So Dar

¹So Dar ~ That Door. Raag Aasaa, First Mehl:

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

³Where is That Door of Yours, and where is That Home, in which You sit and take care of all?

⁴The Sound-current of the Naad vibrates there for You, and countless musicians play all sorts of instruments there for You.

⁵There are so many Ragas and musical harmonies to You; so many minstrels sing hymns of You.

⁶Wind, water and fire sing of You. The Righteous Judge of Dharma sings at Your Door.

⁷Chitr and Gupt, the angels of the conscious and the subconscious who keep the record of actions, and the Righteous Judge of Dharma who reads this record, sing of You.

⁸Shiva, Brahma and the Goddess of Beauty, ever adorned by You, sing of You.

⁹Indra, seated on His Throne, sings of You, with the deities at Your Door.

¹⁰The Siddhas in Samaadhi sing of You; the Saadhus sing of You in contemplation.

¹The celibates, the fanatics, and the peacefully accepting sing of You; the fearless warriors sing of You.

²The Pandits, the religious scholars who recite the Vedas, with the supreme sages of all the ages, sing of You.

³The Mohinis, the enchanting heavenly beauties who entice hearts in paradise, in this world, and in the underworld of the subconscious, sing of You.

⁴The celestial jewels created by You, and the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage, sing of You.

⁵The brave and mighty warriors sing of You. The spiritual heroes and the four sources of creation sing of You.

⁶The worlds, solar systems and galaxies, created and arranged by Your Hand, sing of You.

⁷They alone sing of You, who are pleasing to Your Will. Your devotees are imbued with Your Sublime Essence.

⁸So many others sing of You, they do not come to mind. O Nanak, how can I think of them all?

⁹That True Lord is True, forever True, and True is His Name.

¹⁰He is, and shall always be. He shall not depart, even when this Universe which He has created departs.

¹¹He created the world, with its various colors, species of beings, and the variety of Maya.

¹²Having created the creation, He watches over it Himself, by His Greatness.

¹³He does whatever He pleases. No one can issue any order to Him.

¹⁴He is the King, the King of kings, the Supreme Lord and Master of kings. Nanak remains subject to His Will. ||1||

¹⁵Aasaa, First Mehl:

¹⁶Hearing of His Greatness, everyone calls Him Great.

¹⁷But just how Great His Greatness is-this is known only to those who have seen Him.

¹⁸His Value cannot be estimated; He cannot be described.

¹⁹Those who describe You, Lord, remain immersed and absorbed in You. ||1||

²⁰O my Great Lord and Master of Unfathomable Depth, You are the Ocean of Excellence.

²¹No one knows the extent or the vastness of Your Expanse. ||1||Pause||

²²All the intuitives met and practiced intuitive meditation.

²³All the appraisers met and made the appraisal.

²⁴The spiritual teachers, the teachers of meditation, and the teachers of teachers

²⁵-they cannot describe even an iota of Your Greatness. ||2||

²⁶All Truth, all austere discipline, all goodness,

²⁷all the great miraculous spiritual powers of the Siddhas

²⁸without You, no one has attained such powers.

²⁹They are received only by Your Grace. No one can block them or stop their flow. ||3||

³⁰What can the poor helpless creatures do?

³¹Your Praises are overflowing with Your Treasures.

³²Those, unto whom You give-how can they think of any other?

³³O Nanak, the True One embellishes and exalts. ||4||2||

³⁴Aasaa, First Mehl:

³⁵Chanting it, I live; forgetting it, I die.

³⁶It is so difficult to chant the True Name.

³⁷If someone feels hunger for the True Name,

³⁸that hunger shall consume his pain. ||1||

³⁹How can I forget Him, O my mother?

⁴⁰True is the Master, True is His Name. ||1||Pause||

⁴¹Trying to describe even an iota of the Greatness of the True Name,

⁴²people have grown weary, but they have not been able to evaluate it.

⁴³Even if everyone were to gather together and speak of Him,

⁴⁴He would not become any greater or any lesser. ||2||

⁴⁵That Lord does not die; there is no reason to mourn.

⁴⁶He continues to give, and His Provisions never run short.

⁴⁷This Virtue is His alone; there is no other like Him.

⁴⁸There never has been, and there never will be. ||3||

⁴⁹As Great as You Yourself are, O Lord, so Great are Your Gifts.

¹The One who created the day also created the night.

²Those who forget their Lord and Master are vile and despicable.

³O Nanak, without the Name, they are wretched outcasts. ||4||3||

⁴Raag Goojaree, Fourth Mehl:

⁵O humble servant of the Lord, O True Guru, O True Primal Being: I offer my humble prayer to You, O Guru.

⁶I am a mere insect, a worm. O True Guru, I seek Your Sanctuary. Please be merciful, and bless me with the Light of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||

⁷O my Best Friend, O Divine Guru, please enlighten me with the Name of the Lord.

⁸Through the Guru's Teachings, the Naam is my breath of life. The Kirtan of the Lord's Praise is my life's occupation. ||1||Pause||

⁹The servants of the Lord have the greatest good fortune; they have faith in the Lord, and a longing for the Lord.

¹⁰Obtaining the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, they are satisfied; joining the Sangat, the Blessed Congregation, their virtues shine forth. ||2||

¹¹Those who have not obtained the Sublime Essence of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, Har, are most unfortunate; they are led away by the Messenger of Death.

¹²Those who have not sought the Sanctuary of the True Guru and the Sangat, the Holy Congregation-cursed are their lives, and cursed are their hopes of life. ||3||

¹³Those humble servants of the Lord who have attained the Company of the True Guru, have such pre-ordained destiny inscribed on their foreheads.

¹⁴Blessed, blessed is the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, where the Lord's Essence is obtained. Meeting with His humble servant, O Nanak, the Light of the Naam shines forth. ||4||4||

¹⁵Raag Goojaree, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁶Why, O mind, do you plot and plan, when the Dear Lord Himself provides for your care?

¹⁷From rocks and stones He created living beings; He places their nourishment before them. ||1||

¹⁸O my Dear Lord of souls, one who joins the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, is saved.

¹⁹By Guru's Grace, the supreme status is obtained, and the dry wood blossoms forth again in lush greenery. ||1||Pause||

²⁰Mothers, fathers, friends, children and spouses-no one is the support of anyone else.

²¹For each and every person, our Lord and Master provides sustenance. Why are you so afraid, O mind? ||2||

²²The flamingoes fly hundreds of miles, leaving their young ones behind.

²³Who feeds them, and who teaches them to feed themselves? Have you ever thought of this in your mind? ||3||

²⁴All the nine treasures, and the eighteen supernatural powers are held by our Lord and Master in the Palm of His Hand.

²⁵Servant Nanak is devoted, dedicated, forever a sacrifice to You, Lord. Your Expanse has no limit, no boundary. ||4||5||