Sri Guru Granth Sahib Translation
Page 1219 SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: The Name of the Lord is cooling and soothing.
Searching, searching the Vedas, the Puraanas and the Simritees,
the Holy Saints have realized this. || 1 || Pause || In the
worlds of Shiva, Brahma and Indra, I wandered around, burning
up with envy. Meditating, meditating in remembrance on my Lord
and Master, I became cool and calm; my pains, sorrows and doubts
are gone. || 1 || Whoever has been saved in the past or the
present, was saved through loving devotional worship of the Divine
Lord. This is Nanak's prayer: O Dear God, please let me
serve the humble Saints. || 2 || 52 || 75 || SAARANG, FIFTH
MEHL; O my tongue, sing the Ambrosial Praises of the Lord. Chant
the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, listen to the Lord's Sermon,
and chant God's Name. || 1 || Pause || So gather in
the jewel, the wealth of the Lord's Name; love God with
your mind and body. You must realize that all other wealth is
false; this alone is the true purpose of life. || 1 || He is
the Giver of the soul, the breath of life and liberation; lovingly
tune in to the One and Only Lord. Says Nanak, I have entered His
Sanctuary; He gives sustenance to all. || 2 || 53 || 76 ||
SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: I cannot do anything else. I have taken
this Support, meeting the Saints; I have entered the Sanctuary
of the One Lord of the World. || 1 || Pause || The five wicked
enemies are within this body; they lead the mortal to practice
evil and corruption. He has infinite hope, but his days are numbered,
and old age is sapping his strength. || 1 || He is the Help
of the helpless, the Merciful Lord, the Ocean of Peace, the Destroyer
of all pains and fears. Slave Nanak longs for this blessing, that
he may live, gazing upon the Feet of God. || 2 || 54 || 77 ||
SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: Without the Lord's Name, flavors
are tasteless and insipid. Sing the Sweet Ambrosial Praises of
the Lord's Kirtan; day and night, the Sound-current of
the Naad will resonate and resound. || 1 || Pause || Meditating
in remembrance on the Lord, total peace and bliss are obtained,
and all sorrows are taken away. The profit of the Lord, Har, Har,
is found in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy; so load
it and bring it on home. || 1 || He is the Highest of all,
the Highest of the high; His celestial ecomony has no limit. Nanak
cannot even express His Glorious Grandeur; gazing upon Him, he
is wonder-struck. || 2 || 55 || 78 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL:
The mortal came to hear and chant the Word of the Guru's
Bani. But he has forgotten the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and
he has become attached to other temptations. His life is totally
worthless! || 1 || Pause || O my unconscious mind, become
conscious and figure it out; the Saints speak the Unspoken Speech
of the Lord. So gather in your profits - worship and adore
the Lord within your heart; your coming and going in reincarnation
shall end. || 1 || Efforts, powers and clever tricks are Yours;
if You bless me with them, I repeat Your Name. They alone are
devotees, and they alone are attached to devotional worship, O
Nanak, who are pleasing to God. || 2 || 56 || 79 || SAARANG,
FIFTH MEHL: Those who deal in the Naam, the Name of the Lord,
are wealthy. So become a partner with them, and earn the wealth
of the Naam.
Page 1220 Contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad. || 1 || Pause
|| Abandon your deception, and go beyond vengeance; see God
who is always with you. Deal only in this true wealth and gather
in this true wealth, and you shall never suffer loss. || 1 ||
Eating and consuming it, it is never exhausted; God's
treasures are overflowing. Says Nanak, you shall go home to the
Court of the Supreme Lord God with honor and respect. || 2 ||
57 || 80 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: O Dear God, I am wretched
and helpless! From what source did you create humans? This is
Your Glorious Grandeur. || 1 || Pause || You are the Giver
of the soul and the breath of life to all; Your Infinite Glories
cannot be spoken.You are the Beloved Lord of all, the Cherisher
of all, the Support of all hearts. || 1 || No one knows Your
state and extent. You alone created the expanse of the Universe.
Please, give me a seat in the boat of the Holy; O Nanak, thus
I shall cross over this terrifying world-ocean, and reach the
other shore. || 2 || 58 || 81 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: One
who comes to the Lord's Sanctuary is very fortunate. He
knows of no other than the One Lord. He has renounced all other
efforts. || 1 || Pause || He worships and adores the Lord,
Har, Har, in thought, word and deed; in the Saadh Sangat, the
Company of the Holy, he finds peace. He enjoys bliss and pleasure,
and savors the Unspoken Speech of the Lord; he merges intuitively
into the True Lord. || 1 || Sublime and exalted is the speech
of one whom the Lord, in His Mercy makes His Own. Those who are
imbued with God in the state of Nirvaanaa, O Nanak, are emancipated
in the Saadh Sangat. || 2 || 59 || 82 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL:
Since I grasped hold of the Sanctuary of the Holy, my mind is
illuminated with tranquility, peace and poise, and I am rid of
all my pain. || 1 || Pause || Please be merciful to me, O
Lord, and bless me with Your Name; this is the prayer I offer
to You. I have forgotten my other occupations; remembering God
in meditation, I have obtained the true profit. || 1 || We
shall merge again into the One from whom we came; He is the Essence
of Being. Says Nanak, the Guru has eradicated my doubt; my light
has merged into the Light. || 2 || 60 || 83 || SAARANG, FIFTH
MEHL: O my tongue, sing the Praises of the Lord. Abandon all
other tastes and flavors; the taste of the Naam, the Name of the
Lord, is so sublime. || 1 || Pause || Enshrine the Lord's
Lotus Feet within your heart; let yourself be lovingly attuned
to the One Lord. In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy,
you shall become immaculate and pure; you shall not come to be
reincarnated again. || 1 || You are the Support of the soul
and the breath of life; You are the Home of the homeless. With
each and every breath, I dwell on the Lord, Har, Har; O Nanak,
I am forever a sacrifice to Him. || 2 || 61 || 84 || SAARANG,
FIFTH MEHL: To meditate on the Lotus Feet of the Lord of the
Universe is heaven for me. In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of
the Holy, is the treasure of liberation and the Lord's
Ambrosial Name. || 1 || Pause || O Lord God, please be kind
to me, that I may hear with my ears Your Sublime and Exalted Sermon.
My cycle of coming and going is finally completed, and I have
attained peace and tranquility. || 1 ||
Page 1221 Searching and searching, I have realized the essence of reality:
devotional worship is the most sublime fulfillment. Says Nanak,
without the Name of the One Lord, all other ways are imperfect.
|| 2 || 62 || 85 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: The True Guru is
the True Giver. Gazing upon the Blessed Vision of His Darshan,
all my pains are dispelled. I am a sacrifice to His Lotus Feet.
|| 1 || Pause || The Supreme Lord God is True, and True are
the Holy Saints; the Name of the Lord is steady and stable. So
worship the Imperishable, Supreme Lord God with love, and sing
His Glorious Praises. || 1 || The limits of the Inaccessible,
Unfathomable Lord cannot be found; He is the Support of all hearts.
O Nanak, chant, "Waaho! Waaho!" to Him, who has no
end or limitation. || 2 || 63 || 86 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL:
The Feet of the Guru abide within my mind. My Lord and Master
is permeating and pervading all places; He dwells nearby, close
to all. || 1 || Pause || Breaking my bonds, I have lovingly
tuned in to the Lord, and now the Saints are pleased with me.
This precious human life has been sanctified, and all my desires
have been fulfilled. || 1 || O my God, whoever You bless with
Your Mercy - he alone sings Your Glorious Praises. Servant
Nanak is a sacrifice to that person who sings the Glorious Praises
of the Lord of the Universe, twenty-four hours a day. || 2 ||
64 || 87 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: A person is judged to be
alive, only if he sees the Lord. Please be merciful to me, O my
Enticing Beloved Lord, and erase the record of my doubts. ||
1 || Pause || By speaking and listening, tranquility and peace
are not found at all. What can anyone learn without faith? One
who renounces God and longs for another - his face is blackened
with filth. || 1 || One who is blessed with the wealth of our
Lord and Master, the Embodiment of Peace, does not believe in
any other religious doctrine. O Nanak, one whose mind is fascinated
and intoxicated with the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan
- his tasks are perfectly accomplished. || 2 || 65 ||
88 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: Meditate in remembrance on the
Naam, the Name of the One Lord. In this way, the sinful residues
of your past mistakes shall be burnt off in an instant. It is
like giving millions in charity, and bathing at sacred shrines
of pilgrimage. || 1 || Pause || Entangled in other affairs,
the mortal suffers uselessly in sorrow. Without the Lord, wisdom
is useless. The mortal is freed of the anguish of death and birth,
meditating and vibrating on the Blissful Lord of the Universe.
|| 1 || I seek Your Sancutary, O Perfect Lord, Ocean of Peace.
Please be merciful, and bless me with this gift. Meditating, meditating
in remembrance on God, Nanak lives; his egotistical pride has
been eradicated. || 2 || 66 || 89 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL:
He alone is a Dhoorat, who is attached to the Primal Lord God.
He alone is a Dhurandhar, and he alone is a Basundhar, who is
absorbed in the sublime essence of Love of the One Lord. || 1
|| Pause || One who practices deception and does not know
where true profit lies is not a Dhoorat - he is a fool.
He abandons profitable enterprises and is involved in unprofitable
ones. He does not meditate on the Beauteous Lord God. || 1 ||
He alone is clever and wise and a religious scholar, he alone
is a brave warrior, and he alone is intelligent, who chants the
Name of the Lord, Har, Har, in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of
the Holy. O Nanak, he alone is approved. || 2 || 67 || 90 ||
Page 1222 SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: The Lord, Har, Har, is the life of the
humble Saints. Instead of enjoying corrupt pleasures, they drink
in the Ambrosial Essence of the Name of the Lord, the Ocean of
Peace. || 1 || Pause || They gather up the priceless wealth
of the Lord's Name, and weave it into the fabric of their
mind and body. Imbued with the Lord's Love, their minds
are dyed in the deep crimson color of devotional love; they are
intoxicated with the sublime essence of the Lord's Name.
|| 1 || As the fish is immersed in water, they are absorbed
in the Lord's Name. O Nanak, the Saints are like the sparrow-hawks;
they are comforted, drinking in the drops of the Lord's
Name. || 2 || 68 || 91 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: Without the
Name of the Lord, the mortal is a ghost. All the actions he commits
are just shackles and bonds. || 1 || Pause || Without serving
God, one who serves another wastes his time uselessly. When the
Messenger of Death comes to kill you, O mortal, what will your
condition be then? || 1 || Please protect Your slave, O Eternally
Merciful Lord. O Nanak, my God is the Treasure of Peace; He is
the wealth and property of the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the
Holy. || 2 || 69 || 92 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: My mind and
body deal only in the Lord. Imbued with loving devotional worship,
I sing His Glorious Praises; I am not affected by worldly affairs.
|| 1 || Pause || This is the way of life of the Holy Saint:
he listens to the Kirtan, the Praises of his Lord and Master,
and meditates in remembrance on Him. He implants the Lord's
Lotus Feet deep within his heart; worship of the Lord is the support
of his breath of life. || 1 || O God, Merciful to the meek,
please hear my prayer, and shower Your Blessings upon me. I continually
chant the treasure of the Naam with my tongue; Nanak is forever
a sacrifice. || 2 || 70 || 93 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: Without
the Name of the Lord, his intellect is shallow. He does not meditate
in remembrance on the Lord, his Lord and Master; the blind fool
suffers in terrible agony. || 1 || Pause || He does not embrace
love for the Name of the Lord; he is totally attached to various
religious robes. His attachments are shattered in an instant;
when the pitcher is broken, the water runs out. || 1 || Please
bless me, that I may worship You in loving devotion. My mind is
absorbed and intoxicated with Your Delicious Love. Nanak, Your
slave, has entered Your Sanctuary; without God, there is no other
at all. || 2 || 71 || 94 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: In my mind,
I think about that moment, when I join the Gathering of the Friendly
Saints, constantly singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord of
the Universe. || 1 || Pause || Without vibrating and meditating
on the Lord, whatever deeds you do will be useless. The Perfect
Embodiment of Supreme Bliss is so sweet to my mind. Without Him,
there is no other at all. || 1 || Chanting, deep meditation,
austere self-discipline, good deeds and other techniques to being
peace - they are not equal to even a tiny bit of the Lord's
Name. Nanak's mind is pierced through by the Lotus Feet
of the Lord; it is absorbed in His Lotus Feet. || 2 || 72 ||
95 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: My God is always with me; He is
the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts.
Page 1223 I find happiness in the world hereafter, and peace and pleasure
in this world, meditating in remembrance on the Name of my Lord
and Master. || 1 || Pause || The Lord is my Best Friend,
my Buddy, my Companion. I sing the Glorious Praises of my Sovereign
Lord King. I shall not forget Him in my heart, even for an instant;
I have met with the Perfect Guru. || 1 || In His Mercy, He
protects His slave; all beings and creatures are in His Power.
One who is lovingly attuned to the One, the Perfect Transcendent
Lord God, O Nanak, is rid of all fear. || 2 || 73 || 96 ||
SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: One who has the Lord's Power on
his side - all his desires are fulfilled, and no pain afflicts
him. || 1 || Pause || That humble devotee is a slave of his
God, who listens to Him, and so lives. I have made the effort
to gaze upon the Blessed Vision of His Darshan; it is obtained
only by good karma. || 1 || It is only by Guru's Grace
that I see His Vision with my eyes. Please bless Nanak with this
Gift, that he may wash the Feet of the Saints, and so live. ||
2 || 74 || 97 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: I live by singing the
Glorious Praises of the Lord. Please be Merciful to me, O my Loving
Lord of the Universe, that I may never forget You. || 1 || Pause
|| My mind, body, wealth and all are Yours, O my Lord and Master;
there is nowhere else for me at all. As You keep me, so do I survive;
I eat and I wear whatever You give me. || 1 || I am a sacrifice,
a sacrifice to the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy; I shall
never again fall into reincarnation. Slave Nanak seeks Your Sancuary,
Lord; as it pleases Your Will, so do You guide him. || 2 || 75
|| 98 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: O my mind, the Naam is the most
sublime peace. Other affairs of Maya are corrupt. They are nothing
more than dust. || 1 || Pause || The mortal has fallen into
the deep dark pit of household attachment; it is a horrible, dark
hell. He wanders in various incarnations, growing weary; he wanders
through them again and again. || 1 || O Purifier of sinners,
O Lover of Your devotees, please shower Your Mercy on Your meek
servant. With palms pressed together, Nanak begs for this blessing:
O Lord, please save me in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the
Holy. || 2 || 76 || || 99 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: The Glorious
Radiance of the Lord has spread out everywhere. The doubts of
my mind and body are all erased, and I am rid of the three diseases.
|| 1 || Pause || My thirst is quenched, and my hopes have
all been fulfilled; my sorrows and sufferings are over. Singing
the Glorious Praises of the Unmoving, Eternal, Unchanging Lord
God, my mind, body and soul are comforted and encouraged. ||
1 || Sexual desire, anger, greed, pride and envy are destroyed
in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. He is the Lover
of His devotees, the Destroyer of fear; O Nanak, He is our Mother
and Father. || 2 || 77 || 100 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: Without
the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the world is miserable. Like a
dog, its desires are never satisfied; it clings to the ashes of
corruption. || 1 || Pause || Administering the intoxicating
drug, God Himself leads the mortals astray; they are reincarnated
again and again. He does not meditate in remembrance on the Lord,
even for an instant, and so the Messenger of Death makes him suffer.
|| 1 || Please be merciful to me, O Destroyer of the pains
of the meek and the poor; let me be the dust of the feet of the
Saints.
Page 1224 Slave Nanak asks for the Blessed Vision of God. It is the Support
of his mind and body. || 2 || 78 || 101 || SAARANG, FIFTH
MEHL: Without the Name of the Lord, the soul is polluted. The
True Lord God has Himself administered the intoxicating drug of
corruption, and led the mortal astray. || 1 || Pause || Wandering
through millions of incarnations in countless ways, he does not
find stability anywhere. The faithless cynic does not intuitively
meet with the Perfect True Guru; he continues coming and going
in reincarnation. || 1 || Please save me, O All-powerful Lord
God, O Great Giver; O God, You are Inaccessible and Infinite.
Slave Nanak seeks Your Sanctuary, to cross over the terrible world-ocean,
and reach the other shore. || 2 || 79 || 102 || SAARANG, FIFTH
MEHL: To chant the Glorious Praises of the Lord is Sublime. In
the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, meditate on the Transcendent
Lord God; The taste of His essence is Ambrosial Nectar. || 1
|| Pause || Meditating in remembrance on the One Unmoving,
Eternal, Unchanging Lord God, the intoxication of Maya wears off.
One who is blessed with intuitive peace and poise, and the vibrations
of the Unstruck Celestial Bani, never suffers again. || 1 ||
Even Brahma and his sons sing God's Praises; Sukdayv
and Prahlaad sing His Praises as well. Drinking in the fascinating
Ambrosial Nectar of the Lord's sublime essence, Nanak meditates
on the Amazing Lord. || 2 || 80 || 103 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL:
He commits many millions of sins. Day and night, he does not
get tired of them, and he never finds release. || 1 || Pause
|| He carries on his head a terrible, heavy load of sin and
corruption. In an instant, he is exposed. The Messenger of Death
seizes him by his hair. || 1 || He is consigned to countless
forms of reincarnation, into beasts, ghosts, camels and donkeys.
Vibrating and meditating on the Lord of the Universe in the Saadh
Sangat, the Company of the Holy, O Nanak, you shall never be struck
or harmed at all. || 2 || 81 || 104 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL:
He is so blind! He is eating loads of poison. His eyes, ears
and body are totally exhausted; he shall lose his breath in an
instant. || 1 || Pause || Making the poor suffer, he fills
his belly, but the wealth of Maya shall not go with him. Committing
sinful mistakes again and again, he regrets and repents, but he
can never give them up. || 1 || The Messenger of Death comes
to slaughter the slanderer; he beats him on his head. O Nanak,
he cuts himself with his own dagger, and damages his own mind.
|| 2 || 82 || 105 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: The slanderer is
destroyed in mid-stream. Our Lord and Master is the Saving Grace,
the Protector of His humble servants; those who have turned their
backs on the Guru are overtaken by death. || 1 || Pause ||
No one listens to what he says; he is not allowed to sit anywhere.
He suffers in pain here, and falls into hell hereafter. He wanders
in endless reincarnations. || 1 || He has become infamous across
worlds and galaxies; he receives according to what he has done.
Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of the Fearless Creator Lord; he sings
His Glorious Praises in ecstasy and bliss. || 2 || 83 || 106
|| SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: Desire plays itself out in so many
ways.
Page 1225 But it is not fulfilled at all, and in the end, it dies, exhausted.
|| 1 || Pause || It does not produce tranquility, peace and
poise; this is the way it works. He does not know what belongs
to him, and to others. He burns in sexual desire and anger. ||
1 || The world is enveloped by an ocean of pain; O Lord, please
save Your slave! Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of Your Lotus Feet;
Nanak is forever and ever a sacrifice. || 2 || 84 || 107 ||
SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: O sinner, who taught you to sin? You do
not contemplate your Lord and Master, even for an instant; it
was He who gave you your body and soul. || 1 || Pause ||
Eating, drinking and sleeping, you are happy, but contemplating
the Naam, the Name of the Lord, you are miserable. In the womb
of your mother, you cried and whined like a wretch. || 1 ||
And now, bound by great pride and corruption, you shall wander
in endless incarnations. You have forgotten the Lord of the Universe;
what misery will be your lot now? O Nanak, peace is found by realizing
the sublime state of the Lord. || 2 || 85 || 108 || SAARANG,
FIFTH MEHL: O mother, I have grasped the Protection, the Sanctuary
of the Lord's Feet. Gazing upon the Blessed Vision of His
Darshan, my mind is fascinated, and evil-mindedness is taken away.
|| 1 || Pause || He is Unfathomable, Incomprehensible, Exalted
and High, Eternal and Imperishable; His worth cannot be appraised.
Gazing upon Him, gazing upon Him in the water and on the land,
my mind has blossomed forth in ecstasy. He is totally pervading
and permeating all. || 1 || Merciful to the meek, my Beloved,
Enticer of my mind; meeting with the Holy, He is known. Meditating,
meditating in remembrance on the Lord, Nanak lives; the Messenger
of Death cannot catch or torment him. || 2 || 86 || 109 ||
SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: O mother, my mind is intoxicated. Gazing
upon the Merciful Lord, I am filled with bliss and peace; imbued
with the sublime essence of the Lord, I am intoxicated. || 1
|| Pause || I have become spotless and pure, singing the Sacred
Praises of the Lord; I shall never again be dirtied. My awareness
is focused on the Lotus Feet of God; I have met the Infinite,
Supreme Being. || 1 || Taking me by the hand, He has given
me everything; He has lit up my lamp. O Nanak, savoring the Naam,
the Name of the Lord, I have become detached; my generations have
been carried across as well. || 2 || 87 || 110 || SAARANG,
FIFTH MEHL: O mother, by meditating in remembrance on some other,
the mortal dies. Forsaking the Lord of the Universe, the Giver
of souls, the mortal is engrossed and entangled in Maya. || 1
|| Pause || Forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, he
walks on some other path, and falls into the most horrible hell.
He suffers uncounted punishments, and wanders from womb to womb
in reincarnation. || 1 || They alone are wealthy, and they
alone are honorable, who are absorbed in the Sanctuary of the
Lord. By Guru's Grace, O Nanak, they conquer the world;
they do not come and go in reincarnation ever again. || 2 ||
88 || 111 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: The Lord has cut down the
crooked tree of my deceit. The forest of doubt is burnt away in
an instant, by the fire of the Lord's Name. || 1 || Pause
|| Sexual desire, anger and slander are gone; in the Saadh
Sangat, the Company of the Holy, I have beaten them and driven
them out.
Page 1226 The Gurmukh is successful in this priceless human life; he shall
not lose it in the gamble ever again. || 1 || Twenty-four hours
a day, I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and contemplate
the Perfect Word of the Shabad. Servant Nanak is the slave of
Your slaves; over and over again, he bows in humble reverence
to You. || 2 || 89 || 112 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: This Holy
Book is the home of the Transcendent Lord God. Whoever sings the
Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe in the Saadh Sangat,
the Company of the Holy, has the perfect knowledge of God. ||
1 || Pause || The Siddhas and seekers and all the silent sages
long for the Lord, but those who meditate on Him are rare. That
person, unto whom my Lord and Master is merciful - all
his tasks are perfectly accomplished. || 1 || One whose heart
is filled with the Lord, the Destroyer of fear, knows the whole
world. May I never forget You, even for an instant, O my Creator
Lord; Nanak begs for this blessing. || 2 || 90 || 113 || SAARANG,
FIFTH MEHL: The rain has fallen everywhere. Singing the Lord's
Praises with ecstasy and bliss, the Perfect Lord is revealed.
|| 1 || Pause || On all four sides and in the ten directions,
the Lord is an ocean. There is no place where He does not exist.
O Perfect Lord God, Ocean of Mercy, You bless all with the gift
of the soul. || 1 || True, True, True is my Lord and Master;
True is the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. True are those
humble beings, within whom faith wells up; O Nanak, they are not
deluded by doubt. || 2 || 91 || 114 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL:
O Dear Lord of the Universe, You are the Support of my breath
of life. You are my Best Friend and Companion, my Help and Support;
You are my family. || 1 || Pause || You placed Your Hand
on my forehead; in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy,
I sing Your Glorious Praises. By Your Grace, I have obtained all
fruits and rewards; I meditate on the Lord's Name with
delight. || 1 || The True Guru has laid the eternal foundation;
it shall never be shaken. Guru Nanak has become merciful to me,
and I have been blessed with the treasure of absolute peace.
|| 2 || 92 || 115 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: Only the true merchandise
of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, stays with you. Sing the Glorious
Praises of the Lord, the treasure of wealth, and earn your profit;
in the midst of corruption, remain untouched. || 1 || Pause
|| All beings and creatures find contentment, meditating on
their God. The priceless jewel of infinite worth, this human life,
is won, and they are not consigned to reincarnation ever again.
|| 1 || When the Lord of the Universe shows His kindness and
compassion, the mortal finds the Saadh Sangat, the Company of
the Holy, Nanak has found the wealth of the Lotus Feet of the
Lord; he is imbued with the Love of God. || 2 || 93 || 116 ||
SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: O mother, I am wonder-struck, gazing
upon the Lord. My mind is enticed by the unstruck celestial melody;
its flavor is amazing! || 1 || Pause || He is my Mother,
Father and Relative. My mind delights in the Lord. Singing the
Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe in the Saadh Sangat,
the Company of the Holy, all my illusions are dispelled. || 1
|| I am lovingly attached to His Lotus Feet; my doubt and fear
are totally consumed. Servant Nanak has taken the Support of the
One Lord.
Page 1227 He shall not wander in reincarnation ever again. || 2 || 94 ||
117 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: O mother, I am totally intoxicated
with the Lord's Feet. I know of none other than the Lord.
I have totally burnt off my sense of duality. || 1 || Pause
|| To abandon the Lord of the World, and become involved with
anything else, is to fall into the pit of corruption. My mind
is enticed, thirsty for the Blessed Vision of His Darshan. He
has lifted me up and out of hell. || 1 || By the Grace of the
Saints, I have met the Lord, the Giver of peace; the noise of
egotism has been stilled. Slave Nanak is imbued with the Love
of the Lord; the forests of his mind and body have blossomed forth.
|| 2 || 95 || 118 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: The false dealings
are finished. Join the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy,
and meditate, vibrate on the Lord. This is the most excellent
thing in the world. || 1 || Pause || Here and hereafter,
you shall never waver; enshrine the Naam, the Name of the Lord,
within your heart. The boat of the Guru's Feet is found
by great good fortune; it shall carry you across the world-ocean.
|| 1 || Pause || The Infinite Lord is totally permeating
and pervading the water, the land and the sky. Drink in the Ambrosial
Nectar of the Lord's Name; O Nanak, all other tastes are
bitter. || 2 || 96 || 119 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: You whine
and cry - you are intoxicated with the great corruption
of attachment and pride, but you do not remember the Lord in meditation.
|| 1 || Pause || Those who meditate on the Lord in the Saadh
Sangat, the Company of the Holy - the guilt of their minstakes
is burnt away. Fruitful is the body, and blessed is the birth
of those who merge with God. || 1 || The four great blessings,
and the eighteen supernatural spiritual powers - above
all these are the Holy Saints. Slave Nanak longs for the dust
of the feet of the humble; attached to the hem of His robe, he
is saved. || 2 || 97 || 120 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: The Lord's
humble servants yearn for the Lord's Name. In thought,
word and deed, they long for this peace, to gaze with their eyes
upon the Blessed Vision of God's Darshan. || 1 || Pause
|| You are Endless, O God, my Supreme Lord and Master; Your
state cannot be known. My mind is pierced through by the Love
of Your Lotus Feet; this is everything to me - I enshrine
it deep within my being. || 1 || In the Vedas, the Puraanas
and the Simritees, the humble and the Holy chant this Bani with
their tongues. Chanting the Lord's Name, O Nanak, I am
emancipated; other teachings of duality are useless. || 2 ||
98 || 121 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: A fly! You are just a fly,
created by the Lord. Wherever it stinks, you land there; you suck
in the most toxic stench. || 1 || Pause || You don't
stay put anywhere; I have seen this with my eyes. You have not
spared anyone, except the Saints - the Saints are on the
side of the Lord of the Universe. || 1 || You have enticed
all beings and creatures; no one knows You, except the Saints.
Slave Nanak is imbued with the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises.
Focusing his consciousness on the Word of the Shabad, he realizes
the Presence of the True Lord. || 2 || 99 || 122 || SAARANG,
FIFTH MEHL: O mother, the noose of Death has been cut away.
Chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, I have found total peace.
I remain unattached in the midst of my household.
Page 1228 || 1 || Pause || Granting His Grace, He has made me His Own.
The thirst for the Blessed Vision of His Darshan wells up within
me. Joining the Society of the Saints, I sing the Glorious Praises
of the Lord; I have given up other hopes. || 1 || The Saint
has pulled me out of the utterly desolate wilderness, and shown
me the path. Gazing upon His Darshan, all sins are taken away;
Nanak is blessed with the jewel of the Lord. || 2 || 100 || 123
|| SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: O mother, I am involved with the Love
of the Lord; I am intoxicated with it. My mind has such a longing
and thirst for the Blessed Vision, the Darshan of my Beauteous
Lord. No one can break this. || 1 || Pause || The Lord is
my breath of life, honor, spouse, parent, child, relative, wealth
- everything. Cursed is this body of bones, this pile of
maggots and manure, if it knows any other than the Lord. || 1
|| The Destroyer of the pains of the poor has become merciful
to me, by the power of the karma of my past actions. Nanak seeks
the Sanctuary of God, the Treasure, the Ocean of Mercy; my subservience
to others is past. || 2 || 101 || 124 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL:
The Lord's melody is noble and sublime. The Lotus Feet
of my Lord and Master are incomparably beautiful. Meditating on
them, one becomes Holy. || 1 || Pause || Just by thinking
of the Darshan, the Blessed Vision of the Lord of the World, the
dirty residues of sins are washed away. The Lord cuts down and
weeds out the corruption of the cycle of birth and death. ||
1 || How rare is that person who has such pre-ordained destiny,
to find the Lord. Chanting the Glorious Praises of the Creator,
the Lord of the Universe - O Nanak, this is Truth. ||
2 || 102 || 125 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: The intellect of one
who dwells on the Name of the Lord is excellent. One who forgets
the Lord and becomes involved with some other - all his
showy pretensions are false. || 1 || Pause || Meditate, vibrate
on our Lord and Master in the Company of the Holy, and your sins
shall be eradicated. When the Lord's Lotus Feet abide within
the heart, the mortal is never again caught in the cycle of death
and birth. || 1 || He showers us with His kindness and compassion;
He saves and protects those who take the Support of the Naam,
the Name of the One Lord. Meditating in remembrance on Him, day
and night, O Nanak, your face shall be radiant in the Court of
the Lord. || 2 || 103 || 126 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: Honored
- you shall be honored in the Court of the Lord. Join the
Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, and sing the Glorious Praises
of the Lord; your egotistical pride will be totally dispelled.
|| 1 || Pause || Showering His kindness and compassion, He
shall make you His Own. As Gurmukh, your spiritual wisdom shall
be perfect. All peace and all sorts of ecstasy are obtained, by
meditating on the Darshan, the Blessed Vision of my Lord and Master.
|| 1 || She who dwells close to her Lord is always the pure,
happy soul-bride; she is famous in the ten directions. She is
imbued with the Love of her Loving Beloved Lord; Nanak is a sacrifice
to her. || 2 || 104 || 127 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: O Lord,
I take the Support of Your Lotus Feet. You are my Best Friend
and Companion; I am with You. You are our Protector, O Lord of
the Universe. || 1 || Pause || You are mine, and I am Yours;
here and hereafter, You are my Saving Grace. You are Endess and
Infinite, O my Lord and Master; by Guru's Grace, a few
understand. || 1 || Without being spoken, without being told,
You know all, O Searcher of hearts.
Page 1229 One whom God unites with Himself, O Nanak, that humble being is
honored in the Court of the Lord. || 2 || 105 || 128 ||
Meditate, vibrate on the Lord; other actions
are corrupt. Pride, attachment and desire are not quenched; the
world is in the grip of death. || 1 || Pause || Eating, drinking,
laughing and sleeping, life passes uselessly. The mortal wanders
in reincarnation, burning in the hellish environment of the womb;
in the end, he is destroyed by death. || 1 || He practices
fraud, cruelty and slander against others; he sins, and washes
his hands. Without the True Guru, he has no understanding; he
is lost in the utter darkness of anger and attachment. || 2 ||
He takes the intoxicating drugs of cruelty and corruption, and
is plundered. He is not conscious of the Creator Lord God. The
Lord of the Universe is hidden and unattached. The mortal is like
a wild elephant, intoxicated with the wine of egotism. || 3 ||
In His Mercy, God saves His Saints; they have the Support of
His Lotus Feet. With his palms pressed together, Nanak has come
to the Sanctuary of the Primal Being, the Infinite Lord God.
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Chant His Sublime Word and His Priceless Glories.
Why are you indulding in corrupt actions? Look at this, see and
understand! Meditate on the Word of the Guru's Shabad,
and attain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. Imbued with
the Love of the Lord, you shall totally play with Him. || 1 ||
Pause || The world is a dream. Its expanse is false. O my
companion, why are you so enticed by the Enticer? Enshrine the
Love of Your Beloved within your heart. || 1 || He is total
love and affection. God is always merciful. Others - why
are you involved with others? Remain involved with the Lord.When
you join the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, says Nanak,
meditate on the Lord. Now, your association with death is ended.
|| 2 || 1 || 130 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: You may make donations
of gold, and give away land in charity and purify your mind in
various ways, but none of this is equal to the Lord's Name.
Remain attached to the Lord's Lotus Feet. || 1 || Pause
|| You may recite the four Vedas with your tongue, and listen
to the eighteen Puraanas and the six Shaastras with your ears,
but these are not equal to the celestial melody of the Naam, the
Name of the Lord of the Universe. Remain attached to the Lord's
Lotus Feet. || 1 || You may observe fasts, and say your prayers,
purify yourself and do good deeds; you may go on pilgrimages everywhere
and eat nothing at all. You may cook your food without touching
anyone; you may make a great show of cleansing techniques, and
burn incense and devotional lamps, but none of these are equal
to the Lord's Name. O Merciful Lord, please hear the prayer
of the meek and the poor. Please grant me the Blessed Vision of
Your Darshan, that I may see You with my eyes. The Naam is so
sweet to servant Nanak. || 2 || 2 || 131 || SAARANG, FIFTH
MEHL: Meditate on the Lord, Raam, Raam, Raam. |
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