377
:
1410
The Perfect Guru has fashioned His perfect fashion.
377
:
1411
O Nanak, the Lord's devotees are blessed with glorious greatness. ||4||24||
377
:
1412
Aasaa, Fifth Mehl:
377
:
1413
I have shaped this mind in the mold of the Guru's Word.
377
:
1414
Beholding the Blessed Vision of the Guru's Darshan, I have gathered the wealth of the Lord. ||1||
377
:
1415
O sublime understanding, come, enter into my mind,
377
:
1416
that I may meditate and sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe, and love so dearly the Lord's Name. ||1||Pause||
377
:
1417
I am satisfied and satiated by the True Name.
377
:
1418
My cleansing bath at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage is the dust of the Saints. ||2||
377
:
1419
I recognize that the One Creator is contained in all.
377
:
1420
Joining the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, my understanding is refined. ||3||
377
:
1421
I have become the servant of all; I have renounced my ego and pride.
377
:
1422
The Guru has given this gift to Nanak. ||4||25||
377
:
1423
Aasaa, Fifth Mehl:
377
:
1424
My intellect has been enlightened, and my understanding is perfect.
377
:
1425
Thus my evil-mindedness, which kept me far from Him, has been removed. ||1||
377
:
1426
Such are the Teachings which I have received from the Guru;
377
:
1427
while I was drowning in the pitch black well, I was saved, O my Siblings of Destiny. ||1||Pause||
377
:
1428
The Guru is the boat to cross over the totally unfathomable ocean of fire; He is treasure of jewels. ||2||
377
:
1429
This ocean of Maya is dark and treacherous.
377
:
1430
The Perfect Guru has revealed the way to cross over it. ||3||
377
:
1431
I do not have the ability to chant or practice intense meditation.
377
:
1432
Guru Nanak seeks Your Sanctuary. ||4||26||
377
:
1433
Aasaa, Fifth Mehl, Ti-Padas:
377
:
1434
One who drinks in the Lord's sublime essence is forever imbued with it,
377
:
1435
while other essences wear off in an instant.
377
:
1436
Intoxicated with the Lord's sublime essence, the mind is forever in ecstasy.
377
:
1437
Other essences bring only anxiety. ||1||
377
:
1438
One who drinks in the Lord's sublime essence, is intoxicated and enraptured;
377
:
1439
all other essences have no effect. ||1||Pause||
377
:
1440
The value of the Lord's sublime essence cannot be described.
377
:
1441
The Lord's sublime essence permeates the homes of the Holy.
377
:
1442
One may spend thousands and millions, but it cannot be purchased.
377
:
1443
He alone obtains it, who is so pre-ordained. ||2||
377
:
1444
Tasting it, Nanak is wonder-struck.
377
:
1445
Through the Guru, Nanak has obtained this taste.
377
:
1446
Here and hereafter, it does not leave him.
377
:
1447
Nanak is imbued and enraptured with the Lord's subtle essence. ||3||27||
377
:
1448
Aasaa, Fifth Mehl:
377
:
1449
If she renounces and eliminates her sexual desire, anger, greed and attachment, and her evil-mindedness and self-conceit as well;
377
:
1450
and if, becoming humble, she serves Him, then she becomes dear to her Beloved's Heart. ||1||
377
:
1451
Listen, O beautiful soul-bride: By the Word of the Holy Saint, you shall be saved.
377
:
1452
Your pain, hunger and doubt shall vanish, and you shall obtain peace, O happy soul-bride. ||1||Pause||
377
:
1453
Washing the Guru's feet, and serving Him, the soul is sanctified, and the thirst for sin is quenched.
377
:
1454
If you become the slave of the slave of the Lord's slaves, then you shall obtain honor in the Court of the Lord. ||2||
377
:
1455
This is right conduct, and this is the correct lifestyle, to obey the Command of the Lord's Will; this is your devotional worship.
377
:
1456
One who practices this Mantra, O Nanak, swims across the terrifying world-ocean. ||3||28||