His Grace; those who are so blessed, meditate on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||3||

²¹The Gurmukhs meditate on the Naam; they eradicate selfishness and conceit from within.

²²They are pure, inwardly and outwardly; they merge into the Truest of the True.

²³O Nanak, blessed is the coming of those who follow the Guru's Teachings and meditate on the Lord. ||4||5||38||

²⁴Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

²⁵The devotees of the Lord have the Wealth and Capital of the Lord; with Guru's Advice, they carry on their trade.

²⁶They praise the Name of the Lord forever and ever. The Name of the Lord is their Merchandise and Support.

²⁷The Perfect Guru has implanted the Name of the Lord into the Lord's devotees; it is an Inexhaustible Treasure. ||1||

²⁸O Siblings of Destiny, instruct your minds in this way.

²⁹O mind, why are you so lazy? Become Gurmukh, and meditate on the Naam. ||1||Pause||

³⁰Devotion to the Lord is love for the Lord. The Gurmukh reflects deeply and contemplates.

³¹Hypocrisy is not devotion-speaking words of duality leads only to misery.

³²Those humble beings who are filled with keen understanding and meditative contemplation-even though they intermingle with others, they remain distinct. ||2||

³³Those who keep the Lord enshrined within their hearts are said to be the servants of the Lord.

³⁴Placing mind and body in offering before the Lord, they conquer and eradicate egotism from within.

³⁵Blessed and acclaimed is that Gurmukh, who shall never be defeated. ||3||

³⁶Those who receive His Grace find Him. Without His Grace, He cannot be found.

¹The 8.4 million species of beings all yearn for the Lord. Those whom He unites, come to be united with the Lord.

²O Nanak, the Gurmukh finds the Lord, and remains forever absorbed in the Lord's Name. ||4||6||39||

³Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

⁴The Name of the Lord is the Ocean of Peace; the Gurmukhs obtain it.

⁵Meditating on the Naam, night and day, they are easily and intuitively absorbed in the Naam.

⁶Their inner beings are immersed in the True Lord; they sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||1||

⁷O Siblings of Destiny, the world is in misery, engrossed in the love of duality.

⁸In the Sanctuary of the Guru, peace is found, meditating on the Naam night and day. ||1||Pause||

⁹The truthful ones are not stained by filth. Meditating on the Lord, their minds remain pure.

¹⁰The Gurmukhs realize the Word of the Shabad; they are immersed in the Ambrosial Nectar of the Lord's Name.

¹¹The Guru has lit the brilliant light of spiritual wisdom, and the darkness of ignorance has been dispelled. ||2||

¹²The self-willed manmukhs are polluted. They are filled with the pollution of egotism, wickedness and desire.

¹³Without the Shabad, this pollution is not washed off; through the cycle of death and rebirth, they waste away in misery.

¹⁴Engrossed in this transitory drama, they are not at home in either this world or the next. ||3||

¹⁵For the Gurmukh, the love of the Name of the Lord is chanting, deep meditation and self-discipline.

¹⁶The Gurmukh meditates forever on the Name of the One Creator Lord.

¹⁷O Nanak, meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the Support of all beings. ||4||7||40||

¹⁸Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

¹⁹The self-willed manmukhs are engrossed in emotional attachment; they are not balanced or detached.

²⁰They do not comprehend the Word of the Shabad. They suffer in pain forever, and lose their honor in the Court of the Lord.

²¹The Gurmukhs shed their ego; attuned to the Naam, they find peace. ||1||

²²O my mind, day and night, you are always full of wishful hopes.

²³Serve the True Guru, and your emotional attachment shall be totally burnt away; remain detached within the home of your heart. ||1||Pause||

²⁴The Gurmukhs do good deeds and blossom forth; balanced and detached in the Lord, they are in ecstasy.

²⁵Night and day, they perform devotional worship, day and night; subduing their ego, they are carefree.

²⁶By great good fortune, I found the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation; I have found the Lord, with intuitive ease and ecstasy. ||2||

²⁷That person is a Holy Saadhu, and a renouncer of the world, whose heart is filled with the Naam.

²⁸His inner being is not touched by anger or dark energies at all; he has lost his selfishness and conceit.

²⁹The True Guru has revealed to him the Treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord; he drinks in the Sublime Essence of the Lord, and is satisfied. ||3||

³⁰Whoever has found it, has done so in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. Through perfect good fortune, such balanced detachment is attained.

³¹The self-willed manmukhs wander around lost, but they do not know the True Guru. They are inwardly attached to egotism.

³²O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Shabad are dyed in the Color of the Lord's Name. Without the Fear of God, how can they retain this Color? ||4||8||41||

³³Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

³⁴Within the home of your own inner being, the merchandise is obtained. All commodities are within.

³⁵Each and every moment, dwell on the Naam, the Name of the Lord; the Gurmukhs obtain it.

³⁶The Treasure of the Naam is inexhaustible. By great good fortune, it is obtained. ||1||

³⁷O my mind, give up slander, egotism and arrogance.

¹Become Gurmukh, and meditate forever on the Dear Lord, the One and Only Creator. ||1||Pause||

²The faces of the Gurmukhs are radiant and bright; they reflect on the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

³They obtain peace in this world and the next, chanting and meditating within their hearts on the Lord.

⁴Within the home of their own inner being, they obtain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence, reflecting on the Guru's Shabad. ||2||

⁵Those who turn their faces away from the True Guru shall have their faces blackened.

⁶Night and day, they suffer in pain; they see the noose of Death always hovering above them.

⁷Even in their dreams, they find no peace; they are consumed by the fires of intense anxiety. ||3||

⁸The One Lord is the Giver of all; He Himself bestows all blessings.

⁹No one else has any say in this; He gives just as He pleases.

¹⁰O Nanak, the Gurmukhs obtain Him; He Himself knows Himself. ||4||9||42||

¹¹Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

¹²Serve your True Lord and Master, and you shall be blessed with true greatness.

¹³By Guru's Grace, He abides in the mind, and egotism is driven out.

¹⁴This wandering mind comes to rest, when the Lord casts His Glance of Grace. ||1||

¹⁵O Siblings of Destiny, become Gurmukh, and meditate on the Name of the Lord.

¹⁶The Treasure of the Naam abides forever within the mind, and one's place of rest is found in the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷The minds and bodies of the self-willed manmukhs are filled with darkness; they find no shelter, no place of rest.

¹⁸Through countless incarnations they wander lost, like crows in a deserted house.

¹⁹Through the Guru's Teachings, the heart is illuminated. Through the Shabad, the Name of the Lord is received. ||2||

²⁰In the corruption of the three qualities, there is blindness; in attachment to Maya, there is darkness.

²¹The greedy people serve others, instead of the Lord, although they loudly announce their reading of scriptures.

²²They are burnt to death by their own corruption; they are not at home, on either this shore or the one beyond. ||3||

²³In attachment to Maya, they have forgotten the Father, the Cherisher of the World.

²⁴Without the Guru, all are unconscious; they are held in bondage by the Messenger of Death.

²⁵O Nanak, through the Guru's Teachings, you shall be saved, contemplating the True Name. ||4||10||43||

²⁶Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

²⁷The three qualities hold people in attachment to Maya. The Gurmukh attains the fourth state of higher consciousness.

²⁸Granting His Grace, God unites us with Himself. The Name of the Lord comes to abide within the mind.

²⁹Those who have the treasure of goodness join the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation. ||1||

³⁰O Siblings of Destiny, follow the Guru's Teachings and dwell in truth.

³¹Practice truth, and only truth, and merge in the True Word of the Shabad. ||1||Pause||

³²I am a sacrifice to those who recognize the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

³³Renouncing selfishness, I fall at their feet, and walk in harmony with His Will.

³⁴Earning the Profit of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, I am intuitively absorbed in the Naam. ||2||

³⁵Without the Guru, the Mansion of the Lord's Presence is not found, and the Naam is not obtained.

³⁶Seek and find such a True Guru, who shall lead you to the True Lord.

³⁷Destroy your evil passions, and you shall dwell in peace. Whatever pleases the Lord comes to pass. ||3||

³⁸As one knows the True Guru, so is the peace obtained.

³⁹There is no doubt at all about this, but those who love Him are very rare.

⁴⁰O Nanak, the One Light has two forms; through the Shabad, union is attained. ||4||11||44||

¹Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

²Discarding the Ambrosial Nectar, they greedily grab the poison; they serve others, instead of the Lord.

³They lose their faith, they have no understanding; night and day, they suffer in pain.

⁴The blind, self-willed manmukhs do not even think of the Lord; they are drowned to death without water. ||1||

⁵O mind, vibrate and meditate forever on the Lord; seek the Protection of His Sanctuary.

⁶If the Word of the Guru's Shabad abides deep within, then you shall not forget the Lord. ||1||Pause||

⁷This body is the puppet of Maya. The evil of egotism is within it.

⁸Coming and going through birth and death, the self-willed manmukhs lose their honor.

⁹Serving the True Guru, eternal peace is obtained, and one's light merges into the Light. ||2||

¹⁰Serving the True Guru brings a deep and profound peace, and one's desires are fulfilled.

¹¹Abstinence, truthfulness and self-discipline are obtained, and the body is purified; the Lord, Har, Har, comes to dwell within the mind.

¹²Such a person remains blissful forever, day and night. Meeting the Beloved, peace is found. ||3||

¹³I am a sacrifice to those who seek the Sanctuary of the True Guru.

¹⁴In the Court of the True One, they are blessed with true greatness; they are intuitively absorbed into the True Lord.

¹⁵O Nanak, by His Glance of Grace He is found; the Gurmukh is united in His Union. ||4||12||45||

¹⁶Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

¹⁷The self-willed manmukh performs religious rituals, like the unwanted bride decorating her body.

¹⁸Her Husband Lord does not come to her bed; day after day, she grows more and more miserable.

¹⁹She does not attain the Mansion of His Presence; she does not find the door to His House. ||1||

²⁰O Siblings of Destiny, meditate on the Naam with one-pointed mind.

²¹Remain united with the Society of the Saints; chant the Name of the Lord, and find peace. ||1||Pause||

²²The Gurmukh is the happy and pure soul-bride forever. She keeps her Husband Lord enshrined within her heart.

²³Her speech is sweet, and her way of life is humble. She enjoys the Bed of her Husband Lord.

²⁴The happy and pure soul-bride is noble; she has infinite love for the Guru. ||2||

²⁵By perfect good fortune, one meets the True Guru, when one's destiny is awakened.

²⁶Suffering and doubt are cut out from within, and peace is obtained.

²⁷One who walks in harmony with the Guru's Will shall not suffer in pain. ||3||

²⁸The Amrit, the Ambrosial Nectar, is in the Guru's Will. With intuitive ease, it is obtained.

²⁹Those who are destined to have it, drink it in; their egotism is eradicated from within.

³⁰O Nanak, the Gurmukh meditates on the Naam, and is united with the True Lord. ||4||13||46||

³¹Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

³²If you know that He is your Husband Lord, offer your body and mind to Him.

³³Behave like the happy and pure soul-bride.

³⁴With intuitive ease, you shall merge with the True Lord, and He shall bless you with true greatness. ||1||

³⁵O Siblings of Destiny, without the Guru, there is no devotional worship.

³⁶Without the Guru, devotion is not obtained, even though everyone may long for it. ||1||Pause||

³⁷The soul-bride in love with duality goes around the wheel of reincarnation, through 8.4 million incarnations.

³⁸Without the Guru, she finds no sleep, and she passes her life-night in pain.

³⁹Without the Shabad, she does not find her Husband Lord, and her life wastes away in vain. ||2||

¹Practicing egotism, selfishness and conceit, she wanders around the world, but her wealth and property will not go with her.

²The spiritually blind do not even think of the Naam; they are all bound and gagged by the Messenger of Death.

³Meeting the True Guru, the wealth is obtained, contemplating the Name of the Lord in the heart. ||3||

⁴Those who are attuned to the Naam are immaculate and pure; through the Guru, they obtain intuitive peace and poise.

⁵Their minds and bodies are dyed in the Color of the Lord's Love, and their tongues savor His Sublime Essence.

⁶O Nanak, that Primal Color which the Lord has applied, shall never fade away. ||4||14||47||

⁷Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

⁸By His Grace one becomes Gurmukh, worshipping the Lord with devotion. Without the Guru there is no devotional worship.

⁹Those whom He unites with Himself, understand and become pure.

¹⁰The Dear Lord is True, and True is the Word of His Bani. Through the Shabad, we merge with Him. ||1||

¹¹O Siblings of Destiny: those who lack devotion-why have they even bothered to come into the world?

¹²They do not serve the Perfect Guru; they waste away their lives in vain. ||1||Pause||

¹³The Lord Himself, the Life of the World, is the Giver of Peace. He Himself forgives, and unites with Himself.

¹⁴So what about all these poor beings and creatures? What can anyone say?

¹⁵He Himself blesses the Gurmukh with glory. He Himself enjoins us to His Service. ||2||

¹⁶Gazing upon their families, people are lured and trapped by emotional attachment, but none will go along with them in the end.

¹⁷Serving the True Guru, one finds the Lord, the Treasure of Excellence. His Value cannot be estimated.

¹⁸The Lord God is my Friend and Companion. God shall be my Helper and Support in the end. ||3||

¹⁹Within your conscious mind, you may say anything, but without the Guru, selfishness is not removed.

²⁰The Dear Lord is the Giver, the Lover of His devotees. By His Grace, He comes to dwell in the mind.

²¹O Nanak, by His Grace, He bestows enlightened awareness; God Himself blesses the Gurmukh with glorious greatness. ||4||15||48||

²²Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

²³Blessed is the mother who gave birth; blessed and respected is the father of one who serves the True Guru and finds peace.

²⁴Standing at the Lord's Door, the humble Saints serve Him; they find the Treasure of Excellence. ||1||

²⁵O my mind, become Gurmukh, and meditate on the Lord.

²⁶The Word of the Guru's Shabad abides within the mind, and the body and mind become pure. ||1||Pause||

²⁷By His Grace, He has come into my home; He Himself has come to meet me.

²⁸Singing His Praises through the Shabads of the Guru, we are dyed in His Color with intuitive ease.

²⁹Becoming truthful, we merge with the True One; remaining blended with Him, we shall never be separated again. ||2||

³⁰Whatever is to be done, the Lord is doing. No one else can do anything.

³¹Those separated from Him for so long are reunited with Him once again by the True Guru, who takes them into His Own Account.

³²He Himself assigns all to their tasks; nothing else can be done. ||3||

³³One whose mind and body are imbued with the Lord's Love gives up egotism and corruption.

³⁴Day and night, the Name of the One Lord, the Fearless and Formless One, dwells within the heart.

³⁵O Nanak, He blends us with Himself, through the Perfect, Infinite Word of His Shabad. ||4||16||49||

³⁶Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

³⁷The Lord of the Universe is the Treasure of Excellence; His limits cannot be found.

³⁸He is not obtained by mouthing mere words, but by rooting out ego from within.

¹Meeting the True Guru, one is permeated forever with the Fear of God, who Himself comes to dwell within the mind. ||1||

²O Siblings of Destiny, one who becomes Gurmukh and understands this is very rare.

³To act without understanding is to lose the treasure of this human life. ||1||Pause||

⁴Those who have tasted it, enjoy its flavor; without tasting it, they wander in doubt, lost and deceived.

⁵The True Name is the Ambrosial Nectar; no one can describe it.

⁶Drinking it in, one becomes honorable, absorbed in the Perfect Word of the Shabad. ||2||

⁷He Himself gives, and then we receive. Nothing else can be done.

⁸The Gift is in the Hands of the Great Giver. At the Guru's Door, in the Gurdwara, it is received.

⁹Whatever He does, comes to pass. All act according to His Will. ||3||

¹⁰The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is abstinence, truthfulness, and self-restraint. Without the Name, no one becomes pure.

¹¹Through perfect good fortune, the Naam comes to abide within the mind. Through the Shabad, we merge into Him.

¹²O Nanak, one who lives in intuitive peace and poise, imbued with the Lord's Love, obtains the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||4||17||50||

¹³Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

¹⁴You may torment your body with extremes of self-discipline, practice intensive meditation and hang upside-down, but your ego will not be eliminated from within.

¹⁵You may perform religious rituals, and still never obtain the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

¹⁶Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, remain dead while yet alive, and the Name of the Lord shall come to dwell within the mind. ||1||

¹⁷Listen, O my mind: hurry to the Protection of the Guru's Sanctuary.

¹⁸By Guru's Grace you shall be saved. Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, you shall cross over the terrifying world-ocean of poison. ||1||Pause||

¹⁹Everything under the influence of the three qualities shall perish; the love of duality is corrupting.

²⁰The Pandits, the religious scholars, read the scriptures, but they are trapped in the bondage of emotional attachment. In love with evil, they do not understand.

²¹Meeting the Guru, the bondage of the three qualities is cut away, and in the fourth state, the Door of Liberation is attained. ||2||

²²Through the Guru, the Path is found, and the darkness of emotional attachment is dispelled.

²³If one dies through the Shabad, then salvation is obtained, and one finds the Door of Liberation.

²⁴By Guru's Grace, one remains blended with the True Name of the Creator. ||3||

²⁵This mind is very powerful; we cannot escape it just by trying.

²⁶In the love of duality, people suffer in pain, condemned to terrible punishment.

²⁷O Nanak, those who are attached to the Naam are saved; through the Shabad, their ego is banished. ||4||18||51||

²⁸Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

²⁹By His Grace, the Guru is found, and the Name of the Lord is implanted within.

³⁰Without the Guru, no one has obtained it; they waste away their lives in vain.

³¹The self-willed manmukhs create karma, and in the Court of the Lord, they receive their punishment. ||1||

³²O mind, give up the love of duality.

³³The Lord dwells within you; serving the Guru, you shall find peace. ||Pause||

³⁴When you love the Truth, your words are true; they reflect the True Word of the Shabad.

³⁵The Name of the Lord dwells within the mind; egotism and anger are wiped away.

³⁶Meditating on the Naam with a pure mind, the Door of Liberation is found. ||2||

³⁷Engrossed in egotism, the world perishes. It dies and is re-born; it continues coming and going in reincarnation.

³⁸The self-willed manmukhs do not recognize the Shabad; they forfeit their honor, and depart in disgrace.

³⁹Serving the Guru, the Name is obtained, and one remains absorbed in the True Lord. ||3||

¹With faith in the Shabad, the Guru is found, and selfishness is eradicated from within.

²Night and day, worship the True Lord with devotion and love forever.

³The Treasure of the Naam abides in the mind; O Nanak, in the poise of perfect balance, merge into the Lord. ||4||19||52||

⁴Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

⁵Those who do not serve the True Guru shall be miserable throughout the four ages.

⁶The Primal Being is within their own home, but they do not recognize Him. They are plundered by their egotistical pride and arrogance.

⁷Cursed by the True Guru, they wander around the world begging, until they are exhausted.

⁸They do not serve the True Word of the Shabad, which is the solution to all of their problems. ||1||

⁹O my mind, see the Lord ever close at hand.

¹⁰He shall remove the pains of death and rebirth; the Word of the Shabad shall fill you to overflowing. ||1||Pause||

¹¹Those who praise the True One are true; the True Name is their Support.

¹²They act truthfully, in love with the True Lord.

¹³The True King has written His Order, which no one can erase.

¹⁴The self-willed manmukhs do not obtain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. The false are plundered by falsehood. ||2||

¹⁵Engrossed in egotism, the world perishes. Without the Guru, there is utter darkness.

¹⁶In emotional attachment to Maya, they have forgotten the Great Giver, the Giver of Peace.

¹⁷Those who serve the True Guru are saved; they keep the True One enshrined in their hearts.

¹⁸By His Grace, we find the Lord, and reflect on the True Word of the Shabad. ||3||

¹⁹Serving the True Guru, the mind becomes immaculate and pure; egotism and corruption are discarded.

²⁰So abandon your selfishness, and remain dead while yet alive. Contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

²¹The pursuit of worldly affairs comes to an end, when you embrace love for the True One.

²²Those who are attuned to Truth-their faces are radiant in the Court of the True Lord. ||4||

²³Those who do not have faith in the Primal Being, the True Guru, and who do not enshrine love for the Shabad

²⁴they take their cleansing baths, and give to charity again and again, but they are ultimately consumed by their love of duality.

²⁵When the Dear Lord Himself grants His Grace, they are inspired to love the Naam.

²⁶O Nanak, immerse yourself in the Naam, through the Infinite Love of the Guru. ||5||20||53||

²⁷Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

²⁸Whom shall I serve? What shall I chant? I will go and ask the Guru.

²⁹I will accept the Will of the True Guru, and eradicate selfishness from within.

³⁰By this work and service, the Naam shall come to dwell within my mind.

³¹Through the Naam, peace is obtained; I am adorned and embellished by the True Word of the Shabad. ||1||

³²O my mind, remain awake and aware night and day, and think of the Lord.

³³Protect your crops, or else the birds shall descend on your farm. ||1||Pause||

³⁴The desires of the mind are fulfilled, when one is filled to overflowing with the Shabad.

³⁵One who fears, loves, and is devoted to the Dear Lord day and night, sees Him always close at hand.

³⁶Doubt runs far away from the bodies of those, whose minds remain forever attuned to the True Word of the Shabad.

³⁷The Immaculate Lord and Master is found. He is True; He is the Ocean of Excellence. ||2||

³⁸Those who remain awake and aware are saved, while those who sleep are plundered.

³⁹They do not recognize the True Word of the Shabad, and like a dream, their lives fade away.

⁴⁰Like guests in a deserted house, they leave just exactly as they have come.

¹The life of the self-willed manmukh passes uselessly. What face will he show when he passes beyond? ||3||

²God Himself is everything; those who are in their ego cannot even speak of this.

³Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, He is realized, and the pain of egotism is eradicated from within.

⁴I fall at the feet of those who serve their True Guru.

⁵O Nanak, I am a sacrifice to those who are found to be true in the True Court. ||4||21||54||

⁶Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

⁷Consider the time and the moment-when should we worship the Lord?

⁸Night and day, one who is attuned to the Name of the True Lord is true.

⁹If someone forgets the Beloved Lord, even for an instant, what sort of devotion is that?

¹⁰One whose mind and body are cooled and soothed by the True Lord-no breath of his is wasted. ||1||

¹¹O my mind, meditate on the Name of the Lord.

¹²True devotional worship is performed when the Lord comes to dwell in the mind. ||1||Pause||

¹³With intuitive ease, cultivate your farm, and plant the Seed of the True Name.

¹⁴The seedlings have sprouted luxuriantly, and with intuitive ease, the mind is satisfied.

¹⁵The Word of the Guru's Shabad is Ambrosial Nectar; drinking it in, thirst is quenched.

¹⁶This true mind is attuned to Truth, and it remains permeated with the True One. ||2||

¹⁷In speaking, in seeing and in words, remain immersed in the Shabad.

¹⁸The Word of the Guru's Bani vibrates throughout the four ages. As Truth, it teaches Truth.

¹⁹Egotism and possessiveness are eliminated, and the True One absorbs them into Himself.

²⁰Those who remain lovingly absorbed in the True One see the Mansion of His Presence close at hand. ||3||

²¹By His Grace, we meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. Without His Mercy, it cannot be obtained.

²²Through perfect good destiny, one finds the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, and one comes to meet the True Guru.

²³Night and day, remain attuned to the Naam, and the pain of corruption shall be dispelled from within.

²⁴O Nanak, merging with the Shabad through the Name, one is immersed in the Name. ||4||22||55||

²⁵Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

²⁶Those who contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad are filled with the Fear of God.

²⁷They remain forever merged with the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation; they dwell upon the Glories of the True One.

²⁸They cast off the filth of their mental duality, and they keep the Lord enshrined in their hearts.

²⁹True is their speech, and true are their minds. They are in love with the True One. ||1||

³⁰O my mind, you are filled with the filth of egotism.

³¹The Immaculate Lord is eternally Beautiful. We are adorned with the Word of the Shabad. ||1||Pause||

³²God joins to Himself those whose minds are fascinated with the True Word of His Shabad.

³³Night and day, they are attuned to the Naam, and their light is absorbed into the Light.

³⁴Through His Light, God is revealed. Without the True Guru, understanding is not obtained.

³⁵The True Guru comes to meet those who have such pre-ordained destiny. ||2||

³⁶Without the Name, all are miserable. In the love of duality, they are ruined.

³⁷Without Him, I cannot survive even for an instant, and my life-night passes in anguish.

³⁸Wandering in doubt, the spiritually blind come and go in reincarnation, over and over again.

³⁹When God Himself bestows His Glance of Grace, He blends us into Himself. ||3||

¹He hears and sees everything. How can anyone deny Him?

²Those who sin again and again, shall rot and die in sin.

³God's Glance of Grace does not come to them; those self-willed manmukhs do not obtain understanding.

⁴They alone see the Lord, unto whom He reveals Himself. O Nanak, the Gurmukhs find Him. ||4||23||56||

⁵Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

⁶Without the Guru, the disease is not cured, and the pain of egotism is not removed.

⁷By Guru's Grace, He dwells in the mind, and one remains immersed in His Name.

⁸Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the Lord is found; without the Shabad, people wander, deceived by doubt. ||1||

⁹O mind, dwell in the balanced state of your own inner being.

¹⁰Praise the Lord's Name, and you shall no longer come and go in reincarnation. ||1||Pause||

¹¹The One Lord alone is the Giver, pervading everywhere. There is no other at all.

¹²Praise the Word of the Shabad, and He shall come to dwell in your mind; you shall be blessed with intuitive peace and poise.

¹³Everything is within the Lord's Glance of Grace. As He wishes, He gives. ||2||

¹⁴In egotism, all must account for their actions. In this accounting, there is no peace.

¹⁵Acting in evil and corruption, people are immersed in corruption.

¹⁶Without the Name, they find no place of rest. In the City of Death, they suffer in agony. ||3||

¹⁷Body and soul all belong to Him; He is the Support of all.

¹⁸By Guru's Grace, understanding comes, and then the Door of Liberation is found.

¹⁹O Nanak, sing the Praises of the Naam, the Name of the Lord; He has no end or limitation. ||4||24||57||

²⁰Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

²¹Those who have the Support of the True Name are in ecstasy and peace forever.

²²Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they obtain the True One, the Destroyer of pain.

²³Forever and ever, they sing the Glorious Praises of the True One; they love the True Name.

²⁴When the Lord Himself grants His Grace, He bestows the treasure of devotion. ||1||

²⁵O mind, sing His Glorious Praises, and be in ecstasy forever.

²⁶Through the True Word of His Bani, the Lord is obtained, and one remains immersed in the Lord. ||1||Pause||

²⁷In true devotion, the mind is dyed in the deep crimson color of the Lord's Love, with intuitive peace and poise.

²⁸The mind is fascinated by the Word of the Guru's Shabad, which cannot be described.

²⁹The tongue imbued with the True Word of the Shabad drinks in the Amrit with delight, singing His Glorious Praises.

³⁰The Gurmukh obtains this love, when the Lord, in His Will, grants His Grace. ||2||

³¹This world is an illusion; people pass their life-nights sleeping.

³²By the Pleasure of His Will, He lifts some out, and unites them with Himself.

³³He Himself abides in the mind, and drives out attachment to Maya.

³⁴He Himself bestows glorious greatness; He inspires the Gurmukh to understand. ||3||

³⁵The One Lord is the Giver of all. He corrects those who make mistakes.

³⁶He Himself has deceived some, and attached them to duality.

³⁷Through the Guru's Teachings, the Lord is found, and one's light merges into the Light.

³⁸Attuned to the Name of the Lord night and day, O Nanak, you shall be absorbed into the Name. ||4||25||58||

³⁹Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

⁴⁰The virtuous obtain Truth; they give up their desires for evil and corruption.

⁴¹Their minds are imbued with the Word of the Guru's Shabad; the Love of their Beloved is on their tongues.

¹Without the True Guru, no one has found Him; reflect upon this in your mind and see.

²The filth of the self-willed manmukhs is not washed off; they have no love for the Guru's Shabad. ||1||

³O my mind, walk in harmony with the True Guru.

⁴Dwell within the home of your own inner being, and drink in the Ambrosial Nectar; you shall attain the Peace of the Mansion of His Presence. ||1||Pause||

⁵The unvirtuous have no merit; they are not allowed to sit in His Presence.

⁶The self-willed manmukhs do not know the Shabad; those without virtue are far removed from God.

⁷Those who recognize the True One are permeated and attuned to Truth.

⁸Their minds are pierced through by the Word of the Guru's Shabad, and God Himself ushers them into His Presence. ||2||

⁹He Himself dyes us in the Color of His Love; through the Word of His Shabad, He unites us with Himself.

¹⁰This True Color shall not fade away, for those who are attuned to His Love.

¹¹The self-willed manmukhs grow weary of wandering around in all four directions, but they do not understand.

¹²One who is united with the True Guru, meets and merges in the True Word of the Shabad. ||3||

¹³I have grown weary of making so many friends, hoping that someone might be able to end my suffering.

¹⁴Meeting with my Beloved, my suffering has ended; I have attained Union with the Word of the Shabad.

¹⁵Earning Truth, and accumulating the Wealth of Truth, the truthful person gains a reputation of Truth.

¹⁶Meeting with the True One, O Nanak, the Gurmukh shall not be separated from Him again. ||4||26||59||

¹⁷Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

¹⁸The Creator Himself created the Creation; He produced the Universe, and He Himself watches over it.

¹⁹The One and Only Lord is pervading and permeating all. The Unseen cannot be seen.

²⁰God Himself is Merciful; He Himself bestows understanding.

²¹Through the Guru's Teachings, the True One dwells forever in the mind of those who remain lovingly attached to Him. ||1||

²²O my mind, surrender to the Guru's Will.

²³Mind and body are totally cooled and soothed, and the Naam comes to dwell in the mind. ||1||Pause||

²⁴Having created the creation, He supports it and takes care of it.

²⁵The Word of the Guru's Shabad is realized, when He Himself bestows His Glance of Grace.

²⁶Those who are beautifully adorned with the Shabad in the Court of the True Lord

²⁷-those Gurmukhs are attuned to the True Word of the Shabad; the Creator unites them with Himself. ||2||

²⁸Through the Guru's Teachings, praise the True One, who has no end or limitation.

²⁹He dwells in each and every heart, by the Hukam of His Command; by His Hukam, we contemplate Him.

³⁰So praise Him through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, and drive out egotism from within.

³¹That soul-bride who lacks the Lord's Name acts without virtue, and so she grieves. ||3||

³²Praising the True One, attached to the True One, I am satisfied with the True Name.

³³Contemplating His Virtues, I accumulate virtue and merit; I wash myself clean of demerits.

³⁴He Himself unites us in His Union; there is no more separation.

³⁵O Nanak, I sing the Praises of my Guru; through Him, I find that God. ||4||27||60||

³⁶Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

³⁷Listen, listen, O soul-bride: you are overtaken by sexual desire-why do you walk like that, swinging your arms in joy?

³⁸You do not recognize your own Husband Lord! When you go to Him, what face will you show Him?

³⁹I touch the feet of my sister soul-brides who have known their Husband Lord.

⁴⁰If only I could be like them! Joining the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, I am united in His Union. ||1||

¹O woman, the false ones are being cheated by falsehood.

²God is your Husband; He is Handsome and True. He is obtained by reflecting upon the Guru. ||1||Pause||

³The self-willed manmukhs do not recognize their Husband Lord; how will they spend their life-night?

⁴Filled with arrogance, they burn with desire; they suffer in the pain of the love of duality.

⁵The happy soul-brides are attuned to the Shabad; their egotism is eliminated from within.

⁶They enjoy their Husband Lord forever, and their life-night passes in the most blissful peace. ||2||

⁷She is utterly lacking in spiritual wisdom; she is abandoned by her Husband Lord. She cannot obtain His Love.

⁸In the darkness of intellectual ignorance, she cannot see her Husband, and her hunger does not depart.

⁹Come and meet with me, my sister soul-brides, and unite me with my Husband.

¹⁰She who meets the True Guru, by perfect good fortune, finds her Husband; she is absorbed in the True One. ||3||

¹¹Those upon whom He casts His Glance of Grace become His happy soul-brides.

¹²One who recognizes her Lord and Master places her body and mind in offering before Him.

¹³Within her own home, she finds her Husband Lord; her egotism is dispelled.

¹⁴O Nanak, the happy soul-brides are embellished and exalted; night and day they are absorbed in devotional worship. ||4||28||61||

¹⁵Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

¹⁶Some enjoy their Husband Lord; unto whose door should I go to ask for Him?

¹⁷I serve my True Guru with love, that He may lead me to Union with my Husband Lord.

¹⁸He created all, and He Himself watches over us. Some are close to Him, and some are far away.

¹⁹She who knows her Husband Lord to be always with her, enjoys His Constant Presence. ||1||

²⁰O woman, you must walk in harmony with the Guru's Will.

²¹Night and day, you shall enjoy your Husband, and you shall intuitively merge into the True One. ||1||Pause||

²²Attuned to the Shabad, the happy soul-brides are adorned with the True Word of the Shabad.

²³Within their own home, they obtain the Lord as their Husband, with love for the Guru.

²⁴Upon her beautiful and cozy bed, she enjoys the Love of her Lord. She is overflowing with the treasure of devotion.

²⁵That Beloved God abides in her mind; He gives His Support to all. ||2||

²⁶I am forever a sacrifice to those who praise their Husband Lord.

²⁷I dedicate my mind and body to them, and give my head as well; I fall at their feet.

²⁸Those who recognize the One renounce the love of duality.

²⁹The Gurmukh recognizes the Naam, O Nanak, and is absorbed into the True One. ||3||29||62||

³⁰Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

³¹O Dear Lord, You are the Truest of the True. All things are in Your Power.

³²The 8.4 million species of beings wander around searching for You, but without the Guru, they do not find You.

³³When the Dear Lord grants His Forgiveness, this human body finds lasting peace.

³⁴By Guru's Grace, I serve the True One, who is Immeasurably Deep and Profound. ||1||

³⁵O my mind, attuned to the Naam, you shall find peace.

³⁶Follow the Guru's Teachings, and praise the Naam; there is no other at all. ||1||Pause||

³⁷The Righteous Judge of Dharma, by the Hukam of God's Command, sits and administers True Justice.

³⁸Those evil souls, ensnared by the love of duality, are subject to Your Command.

³⁹The souls on their spiritual journey chant and meditate within their minds on the One Lord, the Treasure of Excellence.

¹The Righteous Judge of Dharma serves them; blessed is the Lord who adorns them. ||2||

²One who eliminates mental wickedness from within the mind, and casts out emotional attachment and egotistical pride,

³comes to recognize the All-pervading Soul, and is intuitively absorbed into the Naam.

⁴Without the True Guru, the self-willed manmukhs do not find liberation; they wander around like lunatics.

⁵They do not contemplate the Shabad; engrossed in corruption, they utter only empty words. ||3||

⁶He Himself is everything; there is no other at all.

⁷I speak just as He makes me speak, when He Himself makes me speak.

⁸The Word of the Gurmukh is God Himself. Through the Shabad, we merge in Him.

⁹O Nanak, remember the Naam; serving Him, peace is obtained. ||4||30||63||

¹⁰Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

¹¹The world is polluted with the filth of egotism, suffering in pain. This filth sticks to them because of their love of duality.

¹²This filth of egotism cannot be washed away, even by taking cleansing baths at hundreds of sacred shrines.

¹³Performing all sorts of rituals, people are smeared with twice as much filth.

¹⁴This filth is not removed by studying. Go ahead, and ask the wise ones. ||1||

¹⁵O my mind, coming to the Sanctuary of the Guru, you shall become immaculate and pure.

¹⁶The self-willed manmukhs have grown weary of chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, but their filth cannot be removed. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷With a polluted mind, devotional service cannot be performed, and the Naam, the Name of the Lord, cannot be obtained.

¹⁸The filthy, self-willed manmukhs die in filth, and they depart in disgrace.

¹⁹By Guru's Grace, the Lord comes to abide in the mind, and the filth of egotism is dispelled.

²⁰Like a lamp lit in the darkness, the spiritual wisdom of the Guru dispels ignorance. ||2||

²¹"I have done this, and I will do that" - I am an idiotic fool for saying this!

²²I have forgotten the Doer of all; I am caught in the love of duality.

²³There is no pain as great as the pain of Maya; it drives people to wander all around the world, until they become exhausted.

²⁴Through the Guru's Teachings, peace is found, with the True Name enshrined in the heart. ||3||

²⁵I am a sacrifice to those who meet and merge with the Lord.

²⁶This mind is attuned to devotional worship; through the True Word of Gurbani, it finds its own home.

²⁷With the mind so imbued, and the tongue imbued as well, sing the Glorious Praises of the True Lord.

²⁸O Nanak, never forget the Naam; immerse yourself in the True One. ||4||31||64||

²⁹Siree Raag, Fourth Mehl, First House:

³⁰Within my mind and body is the intense pain of separation; how can my Beloved come to meet me in my home?

³¹When I see my God, seeing God Himself, my pain is taken away.

³²I go and ask my friends, "How can I meet and merge with God?" ||1||

³³O my True Guru, without You I have no other at all.

³⁴I am foolish and ignorant; I seek Your Sanctuary. Please be Merciful and unite me with the Lord. ||1||Pause||

³⁵The True Guru is the Giver of the Name of the Lord. God Himself causes us to meet Him.

³⁶The True Guru understands the Lord God. There is no other as Great as the Guru.

³⁷I have come and collapsed in the Guru's Sanctuary. In His Kindness, He has united me with God. ||2||

³⁸No one has found Him by stubborn-mindedness. All have grown weary of the effort.

¹Thousands of clever mental tricks have been tried, but still, the raw and undisciplined mind does not absorb the Color of the Lord's Love.

²By falsehood and deception, none have found Him. Whatever you plant, you shall eat. ||3||

³O God, You are the Hope of all. All beings are Yours; You are the Wealth of all.

⁴O God, none return from You empty-handed; at Your Door, the Gurmukhs are praised and acclaimed.

⁵In the terrifying world-ocean of poison, people are drowning-please lift them up and save them! This is servant Nanak's humble prayer. ||4||1||65||

⁶Siree Raag, Fourth Mehl:

⁷Receiving the Naam, the mind is satisfied; without the Naam, life is cursed.

⁸If I meet the Gurmukh, my Spiritual Friend, he will show me God, the Treasure of Excellence.

⁹I am every bit a sacrifice to one who reveals to me the Naam. ||1||

¹⁰O my Beloved, I live by meditating on Your Name.

¹¹Without Your Name, my life does not even exist. My True Guru has implanted the Naam within me. ||1||Pause||

¹²The Naam is a Priceless Jewel; it is with the Perfect True Guru.

¹³When one is enjoined to serve the True Guru, He brings out this Jewel and bestows this enlightenment.

¹⁴Blessed, and most fortunate of the very fortunate, are those who come to meet the Guru. ||2||

¹⁵Those who have not met the Primal Being, the True Guru, are most unfortunate, and are subject to death.

¹⁶They wander in reincarnation over and over again, as the most disgusting maggots in manure.

¹⁷Do not meet with, or even approach those people, whose hearts are filled with horrible anger. ||3||

¹⁸The True Guru, the Primal Being, is the Pool of Ambrosial Nectar. The very fortunate ones come to bathe in it.

¹⁹The filth of many incarnations is washed away, and the Immaculate Naam is implanted within.

²⁰Servant Nanak has obtained the most exalted state, lovingly attuned to the True Guru. ||4||2||66||

²¹Siree Raag, Fourth Mehl:

²²I sing His Glories, I describe His Glories, I speak of His Glories, O my mother.

²³The Gurmukhs, my spiritual friends, bestow virtue. Meeting with my spiritual friends, I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

²⁴The Diamond of the Guru has pierced the diamond of my mind, which is now dyed in the deep crimson color of the Name. ||1||

²⁵O my Lord of the Universe, singing Your Glorious Praises, my mind is satisfied.

²⁶Within me is the thirst for the Lord's Name; may the Guru, in His Pleasure, grant it to me. ||1||Pause||

²⁷Let your minds be imbued with His Love, O blessed and fortunate ones. By His Pleasure, the Guru bestows His Gifts.

²⁸The Guru has lovingly implanted the Naam, the Name of the Lord, within me; I am a sacrifice to the True Guru.

²⁹Without the True Guru, the Name of the Lord is not found, even though people may perform hundreds of thousands, even millions of rituals. ||2||

³⁰Without destiny, the True Guru is not found, even though He sits within the home of our own inner being, always near and close at hand.

³¹There is ignorance within, and the pain of doubt, like a separating screen.

³²Without meeting with the True Guru, no one is transformed into gold. The self-willed manmukh sinks like iron, while the boat is very close. ||3||

³³The Boat of the True Guru is the Name of the Lord. How can we climb on board?

³⁴One who walks in harmony with the True Guru's Will comes to sit in this Boat.

³⁵Blessed, blessed are those very fortunate ones, O Nanak, who are united with the Lord through the True Guru. ||4||3||67||

¹Siree Raag, Fourth Mehl:

²I stand by the wayside and ask the Way. If only someone would show me the Way to God-I would go with him.

³I follow in the footsteps of those who enjoy the Love of my Beloved.

⁴I beg of them, I implore them; I have such a yearning to meet God! ||1||

⁵O my Siblings of Destiny, please unite me in Union with my Lord God.

⁶I am a sacrifice to the True Guru, who has shown me the Lord God. ||1||Pause||

⁷In deep humility, I fall at the Feet of the Perfect True Guru.

⁸The Guru is the Honor of the dishonored. The Guru, the True Guru, brings approval and applause.

⁹I am never tired of praising the Guru, who unites me with the Lord God. ||2||

¹⁰Everyone, all over the world, longs for the True Guru.

¹¹Without the good fortune of destiny, the Blessed Vision of His Darshan is not obtained. The unfortunate ones just sit and cry.

¹²All things happen according to the Will of the Lord God. No one can erase the pre-ordained Writ of Destiny. ||3||

¹³He Himself is the True Guru; He Himself is the Lord. He Himself unites in His Union.

¹⁴In His Kindness, He unites us with Himself, as we follow the Guru, the True Guru.

¹⁵Over all the world, He is the Life of the World, O Nanak, like water mingled with water. ||4||4||68||

¹⁶Siree Raag, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁷The Essence of the Ambrosial Naam is the most sublime essence; how can I get to taste this essence?

¹⁸I go and ask the happy soul-brides, "How did you come to meet God?"

¹⁹They are care-free and do not speak; I massage and wash their feet. ||1||

²⁰O Siblings of Destiny, meet with your spiritual friend, and dwell upon the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

²¹The True Guru, the Primal Being, is your Friend, who shall drive out pain and subdue your ego. ||1||Pause||

²²The Gurmukhs are the happy soul-brides; their minds are filled with kindness.

²³The Word of the True Guru is the Jewel. One who believes in it tastes the Sublime Essence of the Lord.

²⁴Those who partake of the Lord's Sublime Essence, through the Guru's Love, are known as great and very fortunate. ||2||

²⁵This Sublime Essence of the Lord is in the forests, in the fields and everywhere, but the unfortunate ones do not taste it.

²⁶Without the True Guru, it is not obtained. The self-willed manmukhs continue to cry in misery.

²⁷They do not bow before the True Guru; the demon of anger is within them. ||3||

²⁸The Lord Himself, Har, Har, Har, is the Sublime Essence. The Lord Himself is the Essence.

²⁹In His Kindness, He blesses the Gurmukh with it; the Ambrosial Nectar of this Amrit trickles down.

³⁰Then, the body and mind totally blossom forth and flourish; O Nanak, the Lord comes to dwell within the mind. ||4||5||69||

³¹Siree Raag, Fourth Mehl:

³²The day dawns, and then it ends, and the night passes away.

³³Man's life is diminishing, but he does not understand. Each day, the mouse of death is gnawing away at the rope of life.

³⁴Maya spreads out like sweet molasses; the self-willed manmukh is stuck like a fly, rotting away. ||1||

³⁵O Siblings of Destiny, God is my Friend and Companion.

³⁶Emotional attachment to children and spouse is poison; in the end, no one will go along with you as your helper. ||1||Pause||

³⁷Through the Guru's Teachings, some embrace love for the Lord, and are saved. They remain detached and unaffected, and they find the Sanctuary of the Lord.

¹They keep death constantly before their eyes; they gather the Provisions of the Lord's Name, and receive honor.

²The Gurmukhs are honored in the Court of the Lord. The Lord Himself takes them in His Loving Embrace. ||2||

³For the Gurmukhs, the Way is obvious. At the Lord's Door, they face no obstructions.

⁴They praise the Lord's Name, they keep the Naam in their minds, and they remain attached to the Love of the Naam.

⁵The Unstruck Celestial Music vibrates for them at the Lord's Door, and they are honored at the True Door. ||3||

⁶Those Gurmukhs who praise the Naam are applauded by everyone.

⁷Grant me their company, God-I am a beggar; this is my prayer.

⁸O Nanak, great is the good fortune of those Gurmukhs, who are filled with the Light of the Naam within. ||4||33||31||6||70||

⁹Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl, First House:

¹⁰Why are you so thrilled by the sight of your son and your beautifully decorated wife?

¹¹You enjoy tasty delicacies, you have lots of fun, and you indulge in endless pleasures.

¹²You give all sorts of commands, and you act so superior.

¹³The Creator does not come into the mind of the blind, idiotic, self-willed manmukh. ||1||

¹⁴O my mind, the Lord is the Giver of peace.

¹⁵By Guru's Grace, He is found. By His Mercy, He is obtained. ||1||Pause||

¹⁶People are entangled in the enjoyment of fine clothes, but gold and silver are only dust.

¹⁷They acquire beautiful horses and elephants, and ornate carriages of many kinds.

¹⁸They think of nothing else, and they forget all their relatives.

¹⁹They ignore their Creator; without the Name, they are impure. ||2||

²⁰Gathering the wealth of Maya, you earn an evil reputation.

²¹Those whom you work to please shall pass away along with you.

²²The egotistical are engrossed in egotism, ensnared by the intellect of the mind.

²³One who is deceived by God Himself, has no position and no honor. ||3||

²⁴The True Guru, the Primal Being, has led me to meet the One, my only Friend.

²⁵The One is the Saving Grace of His humble servant. Why should the proud cry out in ego?

²⁶As the servant of the Lord wills, so does the Lord act. At the Lord's Door, none of his requests are denied.

²⁷Nanak is attuned to the Love of the Lord, whose Light pervades the entire Universe. ||4||1||71||

²⁸Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

²⁹With the mind caught up in playful pleasures, involved in all sorts of amusements and sights that stagger the eyes, people are led astray.

³⁰The emperors sitting on their thrones are consumed by anxiety. ||1||

³¹O Siblings of Destiny, peace is found in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

³²If the Supreme Lord, the Architect of Destiny, writes such an order, then anguish and anxiety are erased. ||1||Pause||

³³There are so many places-I have wandered through them all.

³⁴The masters of wealth and the great land-lords have fallen, crying out, "This is mine! This is mine!" ||2||

³⁵They issue their commands fearlessly, and act in pride.

³⁶They subdue all under their command, but without the Name, they are reduced to dust. ||3||

³⁷Even those who are served by the 33 million angelic beings, at whose door the Siddhas and the Saadhus stand,

³⁸who live in wondrous affluence and rule over mountains, oceans and vast dominions-O Nanak, in the end, all this vanishes like a dream! ||4||2||72||

¹Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

²Arising each day, you cherish your body, but you are idiotic, ignorant and without understanding.

³You are not conscious of God, and your body shall be cast into the wilderness.

⁴Focus your consciousness on the True Guru; you shall enjoy bliss forever and ever. ||1||

⁵O mortal, you came here to earn a profit.

⁶What useless activities are you attached to? Your life-night is coming to its end. ||1||Pause||

⁷The animals and the birds frolic and play-they do not see death.

⁸Mankind is also with them, trapped in the net of Maya.

⁹Those who always remember the Naam, the Name of the Lord, are considered to be liberated. ||2||

¹⁰That dwelling which you will have to abandon and vacate-you are attached to it in your mind.

¹¹And that place where you must go to dwell-you have no regard for it at all.

¹²Those who fall at the Feet of the Guru are released from this bondage. ||3||

¹³No one else can save you-don't look for anyone else.

¹⁴I have searched in all four directions; I have come to find His Sanctuary.

¹⁵O Nanak, the True King has pulled me out and saved me from drowning! ||4||3||73||

¹⁶Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁷For a brief moment, man is a guest of the Lord; he tries to resolve his affairs.

¹⁸Engrossed in Maya and sexual desire, the fool does not understand.

¹⁹He arises and departs with regret, and falls into the clutches of the Messenger of Death. ||1||

²⁰You are sitting on the collapsing riverbank-are you blind?

²¹If you are so pre-destined, then act according to the Guru's Teachings. ||1||Pause||

²²The Reaper does not look upon any as unripe, half-ripe or fully ripe.

²³Picking up and wielding their sickles, the harvesters arrive.

²⁴When the landlord gives the order, they cut and measure the crop. ||2||

²⁵The first watch of the night passes away in worthless affairs, and the second passes in deep sleep.

²⁶In the third, they babble nonsense, and when the fourth watch comes, the day of death has arrived.

²⁷The thought of the One who bestows body and soul never enters the mind. ||3||

²⁸I am devoted to the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy; I sacrifice my soul to them.

²⁹Through them, understanding has entered my mind, and I have met the All-knowing Lord God.

³⁰Nanak sees the Lord always with him-the Lord, the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts. ||4||4||74||

³¹Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

³²Let me forget everything, but let me not forget the One Lord.

³³All my evil pursuits have been burnt away; the Guru has blessed me with the Naam, the true object of life.

³⁴Give up all other hopes, and rely on the One Hope.

³⁵Those who serve the True Guru receive a place in the world hereafter. ||1||

³⁶O my mind, praise the Creator.

³⁷Give up all your clever tricks, and fall at the Feet of the Guru. ||1||Pause||

³⁸Pain and hunger shall not oppress you, if the Giver of Peace comes into your mind.

³⁹No undertaking shall fail, when the True Lord is always in your heart.

⁴⁰No one can kill that one unto whom You, Lord, give Your Hand and protect.

⁴¹Serve the Guru, the Giver of Peace; He shall remove and wash off all your faults. ||2||

⁴²Your servant begs to serve those who are enjoined to Your service.

¹The opportunity to work hard serving the Saadh Sangat is obtained, when the Divine Lord is pleased.

²Everything is in the Hands of our Lord and Master; He Himself is the Doer of deeds.

³I am a sacrifice to the True Guru, who fulfills all hopes and desires. ||3||

⁴The One appears to be my Companion; the One is my Brother and Friend.

⁵The elements and the components are all made by the One; they are held in their order by the One.

⁶When the mind accepts, and is satisfied with the One, then the consciousness becomes steady and stable.

⁷Then, one's food is the True Name, one's garments are the True Name, and one's Support, O Nanak, is the True Name. ||4||5||75||

⁸Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

⁹All things are received if the One is obtained.

¹⁰The precious gift of this human life becomes fruitful when one chants the True Word of the Shabad.

¹¹One who has such destiny written on his forehead enters the Mansion of the Lord's Presence, through the Guru. ||1||

¹²O my mind, focus your consciousness on the One.

¹³Without the One, all entanglements are worthless; emotional attachment to Maya is totally false. ||1||Pause||

¹⁴Hundreds of thousands of princely pleasures are enjoyed, if the True Guru bestows His Glance of Grace.

¹⁵If He bestows the Name of the Lord, for even a moment, my mind and body are cooled and soothed.

¹⁶Those who have such pre-ordained destiny hold tight to the Feet of the True Guru. ||2||

¹⁷Fruitful is that moment, and fruitful is that time, when one is in love with the True Lord.

¹⁸Suffering and sorrow do not touch those who have the Support of the Name of the Lord.

¹⁹Grasping him by the arm, the Guru lifts them up and out, and carries them across to the other side. ||3||

²⁰Embellished and immaculate is that place where the Saints gather together.

²¹He alone finds shelter, who has met the Perfect Guru.

²²Nanak builds his house upon that site where there is no death, no birth, and no old age. ||4||6||76||

²³Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

²⁴Meditate on Him, O my soul; He is the Supreme Lord over kings and emperors.

²⁵Place the hopes of your mind in the One, in whom all have faith.

²⁶Give up all your clever tricks, and grasp the Feet of the Guru. ||1||

²⁷O my mind, chant the Name with intuitive peace and poise.

²⁸Twenty-four hours a day, meditate on God. Constantly sing the Glories of the Lord of the Universe. ||1||Pause||

²⁹Seek His Shelter, O my mind; there is no other as Great as He.

³⁰Remembering Him in meditation, a profound peace is obtained. Pain and suffering will not touch you at all.

³¹Forever and ever, work for God; He is our True Lord and Master. ||2||

³²In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, you shall become absolutely pure, and the noose of death shall be cut away.

³³So offer your prayers to Him, the Giver of Peace, the Destroyer of fear.

³⁴Showing His Mercy, the Merciful Master shall resolve your affairs. ||3||

³⁵The Lord is said to be the Greatest of the Great; His Kingdom is the Highest of the High.

³⁶He has no color or mark; His Value cannot be estimated.

³⁷Please show Mercy to Nanak, God, and bless him with Your True Name. ||4||7||77||

³⁸Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

³⁹One who meditates on the Naam is at peace; his face is radiant and bright.

⁴⁰Obtaining it from the Perfect Guru, he is honored all over the world.

⁴¹In the Company of the Holy, the One True Lord comes to abide within the home of the self. ||1||

¹O my mind, meditate on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

²The Naam is your Companion; it shall always be with you. It shall save you in the world hereafter. ||1||Pause||

³What good is worldly greatness?

⁴All the pleasures of Maya are tasteless and insipid. In the end, they shall all fade away.

⁵Perfectly fulfilled and supremely acclaimed is the one, in whose heart the Lord abides. ||2||

⁶Become the dust of the Saints; renounce your selfishness and conceit.

⁷Give up all your schemes and your clever mental tricks, and fall at the Feet of the Guru.

⁸He alone receives the Jewel, upon whose forehead such wondrous destiny is written. ||3||

⁹O Siblings of Destiny, it is received only when God Himself bestows it.

¹⁰People serve the True Guru only when the fever of egotism has been eradicated.

¹¹Nanak has met the Guru; all his sufferings have come to an end. ||4||8||78||

¹²Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

¹³The One is the Knower of all beings; He alone is our Savior.

¹⁴The One is the Support of the mind; the One is the Support of the breath of life.

¹⁵In His Sanctuary there is eternal peace. He is the Supreme Lord God, the Creator. ||1||

¹⁶O my mind, give up all these efforts.

¹⁷Dwell upon the Perfect Guru each day, and attach yourself to the One Lord. ||1||Pause||

¹⁸The One is my Brother, the One is my Friend. The One is my Mother and Father.

¹⁹The One is the Support of the mind; He has given us body and soul.

²⁰May I never forget God from my mind; He holds all in the Power of His Hands. ||2||

²¹The One is within the home of the self, and the One is outside as well. He Himself is in all places and interspaces.

²²Meditate twenty-four hours a day on the One who created all beings and creatures.

²³Attuned to the Love of the One, there is no sorrow or suffering. ||3||

²⁴There is only the One Supreme Lord God; there is no other at all.

²⁵Soul and body all belong to Him; whatever pleases His Will comes to pass.

²⁶Through the Perfect Guru, one becomes perfect; O Nanak, meditate on the True One. ||4||9||79||

²⁷Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

²⁸Those who focus their consciousness on the True Guru are perfectly fulfilled and famous.

²⁹Spiritual wisdom wells up in the minds of those unto whom the Lord Himself shows Mercy.

³⁰Those who have such destiny written upon their foreheads obtain the Name of the Lord. ||1||

³¹O my mind, meditate on the Name of the One Lord.

³²The happiness of all happiness shall well up, and in the Court of the Lord, you shall be dressed in robes of honor. ||1||Pause||

³³The fear of death and rebirth is removed by performing loving devotional service to the Lord of the World.

³⁴In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, one becomes immaculate and pure; the Lord Himself takes care of such a one.

³⁵The filth of birth and death is washed away, and one is uplifted, beholding the Blessed Vision of the Guru's Darshan. ||2||

³⁶The Supreme Lord God is pervading all places and interspaces.

³⁷The One is the Giver of all-there is no other at all.

³⁸In His Sanctuary, one is saved. Whatever He wishes, comes to pass. ||3||

³⁹Perfectly fulfilled and famous are those, in whose minds the Supreme Lord God abides.

⁴⁰Their reputation is spotless and pure; they are famous all over the world.

⁴¹O Nanak, I am a sacrifice to those who meditate on my God. ||4||10||80||

¹Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

²Meeting the True Guru, all my sufferings have ended, and the Peace of the Lord has come to dwell within my mind.

³The Divine Light illuminates my inner being, and I am lovingly absorbed in the One.

⁴Meeting with the Holy Saint, my face is radiant; I have realized my pre-ordained destiny.

⁵I constantly sing the Glories of the Lord of the Universe. Through the True Name, I have become spotlessly pure. ||1||

⁶O my mind, you shall find peace through the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

⁷Working for the Perfect Guru, no one goes away empty-handed. ||1||Pause||

⁸The desires of the mind are fulfilled, when the Treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is obtained.

⁹The Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts, is always with you; recognize Him as the Creator.

¹⁰By Guru's Grace, your face shall be radiant. Chanting the Naam, you shall receive the benefits of giving charity and taking cleansing baths.

¹¹Sexual desire, anger and greed are eliminated, and all egotistical pride is abandoned. ||2||

¹²The Profit of the Naam is obtained, and all affairs are brought to fruition.

¹³In His Mercy, God unites us with Himself, and He blesses us with the Naam.

¹⁴My comings and goings in reincarnation have come to an end; He Himself has bestowed His Mercy.

¹⁵I have obtained my home in the True Mansion of His Presence, realizing the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||3||

¹⁶His humble devotees are protected and saved; He Himself showers His Blessings upon us.

¹⁷In this world and in the world hereafter, radiant are the faces of those who cherish and enshrine the Glories of the True Lord.

¹⁸Twenty-four hours a day, they lovingly dwell upon His Glories; they are imbued with His Infinite Love.

¹⁹Nanak is forever a sacrifice to the Supreme Lord God, the Ocean of Peace. ||4||11||81||

²⁰Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

²¹If we meet the Perfect True Guru, we obtain the Treasure of the Shabad.

²²Please grant Your Grace, God, that we may meditate on Your Ambrosial Naam.

²³The pains of birth and death are taken away; we are intuitively centered on His Meditation. ||1||

²⁴O my mind, seek the Sanctuary of God.

²⁵Without the Lord, there is no other at all. Meditate on the One and only Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

²⁶His Value cannot be estimated; He is the Vast Ocean of Excellence.

²⁷O most fortunate ones, join the Sangat, the Blessed Congregation; purchase the True Word of the Shabad.

²⁸Serve the Lord, the Ocean of Peace, the Supreme Lord over kings and emperors. ||2||

²⁹I take the Support of the Lord's Lotus Feet; there is no other place of rest for me.

³⁰I lean upon You as my Support, O Supreme Lord God. I exist only by Your Power.

³¹O God, You are the Honor of the dishonored. I seek to merge with You. ||3||

³²Chant the Lord's Name and contemplate the Lord of the World, twenty-four hours a day.

³³He preserves our soul, our breath of life, body and wealth. By His Grace, He protects our soul.

³⁴O Nanak, all pain has been washed away, by the Supreme Lord God, the Forgiver. ||4||12||82||

³⁵Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

³⁶I have fallen in love with the True Lord. He does not die, He does not come and go.

³⁷In separation, He is not separated from us; He is pervading and permeating amongst all.

³⁸He is the Destroyer of the pain and suffering of the meek. He bears True Love for His servants.

³⁹Wondrous is the Form of the Immaculate One. Through the Guru, I have met Him, O my mother! ||1||

⁴⁰O Siblings of Destiny, make God your Friend.

¹Cursed is emotional attachment and love of Maya; no one is seen to be at peace. ||1||Pause||

²God is Wise, Giving, Tender-hearted, Pure, Beautiful and Infinite.

³He is our Companion and Helper, Supremely Great, Lofty and Utterly Infinite.

⁴He is not known as young or old; His Court is Steady and Stable.

⁵Whatever we seek from Him, we receive. He is the Support of the unsupported. ||2||

⁶Seeing Him, our evil inclinations vanish; mind and body become peaceful and tranquil.

⁷With one-pointed mind, meditate on the One Lord, and the doubts of your mind will be dispelled.

⁸He is the Treasure of Excellence, the Ever-fresh Being. His Gift is Perfect and Complete.

⁹Forever and ever, worship and adore Him. Day and night, do not forget Him. ||3||

¹⁰One whose destiny is so pre-ordained, obtains the Lord of the Universe as his Companion.

¹¹I dedicate my body, mind, wealth and all to Him. I totally sacrifice my soul to Him.

¹²Seeing and hearing, He is always close at hand. In each and every heart, God is pervading.

¹³Even the ungrateful ones are cherished by God. O Nanak, He is forever the Forgiver. ||4||13||83||

¹⁴Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁵This mind, body and wealth were given by God, who naturally adorns us.

¹⁶He has blessed us with all our energy, and infused His Infinite Light deep within us.

¹⁷Forever and ever, meditate in remembrance on God; keep Him enshrined in your heart. ||1||

¹⁸O my mind, without the Lord, there is no other at all.

¹⁹Remain in God's Sanctuary forever, and no suffering shall afflict you. ||1||Pause||

²⁰Jewels, treasures, pearls, gold and silver-all these are just dust.

²¹Mother, father, children and relatives-all relations are false.

²²The self-willed manmukh is an insulting beast; he does not acknowledge the One who created him. ||2||

²³The Lord is pervading within and beyond, and yet people think that He is far away.

²⁴They are engrossed in clinging desires; within their hearts there is ego and falsehood.

²⁵Without devotion to the Naam, crowds of people come and go. ||3||

²⁶Please preserve Your beings and creatures, God; O Creator Lord, please be merciful!

²⁷Without God, there is no saving grace. The Messenger of Death is cruel and unfeeling.

²⁸O Nanak, may I never forget the Naam! Please bless me with Your Mercy, Lord! ||4||14||84||

²⁹Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

³⁰"My body and my wealth; my ruling power, my beautiful form and country-mine!"

³¹You may have children, a wife and many mistresses; you may enjoy all sorts of pleasures and fine clothes.

³²And yet, if the Name of the Lord does not abide within the heart, none of it has any use or value. ||1||

³³O my mind, meditate on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

³⁴Always keep the Company of the Holy, and focus your consciousness on the Feet of the Guru. ||1||Pause||

³⁵Those who have such blessed destiny written on their foreheads meditate on the Treasure of the Naam.

³⁶All their affairs are brought to fruition, holding onto the Guru's Feet.

³⁷The diseases of ego and doubt are cast out; they shall not come and go in reincarnation. ||2||

³⁸Let the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, be your cleansing baths at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

³⁹Your soul, breath of life, mind and body shall blossom forth in lush profusion; this is the true purpose of life.

¹In this world you shall be blessed with greatness, and in the Court of the Lord you shall find your place of rest. ||3||

²God Himself acts, and causes others to act; everything is in His Hands.

³He Himself bestows life and death; He is with us, within and beyond.

⁴Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of God, the Master of all hearts. ||4||15||85||

⁵Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

⁶The Guru is Merciful; we seek the Sanctuary of God.

⁷Through the Teachings of the True Guru, all worldly entanglements are eliminated.

⁸The Name of the Lord is firmly implanted within my mind; through His Ambrosial Glance of Grace, I am exalted and enraptured. ||1||

⁹O my mind, serve the True Guru.

¹⁰God Himself grants His Grace; do not forget Him, even for an instant. ||Pause||

¹¹Continually sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe, the Destroyer of demerits.

¹²Without the Name of the Lord, there is no peace. Having tried all sorts of ostentatious displays, I have come to see this.

¹³Intuitively imbued with His Praises, one is saved, crossing over the terrifying world-ocean. ||2||

¹⁴The merits of pilgrimages, fasts and hundreds of thousands of techniques of austere self-discipline are found in the dust of the feet of the Holy.

¹⁵From whom are you trying to hide your actions? God sees all;

¹⁶He is Ever-present. My God is totally pervading all places and interspaces. ||3||

¹⁷True is His Empire, and True is His Command. True is His Seat of True Authority.

¹⁸True is the Creative Power which He has created. True is the world which He has fashioned.

¹⁹O Nanak, chant the True Name; I am forever and ever a sacrifice to Him. ||4||16||86||

²⁰Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

²¹Make the effort, and chant the Lord's Name. O very fortunate ones, earn this wealth.

²²In the Society of the Saints, meditate in remembrance on the Lord, and wash off the filth of countless incarnations. ||1||

²³O my mind, chant and meditate on the Name of the Lord.

²⁴Enjoy the fruits of your mind's desires; all suffering and sorrow shall depart. ||Pause||

²⁵For His sake, you assumed this body; see God always with you.

²⁶God is pervading the water, the land and the sky; He sees all with His Glance of Grace. ||2||

²⁷The mind and body become spotlessly pure, enshrining love for the True Lord.

²⁸One who dwells upon the Feet of the Supreme Lord God has truly performed all meditations and austerities. ||3||

²⁹The Ambrosial Name of the Lord is a Gem, a Jewel, a Pearl.

³⁰The essence of intuitive peace and bliss is obtained, O servant Nanak, by singing the Glories of God. ||4||17||87||

³¹Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

³²That is the essence of the scriptures, and that is a good omen, by which one comes to chant the Name of the Lord.

³³The Guru has given me the Wealth of the Lotus Feet of the Lord, and I, without shelter, have now obtained Shelter.

³⁴The True Capital, and the True Way of Life, comes by chanting His Glories, twenty-four hours a day.

³⁵Granting His Grace, God meets us, and we no longer die, or come or go in reincarnation. ||1||

³⁶O my mind, vibrate and meditate forever on the Lord, with single-minded love.

³⁷He is contained deep within each and every heart. He is always with you, as your Helper and Support. ||1||Pause||

³⁸How can I measure the happiness of meditating on the Lord of the Universe?

³⁹Those who taste it are satisfied and fulfilled; their souls know this Sublime Essence.

¹In the Society of the Saints, God, the Beloved, the Forgiver, comes to dwell within the mind.

²One who has served his God is the emperor of kings||2||

³This is the time to speak and sing the Praise and the Glory of God, which brings the merit of millions of cleansing and purifying baths.

⁴The tongue which chants these Praises is worthy; there is no charity equal to this.

⁵Blessing us with His Glance of Grace, the Kind and Compassionate, All-powerful Lord comes to dwell within the mind and body.

⁶My soul, body and wealth are His. Forever and ever, I am a sacrifice to Him. ||3||

⁷One whom the Creator Lord has met and joined to Himself shall never again be separated.

⁸The True Creator Lord breaks the bonds of His slave.

⁹The doubter has been put back on the path; his merits and demerits have not been considered.

¹⁰Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of the One who is the Support of every heart. ||4||18||88||

¹¹Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

¹²With your tongue, repeat the True Name, and your mind and body shall become pure.

¹³Your mother and father and all your relations-without Him, there are none at all.

¹⁴If God Himself bestows His Mercy, then He is not forgotten, even for an instant. ||1||

¹⁵O my mind, serve the True One, as long as you have the breath of life.

¹⁶Without the True One, everything is false; in the end, all shall perish. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷My Lord and Master is Immaculate and Pure; without Him, I cannot even survive.

¹⁸Within my mind and body, there is such a great hunger; if only someone would come and unite me with Him, O my mother!

¹⁹I have searched the four corners of the world-without our Husband Lord, there is no other place of rest. ||2||

²⁰Offer your prayers to Him, who shall unite you with the Creator.

²¹The True Guru is the Giver of the Naam; His Treasure is perfect and overflowing.

²²Forever and ever, praise the One, who has no end or limitation. ||3||

²³Praise God, the Nurturer and Cherisher; His Wondrous Ways are unlimited.

²⁴Forever and ever, worship and adore Him; this is the most wonderful wisdom.

²⁵O Nanak, God's Flavor is sweet to the minds and bodies of those who have such blessed destiny written on their foreheads. ||4||19||89||

²⁶Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

²⁷Meet with the humble Saints, O Siblings of Destiny, and contemplate the True Name.

²⁸For the journey of the soul, gather those supplies which will go with you here and hereafter.

²⁹These are obtained from the Perfect Guru, when God bestows His Glance of Grace.

³⁰Those unto whom He is Merciful, receive His Grace. ||1||

³¹O my mind, there is no other as great as the Guru.

³²I cannot imagine any other place. The Guru leads me to meet the True Lord. ||1||Pause||

³³Those who go to see the Guru obtain all treasures.

³⁴Those whose minds are attached to the Guru's Feet are very fortunate, O my mother.

³⁵The Guru is the Giver, the Guru is All-powerful. The Guru is All-pervading, contained amongst all.

³⁶The Guru is the Transcendent Lord, the Supreme Lord God. The Guru lifts up and saves those who are drowning. ||2||

³⁷How shall I praise the Guru, the All-powerful Cause of causes?

³⁸Those, upon whose foreheads the Guru has placed His Hand, remain steady and stable.

³⁹The Guru has led me to drink in the Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam, the Name of the Lord; He has released me from the cycle of birth and death.

⁴⁰I serve the Guru, the Transcendent Lord, the Dispeller of fear; my suffering has been taken away. ||3||

¹The True Guru is the Deep and Profound Ocean of Peace, the Destroyer of sin.

²For those who serve their Guru, there is no punishment at the hands of the Messenger of Death.

³There is none to compare with the Guru; I have searched and looked throughout the entire universe.

⁴The True Guru has bestowed the Treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. O Nanak, the mind is filled with peace. ||4||20||90||

⁵Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

⁶People eat what they believe to be sweet, but it turns out to be bitter in taste.

⁷They attach their affections to brothers and friends, uselessly engrossed in corruption.

⁸They vanish without a moment's delay; without God's Name, they are stunned and amazed. ||1||

⁹O my mind, attach yourself to the service of the True Guru.

¹⁰Whatever is seen, shall pass away. Abandon the intellectualizations of your mind. ||1||Pause||

¹¹Like the mad dog running around in all directions,

¹²the greedy person, unaware, consumes everything, edible and non-edible alike.

¹³Engrossed in the intoxication of sexual desire and anger, people wander through reincarnation over and over again. ||2||

¹⁴Maya has spread out her net, and in it, she has placed the bait.

¹⁵The bird of desire is caught, and cannot find any escape, O my mother.

¹⁶One who does not know the Lord who created him, comes and goes in reincarnation over and over again. ||3||

¹⁷By various devices, and in so many ways, this world is enticed.

¹⁸They alone are saved, whom the All-powerful, Infinite Lord protects.

¹⁹The servants of the Lord are saved by the Love of the Lord. O Nanak, I am forever a sacrifice to them. ||4||21||91||

²⁰Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl, Second House:

²¹The herdsman comes to the pasture lands-what good are his ostentatious displays here?

²²When your allotted time is up, you must go. Take care of your real hearth and home. ||1||

²³O mind, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and serve the True Guru with love.

²⁴Why do you take pride in trivial matters? ||1||Pause||

²⁵Like an overnight guest, you shall arise and depart in the morning.

²⁶Why are you so attached to your household? It is all like flowers in the garden. ||2||

²⁷Why do you say, "Mine, mine"? Look to God, who has given it to you.

²⁸It is certain that you must arise and depart, and leave behind your hundreds of thousands and millions. ||3||

²⁹Through 8.4 million incarnations you have wandered, to obtain this rare and precious human life.

³⁰O Nanak, remember the Naam, the Name of the Lord; the day of departure is drawing near! ||4||22||92||

³¹Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

³²As long as the soul-companion is with the body, it dwells in happiness.

³³But when the companion arises and departs, then the body-bride mingles with dust. ||1||

³⁴My mind has become detached from the world; it longs to see the Vision of God's Darshan.

³⁵Blessed is Your Place. ||1||Pause||

³⁶As long as the soul-husband dwells in the body-house, everyone greets you with respect.

³⁷But when the soul-husband arises and departs, then no one cares for you at all. ||2||

³⁸In this world of your parents' home, serve your Husband Lord; in the world beyond, in your in-laws' home, you shall dwell in peace.

³⁹Meeting with the Guru, be a sincere student of proper conduct, and suffering shall never touch you. ||3||

⁴⁰Everyone shall go to their Husband Lord. Everyone shall be given their ceremonial send-off after their marriage.

¹O Nanak, blessed are the happy soul-brides, who are in love with their Husband Lord. ||4||23||93||

²Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl, Sixth House:

³The One Lord is the Doer, the Cause of causes, who has created the creation.

⁴Meditate on the One, O my mind, who is the Support of all. ||1||

⁵Meditate within your mind on the Guru's Feet.

⁶Give up all your clever mental tricks, and lovingly attune yourself to the True Word of the Shabad. ||1||Pause||

⁷Suffering, agony and fear do not cling to one whose heart is filled with the GurMantra.

⁸Trying millions of things, people have grown weary, but without the Guru, none have been saved. ||2||

⁹Gazing upon the Blessed Vision of the Guru's Darshan, the mind is comforted and all sins depart.

¹⁰I am a sacrifice to those who fall at the Feet of the Guru. ||3||

¹¹In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, the True Name of the Lord comes to dwell in the mind.

¹²Very fortunate are those, O Nanak, whose minds are filled with this love. ||4||24||94||

¹³Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁴Gather in the Wealth of the Lord, worship the True Guru, and give up all your corrupt ways.

¹⁵Meditate in remembrance on the Lord who created and adorned you, and you shall be saved. ||1||

¹⁶O mind, chant the Name of the One, the Unique and Infinite Lord.

¹⁷He gave you the praanaa, the breath of life, and your mind and body. He is the Support of the heart. ||1||Pause||

¹⁸The world is drunk, engrossed in sexual desire, anger and egotism.

¹⁹Seek the Sanctuary of the Saints, and fall at their feet; your suffering and darkness shall be removed. ||2||

²⁰Practice truth, contentment and kindness; this is the most excellent way of life.

²¹One who is so blessed by the Formless Lord God renounces selfishness, and becomes the dust of all. ||3||

²²All that is seen is You, Lord, the expansion of the expanse.

²³Says Nanak, the Guru has removed my doubts; I recognize God in all. ||4||25||95||

²⁴Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

²⁵The whole world is engrossed in bad deeds and good deeds.

²⁶God's devotee is above both, but those who understand this are very rare. ||1||

²⁷Our Lord and Master is all-pervading everywhere.

²⁸What should I say, and what should I hear? O my Lord and Master, You are Great, All-powerful and All-knowing. ||1||Pause||

²⁹One who is influenced by praise and blame is not God's servant.

³⁰One who sees the essence of reality with impartial vision, O Saints, is very rare-one among millions. ||2||

³¹People talk on and on about Him; they consider this to be praise of God.

³²But rare indeed is the Gurmukh, who is above this mere talk. ||3||

³³He is not concerned with deliverance or bondage.

³⁴Nanak has obtained the gift of the dust of the feet of the Saints. ||4||26||96||

³⁵Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl, Seventh House:

³⁶Relying on Your Mercy, Dear Lord, I have cherished and loved you.

³⁷Like a foolish child, I have made mistakes. O Lord, You are my Father and Mother. ||1||

³⁸It is easy to speak and talk,

³⁹but it is difficult to accept Your Will. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁰I stand tall; You are my Strength. I know that You are mine.

⁴¹Inside of all, and outside of all, You are our Self-sufficient Father. ||2||

⁴²O Father, I do not know-how can I know Your Way?

¹He frees us from bondage, O Saints, and saves us from possessiveness. ||3||

²Becoming Merciful, my Lord and Master has ended my comings and goings in reincarnation.

³Meeting with the Guru, Nanak has recognized the Supreme Lord God. ||4||27||97||

⁴Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl, First House:

⁵Meeting with the humble beings, O Siblings of Destiny, the Messenger of Death is conquered.

⁶The True Lord and Master has come to dwell within my mind; my Lord and Master has become Merciful.

⁷Meeting with the Perfect True Guru, all my worldly entanglements have ended. ||1||

⁸O my True Guru, I am a sacrifice to You.

⁹I am a sacrifice to the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan. By the Pleasure of Your Will, You have blessed me with the Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

¹⁰Those who have served You with love are truly wise.

¹¹Those who have the Treasure of the Naam within emancipate others as well as themselves.

¹²There is no other Giver as great as the Guru, who has given the gift of the soul. ||2||

¹³Blessed and acclaimed is the coming of those who have met the Guru with loving faith.

¹⁴Attuned to the True One, you shall obtain a place of honor in the Court of the Lord.

¹⁵Greatness is in the Hands of the Creator; it is obtained by pre-ordained destiny. ||3||

¹⁶True is the Creator, True is the Doer. True is our Lord and Master, and True is His Support.

¹⁷So speak the Truest of the True. Through the True One, an intuitive and discerning mind is obtained.

¹⁸Nanak lives by chanting and meditating on the One, who is pervading within and contained amongst all. ||4||28||98||

¹⁹Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

²⁰Worship the Guru, the Transcendent Lord, with your mind and body attuned to love.

²¹The True Guru is the Giver of the soul; He gives Support to all.

²²Act according to the Instructions of the True Guru; this is the true philosophy.

²³Without being attuned to the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, all attachment to Maya is just dust. ||1||

²⁴O my friend, reflect upon the Name of the Lord, Har, Har

²⁵. In the Saadh Sangat, He dwells within the mind, and one's works are brought to perfect fruition. ||1||Pause||

²⁶The Guru is All-powerful, the Guru is Infinite. By great good fortune, the Blessed Vision of His Darshan is obtained.

²⁷The Guru is Imperceptible, Immaculate and Pure. There is no other as great as the Guru.

²⁸The Guru is the Creator, the Guru is the Doer. The Gurmukh obtains true glory.

²⁹Nothing is beyond the Guru; whatever He wishes comes to pass. ||2||

³⁰The Guru is the Sacred Shrine of Pilgrimage, the Guru is the Wish-fulfilling Elysian Tree.

³¹The Guru is the Fulfiller of the desires of the mind. The Guru is the Giver of the Name of the Lord, by which all the world is saved.

³²The Guru is All-powerful, the Guru is Formless; the Guru is Lofty, Inaccessible and Infinite.

³³The Praise of the Guru is so sublime-what can any speaker say? ||3||

³⁴All the rewards which the mind desires are with the True Guru.

³⁵One whose destiny is so pre-ordained, obtains the Wealth of the True Name.

³⁶Entering the Sanctuary of the True Guru, you shall never die again.

³⁷Nanak: may I never forget You, Lord. This soul, body and breath are Yours. ||4||29||99||

³⁸Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

³⁹O Saints, O Siblings of Destiny, listen: release comes only through the True Name.

⁴⁰Worship the Feet of the Guru. Let the Name of the Lord be your sacred shrine of pilgrimage.

⁴¹Hereafter, you shall be honored in the Court of the Lord; there, even the homeless find a home. ||1||

¹O Siblings of Destiny, service to the True Guru alone is True.

²When the True Guru is pleased, we obtain the Perfect, Unseen, Unknowable Lord. ||1||Pause||

³I am a sacrifice to the True Guru, who has bestowed the True Name.

⁴Night and day, I praise the True One; I sing the Glorious Praises of the True One.

⁵True is the food, and true are the clothes, of those who chant the True Name of the True One. ||2||

⁶With each breath and morsel of food, do not forget the Guru, the Embodiment of Fulfillment.

⁷None is seen to be as great as the Guru. Meditate on Him twenty-four hours a day.

⁸As He casts His Glance of Grace, we obtain the True Name, the Treasure of Excellence. ||3||

⁹The Guru and the Transcendent Lord are one and the same, pervading and permeating amongst all.

¹⁰Those who have such pre-ordained destiny, meditate on the Naam.

¹¹Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of the Guru, who does not die, or come and go in reincarnation. ||4||30||100||

¹²One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹³Siree Raag, First Mehl, First House, Ashtpadheeyaa:

¹⁴I speak and chant His Praises, vibrating the instrument of my mind. The more I know Him, the more I vibrate it.

¹⁵The One, unto whom we vibrate and sing-how great is He, and where is His Place?

¹⁶Those who speak of Him and praise Him-they all continue speaking of Him with love. ||1||

¹⁷O Baba, the Lord Allah is Inaccessible and Infinite.

¹⁸Sacred is His Name, and Sacred is His Place. He is the True Cherisher. ||1||Pause||

¹⁹The extent of Your Command cannot be seen; no one knows how to write it.

²⁰Even if a hundred poets met together, they could not describe even a tiny bit of it.

²¹No one has found Your Value; they all merely write what they have heard again and again. ||2||

²²The Pirs, the Prophets, the spiritual teachers, the faithful, the innocents and the martyrs,

²³the Shaikhs, the mystics, the Qazis, the Mullahs and the Dervishes at His Door

²⁴-they are blessed all the more as they continue reading their prayers in praise to Him. ||3||

²⁵He seeks no advice when He builds; He seeks no advice when He destroys. He seeks no advice while giving or taking.

²⁶He alone knows His Creative Power; He Himself does all deeds.

²⁷He beholds all in His Vision. He gives to those with whom He is pleased. ||4||

²⁸His Place and His Name are not known, no one knows how great is His Name.

²⁹How great is that place where my Sovereign Lord dwells?

³⁰No one can reach it; whom shall I go and ask? ||5||

³¹One class of people does not like the other, when one has been made great.

³²Greatness is only in His Great Hands; He gives to those with whom He is pleased.

³³By the Hukam of His Command, He Himself regenerates, without a moment's delay. ||6||

³⁴Everyone cries out, "More! More!", with the idea of receiving.

³⁵How great should we call the Giver? His Gifts are beyond estimation.

³⁶O Nanak, there is no deficiency; Your Storehouses are filled to overflowing, age after age. ||7||1||

³⁷First Mehl:

³⁸All are brides of the Husband Lord; all decorate themselves for Him.

¹But when the time comes to settle their accounts, their red robes are corrupt.

²His Love is not obtained through hypocrisy. Her false coverings bring only ruin. ||1||

³In this way, the Dear Husband Lord ravishes and enjoys His bride.

⁴The happy soul-bride is pleasing to You, Lord; by Your Grace, You adorn her. ||1||Pause||

⁵She is decorated with the Word of the Guru's Shabad; her mind and body belong to her Husband Lord.

⁶With her palms pressed together, she stands, waiting on Him, and offers her True prayers to Him.

⁷Dyed in the deep crimson of the Love of her Darling Lord, she dwells in the Fear of the True One. Imbued with His Love, she is dyed in the color of His Love. ||2||

⁸She is said to be the hand-maiden of her Beloved Lord; His sweetheart surrenders to His Name.

⁹True Love is never broken; she is united in Union with the True One.

¹⁰Attuned to the Word of the Shabad, her mind is pierced through. I am forever a sacrifice to Him. ||3||

¹¹That bride, who is absorbed into the True Guru, shall never become a widow.

¹²Her Husband Lord is Beautiful; His Body is forever fresh and new. The True One does not die, and shall not go.

¹³He continually enjoys His happy soul-bride; He casts His Gracious Glance of Truth upon her, and she abides in His Will. ||4||

¹⁴The bride braids her hair with Truth; her clothes are decorated with His Love.

¹⁵Like the essence of sandalwood, He permeates her consciousness, and the Temple of the Tenth Gate is opened.

¹⁶The lamp of the Shabad is lit, and the Name of the Lord is her necklace. ||5||

¹⁷She is the most beautiful among women; upon her forehead she wears the Jewel of the Lord's Love.

¹⁸Her glory and her wisdom are magnificent; her love for the Infinite Lord is True.

¹⁹Other than her Beloved Lord, she knows no man. She enshrines love for the True Guru. ||6||

²⁰Asleep in the darkness of the night, how shall she pass her life-night without her Husband?

²¹Her limbs shall burn, her body shall burn, and her mind and wealth shall burn as well.

²²When the Husband does not enjoy His bride, then her youth passes away in vain. ||7||

²³The Husband is on the Bed, but the bride is asleep, and so she does not come to know Him.

²⁴While I am asleep, my Husband Lord is awake. Where can I go for advice?

²⁵The True Guru has led me to meet Him, and now I dwell in the Fear of God. O Nanak, His Love is always with me. ||8||2||

²⁶Siree Raag, First Mehl:

²⁷O Lord, You are Your Own Glorious Praise. You Yourself speak it; You Yourself hear it and contemplate it.

²⁸You Yourself are the Jewel, and You are the Appraiser. You Yourself are of Infinite Value.

²⁹O True Lord, You are Honor and Glory; You Yourself are the Giver. ||1||

³⁰O Dear Lord, You are the Creator and the Cause.

³¹If it is Your Will, please save and protect me; please bless me with the lifestyle of the Lord's Name. ||1||Pause||

³²You Yourself are the flawless diamond; You Yourself are the deep crimson color.

³³You Yourself are the perfect pearl; You Yourself are the devotee and the priest.

³⁴Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, You are praised. In each and every heart, the Unseen is seen. ||2||

³⁵You Yourself are the ocean and the boat. You Yourself are this shore, and the one beyond.

³⁶O All-knowing Lord, You are the True Way. The Shabad is the Navigator to ferry us across.

³⁷One who does not fear God shall live in fear; without the Guru, there is only pitch darkness. ||3||

³⁸The Creator alone is seen to be Eternal; all others come and go.

³⁹Only You, Lord, are Immaculate and Pure. All others are bound up in worldly pursuits.

⁴⁰Those who are protected by the Guru are saved. They are lovingly attuned to the True Lord. ||4||

¹Through the Shabad, they recognize the Dear Lord; through the Guru's Word, they are attuned to Truth.

²Filth does not stick to the body of one who has secured a dwelling in his True Home.

³When the Lord bestows His Glance of Grace, we obtain the True Name. Without the Name, who are our relatives? ||5||

⁴Those who have realized the Truth are at peace throughout the four ages.

⁵Subduing their egotism and desires, they keep the True Name enshrined in their hearts.

⁶In this world, the only real profit is the Name of the One Lord; it is earned by contemplating the Guru. ||6||

⁷Loading the Merchandise of the True Name, you shall gather in your profits forever with the Capital of Truth.

⁸In the Court of the True One, you shall sit in truthful devotion and prayer.

⁹Your account shall be settled with honor, in the Radiant Light of the Name of the Lord. ||7||

¹⁰The Lord is said to be the Highest of the High; no one can perceive Him.

¹¹Wherever I look, I see only You. The True Guru has inspired me to see You.

¹²The Divine Light within is revealed, O Nanak, through this intuitive understanding. ||8||3||

¹³Siree Raag, First Mehl:

¹⁴The fish did not notice the net in the deep and salty sea.

¹⁵It was so clever and beautiful, but why was it so confident?

¹⁶By its actions it was caught, and now death cannot be turned away from its head. ||1||

¹⁷O Siblings of Destiny, just like this, see death hovering over your own heads!

¹⁸People are just like this fish; unaware, the noose of death descends upon them. ||1||Pause||

¹⁹The whole world is bound by death; without the Guru, death cannot be avoided.

²⁰Those who are attuned to Truth are saved; they renounce duality and corruption.

²¹I am a sacrifice to those who are found to be Truthful in the True Court. ||2||

²²Think of the hawk preying on the birds, and the net in the hands of the hunter.

²³Those who are protected by the Guru are saved; the others are caught by the bait.

²⁴Without the Name, they are picked up and thrown away; they have no friends or companions. ||3||

²⁵God is said to be the Truest of the True; His Place is the Truest of the True.

²⁶Those who obey the True One-their minds abide in true meditation.

²⁷Those who become Gurmukh, and obtain spiritual wisdom-their minds and mouths are known to be pure. ||4||

²⁸Offer your most sincere prayers to the True Guru, so that He may unite you with your Best Friend.

²⁹Meeting your Best Friend, you shall find peace; the Messenger of Death shall take poison and die.

³⁰I dwell deep within the Name; the Name has come to dwell within my mind. ||5||

³¹Without the Guru, there is only pitch darkness; without the Shabad, understanding is not obtained.

³²Through the Guru's Teachings, you shall be enlightened; remain absorbed in the Love of the True Lord.

³³Death does not go there; your light shall merge with the Light. ||6||

³⁴You are my Best Friend; You are All-knowing. You are the One who unites us with Yourself.

³⁵Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, we praise You; You have no end or limitation.

³⁶Death does not reach that place, where the Infinite Word of the Guru's Shabad resounds. ||7||

³⁷By the Hukam of His Command, all are created. By His Command, actions are performed.

³⁸By His Command, all are subject to death; by His Command, they merge in Truth.

³⁹O Nanak, whatever pleases His Will comes to pass. Nothing is in the hands of these beings. ||8||4||

⁴⁰Siree Raag, First Mehl:

⁴¹If the mind is polluted, then the body is polluted, and the tongue is polluted as well.

¹With false mouths, people speak falsehood. How can they be made pure?

²Without the Holy Water of the Shabad, they are not cleansed. From the True One alone comes Truth. ||1||

³O soul-bride, without virtue, what happiness can there be?

⁴The Husband Lord enjoys her with pleasure and delight; she is at peace in the love of the True Word of the Shabad. ||1||Pause||

⁵When the Husband goes away, the bride suffers in the pain of separation,

⁶like the fish in shallow water, crying for mercy.

⁷As it pleases the Will of the Husband Lord, peace is obtained, when He Himself casts His Glance of Grace. ||2||

⁸Praise your Husband Lord, together with your bridesmaids and friends.

⁹The body is beautified, and the mind is fascinated. Imbued with His Love, we are enraptured.

¹⁰Adorned with the Shabad, the beautiful bride enjoys her Husband with virtue. ||3||

¹¹The soul-bride is of no use at all, if she is evil and without virtue.

¹²She does not find peace in this world or the next; she burns in falsehood and corruption.

¹³Coming and going are very difficult for that bride who is abandoned and forgotten by her Husband Lord. ||4||

¹⁴The beautiful soul-bride of the Husband Lord-by what sensual pleasures has she been doomed?

¹⁵She is of no use to her Husband if she babbles in useless arguments.

¹⁶At the Door of His Home, she finds no shelter; she is discarded for seeking other pleasures. ||5||

¹⁷The Pandits, the religious scholars, read their books, but they do not understand the real meaning.

¹⁸They give instructions to others, and then walk away, but they deal in Maya themselves.

¹⁹Speaking falsehood, they wander around the world, while those who remain true to the Shabad are excellent and exalted. ||6||

²⁰There are so many Pandits and astrologers who ponder over the Vedas.

²¹They glorify their disputes and arguments, and in these controversies they continue coming and going.

²²Without the Guru, they are not released from their karma, although they speak and listen and preach and explain. ||7||

²³They all call themselves virtuous, but I have no virtue at all.

²⁴With the Lord as her Husband, the soul-bride is happy; I, too, love that God.

²⁵O Nanak, through the Shabad, union is obtained; there is no more separation. ||8||5||

²⁶Siree Raag, First Mehl:

²⁷You may chant and meditate, practice austerities and self-restraint, and dwell at sacred shrines of pilgrimage;

²⁸you may give donations to charity, and perform good deeds, but without the True One, what is the use of it all?

²⁹As you plant, so shall you harvest. Without virtue, this human life passes away in vain. ||1||

³⁰O young bride, be a slave to virtue, and you shall find peace.

³¹Renouncing wrongful actions, following the Guru's Teachings, you shall be absorbed into the Perfect One. ||1||Pause||

³²Without capital, the trader looks around in all four directions.

³³He does not understand his own origins; the merchandise remains within the door of his own house.

³⁴Without this commodity, there is great pain. The false are ruined by falsehood. ||2||

³⁵One who contemplates and appraises this Jewel day and night reaps new profits.

³⁶He finds the merchandise within his own home, and departs after arranging his affairs.

³⁷So trade with the true traders, and as Gurmukh, contemplate God. ||3||

³⁸In the Society of the Saints, He is found, if the Uniter unites us.

³⁹One whose heart is filled with His Infinite Light meets with Him, and shall never again be separated from Him.

⁴⁰True is his position; he abides in Truth, with love and affection for the True One. ||4||

⁴¹One who understands himself finds the Mansion of the Lord's Presence within his own home.

⁴²Imbued with the True Lord, Truth is gathered in.

¹God is known throughout the three worlds. True is the Name of the True One. ||5||

²The wife who knows that her Husband Lord is always with her is very beautiful.

³The soul-bride is called to the Mansion of the His Presence, and her Husband Lord ravishes her with love.

⁴The happy soul-bride is true and good; she is fascinated by the Glories of her Husband Lord. ||6||

⁵Wandering around and making mistakes, I climb the plateau; having climbed the plateau, I go up the mountain.

⁶But now I have lost my way, and I am wandering around in the forest; without the Guru, I do not understand.

⁷If I wander around forgetting God's Name, I shall continue coming and going in reincarnation, over and over again. ||7||

⁸Go and ask the travellers, how to walk on the Path as His slave.

⁹They know the Lord to be their King, and at the Door to His Home, their way is not blocked.

¹⁰O Nanak, the One is pervading everywhere; there is no other at all. ||8||6||

¹¹Siree Raag, First Mehl:

¹²Through the Guru, the Pure One is known, and the human body becomes pure as well.

¹³The Pure, True Lord abides within the mind; He knows the pain of our hearts.

¹⁴With intuitive ease, a great peace is found, and the arrow of death shall not strike you. ||1||

¹⁵O Siblings of Destiny, filth is washed away by bathing in the Pure Water of the Name.

¹⁶You alone are Perfectly Pure, O True Lord; all other places are filled with filth. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷The Temple of the Lord is beautiful; it was made by the Creator Lord.

¹⁸The sun and the moon are lamps of incomparably beautiful light. Throughout the three worlds, the Infinite Light is pervading.

¹⁹In the shops of the city of the body, in the fortresses and in the huts, the True Merchandise is traded. ||2||

²⁰The ointment of spiritual wisdom is the destroyer of fear; through love, the Pure One is seen.

²¹The mysteries of the seen and the unseen are all known, if the mind is kept centered and balanced.

²²If one finds such a True Guru, the Lord is met with intuitive ease. ||3||

²³He draws us to His Touchstone, to test our love and consciousness.

²⁴The counterfeit have no place there, but the genuine are placed in His Treasury.

²⁵Let your hopes and anxieties depart; thus pollution is washed away. ||4||

²⁶Everyone begs for happiness; no one asks for suffering.

²⁷But in the wake of happiness, there comes great suffering. The self-willed manmukhs do not understand this.

²⁸Those who see pain and pleasure as one and the same find peace; they are pierced through by the Shabad. ||5||

²⁹The Vedas proclaim, and the words of Vyaasa tell us,

³⁰that the silent sages, the servants of the Lord, and those who practice a life of spiritual discipline are attuned to the Naam, the Treasure of Excellence.

³¹Those who are attuned to the True Name win the game of life; I am forever a sacrifice to them. ||6||

³²Those who do not have the Naam in their mouths are filled with pollution; they are filthy throughout the four ages.

³³Without loving devotion to God, their faces are blackened, and their honor is lost.

³⁴Those who have forgotten the Naam are plundered by evil; they weep and wail in dismay. ||7||

³⁵I searched and searched, and found God. In the Fear of God, I have been united in His Union.

³⁶Through self-realization, people dwell within the home of their inner being; egotism and desire depart.

³⁷O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Name of the Lord are immaculate and radiant. ||8||7||

³⁸Siree Raag, First Mehl:

³⁹Listen, O deluded and demented mind: hold tight to the Guru's Feet.

⁴⁰Chant and meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord; death will be afraid of you, and suffering shall depart.

⁴¹The deserted wife suffers terrible pain. How can her Husband Lord remain with her forever? ||1||

¹O Siblings of Destiny, I have no other place to go.

²The Guru has given me the Treasure of the Wealth of the Naam; I am a sacrifice to Him. ||1||Pause||

³The Guru's Teachings bring honor. Blessed is He-may I meet and be with Him!

⁴Without Him, I cannot live, even for a moment. Without His Name, I die.

⁵I am blind-may I never forget the Naam! Under His Protection, I shall reach my true home. ||2||

⁶Those chaylaas, those devotees, whose spiritual teacher is blind, shall not find their place of rest.

⁷Without the True Guru, the Name is not obtained. Without the Name, what is the use of it all?

⁸People come and go, regretting and repenting, like crows in a deserted house. ||3||

⁹Without the Name, the body suffers in pain; it crumbles like a wall of sand.

¹⁰As long as Truth does not enter into the consciousness, the Mansion of the Lord's Presence is not found.

¹¹Attuned to the Shabad, we enter our home, and obtain the Eternal State of Nirvaanaa. ||4||

¹²I ask my Guru for His Advice, and I follow the Guru's Advice.

¹³With the Shabads of Praise abiding in the mind, the pain of egotism is burnt away.

¹⁴We are intuitively united with Him, and we meet the Truest of the True. ||5||

¹⁵Those who are attuned to the Shabad are spotless and pure; they renounce sexual desire, anger, selfishness and conceit.

¹⁶They sing the Praises of the Naam, forever and ever; they keep the Lord enshrined within their hearts.

¹⁷How could we ever forget Him from our minds? He is the Support of all beings. ||6||

¹⁸One who dies in the Shabad is beyond death, and shall never die again.

¹⁹Through the Shabad, we find Him, and embrace love for the Name of the Lord.

²⁰Without the Shabad, the world is deceived; it dies and is reborn, over and over again. ||7||

²¹All praise themselves, and call themselves the greatest of the great.

²²Without the Guru, one's self cannot be known. By merely speaking and listening, what is accomplished?

²³O Nanak, one who realizes the Shabad does not act in egotism. ||8||8||

²⁴Siree Raag, First Mehl:

²⁵Without her Husband, the soul-bride's youth and ornaments are useless and wretched.

²⁶She does not enjoy the pleasure of His Bed; without her Husband, her ornaments are absurd.

²⁷The discarded bride suffers terrible pain; her Husband does not come to the bed of her home. ||1||

²⁸O mind, meditate on the Lord, and find peace.

²⁹Without the Guru, love is not found. United with the Shabad, happiness is found. ||1||Pause||

³⁰Serving the Guru, she finds peace, and her Husband Lord adorns her with intuitive wisdom.

³¹Truly, she enjoys the Bed of her Husband, through her deep love and affection.

³²As Gurmukh, she comes to know Him. Meeting with the Guru, she maintains a virtuous lifestyle. ||2||

³³Through Truth, meet your Husband Lord, O soul-bride. Enchanted by your Husband, enshrine love for Him.

³⁴Your mind and body shall blossom forth in Truth. The value of this cannot be described.

³⁵The soul-bride finds her Husband Lord in the home of her own being; she is purified by the True Name. ||3||

³⁶If the mind within the mind dies, then the Husband ravishes and enjoys His bride.

³⁷They are woven into one texture, like pearls on a necklace around the neck.

³⁸In the Society of the Saints, peace wells up; the Gurmukhs take the Support of the Naam. ||4||

³⁹In an instant, one is born, and in an instant, one dies. In an instant one comes, and in an instant one goes.

⁴⁰One who recognizes the Shabad merges into it, and is not afflicted by death.

¹Our Lord and Master is Unweighable; He cannot be weighed. He cannot be found merely by talking. ||5||

²The merchants and the traders have come; their profits are pre-ordained.

³Those who practice Truth reap the profits, abiding in the Will of God.

⁴With the Merchandise of Truth, they meet the Guru, who does not have a trace of greed. ||6||

⁵As Gurmukh, they are weighed and measured, in the balance and the scales of Truth.

⁶The enticements of hope and desire are quieted by the Guru, whose Word is True.

⁷He Himself weighs with the scale; perfect is the weighing of the Perfect One. ||7||

⁸No one is saved by mere talk and speech, nor by reading loads of books.

⁹The body does not obtain purity without loving devotion to the Lord.

¹⁰O Nanak, never forget the Naam; the Guru shall unite us with the Creator. ||8||9||

¹¹Siree Raag, First Mehl:

¹²Meeting the Perfect True Guru, we find the jewel of meditative reflection.

¹³Surrendering our minds to our Guru, we find universal love.

¹⁴We find the wealth of liberation, and our demerits are erased. ||1||

¹⁵O Siblings of Destiny, without the Guru, there is no spiritual wisdom.

¹⁶Go and ask Brahma, Naarad and Vyaas, the writer of the Vedas. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷Know that from the vibration of the Word, we obtain spiritual wisdom and meditation. Through it, we speak the Unspoken.

¹⁸He is the fruit-bearing Tree, luxuriantly green with abundant shade.

¹⁹The rubies, jewels and emeralds are in the Guru's Treasury. ||2||

²⁰From the Guru's Treasury, we receive the Love of the Immaculate Naam, the Name of the Lord.

²¹We gather in the True Merchandise, through the Perfect Grace of the Infinite.

²²The True Guru is the Giver of peace, the Dispeller of pain, the Destroyer of demons. ||3||

²³The terrifying world-ocean is difficult and dreadful; there is no shore on this side or the one beyond.

²⁴There is no boat, no raft, no oars and no boatman.

²⁵The True Guru is the only boat on this terrifying ocean. His Glance of Grace carries us across. ||4||

²⁶If I forget my Beloved, even for an instant, suffering overtakes me and peace departs.

²⁷Let that tongue be burnt in flames, which does not chant the Naam with love.

²⁸When the pitcher of the body bursts, there is terrible pain; those who are caught by the Minister of Death regret and repent. ||5||

²⁹Crying out, "Mine! Mine!", they have departed, but their bodies, their wealth, and their wives did not go with them.

³⁰Without the Name, wealth is useless; deceived by wealth, they have lost their way.

³¹So serve the True Lord; become Gurmukh, and speak the Unspoken. ||6||

³²Coming and going, people wander through reincarnation; they act according to their past actions.

³³How can one's pre-ordained destiny be erased? It is written in accordance with the Lord's Will.

³⁴Without the Name of the Lord, no one can be saved. Through the Guru's Teachings, we are united in His Union. ||7||

³⁵Without Him, I have no one to call my own. My soul and my breath of life belong to Him.

³⁶May my egotism and possessiveness be burnt to ashes, and my greed and egotistical pride consigned to the fire.

³⁷O Nanak, contemplating the Shabad, the Treasure of Excellence is obtained. ||8||10||

³⁸Siree Raag, First Mehl:

³⁹O mind, love the Lord, as the lotus loves the water.

⁴⁰Tossed about by the waves, it still blossoms with love.

⁴¹In the water, the creatures are created; outside of the water they die. ||1||

¹O mind, how can you be saved without love?

²God permeates the inner beings of the Gurmukhs. They are blessed with the treasure of devotion. ||1||Pause||

³O mind, love the Lord, as the fish loves the water.

⁴The more the water, the more the happiness, and the greater the peace of mind and body.

⁵Without water, she cannot live, even for an instant. God knows the suffering of her mind. ||2||

⁶O mind, love the Lord, as the song-bird loves the rain.

⁷The pools are overflowing with water, and the land is luxuriantly green, but what are they to her, if that single drop of rain does not fall into her mouth?

⁸By His Grace, she receives it; otherwise, because of her past actions, she gives her head. ||3||

⁹O mind, love the Lord, as the water loves the milk.

¹⁰The water, added to the milk, itself bears the heat, and prevents the milk from burning.

¹¹God unites the separated ones with Himself again, and blesses them with true greatness. ||4||

¹²O mind, love the Lord, as the chakvee duck loves the sun.

¹³She does not sleep, for an instant or a moment; the sun is so far away, but she thinks that it is near.

¹⁴Understanding does not come to the self-willed manmukh. But to the Gurmukh, the Lord is always close. ||5||

¹⁵The self-willed manmukhs make their calculations and plans, but only the actions of the Creator come to pass.

¹⁶His Value cannot be estimated, even though everyone may wish to do so.

¹⁷Through the Guru's Teachings, it is revealed. Meeting with the True One, peace is found. ||6||

¹⁸True love shall not be broken, if the True Guru is met.

¹⁹Obtaining the wealth of spiritual wisdom, the understanding of the three worlds is acquired.

²⁰So become a customer of merit, and do not forget the Immaculate Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||7||

²¹Those birds which peck at the shore of the pool have played and have departed.

²²In a moment, in an instant, we too must depart. Our play is only for today or tomorrow.

²³But those whom You unite, Lord, are united with You; they obtain a seat in the Arena of Truth. ||8||

²⁴Without the Guru, love does not well up, and the filth of egotism does not depart.

²⁵One who recognizes within himself that, "He is me", and who is pierced through by the Shabad, is satisfied.

²⁶When one becomes Gurmukh and realizes his own self, what more is there left to do or have done? ||9||

²⁷Why speak of union to those who are already united with the Lord? Receiving the Shabad, they are satisfied.

²⁸The self-willed manmukhs do not understand; separated from Him, they endure beatings.

²⁹O Nanak, there is only the one door to His Home; there is no other place at all. ||10||11||

³⁰Siree Raag, First Mehl:

³¹The self-willed manmukhs wander around, deluded and deceived. They find no place of rest.

³²Without the Guru, no one is shown the Way. Like the blind, they continue coming and going.

³³Having lost the treasure of spiritual wisdom, they depart, defrauded and plundered. ||1||

³⁴O Baba, Maya deceives with its illusion.

³⁵Deceived by doubt, the discarded bride is not received into the Lap of her Beloved. ||1||Pause||

³⁶The deceived bride wanders around in foreign lands; she leaves, and abandons her own home.

³⁷Deceived, she climbs the plateaus and mountains; her mind wavers in doubt.

³⁸Separated from the Primal Being, how can she meet with Him again? Plundered by pride, she cries out and bewails. ||2||

³⁹The Guru unites the separated ones with the Lord again, through the love of the Delicious Name of the Lord.

¹Through truth and intuitive poise, great honor is obtained, with the Support of the Naam and the Glory of the Lord.

²As it pleases You, Lord, please save and protect me. Without You, O my Husband Lord, who else is there for me? ||3||

³Reading their books over and over again, people continue making mistakes; they are so proud of their religious robes.

⁴But what is the use of bathing at sacred shrines of pilgrimage, when the filth of stubborn pride is within the mind?

⁵Other than the Guru, who can explain that within the mind is the Lord, the King, the Emperor? ||4||

⁶The Treasure of the Lord's Love is obtained by the Gurmukh, who contemplates the essence of reality.

⁷The bride eradicates her selfishness, and adorns herself with the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

⁸Within her own home, she finds her Husband, through infinite love for the Guru. ||5||

⁹Applying oneself to the service of the Guru, the mind is purified, and peace is obtained.

¹⁰The Word of the Guru's Shabad abides within the mind, and egotism is eliminated from within.

¹¹The Treasure of the Naam is acquired, and the mind reaps the lasting profit. ||6||

¹²If He grants His Grace, then we obtain it. We cannot find it by our own efforts.

¹³Remain attached to the Feet of the Guru, and eradicate selfishness from within.

¹⁴Attuned to Truth, you shall obtain the True One. ||7||

¹⁵Everyone makes mistakes; only the Guru and the Creator are infallible.

¹⁶One who instructs his mind with the Guru's Teachings comes to embrace love for the Lord.

¹⁷O Nanak, do not forget the Truth; you shall receive the Infinite Word of the Shabad. ||8||12||

¹⁸Siree Raag, First Mehl:

¹⁹The enticing desire for Maya leads people to become emotionally attached to their children, relatives, households and spouses.

²⁰The world is deceived and plundered by riches, youth, greed and egotism.

²¹The drug of emotional attachment has destroyed me, as it has destroyed the whole world. ||1||

²²O my Beloved, I have no one except You.

²³Without You, nothing else pleases me. Loving You, I am at peace. ||1||Pause||

²⁴I sing the Praises of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, with love; I am content with the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

²⁵Whatever is seen shall pass away. So do not be attached to this false show.

²⁶Like a traveller in his travels, you have come. Behold the caravan leaving each day. ||2||

²⁷Many preach sermons, but without the Guru, understanding is not obtained.

²⁸If someone receives the Glory of the Naam, he is attuned to truth and blessed with honor.

²⁹Those who are pleasing to You are good; no one is counterfeit or genuine. ||3||

³⁰In the Guru's Sanctuary we are saved. The assets of the self-willed manmukhs are false.

³¹The eight metals of the King are made into coins by the Word of His Shabad.

³²The Assayer Himself assays them, and He places the genuine ones in His Treasury. ||4||

³³Your Value cannot be appraised; I have seen and tested everything.

³⁴By speaking, His Depth cannot be found. Abiding in truth, honor is obtained.

³⁵Through the Guru's Teachings, I praise You; otherwise, I cannot describe Your Value. ||5||

³⁶That body which does not appreciate the Naam-that body is infested with egotism and conflict.

³⁷Without the Guru, spiritual wisdom is not obtained; other tastes are poison.

³⁸Without virtue, nothing is of any use. The taste of Maya is bland and insipid. ||6||

³⁹Through desire, people are cast into the womb and reborn. Through desire, they taste the sweet and sour flavors.

⁴⁰Bound by desire, they are led on, beaten and struck on their faces and mouths.

⁴¹Bound and gagged and assaulted by evil, they are released only through the Name, through the Guru's Teachings. ||7||

¹In all places, You are the One and Only. As it pleases You, Lord, please save and protect me!

²Through the Guru's Teachings, the True One abides within the mind. The Companionship of the Naam brings the most excellent honor.

³Eradicate the disease of egotism, and chant the True Shabad, the Word of the True Lord. ||8||

⁴You are pervading throughout the Akaashic Ethers, the nether regions and the three worlds.

⁵You Yourself are bhakti, loving devotional worship. You Yourself unite us in Union with Yourself.

⁶O Nanak, may I never forget the Naam! As is Your Pleasure, so is Your Will. ||9||13||

⁷Siree Raag, First Mehl:

⁸My mind is pierced through by the Name of the Lord. What else should I contemplate?

⁹Focusing your awareness on the Shabad, happiness wells up. Attuned to God, the most excellent peace is found.

¹⁰As it pleases You, please save me, Lord. The Name of the Lord is my Support. ||1||

¹¹O mind, the Will of our Lord and Master is true.

¹²Focus your love upon the One who created and adorned your body and mind. ||1||Pause||

¹³If I cut my body into pieces, and burn them in the fire,

¹⁴and if I make my body and mind into firewood, and night and day burn them in the fire,

¹⁵and if I perform hundreds of thousands and millions of religious rituals-still, all these are not equal to the Name of the Lord. ||2||

¹⁶If my body were cut in half, if a saw was put to my head,

¹⁷and if my body were frozen in the Himalayas-even then, my mind would not be free of disease.

¹⁸None of these are equal to the Name of the Lord. I have seen and tried and tested them all. ||3||

¹⁹If I made a donation of castles of gold, and gave lots of fine horses and wondrous elephants in charity,

²⁰and if I made donations of land and cows-even then, pride and ego would still be within me.

²¹The Name of the Lord has pierced my mind; the Guru has given me this true gift. ||4||

²²There are so many stubborn-minded intelligent people, and so many who contemplate the Vedas.

²³There are so many entanglements for the soul. Only as Gurmukh do we find the Gate of Liberation.

²⁴Truth is higher than everything; but higher still is truthful living. ||5||

²⁵Call everyone exalted; no one seems lowly.

²⁶The One Lord has fashioned the vessels, and His One Light pervades the three worlds.

²⁷Receiving His Grace, we obtain Truth. No one can erase His Primal Blessing. ||6||

²⁸When one Holy person meets another Holy person, they abide in contentment, through the Love of the Guru.

²⁹They contemplate the Unspoken Speech, merging in absorption in the True Guru.

³⁰Drinking in the Ambrosial Nectar, they are contented; they go to the Court of the Lord in robes of honor. ||7||

³¹In each and every heart the Music of the Lord's Flute vibrates, night and day, with sublime love for the Shabad.

³²Only those few who become Gurmukh understand this by instructing their minds.

³³O Nanak, do not forget the Naam. Practicing the Shabad you shall be saved. ||8||14||

³⁴Siree Raag, First Mehl:

³⁵There are painted mansions to behold, white-washed, with beautiful doors;

³⁶they were constructed to give pleasure to the mind, but this is only for the sake of the love of duality.

³⁷The inner being is empty without love. The body shall crumble into a heap of ashes. ||1||

³⁸O Siblings of Destiny, this body and wealth shall not go along with you.

³⁹The Lord's Name is the pure wealth; through the Guru, God bestows this gift. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁰The Lord's Name is the pure wealth; it is given only by the Giver.

⁴¹One who has the Guru, the Creator, as his Friend, shall not be questioned hereafter.

⁴²He Himself delivers those who are delivered. He Himself is the Forgiver. ||2||

¹The self-willed manmukh looks upon his daughters, sons and relatives as his own.

²Gazing upon his wife, he is pleased. But along with happiness, they bring grief.

³The Gurmukhs are attuned to the Word of the Shabad. Day and night, they enjoy the Sublime Essence of the Lord. ||3||

⁴The consciousness of the wicked, faithless cynics wanders around in search of transitory wealth, unstable and distracted.

⁵Searching outside of themselves, they are ruined; the object of their search is in that sacred place within the home of the heart.

⁶The self-willed manmukhs, in their ego, miss it; the Gurmukhs receive it in their laps. ||4||

⁷You worthless, faithless cynic-recognize your own origin!

⁸This body is made of blood and semen. It shall be consigned to the fire in the end.

⁹The body is under the power of the breath, according to the True Sign inscribed upon your forehead. ||5||

¹⁰Everyone begs for a long life-no one wishes to die.

¹¹A life of peace and comfort comes to that Gurmukh, within whom God dwells.

¹²Without the Naam, what good those who do not have the Blessed Vision, the Darshan of the Lord and Guru? ||6||

¹³In their dreams at night, people wander around as long as they sleep;

¹⁴just so, they are under the power of the snake Maya, as long as their hearts are filled with ego and duality.

¹⁵Through the Guru's Teachings, they come to understand and see that this world is just a dream. ||7||

¹⁶As thirst is quenched with water, and the baby is satisfied with mother's milk,

¹⁷and as the lotus does not exist without water, and as the fish dies without water

¹⁸-O Nanak, so does the Gurmukh live, receiving the Sublime Essence of the Lord, and singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||8||15||

¹⁹Siree Raag, First Mehl:

²⁰Beholding the terrifying mountain in this world of my father's home, I am terrified.

²¹It is so difficult to climb this high mountain; there is no ladder which reaches up there.

²²But as Gurmukh, I know that it is within my self; the Guru has brought me to Union, and so I cross over. ||1||

²³O Siblings of Destiny, the terrifying world-ocean is so difficult to cross-I am terrified!

²⁴The Perfect True Guru, in His Pleasure, has met with me; the Guru has saved me, through the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

²⁵I may say, "I am going, I am going", but I know that, in the end, I must really go.

²⁶Whoever comes must also go. Only the Guru and the Creator are Eternal.

²⁷So praise the True One continually, and love His Place of Truth. ||2||

²⁸Beautiful gates, houses and palaces, solidly built forts,

²⁹elephants, saddled horses, hundreds of thousands of uncounted armies

³⁰-none of these will go along with anyone in the end, and yet, the fools bother themselves to exhaustion with these, and then die. ||3||

³¹You may gather gold and sliver, but wealth is just a net of entanglement.

³²You may beat the drum and proclaim authority over the whole world, but without the Name, death hovers over your head.

³³When the body falls, the play of life is over; what shall be the condition of the evil-doers then? ||4||

³⁴The husband is delighted seeing his sons, and his wife upon his bed.

³⁵He applies sandalwood and scented oils, and dresses himself in his beautiful clothes.

³⁶But dust shall mix with dust, and he shall depart, leaving hearth and home behind. ||5||

³⁷He may be called a chief, an emperor, a king, a governor or a lord;

³⁸he may present himself as a leader or a chief, but this just burns him in the fire of egotistical pride.

³⁹The self-willed manmukh has forgotten the Naam. He is like straw, burning in the forest fire. ||6||

⁴⁰Whoever comes into the world and indulges in ego, must depart.

¹The whole world is a store-house of lamp-black; the body and mind are blackened with it.

²Those who are saved by the Guru are immaculate and pure; through the Word of the Shabad, they extinguish the fire of desire. ||7||

³O Nanak, they swim across with the True Name of the Lord, the King above the heads of kings.

⁴May I never forget the Name of the Lord! I have purchased the Jewel of the Lord's Name.

⁵The self-willed manmukhs putrefy and die in the terrifying world-ocean, while the Gurmukhs cross over the bottomless ocean. ||8||16||

⁶Siree Raag, First Mehl, Second House:

⁷They have made this their resting place and they sit at home, but the urge to depart is always there.

⁸This would be known as a lasting place of rest, only if they were to remain stable and unchanging. ||1||

⁹What sort of a resting place is this world?

¹⁰Doing deeds of faith, pack up the supplies for your journey, and remain committed to the Name. ||1||Pause||

¹¹The Yogis sit in their Yogic postures, and the Mullahs sit at their resting stations.

¹²The Hindu Pandits recite from their books, and the Siddhas sit in the temples of their gods. ||2||

¹³The angels, Siddhas, worshippers of Shiva, heavenly musicians, silent sages, Saints, priests, preachers, spiritual teachers and commanders

¹⁴-each and every one has left, and all others shall depart as well. ||3||

¹⁵The sultans and kings, the rich and the mighty, have marched away in succession.

¹⁶In a moment or two, we shall also depart. O my heart, understand that you must go as well! ||4||

¹⁷This is described in the Shabads; only a few understand this!

¹⁸Nanak offers this prayer to the One who pervades the water, the land and the air. ||5||

¹⁹He is Allah, the Unknowable, the Inaccessible, All-powerful and Merciful Creator.

²⁰All the world comes and goes-only the Merciful Lord is permanent. ||6||

²¹Call permanent only the One, who does not have destiny inscribed upon His Forehead.

²²The sky and the earth shall pass away; He alone is permanent. ||7||

²³The day and the sun shall pass away; the night and the moon shall pass away; the hundreds of thousands of stars shall disappear.

²⁴He alone is permanent; Nanak speaks the Truth. ||8||17||

²⁵Seventeen Ashtpadheeyaa Of The First Mehl.

²⁶Siree Raag, Third Mehl, First House, Ashtpadheeyaa:

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

²⁸By God's Grace, the Gurmukh practices devotion; without the Guru, there is no devotional worship.

²⁹One who merges his own self into Him understands, and so becomes pure.

³⁰The Dear Lord is True, and True is the Word of His Bani. Through the Word of the Shabad, Union with Him is obtained. ||1||

³¹O Siblings of Destiny, without devotion, why have people even come into the world?

³²They have not served the Perfect Guru; they have wasted their lives in vain. ||1||Pause||

³³The Lord Himself, the Life of the World, is the Giver. He Himself forgives, and unites us with Himself.

³⁴What are these poor beings and creatures? What can they speak and say?

³⁵God Himself grants glory to the Gurmukhs; He joins them to His Service. ||2||

³⁶Beholding your family, you are lured away by emotional attachment, but when you leave, they will not go with you.

¹Serving the True Guru, I have found the Treasure of Excellence. Its value cannot be estimated.

²The Dear Lord God is my Best Friend. In the end, He shall be my Companion and Support. ||3||

³In this world of my father's home, the Great Giver is the Life of the World. The self-willed manmukhs have lost their honor.

⁴Without the True Guru, no one knows the Way. The blind find no place of rest.

⁵If the Lord, the Giver of Peace, does not dwell within the mind, then they shall depart with regret in the end. ||4||

⁶In this world of my father's house, through the Guru's Teachings, I have cultivated within my mind the Great Giver, the Life of the World.

⁷Night and day, performing devotional worship, day and night, ego and emotional attachment are removed.

⁸And then, attuned to Him, we become like Him, truly absorbed in the True One. ||5||

⁹Bestowing His Glance of Grace, He gives us His Love, and we contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

¹⁰Serving the True Guru, intuitive peace wells up, and ego and desire die.

¹¹The Lord, the Giver of Virtue, dwells forever within the minds of those who keep Truth enshrined within their hearts. ||6||

¹²My God is forever Immaculate and Pure; with a pure mind, He can be found.

¹³If the Treasure of the Name of the Lord abides within the mind, egotism and pain are totally eliminated.

¹⁴The True Guru has instructed me in the Word of the Shabad. I am forever a sacrifice to Him. ||7||

¹⁵Within your own conscious mind, you may say anything, but without the Guru, selfishness and conceit are not eradicated.

¹⁶The Dear Lord is the Lover of His devotees, the Giver of Peace. By His Grace, He abides within the mind.

¹⁷O Nanak, God blesses us with the sublime awakening of consciousness; He Himself grants glorious greatness to the Gurmukh. ||8||1||18||

¹⁸Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

¹⁹Those who go around acting in egotism are struck down by the Messenger of Death with his club.

²⁰Those who serve the True Guru are uplifted and saved, in love with the Lord. ||1||

²¹O mind, become Gurmukh, and meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

²²Those who are so pre-destined by the Creator are absorbed into the Naam, through the Guru's Teachings. ||1||Pause||

²³Without the True Guru, faith does not come, and love for the Naam is not embraced.

²⁴Even in dreams, they find no peace; they sleep immersed in pain. ||2||

²⁵Even if you chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, with great longing, your past actions are still not erased.

²⁶The Lord's devotees surrender to His Will; those devotees are accepted at His Door. ||3||

²⁷The Guru has lovingly implanted the Word of His Shabad within me. Without His Grace, it cannot be attained.

²⁸Even if the poisonous plant is watered with ambrosial nectar a hundred times, it will still bear poisonous fruit. ||4||

²⁹Those humble beings who are in love with the True Guru are pure and true.

³⁰They act in harmony with the Will of the True Guru; they shed the poison of ego and corruption. ||5||

³¹Acting in stubborn-mindedness, no one is saved; go and study the Simritees and the Shaastras.

³²Joining the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, and practicing the Shabads of the Guru, you shall be saved. ||6||

³³The Name of the Lord is the Treasure, which has no end or limitation.

³⁴The Gurmukhs are beauteous; the Creator has blessed them with His Mercy. ||7||

³⁵O Nanak, the One Lord alone is the Giver; there is no other at all.

³⁶By Guru's Grace, He is obtained. By His Mercy, He is found. ||8||2||19||

¹Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

²The soul-bird in the beautiful tree of the body pecks at Truth, with love for the Guru.

³She drinks in the Sublime Essence of the Lord, and abides in intuitive ease; she does not fly around coming and going.

⁴She obtains her home within her own heart; she is absorbed into the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||1||

⁵O mind, work to serve the Guru.

⁶If you walk in harmony with the Guru's Will, you shall remain immersed in the Lord's Name, night and day. ||1||Pause||

⁷The birds in the beautiful trees fly around in all four directions.

⁸The more they fly around, the more they suffer; they burn and cry out in pain.

⁹Without the Guru, they do not find the Mansion of the Lord's Presence, and they do not obtain the Ambrosial Fruit. ||2||

¹⁰The Gurmukh is like God's tree, always green, blessed with the Sublime Love of the True One, with intuitive peace and poise.

¹¹He cuts off the three branches of the three qualities, and embraces love for the One Word of the Shabad.

¹²The Lord alone is the Ambrosial Fruit; He Himself gives it to us to eat. ||3||

¹³The self-willed manmukhs stand there and dry up; they do not bear any fruit, and they do not provide any shade.

¹⁴Don't even bother to sit near them-they have no home or village.

¹⁵They are cut down and burnt each day; they have neither the Shabad, nor the Lord's Name. ||4||

¹⁶According to the Lord's Command, people perform their actions; they wander around, driven by the karma of their past actions.

¹⁷By the Lord's Command, they behold the Blessed Vision of His Darshan. Wherever He sends them, there they go.

¹⁸By His Command, the Lord, Har, Har, abides within our minds; by His Command we merge in Truth. ||5||

¹⁹The wretched fools do not know the Lord's Will; they wander around making mistakes.

²⁰They go about their business stubborn-mindedly; they are disgraced forever and ever.

²¹Inner peace does not come to them; they do not embrace love for the True Lord. ||6||

²²Beautiful are the faces of the Gurmukhs, who bear love and affection for the Guru.

²³Through true devotional worship, they are attuned to Truth; at the True Door, they are found to be true.

²⁴Blessed is their coming into being; they redeem all their ancestors. ||7||

²⁵All do their deeds under the Lord's Glance of Grace; no one is beyond His Vision.

²⁶According to the Glance of Grace with which the True Lord beholds us, so do we become.

²⁷O Nanak, the Glorious Greatness of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is received only by His Mercy. ||8||3||20||

²⁸Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

²⁹The Gurmukhs meditate on the Naam; the self-willed manmukhs do not understand.

³⁰The faces of the Gurmukhs are always radiant; the Lord has come to dwell within their minds.

³¹Through intuitive understanding they are at peace, and through intuitive understanding they remain absorbed in the Lord. ||1||

³²O Siblings of Destiny, be the slaves of the Lord's slaves.

³³Service to the Guru is worship of the Guru. How rare are those who obtain it! ||1||Pause||

³⁴The happy soul-bride is always with her Husband Lord, if she walks in harmony with the Will of the True Guru.

³⁵She attains her Eternal, Ever-stable Husband, who never dies or goes away.

³⁶United with the Word of the Shabad, she shall not be separated again. She is immersed in the Lap of her Beloved. ||2||

³⁷The Lord is Immaculate and Radiantly Bright; without the Guru, He cannot be found.

³⁸He cannot be understood by reading scriptures; the deceitful pretenders are deluded by doubt.

³⁹Through the Guru's Teachings, the Lord is always found, and the tongue is permeated with the Sublime Essence of the Lord. ||3||

⁴⁰Emotional attachment to Maya is shed with intuitive ease, through the Guru's Teachings.

¹Without the Shabad, the world wanders lost in pain. The self-willed manmukh is consumed.

²Through the Shabad, meditate on the Naam; through the Shabad, you shall merge in Truth. ||4||

³The Siddhas wander around, deluded by Maya; they are not absorbed in the Samaadhi of the Lord's Sublime Love.

⁴The three worlds are permeated by Maya; they are totally covered by it.

⁵Without the Guru, liberation is not attained, and the double-mindedness of Maya does not go away. ||5||

⁶What is called Maya? What does Maya do?

⁷These beings are bound by pleasure and pain; they do their deeds in egotism.

⁸Without the Shabad, doubt is not dispelled, and egotism is not eliminated from within. ||6||

⁹Without love, there is no devotional worship. Without the Shabad, no one finds acceptance.

¹⁰Through the Shabad, egotism is conquered and subdued, and the illusion of Maya is dispelled.

¹¹The Gurmukh obtains the Treasure of the Naam with intuitive ease. ||7||

¹²Without the Guru, one's virtues do not shine forth; without virtue, there is no devotional worship.

¹³The Lord is the Lover of His devotees; He abides within their minds. They meet that God with intuitive ease.

¹⁴O Nanak, through the Shabad, praise the Lord. By His Grace, He is obtained. ||8||4||21||

¹⁵Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

¹⁶Emotional attachment to Maya is created by my God; He Himself misleads us through illusion and doubt.

¹⁷The self-willed manmukhs perform their actions, but they do not understand; they waste away their lives in vain.

¹⁸Gurbani is the Light to illuminate this world; by His Grace, it comes to abide within the mind. ||1||

¹⁹O mind, chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and find peace.

²⁰Praising the Perfect Guru, you shall easily meet with that God. ||1||Pause||

²¹Doubt departs, and fear runs away, when you focus your consciousness on the Lord's Feet.

²²The Gurmukh practices the Shabad, and the Lord comes to dwell within the mind.

²³In the mansion of the home within the self, we merge in Truth, and the Messenger of Death cannot devour us. ||2||

²⁴Naam Dayv the printer, and Kabeer the weaver, obtained salvation through the Perfect Guru.

²⁵Those who know God and recognize His Shabad lose their ego and class consciousness.

²⁶Their Banis are sung by the angelic beings, and no one can erase them, O Siblings of Destiny! ||3||

²⁷The demon's son Prahlaad had not read about religious rituals or ceremonies, austerity or self-discipline; he did not know the love of duality.

²⁸Upon meeting with the True Guru, he became pure; night and day, he chanted the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

²⁹He read only of the One and he understood only the One Name; he knew no other at all. ||4||

³⁰The followers of the six different life-styles and world-views, the Yogis and the Sanyaasees have gone astray in doubt without the Guru.

³¹If they serve the True Guru, they find the state of salvation; they enshrine the Dear Lord within their minds.

³²They focus their consciousness on the True Bani, and their comings and goings in reincarnation are over. ||5||

³³The Pandits, the religious scholars, read and argue and stir up controversies, but without the Guru, they are deluded by doubt.

³⁴They wander around the cycle of 8.4 million reincarnations; without the Shabad, they do not attain liberation.

³⁵But when they remember the Name, then they attain the state of salvation, when the True Guru unites them in Union. ||6||

³⁶In the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, the Name of the Lord wells up, when the True Guru unites us in His Sublime Love.

¹I offer my mind and body, and I renounce my selfishness and conceit; I walk in Harmony with the Will of the True Guru.

²I am forever a sacrifice to my Guru, who has attached my consciousness to the Lord. ||7||

³He alone is a Brahmin, who knows the Lord Brahma, and is attuned to the Love of the Lord.

⁴God is close at hand; He dwells deep within the hearts of all. How rare are those who, as Gurmukh, know Him.

⁵O Nanak, through the Naam, greatness is obtained; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, He is realized. ||8||5||22||

⁶Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

⁷Everyone longs to be centered and balanced, but without the Guru, no one can.

⁸The Pandits and the astrologers read and read until they grow weary, while the fanatics are deluded by doubt.

⁹Meeting with the Guru, intuitive balance is obtained, when God, in His Will, grants His Grace. ||1||

¹⁰O Siblings of Destiny, without the Guru, intuitive balance is not obtained.

¹¹Through the Word of the Shabad, intuitive peace and poise wells up, and that True Lord is obtained. ||1||Pause||

¹²That which is sung intuitively is acceptable; without this intuition, all chanting is useless.

¹³In the state of intuitive balance, devotion wells up. In intuitive balance, love is balanced and detached.

¹⁴In the state of intuitive balance, peace and tranquility are produced. Without intuitive balance, life is useless. ||2||

¹⁵In the state of intuitive balance, praise the Lord forever and ever. With intuitive ease, embrace Samaadhi.

¹⁶In the state of intuitive balance, chant His Glories, lovingly absorbed in devotional worship.

¹⁷Through the Shabad, the Lord dwells within the mind, and the tongue tastes the Sublime Essence of the Lord. ||3||

¹⁸In the poise of intuitive balance, death is destroyed, entering the Sanctuary of the True One.

¹⁹Intuitively balanced, the Name of the Lord dwells within the mind, practicing the lifestyle of Truth.

²⁰Those who have found Him are very fortunate; they remain intuitively absorbed in Him. ||4||

²¹Within Maya, the poise of intuitive balance is not produced. Maya leads to the love of duality.

²²The self-willed manmukhs perform religious rituals, but they are burnt down by their selfishness and conceit.

²³Their births and deaths do not cease; over and over again, they come and go in reincarnation. ||5||

²⁴In the three qualities, intuitive balance is not obtained; the three qualities lead to delusion and doubt.

²⁵What is the point of reading, studying and debating, if one loses his roots?

²⁶In the fourth state, there is intuitive balance; the Gurmukhs gather it in. ||6||

²⁷The Naam, the Name of the Formless Lord, is the treasure. Through intuitive balance, understanding is obtained.

²⁸The virtuous praise the True One; their reputation is true.

²⁹The wayward are united with God through intuitive balance; through the Shabad, union is obtained. ||7||

³⁰Without intuitive balance, all are blind. Emotional attachment to Maya is utter darkness.

³¹In intuitive balance, understanding of the True, Infinite Shabad is obtained.

³²Granting forgiveness, the Perfect Guru unites us with the Creator. ||8||

³³In intuitive balance, the Unseen is recognized-the Fearless, Luminous, Formless Lord.

³⁴There is only the One Giver of all beings. He blends our light with His Light.

³⁵So praise God through the Perfect Word of His Shabad; He has no end or limitation. ||9||

³⁶Those who are wise take the Naam as their wealth; with intuitive ease, they trade with Him.

³⁷Night and day, they receive the Profit of the Lord's Name, which is an inexhaustible and over-flowing treasure.

³⁸O Nanak, when the Great Giver gives, nothing at all is lacking. ||10||6||23||

¹Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

²Meeting with the True Guru, you shall not have to go through the cycle of reincarnation again; the pains of birth and death will be taken away.

³Through the Perfect Word of the Shabad, all understanding is obtained; remain absorbed in the Name of the Lord. ||1||

⁴O my mind, focus your consciousness on the True Guru.

⁵The Immaculate Naam itself, ever-fresh, comes to abide within the mind. ||1||Pause||

⁶O Dear Lord, please protect and preserve me in Your Sanctuary. As You keep me, so do I remain.

⁷Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the Gurmukh remains dead while yet alive, and swims across the terrifying world-ocean. ||2||

⁸By great good fortune, the Name is obtained. Following the Guru's Teachings, through the Shabad, you shall be exalted.

⁹God, the Creator Himself, dwells within the mind; remain absorbed in the state of intuitive balance. ||3||

¹⁰Some are self-willed manmukhs; they do not love the Word of the Shabad. Bound in chains, they wander lost in reincarnation.

¹¹Through 8.4 million lifetimes, they wander over and over again; they waste away their lives in vain. ||4||

¹²In the minds of the devotees there is bliss; they are attuned to the Love of the True Word of the Shabad.

¹³Night and day, they constantly sing the Glories of the Immaculate Lord; with intuitive ease, they are absorbed into the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||5||

¹⁴The Gurmukhs speak the Ambrosial Bani; they recognize the Lord, the Supreme Soul in all.

¹⁵They serve the One; they worship and adore the One. The Gurmukhs speak the Unspoken Speech. ||6||

¹⁶The Gurmukhs serve their True Lord and Master, who comes to dwell in the mind.

¹⁷They are forever attuned to the Love of the True One, who bestows His Mercy and unites them with Himself. ||7||

¹⁸He Himself does, and He Himself causes others to do; He wakes some from their sleep.

¹⁹He Himself unites us in Union; Nanak is absorbed in the Shabad. ||8||7||24||

²⁰Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

²¹Serving the True Guru, the mind becomes immaculate, and the body becomes pure.

²²The mind obtains bliss and eternal peace, meeting with the Deep and Profound Lord.

²³Sitting in the Sangat, the True Congregation, the mind is comforted and consoled by the True Name. ||1||

²⁴O mind, serve the True Guru without hesitation.

²⁵Serving the True Guru, the Lord abides within the mind, and no trace of filth shall attach itself to you. ||1||Pause||

²⁶From the True Word of the Shabad comes honor. True is the Name of the True One.

²⁷I am a sacrifice to those who conquer their ego and recognize the Lord.

²⁸The self-willed manmukhs do not know the True One; they find no shelter, and no place of rest anywhere. ||2||

²⁹Those who take the Truth as their food and the Truth as their clothing, have their home in the True One.

³⁰They constantly praise the True One, and in the True Word of the Shabad they have their dwelling.

³¹They recognize the Lord, the Supreme Soul in all, and through the Guru's Teachings they dwell in the home of their own inner self. ||3||

³²They see the Truth, and they speak the Truth; their bodies and minds are True.

³³True are their teachings, and True are their instructions; True are the reputations of the true ones.

³⁴Those who have forgotten the True One are miserable-they depart weeping and wailing. ||4||

³⁵Those who have not served the True Guru-why did they even bother to come into the world?

³⁶They are bound and gagged and beaten at Death's door, but no one hears their shrieks and cries.

³⁷They waste their lives uselessly; they die and are reincarnated over and over again. ||5||

¹Seeing this world on fire, I rushed to the Sanctuary of the True Guru.

²The True Guru has implanted the Truth within me; I dwell steadfastly in Truth and self-restraint.

³The True Guru is the Boat of Truth; in the Word of the Shabad, we cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ||6||

⁴People continue wandering through the cycle of 8.4 million incarnations; without the True Guru, liberation is not obtained.

⁵Reading and studying, the Pandits and the silent sages have grown weary, but attached to the love of duality, they have lost their honor.

⁶The True Guru teaches the Word of the Shabad; without the True One, there is no other at all. ||7||

⁷Those who are linked by the True One are linked to Truth. They always act in Truth.

⁸They attain their dwelling in the home of their own inner being, and they abide in the Mansion of Truth.

⁹O Nanak, the devotees are happy and peaceful forever. They are absorbed in the True Name. ||8||17||8||25||

¹⁰Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

¹¹When you are confronted with terrible hardships, and no one offers you any support,

¹²when your friends turn into enemies, and even your relatives have deserted you,

¹³and when all support has given way, and all hope has been lost

¹⁴-if you then come to remember the Supreme Lord God, even the hot wind shall not touch you. ||1||

¹⁵Our Lord and Master is the Power of the powerless.

¹⁶He does not come or go; He is Eternal and Permanent. Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, He is known as True. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷If you are weakened by the pains of hunger and poverty,

¹⁸with no money in your pockets, and no one will give you any comfort,

¹⁹and no one will satisfy your hopes and desires, and none of your works is accomplished

²⁰-if you then come to remember the Supreme Lord God, you shall obtain the eternal kingdom. ||2||

²¹When you are plagued by great and excessive anxiety, and diseases of the body;

²²when you are wrapped up in the attachments of household and family, sometimes feeling joy, and then other times sorrow;

²³when you are wandering around in all four directions, and you cannot sit or sleep even for a moment

²⁴-if you come to remember the Supreme Lord God, then your body and mind shall be cooled and soothed. ||3||

²⁵When you are under the power of sexual desire, anger and worldly attachment, or a greedy miser in love with your wealth;

²⁶if you have committed the four great sins and other mistakes; even if you are a murderous fiend

²⁷who has never taken the time to listen to sacred books, hymns and poetry

²⁸-if you then come to remember the Supreme Lord God, and contemplate Him, even for a moment, you shall be saved. ||4||

²⁹People may recite by heart the Shaastras, the Simritees and the four Vedas;

³⁰they may be ascetics, great, self-disciplined Yogis; they may visit sacred shrines of pilgrimage

³¹and perform the six ceremonial rituals, over and over again, performing worship services and ritual bathings.

³²Even so, if they have not embraced love for the Supreme Lord God, then they shall surely go to hell. ||5||

³³You may possess empires, vast estates, authority over others, and the enjoyment of myriads of pleasures;

³⁴you may have delightful and beautiful gardens, and issue unquestioned commands;

³⁵you may have enjoyments and entertainments of all sorts and kinds, and continue to enjoy exciting pleasures

³⁶-and yet, if you do not come to remember the Supreme Lord God, you shall be reincarnated as a snake. ||6||

³⁷You may possess vast riches, maintain virtuous conduct, have a spotless reputation and observe religious customs;

³⁸you may have the loving affections of mother, father, children, siblings and friends;

³⁹you may have armies well-equipped with weapons, and all may salute you with respect;

¹But still, if you do not come to remember the Supreme Lord God, then you shall be taken and consigned to the most hideous hell! ||7||

²You may have a body free of disease and deformity, and have no worries or grief at all;

³you may be unmindful of death, and night and day revel in pleasures;

⁴you may take everything as your own, and have no fear in your mind at all;

⁵but still, if you do not come to remember the Supreme Lord God, you shall fall under the power of the Messenger of Death. ||8||

⁶The Supreme Lord showers His Mercy, and we find the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

⁷The more time we spend there, the more we come to love the Lord.

⁸The Lord is the Master of both worlds; there is no other place of rest.

⁹When the True Guru is pleased and satisfied, O Nanak, the True Name is obtained. ||9||1||26||

¹⁰Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl, Fifth House:

¹¹I do not know what pleases my Lord.

¹²O mind, seek out the way! ||1||Pause||

¹³The meditatives practice meditation,

¹⁴and the wise practice spiritual wisdom,

¹⁵but how rare are those who know God! ||1||

¹⁶The worshipper of Bhagaauti practices self-discipline,

¹⁷the Yogi speaks of liberation,

¹⁸and the ascetic is absorbed in asceticism. ||2||

¹⁹The men of silence observe silence,

²⁰the Sanyaasees observe celibacy,

²¹and the Udaasees abide in detachment. ||3||

²²There are nine forms of devotional worship.

²³The Pandits recite the Vedas.

²⁴The householders assert their faith in family life. ||4||

²⁵Those who utter only One Word, those who take many forms, the naked renunciates,

²⁶the wearers of patched coats, the magicians, those who remain always awake,

²⁷and those who bathe at holy places of pilgrimage-||5||

²⁸Those who go without food, those who never touch others,

²⁹the hermits who never show themselves,

³⁰and those who are wise in their own minds-||6||

³¹Of these, no one admits to any deficiency;

³²all say that they have found the Lord.

³³But he alone is a devotee, whom the Lord has united with Himself. ||7||

³⁴Abandoning all devices and contrivances,

³⁵Nanak has fallen at the Feet of the Guru. ||8||2||27||

³⁶One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³⁷Siree Raag, First Mehl, Third House:

³⁸Among Yogis, You are the Yogi;

³⁹among pleasure seekers, You are the Pleasure Seeker.

⁴⁰Your limits are not known to any of the beings in the heavens, in this world, or in the nether regions of the underworld. ||1||

⁴¹I am devoted, dedicated, a sacrifice to Your Name. ||1||Pause||

⁴²You created the world,

⁴³and assigned tasks to one and all.

⁴⁴You watch over Your Creation, and through Your All-powerful Creative Potency, You cast the dice. ||2||

⁴⁵You are manifest in the Expanse of Your Workshop.

⁴⁶Everyone longs for Your Name,

⁴⁷but without the Guru, no one finds You. All are enticed and trapped by Maya. ||3||

⁴⁸I am a sacrifice to the True Guru.

⁴⁹Meeting Him, the supreme status is obtained.

¹The angelic beings and the silent sages long for Him; the True Guru has given me this understanding. ||4||

²How is the Society of the Saints to be known?

³There, the Name of the One Lord is chanted.

⁴The One Name is the Lord's Command; O Nanak, the True Guru has given me this understanding. ||5||

⁵This world has been deluded by doubt.

⁶You Yourself, Lord, have led it astray.

⁷The discarded soul-brides suffer in terrible agony; they have no luck at all. ||6||

⁸What are the signs of the discarded brides?

⁹They miss their Husband Lord, and they wander around in dishonor.

¹⁰The clothes of those brides are filthy-they pass their life-night in agony. ||7||

¹¹What actions have the happy soul-brides performed?

¹²They have obtained the fruit of their pre-ordained destiny.

¹³Casting His Glance of Grace, the Lord unites them with Himself. ||8||

¹⁴Those, whom God causes to abide by His Will,

¹⁵have the Shabad of His Word abiding deep within.

¹⁶They are the true soul-brides, who embrace love for their Husband Lord. ||9||

¹⁷Those who take pleasure in God's Will

¹⁸remove doubt from within.

¹⁹O Nanak, know Him as the True Guru, who unites all with the Lord. ||10||

²⁰Meeting with the True Guru, they receive the fruits of their destiny,

²¹and egotism is driven out from within.

²²The pain of evil-mindedness is eliminated; good fortune comes and shines radiantly from their foreheads. ||11||

²³The Bani of Your Word is Ambrosial Nectar.

²⁴It permeates the hearts of Your devotees.

²⁵Serving You, peace is obtained; granting Your Mercy, You bestow salvation. ||12||

²⁶Meeting with the True Guru, one comes to know;

²⁷by this meeting, one comes to chant the Name.

²⁸Without the True Guru, God is not found; all have grown weary of performing religious rituals. ||13||

²⁹I am a sacrifice to the True Guru;

³⁰I was wandering in doubt, and He has set me on the right path.

³¹If the Lord casts His Glance of Grace, He unites us with Himself. ||14||

³²You, Lord, are pervading in all,

³³and yet, the Creator keeps Himself concealed.

³⁴O Nanak, the Creator is revealed to the Gurmukh, within whom He has infused His Light. ||15||

³⁵The Master Himself bestows honor.

³⁶He creates and bestows body and soul.

³⁷He Himself preserves the honor of His servants; He places both His Hands upon their foreheads. ||16||

³⁸All strict rituals are just clever contrivances.

³⁹My God knows everything.

⁴⁰He has made His Glory manifest, and all people celebrate Him. ||17||

⁴¹He has not considered my merits and demerits;

⁴²this is God's Own Nature.

⁴³Hugging me close in His Embrace, He protects me, and now, even the hot wind does not touch me. ||18||

⁴⁴Within my mind and body, I meditate on God.

⁴⁵I have obtained the fruits of my soul's desire.

⁴⁶You are the Supreme Lord and Master, above the heads of kings. Nanak lives by chanting Your Name. ||19||

¹You Yourself created the Universe;

²You created the play of duality, and staged it.

³The Truest of the True is pervading everywhere; He instructs those with whom He is pleased. ||20||

⁴By Guru's Grace, I have found God.

⁵By His Grace, I have shed emotional attachment to Maya.

⁶Showering His Mercy, He has blended me into Himself. ||21||

⁷You are the Gopis, the milk-maids of Krishna; You are the sacred river Jamunaa; You are Krishna, the herdsman.

⁸You Yourself support the world.

⁹By Your Command, human beings are fashioned. You Yourself embellish them, and then again destroy them. ||22||

¹⁰Those who have focused their consciousness on the True Guru

¹¹have rid themselves of the love of duality.

¹²The light of those mortal beings is immaculate. They depart after redeeming their lives. ||23||

¹³I praise the Greatness of Your Goodness,

¹⁴You bestow Your Gifts, even if we do not ask for them. Says Nanak, contemplate the True Lord. ||24||1||

¹⁵Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁶I fall at His Feet to please and appease Him.

¹⁷The True Guru has united me with the Lord, the Primal Being. There is no other as great as He. ||1||Pause||

¹⁸The Lord of the Universe is my Sweet Beloved.

¹⁹He is sweeter than my mother or father.

²⁰Among all sisters and brothers and friends, there is no one like You. ||1||

²¹By Your Command, the month of Saawan has come.

²²I have hooked up the plow of Truth,

²³and I plant the seed of the Name in hopes that the Lord, in His Generosity, will bestow a bountiful harvest. ||2||

²⁴Meeting with the Guru, I recognize only the One Lord.

²⁵In my consciousness, I do not know of any other account.

²⁶The Lord has assigned one task to me; as it pleases Him, I perform it. ||3||

²⁷Enjoy yourselves and eat, O Siblings of Destiny.

²⁸In the Guru's Court, He has blessed me with the Robe of Honor.

²⁹I have become the Master of my body-village; I have taken the five rivals as prisoners. ||4||

³⁰I have come to Your Sanctuary.

³¹The five farm-hands have become my tenants;

³²none dare to raise their heads against me. O Nanak, my village is populous and prosperous. ||5||

³³I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice to You.

³⁴I meditate on You continually.

³⁵The village was in ruins, but You have re-populated it. I am a sacrifice to You. ||6||

³⁶O Beloved Lord, I meditate on You continually;

³⁷I obtain the fruits of my mind's desires.

³⁸All my affairs are arranged, and the hunger of my mind is appeased. ||7||

³⁹I have forsaken all my entanglements;

⁴⁰I serve the True Lord of the Universe.

⁴¹I have firmly attached the Name, the Home of the Nine Treasures to my robe. ||8||

⁴²I have obtained the comfort of comforts.

⁴³The Guru has implanted the Word of the Shabad deep within me.

⁴⁴The True Guru has shown me my Husband Lord; He has placed His Hand upon my forehead. ||9||

⁴⁵I have established the Temple of Truth.

⁴⁶I sought out the Guru's Sikhs, and brought them into it.

⁴⁷I wash their feet, and wave the fan over them. Bowing low, I fall at their feet. ||10||

¹I heard of the Guru, and so I went to Him.

²He instilled within me the Naam, the goodness of charity and true cleansing.

³All the world is liberated, O Nanak, by embarking upon the Boat of Truth. ||11||

⁴The whole Universe serves You, day and night.

⁵Please hear my prayer, O Dear Lord.

⁶I have thoroughly tested and seen all-You alone, by Your Pleasure, can save us. ||12||

⁷Now, the Merciful Lord has issued His Command.

⁸Let no one chase after and attack anyone else.

⁹Let all abide in peace, under this Benevolent Rule. ||13||

¹⁰Softly and gently, drop by drop, the Ambrosial Nectar trickles down.

¹¹I speak as my Lord and Master causes me to speak.

¹²I place all my faith in You; please accept me. ||14||

¹³Your devotees are forever hungry for You.

¹⁴O Lord, please fulfill my desires.

¹⁵Grant me the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan, O Giver of Peace. Please, take me into Your Embrace. ||15||

¹⁶I have not found any other as Great as You.

¹⁷You pervade the continents, the worlds and the nether regions;

¹⁸You are permeating all places and interspaces. Nanak: You are the True Support of Your devotees. ||16||

¹⁹I am a wrestler; I belong to the Lord of the World.

²⁰I met with the Guru, and I have tied a tall, plumed turban.

²¹All have gathered to watch the wrestling match, and the Merciful Lord Himself is seated to behold it. ||17||

²²The bugles play and the drums beat.

²³The wrestlers enter the arena and circle around.

²⁴I have thrown the five challengers to the ground, and the Guru has patted me on the back. ||18||

²⁵All have gathered together,

²⁶but we shall return home by different routes.

²⁷The Gurmukhs reap their profits and leave, while the self-willed manmukhs lose their investment and depart. ||19||

²⁸You are without color or mark.

²⁹The Lord is seen to be manifest and present.

³⁰Hearing of Your Glories again and again, Your devotees meditate on You; they are attuned to You, O Lord, Treasure of Excellence. ||20||

³¹Through age after age, I am the servant of the Merciful Lord.

³²The Guru has cut away my bonds.

³³I shall not have to dance in the wrestling arena of life again. Nanak has searched, and found this opportunity. ||21||2||29||

³⁴One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³⁵Siree Raag, First Mehl, Pehray, First House:

³⁶In the first watch of the night, O my merchant friend, you were cast into the womb, by the Lord's Command.

³⁷Upside-down, within the womb, you performed penance, O my merchant friend, and you prayed to your Lord and Master.

³⁸You uttered prayers to your Lord and Master, while upside-down, and you meditated on Him with deep love and affection.

³⁹You came into this Dark Age of Kali Yuga naked, and you shall depart again naked.

⁴⁰As God's Pen has written on your forehead, so it shall be with your soul.

⁴¹Says Nanak, in the first watch of the night, by the Hukam of the Lord's Command, you enter into the womb. ||1||

¹In the second watch of the night, O my merchant friend, you have forgotten to meditate.

²From hand to hand, you are passed around, O my merchant friend, like Krishna in the house of Yashoda.

³From hand to hand, you are passed around, and your mother says, "This is my son."

⁴O, my thoughtless and foolish mind, think: In the end, nothing shall be yours.

⁵You do not know the One who created the creation. Gather spiritual wisdom within your mind.

⁶Says Nanak, in the second watch of the night, you have forgotten to meditate. ||2||

⁷In the third watch of the night, O my merchant friend, your consciousness is focused on wealth and youth.

⁸You have not remembered the Name of the Lord, O my merchant friend, although it would release you from bondage.

⁹You do not remember the Name of the Lord, and you become confused by Maya.

¹⁰Revelling in your riches and intoxicated with youth, you waste your life uselessly.

¹¹You have not traded in righteousness and Dharma; you have not made good deeds your friends.

¹²Says Nanak, in the third watch of the night, your mind is attached to wealth and youth. ||3||

¹³In the fourth watch of the night, O my merchant friend, the Grim Reaper comes to the field.

¹⁴When the Messenger of Death seizes and dispatches you, O my merchant friend, no one knows the mystery of where you have gone.

¹⁵So think of the Lord! No one knows this secret, of when the Messenger of Death will seize you and take you away.

¹⁶All your weeping and wailing then is false. In an instant, you become a stranger.

¹⁷You obtain exactly what you have longed for.

¹⁸Says Nanak, in the fourth watch of the night, O mortal, the Grim Reaper has harvested your field. ||4||1||

¹⁹Siree Raag, First Mehl:

²⁰In the first watch of the night, O my merchant friend, your innocent mind has a child-like understanding.

²¹You drink milk, and you are fondled so gently, O my merchant friend.

²²By the good fortune of good deeds done in the past, you have come, and now you perform actions to determine your future.

²³Without the Lord's Name, liberation is not obtained, and you are drowned in the love of duality.

²⁴Says Nanak, in the first watch of the night, O mortal, you shall be saved by remembering the Lord. ||1||

²⁵In the second watch of the night, O my merchant friend, you are intoxicated with the wine of youth and beauty.

²⁶Day and night, you are engrossed in sexual desire, O my merchant friend, and your consciousness is blind to the Naam.

²⁷The Lord's Name is not within your heart, but all sorts of other tastes seem sweet to you.

²⁸You have no wisdom at all, no meditation, no virtue or self-discipline; in falsehood, you are caught in the cycle of birth and death.

²⁹Pilgrimages, fasts, purification and self-discipline are of no use, nor are rituals, religious ceremonies or empty worship.

³⁰O Nanak, emancipation comes only by loving devotional worship; through duality, people are engrossed in duality. ||2||

³¹In the third watch of the night, O my merchant friend, the swans, the white hairs, come and land upon the pool of the head.

³²Youth wears itself out, and old age triumphs, O my merchant friend; as time passes, your days diminish.

¹At the last moment, you repent-you are so blind!-when the Messenger of Death seizes you and carries you away.

²You kept all your things for yourself, but in an instant, they are all lost.

³Your intellect left you, your wisdom departed, and now you repent for the evil deeds you committed.

⁴Says Nanak, O mortal, in the third watch of the night, let your consciousness be lovingly focused on God. ||3||

⁵In the fourth watch of the night, O my merchant friend, your body grows old and weak.

⁶Your eyes go blind, and cannot see, O my merchant friend, and your ears do not hear any words.

⁷Your eyes go blind, and your tongue is unable to taste; you live only with the help of others.

⁸With no virtue within, how can you find peace? The self-willed manmukh comes and goes in reincarnation.

⁹When the crop of life has matured, it bends, breaks and perishes; why take pride in that which comes and goes?

¹⁰Says Nanak, O mortal, in the fourth watch of the night, the Gurmukh recognizes the Word of the Shabad. ||4||

¹¹Your breath comes to its end, O my merchant friend, and your shoulders are weighed down by the tyrant of old age.

¹²Not one iota of virtue came into you, O my merchant friend; bound and gagged by evil, you are driven along.

¹³One who departs with virtue and self-discipline is not struck down, and is not consigned to the cycle of birth and death.

¹⁴The Messenger of Death and his trap cannot touch him; through loving devotional worship, he crosses over the ocean of fear.

¹⁵He departs with honor, and merges in intuitive peace and poise; all his pains depart.

¹⁶Says Nanak, when the mortal becomes Gurmukh, he is saved and honored by the True Lord. ||5||2||

¹⁷Siree Raag, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁸In the first watch of the night, O my merchant friend, the Lord places you in the womb.

¹⁹You meditate on the Lord, and chant the Lord's Name, O my merchant friend. You contemplate the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

²⁰Chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, and meditating on it within the fire of the womb, your life is sustained by dwelling on the Naam.

²¹You are born and you come out, and your mother and father are delighted to see your face.

²²Remember the One, O mortal, to whom the child belongs. As Gurmukh, reflect upon Him within your heart.

²³Says Nanak, O mortal, in the first watch of the night, dwell upon the Lord, who shall shower you with His Grace. ||1||

²⁴In the second watch of the night, O my merchant friend, the mind is attached to the love of duality.

²⁵Mother and father hug you close in their embrace, claiming, "He is mine, he is mine"; so is the child brought up, O my merchant friend.

²⁶Your mother and father constantly hug you close in their embrace; in their minds, they believe that you will provide for them and support them.

²⁷The fool does not know the One who gives; instead, he clings to the gift.

²⁸Rare is the Gurmukh who reflects upon, meditates upon, and within his mind, is lovingly attached to the Lord.

²⁹Says Nanak, in the second watch of the night, O mortal, death never devours you. ||2||

³⁰In the third watch of the night, O my merchant friend, your mind is entangled in worldly and household affairs.

³¹You think of wealth, and gather wealth, O my merchant friend, but you do not contemplate the Lord or the Lord's Name.

³²You never dwell upon the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, who will be your only Helper and Support in the end.

¹This wealth, property and Maya are false. In the end, you must leave these, and depart in sorrow.

²Those whom the Lord, in His Mercy, unites with the Guru, reflect upon the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

³Says Nanak, in the third watch of the night, O mortal, they go, and are united with the Lord. ||3||

⁴In the fourth watch of the night, O my merchant friend, the Lord announces the time of departure.

⁵Serve the Perfect True Guru, O my merchant friend; your entire life-night is passing away.

⁶Serve the Lord each and every instant-do not delay! You shall become eternal throughout the ages.

⁷Enjoy ecstasy forever with the Lord, and do away with the pains of birth and death.

⁸Know that there is no difference between the Guru, the True Guru, and your Lord and Master. Meeting with Him, take pleasure in the Lord's devotional service.

⁹Says Nanak, O mortal, in the fourth watch of the night, the life-night of the devotee is fruitful. ||4||1||3||

¹⁰Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

¹¹In the first watch of the night, O my merchant friend, the Lord placed your soul in the womb.

¹²In the tenth month, you were made into a human being, O my merchant friend, and you were given your allotted time to perform good deeds.

¹³You were given this time to perform good deeds, according to your pre-ordained destiny.

¹⁴God placed you with your mother, father, brothers, sons and wife.

¹⁵God Himself is the Cause of causes, good and bad-no one has control over these things.

¹⁶Says Nanak, O mortal, in the first watch of the night, the soul is placed in the womb. ||1||

¹⁷In the second watch of the night, O my merchant friend, the fullness of youth rises in you like waves.

¹⁸You do not distinguish between good and evil, O my merchant friend-your mind is intoxicated with ego.

¹⁹Mortal beings do not distinguish between good and evil, and the road ahead is treacherous.

²⁰They never serve the Perfect True Guru, and the cruel tyrant Death stands over their heads.

²¹When the Righteous Judge seizes you and interrogates you, O madman, what answer will you give him then?

²²Says Nanak, in the second watch of the night, O mortal, the fullness of youth tosses you about like waves in the storm. ||2||

²³In the third watch of the night, O my merchant friend, the blind and ignorant person gathers poison.

²⁴He is entangled in emotional attachment to his wife and sons, O my merchant friend, and deep within him, the waves of greed are rising up.

²⁵The waves of greed are rising up within him, and he does not remember God.

²⁶He does not join the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, and he suffers in terrible pain through countless incarnations.

²⁷He has forgotten the Creator, his Lord and Master, and he does not meditate on Him, even for an instant.

²⁸Says Nanak, in the third watch of the night, the blind and ignorant person gathers poison. ||3||

²⁹In the fourth watch of the night, O my merchant friend, that day is drawing near.

³⁰As Gurmukh, remember the Naam, O my merchant friend. It shall be your Friend in the Court of the Lord.

³¹As Gurmukh, remember the Naam, O mortal; in the end, it shall be your only companion.

¹This emotional attachment to Maya shall not go with you; it is false to fall in love with it.

²The entire night of your life has passed away in darkness; but by serving the True Guru, the Divine Light shall dawn within.

³Says Nanak, O mortal, in the fourth watch of the night, that day is drawing near! ||4||

⁴Receiving the summons from the Lord of the Universe, O my merchant friend, you must arise and depart with the actions you have committed.

⁵You are not allowed a moment's delay, O my merchant friend; the Messenger of Death seizes you with firm hands.

⁶Receiving the summons, people are seized and dispatched. The self-willed manmukhs are miserable forever.

⁷But those who serve the Perfect True Guru are forever happy in the Court of the Lord.

⁸The body is the field of karma in this age; whatever you plant, you shall harvest.

⁹Says Nanak, the devotees look beautiful in the Court of the Lord; the self-willed manmukhs wander forever in reincarnation. ||5||1||4||

¹⁰Siree Raag, Fourth Mehl, Second House, Chhant:

¹¹One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹²How can the ignorant soul-bride obtain the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan, while she is in this world of her father's home?

¹³When the Lord Himself grants His Grace, the Gurmukh learns the duties of her Husband's Celestial Home.

¹⁴The Gurmukh learns the duties of her Husband's Celestial Home; she meditates forever on the Lord, Har, Har.

¹⁵She walks happily among her companions, and in the Lord's Court, she swings her arms joyfully.

¹⁶Her account is cleared by the Righteous Judge of Dharma, when she chants the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

¹⁷The ignorant soul-bride becomes Gurmukh, and gains the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan, while she is still in her father's house. ||1||

¹⁸My marriage has been performed, O my father. As Gurmukh, I have found the Lord.

¹⁹The darkness of ignorance has been dispelled. The Guru has revealed the blazing light of spiritual wisdom.

²⁰This spiritual wisdom given by the Guru shines forth, and the darkness has been dispelled. I have found the Priceless Jewel of the Lord.

²¹The sickness of my ego has been dispelled, and my pain is over and done. Through the Guru's Teachings, my identity has consumed my identical identity.

²²I have obtained my Husband Lord, the Akaal Moorat, the Undying Form. He is Imperishable; He shall never die, and He shall never ever leave.

²³My marriage has been performed, O my father. As Gurmukh, I have found the Lord. ||2||

²⁴The Lord is the Truest of the True, O my father. Meeting with the humble servants of the Lord, the marriage procession looks beautiful.

²⁵She who chants the Lord's Name is happy in this world of her father's home, and in the next world of her Husband Lord, she shall be very beautiful.

²⁶In her Husband Lord's Celestial Home, she shall be most beautiful, if she has remembered the Naam in this world.

²⁷Fruitful are the lives of those who, as Gurmukh, have conquered their minds-they have won the game of life.

²⁸Joining with the humble Saints of the Lord, my actions bring prosperity, and I have obtained the Lord of Bliss as my Husband.

²⁹The Lord is the Truest of the True, O my father. Joining with the humble servants of the Lord, the marriage party has been embellished. ||3||

³⁰O my father, give me the Name of the Lord God as my wedding gift and dowry.

¹Give me the Lord as my wedding gown, and the Lord as my glory, to accomplish my works.

²Through devotional worship to the Lord, this ceremony is made blissful and beautiful; the Guru, the True Guru, has given this gift.

³Across the continents, and throughout the Universe, the Lord's Glory is pervading. This gift is not diminished by being diffused among all.

⁴Any other dowry, which the self-willed manmukhs offer for show, is only false egotism and a worthless display.

⁵O my father, please give me the Name of the Lord God as my wedding gift and dowry. ||4||

⁶The Lord, Raam, Raam, is All-pervading, O my father. Meeting her Husband Lord, the soul-bride blossoms forth like the flourishing vine.

⁷In age after age, through all the ages, forever and ever, those who belong to the Guru's Family shall prosper and increase.

⁸Age after age, the Family of the True Guru shall increase. As Gurmukh, they meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

⁹The Almighty Lord never dies or goes away. Whatever He gives, keeps on increasing.

¹⁰O Nanak, the One Lord is the Saint of Saints. Chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, the soul-bride is bountiful and beautiful.

¹¹The Lord, Raam, Raam, is All-pervading, O my father. Meeting her Husband Lord, the soul-bride blossoms forth like the flourishing vine. ||5||1||

¹²Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl, Chhant:

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

¹⁴O dear beloved mind, my friend, reflect upon the Name of the Lord of the Universe.

¹⁵O dear beloved mind, my friend, the Lord shall always be with you.

¹⁶The Name of the Lord shall be with you as your Helper and Support. Meditate on Him-no one who does so shall ever return empty-handed.

¹⁷You shall obtain the fruits of your mind's desires, by focusing your consciousness on the Lord's Lotus Feet.

¹⁸He is totally pervading the water and the land; He is the Lord of the World-forest. Behold Him in exaltation in each and every heart.

¹⁹Nanak gives this advice: O beloved mind, in the Company of the Holy, burn away your doubts. ||1||

²⁰O dear beloved mind, my friend, without the Lord, all outward show is false.

²¹O dear beloved mind, my friend, the world is an ocean of poison.

²²Let the Lord's Lotus Feet be your Boat, so that pain and skepticism shall not touch you.

²³Meeting with the Perfect Guru, by great good fortune, meditate on God twenty-four hours a day.

²⁴From the very beginning, and throughout the ages, He is the Lord and Master of His servants. His Name is the Support of His devotees.

²⁵Nanak gives this advice: O beloved mind, without the Lord, all outward show is false. ||2||

²⁶O dear beloved mind, my friend, load the profitable cargo of the Lord's Name.

²⁷O dear beloved mind, my friend, enter through the eternal Door of the Lord.

²⁸One who serves at the Door of the Imperceptible and Unfathomable Lord, obtains this eternal position.

²⁹There is no birth or death there, no coming or going; anguish and anxiety are ended.

³⁰The accounts of Chitr and Gupt, the recording scribes of the conscious and the subconscious are torn up, and the Messenger of Death cannot do anything.

³¹Nanak gives this advice: O beloved mind, load the profitable cargo of the Lord's Name. ||3||

³²O dear beloved mind, my friend, abide in the Society of the Saints.

³³O dear beloved mind, my friend, chanting the Lord's Name, the Divine Light shines within.

³⁴Remember your Lord and Master, who is easily obtained, and all desires shall be fulfilled.

¹By my past actions, I have found the Lord, the Greatest Lover. Separated from Him for so long, I am united with Him again.

²Inside and out, He is pervading everywhere. Faith in Him has welled up within my mind.

³Nanak gives this advice: O beloved mind, let the Society of the Saints be your dwelling. ||4||

⁴O dear beloved mind, my friend, let your mind remain absorbed in loving devotion to the Lord.

⁵O dear beloved mind, my friend, the fish of the mind lives only when it is immersed in the Water of the Lord.

⁶Drinking in the Lord's Ambrosial Bani, the mind is satisfied, and all pleasures come to abide within.

⁷Attaining the Lord of Excellence, I sing the Songs of Joy. The True Guru, becoming merciful, has fulfilled my desires.

⁸He has attached me to the hem of His robe, and I have obtained the nine treasures. My Lord and Master has bestowed His Name, which is everything to me.

⁹Nanak instructs the Saints to teach, that the mind is imbued with loving devotion to the Lord. ||5||1||2||

¹⁰Chhants Of Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

¹¹One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹²Dakhanaa:

¹³My Beloved Husband Lord is deep within my heart. How can I see Him?

¹⁴In the Sanctuary of the Saints, O Nanak, the Support of the breath of life is found. ||1||

¹⁵Chhant:

¹⁶To love the Lotus Feet of the Lord-this way of life has come into the minds of His Saints.

¹⁷The love of duality, this evil practice, this bad habit, is not liked by the Lord's slaves.

¹⁸It is not pleasing to the Lord's slaves; without the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan, how can they find peace, even for a moment?

¹⁹Without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the body and mind are empty; like fish out of water, they die.

²⁰Please meet with me, O my Beloved-You are the Support of my breath of life. Joining the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, I sing Your Glorious Praises.

²¹O Lord and Master of Nanak, please grant Your Grace, and permeate my body, mind and being. ||1||

²²Dakhanaa:

²³He is Beautiful in all places; I do not see any other at all.

²⁴Meeting with the True Guru, O Nanak, the doors are opened wide. ||1||

²⁵Chhant:

²⁶Your Word is Incomparable and Infinite. I contemplate the Word of Your Bani, the Support of the Saints.

²⁷I remember Him in meditation with every breath and morsel of food, with perfect faith. How could I forget Him from my mind?

²⁸How could I forget Him from my mind, even for an instant? He is the Most Worthy; He is my very life!

²⁹My Lord and Master is the Giver of the fruits of the mind's desires. He knows all the useless vanities and pains of the soul.

³⁰Meditating on the Patron of lost souls, the Companion of all, your life shall not be lost in the gamble.

³¹Nanak offers this prayer to God: Please shower me with Your Mercy, and carry me across the terrifying world-ocean. ||2||

³²Dakhanaa:

³³People bathe in the dust of the feet of the Saints, when the Lord becomes merciful.

³⁴I have obtained all things, O Nanak; the Lord is my Wealth and Property. ||1||

³⁵Chhant:

³⁶My Lord and Master's Home is beautiful. It is the resting place of His devotees, who live in hopes of attaining it.

³⁷Their minds and bodies are absorbed in meditation on the Name of God; they drink in the Lord's Ambrosial Nectar.

¹They drink in the Lord's Ambrosial Nectar, and become eternally stable. They know that the water of corruption is insipid and tasteless.

²When my God, the Lord of the Universe became merciful, I came to look upon the Saadh Sangat as the treasure.

³All pleasures and supreme ecstasy, O my Beloved, come to those who sew the Jewel of the Lord into their minds.

⁴They do not forget, even for an instant, the Support of the breath of life. They live by constantly meditating on Him, O Nanak. ||3||

⁵Dakhanaa:

⁶O Lord, You meet and merge with those whom you have made Your Own.

⁷You Yourself are entranced, O Nanak, hearing Your Own Praises. ||1||

⁸Chhant:

⁹Administering the intoxicating drug of love, I have won over the Lord of the Universe; I have fascinated His Mind.

¹⁰By the Grace of the Saints, I am held in the loving embrace of the Unfathomable Lord, and I am entranced.

¹¹Held in the Lord's loving embrace, I look beautiful, and all my pains have been dispelled. By the loving worship of His devotees, the Lord has come under their power.

¹²All pleasures have come to dwell in the mind; the Lord of the Universe is pleased and appeased. Birth and death have been totally eliminated.

¹³O my companions, sing the Songs of Joy. My desires have been fulfilled, and I shall never again be trapped or shaken by Maya.

¹⁴Taking hold of my hand, O Nanak, my Beloved God will not let me be swallowed up by the world-ocean. ||4||

¹⁵Dakhanaa:

¹⁶The Master's Name is Priceless; no one knows its value.

¹⁷Those who have good destiny recorded upon their foreheads, O Nanak, enjoy the Love of the Lord. ||1||

¹⁸Chhant:

¹⁹Those who chant are sanctified. All those who listen are blessed, and those who write save their ancestors.

²⁰Those who join the Saadh Sangat are imbued with the Lord's Love; they reflect and meditate on God.

²¹Contemplating God, their lives are reformed and redeemed; God has showered His Perfect Mercy upon them.

²²Taking them by the hand, the Lord has blessed them with His Praises. They no longer have to wander in reincarnation, and they never have to die.

²³Through the Kind and Compassionate True Guru, I have met the Lord; I have conquered sexual desire, anger and greed.

²⁴Our Indescribable Lord and Master cannot be described. Nanak is devoted, forever a sacrifice to Him. ||5||1||3||

²⁵Siree Raag, Fourth Mehl, Vanajaaraa ~ The Merchant:

²⁶One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. By Guru's Grace:

²⁷The Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is Excellent and Sublime. He created everyone.

²⁸The Lord cherishes all beings. He permeates each and every heart.

²⁹Meditate forever on that Lord. Without Him, there is no other at all.

³⁰Those who focus their consciousness on emotional attachment to Maya must leave; they depart crying out in despair.

³¹Servant Nanak meditates on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, his only Companion in the end. ||1||

³²I have none other than You, O Lord.

³³In the Guru's Sanctuary, the Lord is found, O my merchant friend; by great good fortune, He is obtained. ||1||Pause||

¹Without the humble Saints, O Siblings of Destiny, no one has obtained the Lord's Name.

²Those who do their deeds in ego are like the prostitute's son, who has no name.

³The father's status is obtained only if the Guru is pleased and bestows His Favor.

⁴By great good fortune, the Guru is found; embrace love for the Lord, day and night.

⁵Servant Nanak has realized God; he sings the Lord's Praises through the actions he does. ||2||

⁶In my mind there is such a deep yearning for the Lord, Har, Har.

⁷The Perfect Guru has implanted the Naam within me; I have found the Lord through the Lord God's Name. ||1||Pause||

⁸As long as there is youth and health, meditate on the Naam.

⁹Along the way, the Lord shall go along with you, and in the end, He shall save you.

¹⁰I am a sacrifice to those, within whose minds the Lord has come to dwell.

¹¹Those who have not remembered the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, shall leave with regret in the end.

¹²Those who have such pre-ordained destiny written upon their foreheads, O servant Nanak, meditate on the Naam. ||3||

¹³O my mind, embrace love for the Lord, Har, Har.

¹⁴By great good fortune, the Guru is found; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, we are carried across to the other side. ||1||Pause||

¹⁵The Lord Himself creates, He Himself gives and takes away.

¹⁶The Lord Himself leads us astray in doubt; the Lord Himself imparts understanding.

¹⁷The minds of the Gurmukhs are illuminated and enlightened; they are so very rare.

¹⁸I am a sacrifice to those who find the Lord, through the Guru's Teachings.

¹⁹Servant Nanak's heart-lotus has blossomed forth, and the Lord, Har, Har, has come to dwell in the mind. ||4||

²⁰O mind, chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

²¹Hurry to the Sanctuary of the Lord, the Guru, O my soul; all your sins shall be taken away. ||1||Pause||

²²The All-pervading Lord dwells within each and every person's heart-how can He be obtained?

²³By meeting the Perfect Guru, the True Guru, the Lord comes to dwell within the conscious mind.

²⁴The Naam is my Support and Sustenance. From the Lord's Name, I obtain salvation and understanding.

²⁵My faith is in the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. The Lord's Name is my status and honor.

²⁶Servant Nanak meditates on the Naam, the Name of the Lord; He is dyed in the deep crimson color of the Lord's Love. ||5||

²⁷Meditate on the Lord, the True Lord God.

²⁸Through the Guru's Word, you shall come to know the Lord God. From the Lord God, everything was created. ||1||Pause||

²⁹Those who have such pre-ordained destiny, come to the Guru and meet Him.

³⁰They love to serve, O my merchant friend, and through the Guru, they are illuminated by the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

³¹Blessed, blessed is the trade of those traders who have loaded the merchandise of the Wealth of the Lord.

³²The faces of the Gurmukhs are radiant in the Court of the Lord; they come to the Lord and merge with Him.

³³O servant Nanak, they alone find the Guru, with whom the Lord, the Treasure of Excellence, is pleased. ||6||

³⁴Meditate on the Lord, with every breath and morsel of food.

³⁵The Gurmukhs embrace the Love of the Lord in their minds; they are continually occupied with the Lord's Name. ||1||Pause||1||

¹One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²Vaar Of Siree Raag, Fourth Mehl, With Saloks:

³Salok, Third Mehl:

⁴Among the ragas, Siree Raag is the best, if it inspires you to enshrine love for the True Lord.

⁵The True Lord comes to abide forever in the mind, and your understanding becomes steady and unequalled.

⁶The priceless jewel is obtained, by contemplating the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

⁷The tongue becomes true, the mind becomes true, and the body becomes true as well.

⁸O Nanak, forever true are the dealings of those who serve the True Guru. ||1||

⁹Third Mehl:

¹⁰All other loves are transitory, as long as people do not love their Lord and Master.

¹¹This mind is enticed by Maya-it cannot see or hear.

¹²Without seeing her Husband Lord, love does not well up; what can the blind person do?

¹³O Nanak, the True One who takes away the eyes of spiritual wisdom-He alone can restore them. ||2||

¹⁴Pauree:

¹⁵The Lord alone is the One Creator; there is only the One Court of the Lord.

¹⁶The One Lord's Command is the One and Only-enshrine the One Lord in your consciousness.

¹⁷Without that Lord, there is no other at all. Remove your fear, doubt and dread.

¹⁸Praise that Lord who protects you, inside your home, and outside as well.

¹⁹When that Lord becomes merciful, and one comes to chant the Lord's Name, one swims across the ocean of fear. ||1||

²⁰Salok, First Mehl:

²¹The gifts belong to our Lord and Master; how can we compete with Him?

²²Some remain awake and aware, and do not receive these gifts, while others are awakened from their sleep to be blessed. ||1||

²³First Mehl:

²⁴Faith, contentment and tolerance are the food and provisions of the angels.

²⁵They obtain the Perfect Vision of the Lord, while those who gossip find no place of rest. ||2||

²⁶Pauree:

²⁷You Yourself created all; You Yourself delegate the tasks.

²⁸You Yourself are pleased, beholding Your Own Glorious Greatness.

²⁹O Lord, there is nothing at all beyond You. You are the True Lord.

³⁰You Yourself are contained in all places.

³¹Meditate on that Lord, O Saints; He shall rescue and save you. ||2||

³²Salok, First Mehl:

³³Pride in social status is empty; pride in personal glory is useless.

³⁴The One Lord gives shade to all beings.

³⁵You may call yourself good;

³⁶O Nanak, this will only be known when your honor is approved in God's Account. ||1||

³⁷Second Mehl:

³⁸Die before the one whom you love;

³⁹to live after he dies is to live a worthless life in this world. ||2||

⁴⁰Pauree:

⁴¹You Yourself created the earth, and the two lamps of the sun and the moon.

⁴²You created the fourteen world-shops, in which Your Business is transacted.

⁴³The Lord bestows His Profits on those who become Gurmukh.

⁴⁴The Messenger of Death does not touch those who drink in the True Ambrosial Nectar.

⁴⁵They themselves are saved, along with their family, and all those who follow them are saved as well. ||3||

⁴⁶Salok, First Mehl:

⁴⁷He created the Creative Power of the Universe, within which He dwells.

¹One who reflects upon his allotted span of life, becomes the slave of God.

²The value of the Creative Power of the Universe cannot be known.

³Even if its value were known, it could not be described.

⁴Some think about religious rituals and regulations,

⁵but without understanding, how can they cross over to the other side?

⁶Let sincere faith be your bowing in prayer, and let the conquest of your mind be your objective in life.

⁷Wherever I look, there I see God's Presence. ||1||

⁸Third Mehl:

⁹The Society of the Guru is not obtained like this, by trying to be near or far away.

¹⁰O Nanak, you shall meet the True Guru, if your mind remains in His Presence. ||2||

¹¹Pauree:

¹²The seven islands, seven seas, nine continents, four Vedas and eighteen Puraanas

¹³O Lord, You pervade and permeate all. Lord, everyone loves You.

¹⁴All beings and creatures meditate on You, Lord. You hold the earth in Your Hands.

¹⁵I am a sacrifice to those Gurmukhs who worship and adore the Lord.

¹⁶You Yourself are All-pervading; You stage this wondrous drama! ||4||

¹⁷Salok, Third Mehl:

¹⁸Why ask for a pen, and why ask for ink? Write within your heart.

¹⁹Remain immersed forever in the Love of your Lord and Master, and your love for Him shall never break.

²⁰Pen and ink shall pass away, along with what has been written.

²¹O Nanak, the Love of your Husband Lord shall never perish. The True Lord has bestowed it, as it was pre-ordained. ||1||

²²Third Mehl:

²³That which is seen, shall not go along with you. What does it take to make you see this?

²⁴The True Guru has implanted the True Name within; remain lovingly absorbed in the True One.

²⁵O Nanak, the Word of His Shabad is True. By His Grace, it is obtained. ||2||

²⁶Pauree:

²⁷O Lord, You are inside and outside as well. You are the Knower of secrets.

²⁸Whatever anyone does, the Lord knows. O my mind, think of the Lord.

²⁹The one who commits sins lives in fear, while the one who lives righteously rejoices.

³⁰O Lord, You Yourself are True, and True is Your Justice. Why should anyone be afraid?

³¹O Nanak, those who recognize the True Lord are blended with the True One. ||5||

³²Salok, Third Mehl:

³³Burn the pen, and burn the ink; burn the paper as well.

³⁴Burn the writer who writes in the love of duality.

³⁵O Nanak, people do what is pre-ordained; they cannot do anything else. ||1||

³⁶Third Mehl:

³⁷False is other reading, and false is other speaking, in the love of Maya.

³⁸O Nanak, without the Name, nothing is permanent; those who read and read are ruined. ||2||

³⁹Pauree:

⁴⁰Great is the Greatness of the Lord, and the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises.

⁴¹Great is the Greatness of the Lord; His Justice is totally Righteous.

⁴²Great is the Greatness of the Lord; people receive the fruits of the soul.

⁴³Great is the Greatness of the Lord; He does not hear the words of the back-biters.

⁴⁴Great is the Greatness of the Lord; He gives His Gifts without being asked. ||6||

⁴⁵Salok, Third Mehl:

⁴⁶Those who act in ego shall all die. Their worldly possessions shall not go along with them.

⁴⁷Because of their love of duality, they suffer in pain. The Messenger of Death is watching all.

¹O Nanak, the Gurmukhs are saved, by contemplating the True Name. ||1||

²First Mehl:

³We are good at talking, but our actions are bad.

⁴Mentally, we are impure and black, but outwardly, we appear white.

⁵We imitate those who stand and serve at the Lord's Door.

⁶They are attuned to the Love of their Husband Lord, and they experience the pleasure of His Love.

⁷They remain powerless, even while they have power; they remain humble and meek.

⁸O Nanak, our lives become profitable if we associate with them. ||2||

⁹Pauree:

¹⁰You Yourself are the water, You Yourself are the fish, and You Yourself are the net.

¹¹You Yourself cast the net, and You Yourself are the bait.

¹²You Yourself are the lotus, unaffected and still brightly-colored in hundreds of feet of water.

¹³You Yourself liberate those who think of You for even an instant.

¹⁴O Lord, nothing is beyond You. I am delighted to behold You, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||7||

¹⁵Salok, Third Mehl:

¹⁶One who does not know the Hukam of the Lord's Command cries out in terrible pain.

¹⁷She is filled with deception, and she cannot sleep in peace.

¹⁸But if the soul-bride follows the Will of her Lord and Master,

¹⁹O Nanak, by His Mercy, this understanding is obtained.

²⁰By Guru's Grace, she is absorbed into the True One. ||1||

²¹Third Mehl:

²²O self-willed manmukh, devoid of the Naam, do not be misled upon beholding the color of the safflower.

²³Its color lasts for only a few days-it is worthless!

²⁴Attached to duality, the foolish, blind and stupid people waste away and die.

²⁵Like worms, they live in manure, and in it, they die over and over again.

²⁶O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Naam are dyed in the color of truth; they take on the intuitive peace and poise of the Guru.

²⁷The color of devotional worship does not fade away; they remain intuitively absorbed in the Lord. ||2||

²⁸Pauree:

²⁹You created the entire universe, and You Yourself bring sustenance to it.

³⁰Some eat and survive by practicing fraud and deceit; from their mouths they drop falsehood and lies.

³¹As it pleases You, You assign them their tasks.

³²Some understand Truthfulness; they are given the inexhaustible treasure.

³³Those who eat by remembering the Lord are prosperous, while those who do not remember Him stretch out their hands in need. ||8||

³⁴Salok, Third Mehl:

³⁵The Pandits, the religious scholars, constantly read and recite the Vedas, for the sake of the love of Maya.

³⁶In the love of duality, the foolish people have forgotten the Lord's Name; they shall receive their punishment.

³⁷They never think of the One who gave them body and soul, who provides sustenance to all.

³⁸The noose of death shall not be cut away from their necks; they shall come and go in reincarnation over and over again.

³⁹The blind, self-willed manmukhs do not understand anything. They do what they are pre-ordained to do.

⁴⁰Through perfect destiny, they meet the True Guru, the Giver of peace, and the Naam comes to abide in the mind.

⁴¹They enjoy peace, they wear peace, and they pass their lives in the peace of peace.

⁴²O Nanak, they do not forget the Naam from the mind; they are honored in the Court of the Lord. ||1||

⁴³Third Mehl:

⁴⁴Serving the True Guru, peace is obtained. The True Name is the Treasure of Excellence.

¹Follow the Guru's Teachings, and recognize your own self; the Divine Light of the Lord's Name shall shine within.

²The true ones practice Truth; greatness rests in the Great Lord.

³Body, soul and all things belong to the Lord-praise Him, and offer your prayers to Him.

⁴Sing the Praises of the True Lord through the Word of His Shabad, and you shall abide in the peace of peace.

⁵You may practice chanting, penance and austere self-discipline within your mind, but without the Name, life is useless.

⁶Through the Guru's Teachings, the Name is obtained, while the self-willed manmukh wastes away in emotional attachment.

⁷Please protect me, by the Pleasure of Your Will. Nanak is Your slave. ||2||

⁸Pauree:

⁹All are Yours, and You belong to all. You are the wealth of all.

¹⁰Everyone begs from You, and all offer prayers to You each day.

¹¹Those, unto whom You give, receive everything. You are far away from some, and You are close to others.

¹²Without You, there is not even a place to stand begging. See this yourself and verify it in your mind.

¹³All praise You, O Lord; at Your Door, the Gurmukhs are enlightened. ||9||

¹⁴Salok, Third Mehl:

¹⁵The Pandits, the religious scholars, read and read, and shout out loud, but they are attached to the love of Maya.

¹⁶They do not recognize God within themselves-they are so foolish and ignorant!

¹⁷In the love of duality, they try to teach the world, but they do not understand meditative contemplation.

¹⁸They lose their lives uselessly; they die, only to be re-born, over and over again. ||1||

¹⁹Third Mehl:

²⁰Those who serve the True Guru obtain the Name. Reflect on this and understand.

²¹Eternal peace and joy abide in their minds; they abandon their cries and complaints.

²²Their identity consumes their identical identity, and their minds become pure by contemplating the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

²³O Nanak, attuned to the Shabad, they are liberated. They love their Beloved Lord. ||2||

²⁴Pauree:

²⁵Service to the Lord is fruitful; through it, the Gurmukh is honored and approved.

²⁶That person, with whom the Lord is pleased, meets with the Guru, and meditates on the Name of the Lord.

²⁷Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the Lord is found. The Lord carries us across.

²⁸Through stubborn-mindedness, none have found Him; go and consult the Vedas on this.

²⁹O Nanak, he alone serves the Lord, whom the Lord attaches to Himself. ||10||

³⁰Salok, Third Mehl:

³¹O Nanak, he is a brave warrior, who conquers and subdues his vicious inner ego.

³²Praising the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the Gurmukhs redeem their lives.

³³They themselves are liberated forever, and they save all their ancestors.

³⁴Those who love the Naam look beauteous at the Gate of Truth.

³⁵The self-willed manmukhs die in egotism-even their death is painfully ugly.

³⁶Everything happens according to the Lord's Will; what can the poor people do?

³⁷Attached to self-conceit and duality, they have forgotten their Lord and Master.

³⁸O Nanak, without the Name, everything is painful, and happiness is forgotten. ||1||

³⁹Third Mehl:

⁴⁰The Perfect Guru has implanted the Name of the Lord within me. It has dispelled my doubts from within.

⁴¹I sing the Lord's Name and the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises; the Divine Light shines, and now I see the Way.

⁴²Conquering my ego, I am lovingly focused on the One Lord; the Naam has come to dwell within me.

¹Following the Guru's Teachings, I cannot be touched by the Messenger of Death. I am absorbed in the True Name.

²The Creator Himself is All-pervading everywhere; He links those with whom He is pleased to His Name.

³Servant Nanak chants the Naam, and so he lives. Without the Name, he would die in an instant. ||2||

⁴Pauree:

⁵One who is accepted at the Court of the Lord shall be accepted in courts everywhere.

⁶Wherever he goes, he is recognized as honorable. Seeing his face, all sinners are saved.

⁷Within him is the Treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. Through the Naam, he is exalted.

⁸He worships the Name, and believes in the Name; the Name erases all his sinful mistakes.

⁹Those who meditate on the Name, with one-pointed mind and focused consciousness, remain forever stable in the world. ||11||

¹⁰Salok, Third Mehl:

¹¹Worship the Divine, Supreme Soul, with the intuitive peace and poise of the Guru.

¹²If the individual soul has faith in the Supreme Soul, then it shall obtain realization within its own home.

¹³The soul becomes steady, and does not waver, by the natural inclination of the Guru's Loving Will.

¹⁴Without the Guru, intuitive wisdom does not come, and the filth of greed does not depart from within.

¹⁵If the Lord's Name abides within the mind, for a moment, even for an instant, it is like bathing at all the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

¹⁶Filth does not stick to those who are true, but filth attaches itself to those who love duality.

¹⁷This filth cannot be washed off, even by bathing at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

¹⁸The self-willed manmukh does deeds in egotism; he earns only pain and more pain.

¹⁹O Nanak, the filthy ones become clean only when they meet and surrender to the True Guru. ||1||

²⁰Third Mehl:

²¹The self-willed manmukhs may be taught, but how can they really be taught?

²²The manmukhs do not fit in at all. Because of their past actions, they are condemned to the cycle of reincarnation.

²³Loving attention to the Lord and attachment to Maya are the two separate ways; all act according to the Hukam of the Lord's Command.

²⁴The Gurmukh has conquered his own mind, by applying the Touchstone of the Shabad.

²⁵He fights with his mind, he settles with his mind, and he is at peace with his mind.

²⁶All obtain the desires of their minds, through the Love of the True Word of the Shabad.

²⁷They drink in the Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam forever; this is how the Gurmukhs act.

²⁸Those who struggle with something other than their own mind, shall depart having wasted their lives.

²⁹The self-willed manmukhs, through stubborn-mindedness and the practice of falsehood, lose the game of life.

³⁰Those who conquer their own mind, by Guru's Grace, lovingly focus their attention on the Lord.

³¹O Nanak, the Gurmukhs practice Truth, while the self-willed manmukhs continue coming and going in reincarnation. ||2||

³²Pauree:

³³O Saints of the Lord, O Siblings of Destiny, listen, and hear the Lord's Teachings, through the True Guru.

³⁴Those who have good destiny pre-ordained and inscribed on their foreheads, grasp it and keep it enshrined in the heart.

³⁵Through the Guru's Teachings, they intuitively taste the sublime, exquisite and ambrosial sermon of the Lord.

³⁶The Divine Light shines in their hearts, and like the sun which removes the darkness of night, it dispels the darkness of ignorance.

³⁷As Gurmukh, they behold with their eyes the Unseen, Imperceptible, Unknowable, Immaculate Lord. ||12||

³⁸Salok, Third Mehl:

¹Those who serve their True Guru are certified and accepted.

²They eradicate selfishness and conceit from within; they remain lovingly absorbed in the True One.

³Those who do not serve the True Guru waste away their lives in vain.

⁴O Nanak, the Lord does just as He pleases. No one has any say in this. ||1||

⁵Third Mehl:

⁶With the mind encircled by wickedness and evil, people do evil deeds.

⁷The ignorant worship the love of duality; in the Lord's Court they shall be punished.

⁸So worship the Lord, the Light of the soul; without the True Guru, understanding is not obtained.

⁹Meditation, penance and austere self-discipline are found by surrendering to the True Guru's Will. By His Grace this is received.

¹⁰O Nanak, serve with this intuitive awareness; only that which is pleasing to the Lord is approved. ||2||

¹¹Pauree:

¹²Chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, O my mind; it will bring you eternal peace, day and night.

¹³Chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, O my mind; meditating on it, all sins and misdeeds shall be erased.

¹⁴Chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, O my mind; through it, all poverty, pain and hunger shall be removed.

¹⁵Chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, O my mind; as Gurmukh, declare your love.

¹⁶One who has such pre-ordained destiny inscribed upon his forehead by the True Lord, chants the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||13||

¹⁷Salok, Third Mehl:

¹⁸Those who do not serve the True Guru, and who do not contemplate the Word of the Shabad

¹⁹-spiritual wisdom does not enter into their hearts; they are like dead bodies in the world.

²⁰They go through the cycle of 8.4 million reincarnations, and they are ruined through death and rebirth.

²¹He alone serves the True Guru, whom the Lord Himself inspires to do so.

²²The Treasure of the Naam is within the True Guru; by His Grace, it is obtained.

²³Those who are truly attuned to the Word of the Guru's Shabad-their love is forever True.

²⁴O Nanak, those who are united with Him shall not be separated again. They merge imperceptibly into God. ||1||

²⁵Third Mehl:

²⁶One who knows the Benevolent Lord God is the true devotee of Bhagaautee.

²⁷By Guru's Grace, he is self-realized.

²⁸He restrains his wandering mind, and brings it back to its own home within the self.

²⁹He remains dead while yet alive, and he chants the Name of the Lord.

³⁰Such a Bhagaautee is most exalted.

³¹O Nanak, he merges into the True One. ||2||

³²Third Mehl:

³³He is full of deceit, and yet he calls himself a devotee of Bhagaautee.

³⁴Through hypocrisy, he shall never attain the Supreme Lord God.

³⁵He slanders others, and pollutes himself with his own filth.

³⁶Outwardly, he washes off the filth, but the impurity of his mind does not go away.

³⁷He argues with the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation.

³⁸Night and day, he suffers, engrossed in the love of duality.

³⁹He does not remember the Name of the Lord, but still, he performs all sorts of empty rituals.

⁴⁰That which is pre-ordained cannot be erased.

⁴¹O Nanak, without serving the True Guru, liberation is not obtained. ||3||

⁴²Pauree:

⁴³Those who meditate on the True Guru shall not be burnt to ashes.

⁴⁴Those who meditate on the True Guru are satisfied and fulfilled.

⁴⁵Those who meditate on the True Guru are not afraid of the Messenger of Death.

¹Those upon whom the Lord showers His Mercy, fall at the Feet of the True Guru.

²Here and hereafter, their faces are radiant; they go to the Lord's Court in robes of honor. ||14||

³Salok, Second Mehl:

⁴Chop off that head which does not bow to the Lord.

⁵O Nanak, that human body, in which there is no pain of separation from the Lord-take that body and burn it. ||1||

⁶Fifth Mehl:

⁷Forgetting the Primal Lord, O Nanak, people are born and die, over and over again.

⁸Mistaking it for musk, they have fallen into the stinking pit of filth. ||2||

⁹Pauree:

¹⁰Meditate on that Name of the Lord, O my mind, whose Command rules over all.

¹¹Chant that Name of the Lord, O my mind, which will save you at the very last moment.

¹²Chant that Name of the Lord, O my mind, which shall drive out all hunger and desire from your mind.

¹³Very fortunate and blessed is that Gurmukh who chants the Naam; it shall bring all slanderers and wicked enemies to fall at his feet.

¹⁴O Nanak, worship and adore the Naam, the Greatest Name of all, before which all come and bow. ||15||

¹⁵Salok, Third Mehl:

¹⁶She may wear good clothes, but the bride is ugly and rude; her mind is false and impure.

¹⁷She does not walk in harmony with the Will of her Husband Lord. Instead, she foolishly gives Him orders.

¹⁸But she who walks in harmony with the Guru's Will, shall be spared all pain and suffering.

¹⁹That destiny which was pre-ordained by the Creator cannot be erased.

²⁰She must dedicate her mind and body to her Husband Lord, and enshrine love for the Word of the Shabad.

²¹Without His Name, no one has found Him; see this and reflect upon it in your heart.

²²O Nanak, she is beautiful and graceful; the Creator Lord ravishes and enjoys her. ||1||

²³Third Mehl:

²⁴Attachment to Maya is an ocean of darkness; neither this shore nor the one beyond can be seen.

²⁵The ignorant, self-willed manmukhs suffer in terrible pain; they forget the Lord's Name and drown.

²⁶They arise in the morning and perform all sorts of rituals, but they are caught in the love of duality.

²⁷Those who serve the True Guru cross over the terrifying world-ocean.

²⁸O Nanak, the Gurmukhs keep the True Name enshrined in their hearts; they are absorbed into the True One. ||2||

²⁹Pauree:

³⁰The Lord pervades and permeates the water, the land and the sky; there is no other at all.

³¹The Lord Himself sits upon His Throne and administers justice. He beats and drives out the false-hearted.

³²The Lord bestows glorious greatness upon those who are truthful. He administers righteous justice.

³³So praise the Lord, everybody; He protects the poor and the lost souls.

³⁴He honors the righteous and punishes the sinners. ||16||

³⁵Salok, Third Mehl:

³⁶The self-willed manmukh, the foolish bride, is a filthy, rude and evil wife.

³⁷Forsaking her Husband Lord and leaving her own home, she gives her love to another.

³⁸Her desires are never satisfied, and she burns and cries out in pain.

³⁹O Nanak, without the Name, she is ugly and ungraceful. She is abandoned and left behind by her Husband Lord. ||1||

¹Third Mehl:

²The happy soul-bride is attuned to the Word of the Shabad; she is in love with the True Guru.

³She continually enjoys and ravishes her Beloved, with true love and affection.

⁴She is such a loveable, beautiful and noble woman.

⁵O Nanak, through the Naam, the happy soul-bride unites with the Lord of Union. ||2||

⁶Pauree:

⁷Lord, everyone sings Your Praises. You have freed us from bondage.

⁸Lord, everyone bows in reverence to You. You have saved us from our sinful ways.

⁹Lord, You are the Honor of the dishonored. Lord, You are the Strongest of the strong.

¹⁰The Lord beats down the egocentrics and corrects the foolish, self-willed manmukhs.

¹¹The Lord bestows glorious greatness on His devotees, the poor, and the lost souls. ||17||

¹²Salok, Third Mehl:

¹³One who walks in harmony with the Will of the True Guru, obtains the greatest glory.

¹⁴The Exalted Name of the Lord abides in his mind, and no one can take it away.

¹⁵That person, upon whom the Lord bestows His Grace, receives His Mercy.

¹⁶O Nanak, creativity is under the control of the Creator; how rare are those who, as Gurmukh, realize this! ||1||

¹⁷Third Mehl:

¹⁸O Nanak, those who worship and adore the Lord's Name night and day, vibrate the String of the Lord's Love.

¹⁹Maya, the maid-servant of our Lord and Master, serves them.

²⁰The Perfect One has made them perfect; by the Hukam of His Command, they are embellished.

²¹By Guru's Grace, they understand Him, and they find the gate of salvation.

²²The self-willed manmukhs do not know the Lord's Command; they are beaten down by the Messenger of Death.

²³But the Gurmukhs, who worship and adore the Lord, cross over the terrifying world-ocean.

²⁴All their demerits are erased, and replaced with merits. The Guru Himself is their Forgiver. ||2||

²⁵Pauree:

²⁶The Lord's devotees have faith in Him. The Lord knows everything.

²⁷No one is as great a Knower as the Lord; the Lord administers righteous justice.

²⁸Why should we feel any burning anxiety, since the Lord does not punish without just cause?

²⁹True is the Master, and True is His Justice; only the sinners are defeated.

³⁰O devotees, praise the Lord with your palms pressed together; the Lord saves His humble devotees. ||18||

³¹Salok, Third Mehl:

³²Oh, if only I could meet my Beloved, and keep Him enshrined deep within my heart!

³³I praise that God forever and ever, through love and affection for the Guru.

³⁴O Nanak, that one upon whom He bestows His Glance of Grace is united with Him; such a person is the true soul-bride of the Lord. ||1||

³⁵Third Mehl:

³⁶Serving the Guru, the Lord is obtained, when He bestows His Glance of Grace.

³⁷They are transformed from humans into angels, meditating on the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

³⁸They conquer their egotism and merge with the Lord; they are saved through the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

³⁹O Nanak, they merge imperceptibly into the Lord, who has bestowed His Favor upon them. ||2||

⁴⁰Pauree:

⁴¹The Lord Himself inspires us to worship Him; He reveals His Glorious Greatness.

⁴²He Himself inspires us to place our faith in Him. Thus He performs His Own Service.

¹The Lord bestows bliss upon His devotees, and gives them a seat in the eternal home.

²He does not give the sinners any stability or place of rest; He consigns them to the depths of hell.

³The Lord blesses His devotees with His Love; He sides with them and saves them. ||19||

⁴Salok, First Mehl:

⁵False-mindedness is the drummer-woman; cruelty is the butcheress; slander of others in one's heart is the cleaning-woman, and deceitful anger is the outcast-woman.

⁶What good are the ceremonial lines drawn around your kitchen, when these four are seated there with you?

⁷Make Truth your self-discipline, and make good deeds the lines you draw; make chanting the Name your cleansing bath.

⁸O Nanak, those who do not walk in the ways of sin, shall be exalted in the world hereafter. ||1||

⁹First Mehl:

¹⁰Which is the swan, and which is the crane? It is only by His Glance of Grace.

¹¹Whoever is pleasing to Him, O Nanak, is transformed from a crow into a swan. ||2||

¹²Pauree:

¹³Whatever work you wish to accomplish-tell it to the Lord.

¹⁴He will resolve your affairs; the True Guru gives His Guarantee of Truth.

¹⁵In the Society of the Saints, you shall taste the treasure of the Ambrosial Nectar.

¹⁶The Lord is the Merciful Destroyer of fear; He preserves and protects His slaves.

¹⁷O Nanak, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and see the Unseen Lord God. ||20||

¹⁸Salok, Third Mehl:

¹⁹Body and soul, all belong to Him. He gives His Support to all.

²⁰O Nanak, become Gurmukh and serve Him, who is forever and ever the Giver.

²¹I am a sacrifice to those who meditate on the Formless Lord.

²²Their faces are forever radiant, and the whole world bows in reverence to them. ||1||

²³Third Mehl:

²⁴Meeting the True Guru, I am totally transformed; I have obtained the nine treasures to use and consume.

²⁵The Siddhis-the eighteen supernatural spiritual powers-follow in my footsteps; I dwell in my own home, within my own self.

²⁶The Unstruck Melody constantly vibrates within; my mind is exalted and uplifted-I am lovingly absorbed in the Lord.

²⁷O Nanak, devotion to the Lord abides within the minds of those who have such pre-ordained destiny written on their foreheads. ||2||

²⁸Pauree:

²⁹I am a minstrel of the Lord God, my Lord and Master; I have come to the Lord's Door.

³⁰The Lord has heard my sad cries from within; He has called me, His minstrel, into His Presence.

³¹The Lord called His minstrel in, and asked, "Why have you come here?"

³²"O Merciful God, please grant me the gift of continual meditation on the Lord's Name."

³³And so the Lord, the Great Giver, inspired Nanak to chant the Lord's Name, and blessed him with robes of honor. ||21||1||Sudh||

³⁴One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³⁵Siree Raag, Kabeer Jee: To Be Sung To The Tune Of "Ayk Su-Aan" :

³⁶The mother thinks that her son is growing up; she does not understand that, day by day, his life is diminishing.

³⁷Calling him, "Mine, mine", she fondles him lovingly, while the Messenger of Death looks on and laughs. ||1||

¹You have misled the world so deeply in doubt.

²How can people understand You, when they are entranced by Maya? ||1||Pause||

³Says Kabeer, give up the pleasures of corruption, or else you will surely die of them.

⁴Meditate on the Lord, O mortal being, through the Word of His Bani; you shall be blessed with eternal life. In this way, shall you cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ||2||

⁵As it pleases Him, people embrace love for the Lord,

⁶and doubt and delusion are dispelled from within.

⁷Intuitive peace and poise well up within, and the intellect is awakened to spiritual wisdom.

⁸By Guru's Grace, the inner being is touched by the Lord's Love. ||3||

⁹In this association, there is no death.

¹⁰Recognizing the Hukam of His Command, you shall meet with your Lord and Master. ||1||Second Pause||

¹¹Siree Raag, Trilochan:

¹²The mind is totally attached to Maya; the mortal has forgotten his fear of old age and death.

¹³Gazing upon his family, he blossoms forth like the lotus flower; the deceitful person watches and covets the homes of others. ||1||

¹⁴When the powerful Messenger of Death comes,

¹⁵Rare, very rare, is that friend who comes and says,

¹⁶"O my Beloved, take me into Your Embrace!

¹⁷Indulging in all sorts of princely pleasures, O mortal, you have forgotten God; you have fallen into the world-ocean, and you think that you have become immortal.

¹⁸Cheated and plundered by Maya, you do not think of God, and you waste your life in laziness. ||2||

¹⁹The path you must walk is treacherous and terrifying, O mortal; neither the sun nor the moon shine there.

²⁰Your emotional attachment to Maya will be forgotten, when you have to leave this world. ||3||

²¹Today, it became clear to my mind that the Righteous Judge of Dharma is watching us.

²²His messengers, with their awesome power, crush people between their hands; I cannot stand against them. ||4||

²³If someone is going to teach me something, let it be that the Lord is pervading the forests and fields.

²⁴O Dear Lord, You Yourself know everything; so prays Trilochan, Lord. ||5||2||

²⁵Siree Raag, Devotee Kabeer Jee:

²⁶Listen, O religious scholar: the One Lord alone is Wondrous; no one can describe Him.

²⁷He fascinates the angels, the celestial singers and the heavenly musicians; he has strung the three worlds upon His Thread. ||1||

²⁸The Unstruck Melody of the Sovereign Lord's Harp vibrates;

²⁹by His Glance of Grace, we are lovingly attuned to the Sound-current of the Naad. ||1||Pause||

³⁰The Tenth Gate of my crown chakra is the distilling fire, and the channels of the Ida and Pingala are the funnels, to pour in and empty out the golden vat.

³¹Into that vat, there trickles a gentle stream of the most sublime and pure essence of all distilled essences. ||2||

³²Something wonderful has happened-the breath has become the cup.

³³In all the three worlds, such a Yogi is unique. What king can compare to him? ||3||

³⁴This spiritual wisdom of God, the Supreme Soul, has illuminated my being. Says Kabeer, I am attuned to His Love.

³⁵All the rest of the world is deluded by doubt, while my mind is intoxicated with the Sublime Essence of the Lord. ||4||3||

¹Sree Raag, The Word Of Devotee Baynee Jee: To Be Sung To The Tune Of "Pehray":

²To Be Sung To The Tune Of ""Pehray"":

³One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁴O man, when you were coiled in the cradle of the womb, upside-down, you were absorbed in meditation.

⁵You took no pride in your perishable body; night and day were all the same to you-you lived unknowing, in the silence of the void.

⁶Remember the terrible pain and suffering of those days, now that you have spread out the net of your consciousness far and wide.

⁷Leaving the womb, you entered this mortal world; you have forgotten the Lord from your mind. ||1||

⁸Later, you will regret and repent-you fool! Why are you engrossed in evil-mindedness and skepticism?

⁹Think of the Lord, or else you shall be led to the City of Death. Why are you wandering around, out of control? ||1||Pause||

¹⁰You play like a child, craving sweets; moment by moment, you become more entangled in emotional attachment.

¹¹Tasting good and bad, you eat nectar and then poison, and then the five passions appear and torture you.

¹²Abandoning meditation, penance and self-restraint, and the wisdom of good actions, you do not worship and adore the Lord's Name.

¹³You are overflowing with sexual desire, and your intellect is stained with darkness; you are held in the grip of Shakti's power. ||2||

¹⁴In the heat of youthful passion, you look with desire upon the faces of other men's wives; you do not distinguish between good and evil.

¹⁵Drunk with sexual desire and other great sins, you go astray, and do not distinguish between vice and virtue.

¹⁶Gazing upon your children and your property, your mind is proud and arrogant; you cast out the Lord from your heart.

¹⁷When others die, you measure your own wealth in your mind; you waste your life in the pleasures of the mouth and sexual organs. ||3||

¹⁸Your hair is whiter than the jasmine flower, and your voice has grown feeble, as if it comes from the seventh underworld.

¹⁹Your eyes water, and your intellect and strength have left you; but still, your sexual desire churns and drives you on.

²⁰And so, your intellect has dried up through corruption, and the lotus flower of your body has wilted and withered.

²¹You have forsaken the Bani, the Word of the Immortal Lord, in this mortal world; in the end, you shall regret and repent. ||4||

²²Gazing upon the tiny bodies of your children, love has welled up within your heart; you are proud of them, but you do not understand.

²³You long for the dignity of a long life, but your eyes can no longer see anything.

²⁴Your light has gone out, and the bird of your mind has flown away; you are no longer welcome in your own home and courtyard.

²⁵Says Baynee, listen, O devotee: who has ever attained liberation after such a death? ||5||

²⁶Sree Raag:

²⁷You are me, and I am You-what is the difference between us?

²⁸We are like gold and the bracelet, or water and the waves. ||1||

²⁹If I did not commit any sins, O Infinite Lord,

³⁰how would You have acquired the name, 'Redeemer of sinners'? ||1||Pause||

³¹You are my Master, the Inner-knower, Searcher of hearts.

³²The servant is known by his God, and the Lord and Master is known by His servant. ||2||

³³Grant me the wisdom to worship and adore You with my body.

³⁴O Ravi Daas, one who understands that the Lord is equally in all, is very rare. ||3||