SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB

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|| 3 || My Lord and Master has heard my prayer, and all my affairs have been resolved. The glorious greatness of Guru Nanak is manifest, throughout all the ages. || 4 || 11 || SORAT’H, FIFTH MEHL, SECOND HOUSE, CHAU-PADAS: ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU: The One God is our father; we are the children of the One God. You are our Guru. Listen, friends: my soul is a sacrifice, a sacrifice to You; O Lord, reveal to me the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan.

|| 1 || Listen, friends: I am a sacrifice to the dust of Your feet. This mind is yours, O Siblings of Destiny. || Pause || I wash your feet, I massage and clean them; I give this mind to you. Listen, friends: I have come to Your Sanctuary; teach me, that I might unite with God. || 2 || Do not be proud; seek His Sanctuary, and accept as good all that He does. Listen, friends: dedicate your soul, body and your whole being to Him; thus you shall receive the Blessed Vision of His Darshan.

|| 3 || He has shown mercy to me, by the Grace of the Saints; the Lord’s Name is sweet to me. The Guru has shown mercy to servant Nanak; I see the casteless, immaculate Lord everywhere. || 4 || 1 || 12 || SORAT’H, FIFTH MEHL: God is the Lord and Master of millions of universes; He is the Giver of all beings. He ever cherishes and cares for all beings, but the fool does not appreciate any of His virtues.

|| 1 || I do not know how to worship the Lord in adoration. I can only repeat, “Lord, Lord, Guru, Guru.” O Dear Lord, I go by the name of the Lord’s slave. || Pause || The Compassionate Lord is Merciful to the meek, the ocean of peace; He fills all hearts. He sees, hears, and is always with me; but I am a fool, and I think that He is far away.

|| 2 || The Lord is limitless, but I can only describe Him within my limitations; what do I know, about what He is like? I offer my prayer to my True Guru; I am so foolish – please, teach me! || 3 || I am just a fool, but millions of sinners just like me have been saved. Those who have heard, and seen Guru Nanak, do not descend into the womb of reincarnation again. || 4 || 2 || 13 || SORAT’H, FIFTH MEHL: Those things, which caused me such anxiety, have all vanished. Now, I sleep in peace and tranquility, and my mind is in a state of deep and profound peace; the inverted lotus of my heart has blossomed forth.

|| 1 || Behold, a wondrous miracle has happened! That Lord and Master, whose wisdom is said to be unfathomable, has been enshrined within my heart, by the Guru. || Pause || The demons which tormented me so much, have themselves become terrified. They pray: please, save us from your Lord Master; we seek your protection. || 2 || When the treasure of the Lord of the Universe is opened, those who are predestined, receive it. The Guru has given me the one jewel, and my mind and body have become peaceful and tranquil.

|| 3 || The Guru has blessed me with the one drop of Ambrosial Nectar, and so I have become stable, unmoving and immortal – I shall not die. The Lord blessed Guru Nanak with the treasure of devotional worship, and did not call him to account again. || 4 || 3 || 14 || SORAT’H, FIFTH MEHL: Those whose minds are attached to the lotus feet of the Lord – those humble beings are satisfied and fulfilled. But those, within whose hearts the priceless virtue does not abide – those men remain thirsty and unsatisfied.

|| 1 || Worshipping the Lord in adoration, one becomes happy, and free of disease. But one who forgets my Dear Lord – know him to be afflicted with tens of thousands of illnesses. || Pause || Those who hold tightly to Your Support, God, are happy in Your Sanctuary. But those humble beings who forget the Primal Lord, the Architect of Destiny, are counted among the most miserable beings.

|| 2 || One who has faith in the Guru, and who is lovingly attached to God, enjoys the delights of supreme ecstasy. One who forgets God and forsakes the Guru, falls into the most horrible hell.

|| 3 || As the Lord engages someone, so he is engaged, and so does he perform. Nanak has taken to the Shelter of the Saints; his heart is absorbed in the Lord’s feet. || 4 || 4 || 15 || SORAT’H, FIFTH MEHL: As the king is entangled in kingly affairs, and the egotist in his own egotism, and the greedy man is enticed by greed, so is the spiritually enlightened being absorbed in the Love of the Lord. || 1 || This is what befits the Lord’s servant. Beholding the Lord near at hand, he serves the True Guru, and he is satisfied through the Kirtan of the Lord’s Praises.

|| Pause || The addict is addicted to his drug, and the landlord is in love with his land. As the baby is attached to his milk, so the Saint is in love with God. || 2 || The scholar is absorbed in scholarship, and the eyes are happy to see. As the tongue savors the tastes, so does the humble servant of the Lord sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

|| 3 || As is the hunger, so is the fulfiller; He is the Lord and Master of all hearts. Nanak thirsts for the Blessed Vision of the Lord’s Darshan; he has met God, the Innerknower, the Searcher of hearts. || 4 || 5 || 16 || SORAT’H, FIFTH MEHL: We are filthy, and You are immaculate, O Creator Lord; we are worthless, and You are the Great Giver.We are fools, and You are wise and all-knowing. You are the knower of all things. || 1 || O Lord, this is what we are, and this is what You are.We are sinners, and You are the Destroyer of sins. Your abode is so beautiful, O Lord and Master. || Pause || You fashion all, and having fashioned them, You bless them. You bestow upon them soul, body and the breath of life. We are worthless – we have no virtue at all; please, bless us with Your gift, O Merciful Lordand Master.

|| 2 || You do good for us, but we do not see it as good; You are kind and compassionate, forever and ever. You are the Giver of peace, the Primal Lord, the Architect of Destiny; please, save us, Your children! || 3 || You are the treasure, eternal Lord King; all beings and creatures beg of You. Says Nanak, such is our condition; please, Lord, keep us on the Path of the Saints.

|| 4 || 6 || 17 || SORAT’H, FIFTH MEHL, SECOND HOUSE: In our mother’s womb, You blessed us with Your meditative remembrance, and You preserved us there. Through the countless waves of the ocean of fire, please, carry us across and save us, O Savior Lord! || 1 || O Lord, You are the Master above my head. Here and hereafter, You alone are my Support. || Pause || He looks upon the creation like a mountain of gold, and sees the Creator as a blade of grass. You are the Great Giver, and we are all mere beggars; O God, You give gifts according to Your Will.

|| 2 || In an instant, You are one thing, and in another instant, You are another. Wondrous are Your ways! You are beautiful, mysterious, profound, unfathomable, lofty, inaccessible and infinite. || 3 || When You brought me to the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, then I heard the Bani of Your Word. Nanak is in ecstasy, beholding the Glory of the Primal Lord of Nirvaanaa.

|| 4 || 7 || 18 || SORAT’H, FIFTH MEHL: I am the dust of the feet of the Beloved Saints; I seek the Protection of their Sanctuary. The Saints are my all-powerful Support; the Saints are my ornament and decoration. || 1 || I am hand and glove with the Saints. I have realized my pre-ordained destiny. This mind is yours, O Siblings of Destiny. || Pause || My dealings are with the Saints, and my business is with the Saints. I have earned the profit with the Saints, and the treasure filled to over-flowing with devotion to the Lord. || 2 || The Saints entrusted to me the capital, and my mind’s delusion was dispelled. What can the Righteous Judge of Dharma do now? All my accounts have been torn up.

|| 3 || I have found the greatest bliss, and I am at peace, by the Grace of the Saints. Says Nanak, my mind is reconciled with the Lord; it is imbued with the wondrous Love of the Lord. || 4 || 8 || 19 || SORAT’H, FIFTH MEHL: All the things that you see, O man, you shall have to leave behind. Let your dealings be with the Lord’s Name, and you shall attain the state of Nirvaanaa.

|| 1 || O my Beloved, You are the Giver of peace. The Perfect Guru has given me these Teachings, and I am attuned to You. || Pause || In sexual desire, anger, greed, emotional attachment and selfconceit, peace is not to be found. So be the dust of the feet of all, O my mind, and then you shall find bliss, joy and peace. || 2 || He knows the condition of your inner self, and He will not let your work go in vain – serve Him, O mind.Worship Him, and dedicate this mind unto Him, the Image of the Undying Lord, the Divine Guru.

|| 3 || He is the Lord of the Universe, the Compassionate Lord, the Supreme Lord God, the Formless Lord. The Naam is my merchandise, the Naam is my nourishment; the Naam, O Nanak, is the Support of my breath of life. || 4 || 9 || 20 || SORAT’H, FIFTH MEHL: He infuses the breath into the dead bodies, and he reunited the separated ones. Even beasts, demons and fools become attentive listeners, when He sings the Praises of the Lord’s Name.

|| 1 || Behold the glorious greatness of the Perfect Guru. His worth cannot be described. || Pause || He has demolished the abode of sorrow and disease, and brought bliss, joy and happiness. He effortlessly awards the fruits of the mind’s desire, and all works are brought to perfection. || 2 || He finds peace in this world, and his face is radiant in the world hereafter; his comings and goings are finished. He becomes fearless, and his heart is filled with the Naam, the Name of the Lord; his mind is pleasing to the True Guru.

|| 3 || Standing up and sitting down, he sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord; his pain, sorrow and doubt are dispelled. Says Nanak, his karma is perfect; his mind is attached to the Guru’s feet. || 4 || 10 || 21 || SORAT’H, FIFTH MEHL: Forsaking the jewel, he is attached to the shell; nothing will come of it. O my mind, meditate forever on the Perfect, Supreme Lord God, the Transcendent Lord.

|| 1 || Meditate in remembrance on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, O mortal. Your frail body shall perish, you ignorant fool. || Pause || Illusions and dream-objects possess nothing of greatness.Without meditating on the Lord, nothing succeeds, and nothing will go along with you. || 2 || Acting in egotism and pride, his life passes away, and he does nothing for his soul.Wandering and wandering all around, he is never satisfied; he does not remember the Name of the Lord.

|| 3 || Intoxicated with the taste of corruption, cruel pleasures and countless sins, he is consigned to the cycle of reincarnation. Nanak offers his prayer to God, to eradicate his demerits. || 4 || 11 || 22 || SORAT’H, FIFTH MEHL: Sing the Glorious Praises of the Perfect, Imperishable Lord, and the poison of sexual desire and anger shall be burnt away. You shall cross over the awesome, arduous ocean of fire, in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

|| 1 || The Perfect Guru has dispelled the darkness of doubt. Remember God with love and devotion; He is near at hand. || Pause || Drink in the sublime essence, the treasure of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, and your mind and body shall remain satisfied.

TO BE CONTINUED

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