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God is known throughout the three worlds. True is the Name of the True One. ||5||
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The wife who knows that her Husband Lord is always with her is very beautiful.
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The soul-bride is called to the Mansion of the His Presence, and her Husband Lord ravishes her with love.
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The happy soul-bride is true and good; she is fascinated by the Glories of her Husband Lord. ||6||
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Wandering around and making mistakes, I climb the plateau; having climbed the plateau, I go up the mountain.
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But now I have lost my way, and I am wandering around in the forest; without the Guru, I do not understand.
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If I wander around forgetting God's Name, I shall continue coming and going in reincarnation, over and over again. ||7||
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Go and ask the travellers, how to walk on the Path as His slave.
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They know the Lord to be their King, and at the Door to His Home, their way is not blocked.
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O Nanak, the One is pervading everywhere; there is no other at all. ||8||6||
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Siree Raag, First Mehl:
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Through the Guru, the Pure One is known, and the human body becomes pure as well.
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The Pure, True Lord abides within the mind; He knows the pain of our hearts.
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With intuitive ease, a great peace is found, and the arrow of death shall not strike you. ||1||
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O Siblings of Destiny, filth is washed away by bathing in the Pure Water of the Name.
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You alone are Perfectly Pure, O True Lord; all other places are filled with filth. ||1||Pause||
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The Temple of the Lord is beautiful; it was made by the Creator Lord.
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The sun and the moon are lamps of incomparably beautiful light. Throughout the three worlds, the Infinite Light is pervading.
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In the shops of the city of the body, in the fortresses and in the huts, the True Merchandise is traded. ||2||
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The ointment of spiritual wisdom is the destroyer of fear; through love, the Pure One is seen.
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The mysteries of the seen and the unseen are all known, if the mind is kept centered and balanced.
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If one finds such a True Guru, the Lord is met with intuitive ease. ||3||
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He draws us to His Touchstone, to test our love and consciousness.
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The counterfeit have no place there, but the genuine are placed in His Treasury.
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Let your hopes and anxieties depart; thus pollution is washed away. ||4||
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Everyone begs for happiness; no one asks for suffering.
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But in the wake of happiness, there comes great suffering. The self-willed manmukhs do not understand this.
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Those who see pain and pleasure as one and the same find peace; they are pierced through by the Shabad. ||5||
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The Vedas proclaim, and the words of Vyaasa tell us,
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that 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.
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Those who are attuned to the True Name win the game of life; I am forever a sacrifice to them. ||6||
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Those who do not have the Naam in their mouths are filled with pollution; they are filthy throughout the four ages.
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Without loving devotion to God, their faces are blackened, and their honor is lost.
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Those who have forgotten the Naam are plundered by evil; they weep and wail in dismay. ||7||
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I searched and searched, and found God. In the Fear of God, I have been united in His Union.
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Through self-realization, people dwell within the home of their inner being; egotism and desire depart.
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O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Name of the Lord are immaculate and radiant. ||8||7||
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Siree Raag, First Mehl:
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Listen, O deluded and demented mind: hold tight to the Guru's Feet.
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Chant and meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord; death will be afraid of you, and suffering shall depart.
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The deserted wife suffers terrible pain. How can her Husband Lord remain with her forever? ||1||