518
:
1050
Remembering Him in meditation, happiness comes, and all sorrows and pains simply vanish. ||2||
518
:
1051
Pauree:
518
:
1052
He is without relatives, immaculate, all-powerful, unapproachable and infinite.
518
:
1053
Truly, the True Lord is seen to be the Truest of the True.
518
:
1054
Nothing established by You appears to be false.
518
:
1055
The Great Giver gives sustenance to all those He has created.
518
:
1056
He has strung all on only one thread; He has infused His Light in them.
518
:
1057
By His Will, some drown in the terrifying world-ocean, and by His Will, some are carried across.
518
:
1058
O Dear Lord, he alone meditates on You, upon whose forehead such blessed destiny is inscribed.
518
:
1059
Your condition and state cannot be known; I am a sacrifice to You. ||1||
518
:
1060
Shalok, Fifth Mehl:
518
:
1061
When You are pleased, O Merciful Lord, you automatically come to dwell within my mind.
518
:
1062
When You are pleased, O Merciful Lord, I find the nine treasures within the home of my own self.
518
:
1063
When You are pleased, O Merciful Lord, I act according to the Guru's Instructions.
518
:
1064
When You are pleased, O Merciful Lord, then Nanak is absorbed in the True One. ||1||
518
:
1065
Fifth Mehl:
518
:
1066
Many sit on thrones, to the sounds of musical instruments.
518
:
1067
O Nanak, without the True Name, no one's honor is safe. ||2||
518
:
1068
Pauree:
518
:
1069
The followers of the Vedas, the Bible and the Koran, standing at Your Door, meditate on You.
518
:
1070
Uncounted are those who fall at Your Door.
518
:
1071
Brahma meditates on You, as does Indra on his throne.
518
:
1072
Shiva and Vishnu, and their incarnations, chant the Lord's Praise with their mouths,
518
:
1073
as do the Pirs, the spiritual teachers, the prophets and the Shaykhs, the silent sages and the seers.
518
:
1074
Through and through, the Formless Lord is woven into each and every heart.
518
:
1075
One is destroyed through falsehood; through righteousness, one prospers.
518
:
1076
Whatever the Lord links him to, to that he is linked. ||2||
518
:
1077
Shalok, Fifth Mehl:
518
:
1078
He is reluctant to do good, but eager to practice evil.
518
:
1079
O Nanak, today or tomorrow, the feet of the careless fool shall fall into the trap. ||1||
518
:
1080
Fifth Mehl:
518
:
1081
No matter how evil my ways are, still, Your Love for me is not concealed.
518
:
1082
Nanak: You, O Lord, conceal my short-comings and dwell within my mind; You are my true friend. ||2||
518
:
1083
Pauree:
518
:
1084
I beg of You, O Merciful Lord: please, make me the slave of Your slaves.
518
:
1085
I obtain the nine treasures and royalty; chanting Your Name, I live.
518
:
1086
The great ambrosial treasure, the Nectar of the Naam, is in the home of the Lord's slaves.
518
:
1087
In their company, I am in ecstasy, listening to Your Praises with my ears.
518
:
1088
Serving them, my body is purified.
518
:
1089
I wave the fans over them, and carry water for them; I grind the corn for them, and washing their feet, I am over-joyed.
518
:
1090
By myself, I can do nothing; O God, bless me with Your Glance of Grace.
518
:
1091
I am worthless - please, bless me with a seat in the place of worship of the Saints. ||3||
518
:
1092
Shalok, Fifth Mehl:
518
:
1093
O Friend, I pray that I may remain forever the dust of Your Feet.
518
:
1094
Nanak has entered Your Sanctuary, and beholds You ever-present. ||1||
518
:
1095
Fifth Mehl:
518
:
1096
Countless sinners become pure, by fixing their minds on the Feet of the Lord.
518
:
1097
The Name of God is the sixty-eight holy places of pilgrimage, O Nanak, for one who has such destiny written upon his forehead. ||2||
518
:
1098
Pauree:
518
:
1099
With every breath and morsel of food, chant the Name of the Lord, the Cherisher.
518
:
1100
The Lord does not forget one upon whom He has bestowed His Grace.
518
:
1101
He Himself is the Creator, and He Himself destroys.