CONTD FROM Vol 8 ISSUE 19

|| 1 || O my mind, you shall obtain the treasure of the Naam, by submitting to the Will of your Guru. || 1 || Pause || Through the Word of the Guru’s Shabad, filth is washed away from within. The immaculate Naam comes to abide within the mind. || 2 || Deluded by doubt, the world wanders around. It dies, and is born again, ruined by the Messenger of Death.

|| 3 || O Nanak, very fortunate are those who meditate on the Name of the Lord. By Guru’s Grace, they enshrine the Name within their minds. || 4 || 8 || WADAHANS, THIRD MEHL: Egotism is opposed to the Name of the Lord; the two do not dwell in the same place. In egotism, selfless service cannot be performed, and so the mind goes unfulfilled. || 1 || O my mind, think of the Lord, and practice the Word of the Guru’s Shabad. If you submit to the Hukam of the Lord’s Command, you shall meet with the Lord, and then egotism will depart from within. || Pause || Egotism is within all bodies; through egotism, we come to be born. Egotism is utter darkness; in egotism, no one can understand anything.

|| 2 || In egotism, devotional worship cannot be performed, and the Hukam of the Lord’s Command cannot be understood. In egotism, the soul is in bondage, and the Naam does not come to abide in the mind. || 3 || O Nanak, meeting with the True Guru, egotism is eliminated, and then, the True One comes to dwell in the mind. Practicing Truth, abiding in Truth, and serving Truth, one is absorbed in the True One.

|| 4 || 9 || 12 || WADAHANS, FOURTH MEHL, FIRST HOUSE: ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU: There is one bed, One God Lord and Master. The Gurmukh enjoys the Lord, the ocean of peace. || 1 || My mind longs to meet my Beloved Lord God. The Perfect Guru leads me to meet my Beloved; I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice to my Guru. || 1 || Pause || My body is overflowing with faults; how can I meet my Perfect Beloved?

|| 2 || The virtuous ones obtain my Beloved; I do not have these virtues. How can I meet Him, O my mother? || 3 || I am so tired of making all these efforts. Please protect Nanak, the meek one, O my Lord. || 4 || 1 || WADAHANS, FOURTH MEHL: My Lord God is so beautiful, but I do not know His value. Abandoning my Lord God, I am entangled in duality. || 1 || How can I meet with my Husband? I don’t know. She who pleases her Husband Lord is a happy soul-bride. She meets with her Husband Lord – she is so wise.

|| 1 || Pause || I am filled with faults; how can I find my Husband Lord? You have many loves, but I am not even in Your thoughts, O my Husband Lord. || 2 || She who ravishes and enjoys her Husband Lord is the good soul-bride. I don’t have these virtues; what can I, the discarded bride, do?

|| 3 || The soul-bride continually enjoys her Husband Lord forever. I have no good karma; will He ever hold me close in His embrace? || 4 || You, O Husband Lord, are worthy, while I am unworthy. I am worthless; please forgive Nanak, the meek one.

|| 5 || 2 || WADAHANS, FOURTH MEHL, SECOND HOUSE: ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU: Within my mind there is such a great yearning; how will I attain the Blessed Vision of the Lord’s Darshan? I go and ask my True Guru; with the Guru’s advice, I shall teach my foolish mind. The deluded mind is instructed in the Word of the Guru’s Shabad, and meditates forever on the Lord, Har, Har. O Nanak, one whom my Beloved blesses with His Glance of Grace, focuses his consciousness on the Lord’s Feet.

|| 1 || I dress myself in all sorts of robes for the sake of my Husband, so that my True Lord God will be pleased. But my Beloved Husband Lord does not even cast a glance in my direction; how can I be consoled? For His sake, I adorn myself with adornments, but my Husband is imbued with another. O Nanak, blessed, blessed, blessed is that soul-bride, who enjoys her True, Sublime Husband Lord.

|| 2 || I go and ask the blessed, happy soul-bride, “How did you attain Him – your Husband Lord, my God?” She answers, “My True Husband blessed me with His Glance of Grace; I abandoned the distinction between mine and yours. Dedicate everything – mind, body and soul to the Lord God; this is the way to meet Him, O sister.” If her God gazes upon her with favor, O Nanak, her light merges into the Light.

|| 3 || I dedicate my mind and body to the one who brings me a message from my Lord God. I wave the fan over him every day, serve him and carry water for him. Constantly and continuously, I serve the Lord’s humble servant, who recites the sermon of the Lord, Har, Har. Hail, hail unto the Guru, the Guru, the Perfect True Guru, who fulfills the desires of Nanak’s mind.

|| 4 || Let me meet the Guru, my best friend, O Lord; meeting Him, I meditate on the Lord’s Name. I seek the Lord’s sermon from the Guru, the True Guru; joining with Him, I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. Each and every day, forever, I sing the Lord’s Praises; my mind lives by hearing Your Name. O Nanak, that moment when I forget my Lord and Master – at that moment, my soul dies.

|| 5 || Everyone longs to see the Lord, but he alone sees Him, whom the Lord causes to see Him. One upon whom my Beloved bestows His Glance of Grace cherishes the Lord, Har, Har forever. He alone cherishes the Lord, Har, Har, forever and ever, who meets my Perfect True Guru. O Nanak, the Lord’s humble servant and the Lord become One; meditating on the Lord, he blends with the Lord. || 6 || 1 || 3 || WADAHANS, FIFTH MEHL, FIRST HOUSE: ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU: His Court is the most lofty and exalted. It has no end or limitations. Millions, millions, tens of millions seek, but they cannot find even a tiny bit of His Mansion.

|| 1 || What is that auspicious moment, when God is met? || 1 || Pause || Thousands of devotees worship and adore Him. Thousands of ascetics practice austere discipline. Thousands of Yogis practice Yoga. Thousands of pleasure seekers enjoy pleasures. || 2 || He dwells in each and every heart, but only a few know this. Is there any friend who can rip apart the screen of separation? I can only make the effort if God is merciful. I sacrifice my body and soul to Him.

|| 3 || After wandering around for so long, I have finally come to the Saints; all my pains and doubts have been eradicated. God summoned me to the Mansion of His Presence, and blessed me with the Ambrosial Nectar of His Name. Says Nanak, my God is lofty and exalted.

|| 4 || 1 || WADAHANS, FIFTH MEHL: Blessed is that time, when the Blessed Vision of His Darshan is given; I am a sacrifice to the feet of the True Guru. || 1 || You are the Giver of souls, O my Beloved God. My mind lives by reflecting upon the Name of God.

|| 1 || Pause || Your Mantra is True, and the Word of Your Bani is Ambrosial Nectar. Your Presence is cooling and soothing; Your gaze is all-knowing. || 2 || Your Command is true; You sit upon the eternal throne. My God is eternal; He does not come and go. || 3 || You are merciful; I am Your humble servant. O Nanak, the Lord and Master is totally permeating and pervading everywhere.

|| 4 || 2 || WADAHANS, FIFTH MEHL: You are infinite – only a few know this. By Guru’s Grace, some come to understand You through the Word of the Shabad. || 1 || Your servant offers this prayer, O Beloved: I live by meditating on Your Feet, God. || 1 || Pause || O my Merciful Lord God, O Great Giver: they alone know, whom You bless with realization. || 2 || Forever and ever, I am a sacrifice to You. Here and hereafter, I seek Your Protection. || 3 || I am without virtue; I know none of Your Glorious Virtues. O Nanak, seeing the Holy Saint, my mind is imbued with You.

|| 4 || 3 || WADAHANS, FIFTH MEHL: God is perfect – He is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts. He blesses us with the gift of the dust of the feet of the Holy. || 1 || Please bless me with Your Grace, O God, Merciful to the meek. I seek Your Shelter, O Perfect Lord of the World. || 1 || Pause || He is totally pervading and permeating the water, the land and the sky. He dwells near at hand; God is not far away. || 2 || One whom He blesses with His Glance of Grace, meditates on Him. Twenty-four hours a day, he sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord. || 3 || God cherishes all beings and creatures. Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of the Lord’s Door.

|| 4 || 4 || WADAHANS, FIFTH MEHL: You are the Great Giver, the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts. God, the Perfect Lord and Master, is permeating and pervading in all. || 1 || The Name of my Beloved God is my only support. I live by hearing, continually hearing Your Name. || 1 || Pause || I seek Your Sanctuary, O my Perfect True Guru. My mind is purified by the dust of the Saints.

|| 2 || I have enshrined His Lotus Feet within my heart. I am a sacrifice to the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan. || 3 || Grant Your Grace, that I may sing Your Glorious Praises. O Nanak, chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, I find peace. || 4 || 5 || WADAHANS, FIFTH MEHL: In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, drink in the Ambrosial Nectar of the Lord. The soul does not die; it ever wastes away. || 1 || By great good fortune, one meets the Perfect Guru. By Guru’s Grace, one meditates on God.

|| 1 || Pause || The Lord is the jewel, the pearl, the gem, the diamond. Meditating, meditating in remembrance on God, I am enraptured. || 2 || Wherever I look, I see the Sanctuary of the Holy. Singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, my mind becomes immaculate and pure. || 3 || Deep within the nucleus of each and every heart, my Lord and Master dwells. O Nanak, one obtains the Naam, the Name of the Lord, when God grants His Grace.

|| 4 || 6 || WADAHANS, FIFTH MEHL: Do not forget me, O God, Merciful to the meek. I seek Your Sanctuary, O Perfect, Compassionate Lord. || 1 || Pause || Wherever You come to mind, that place is blessed. The moment I forget You, I am stricken with regret. || 1 || All beings are Yours; You are their constant companion. Please, give me Your hand, and lift me up, out of this world-ocean. || 2 || Coming and going are by Your making. One whom You save is not afflicted with suffering.

|| 3 || You are the One Lord and Master; there is no other at all. Nanak offers this prayer with his palms pressed together. || 4 || 7 || WADAHANS, FIFTH MEHL: When You allow Yourself to be known, then we know You.We chant Your Name, which You have given to us. || 1 || You are so wonderful! Your creative potency is amazing! || 1 || Pause || You Yourself are the Cause of causes; You Yourself are the Creator. By the Hukam of Your Command, we are born, and by Your Command, we die. || 2 || Your Name is the Support of our mind and body. This is Your blessing to Nanak, Your slave.