840
:
1828
This whole world is the child of Maya.
840
:
1829
I bow in submission to God, my Protector from the very beginning of time.
840
:
1830
He was in the beginning, He has been throughout the ages, He is now, and He shall always be.
840
:
1831
He is unlimited, and capable of doing everything. ||11||
840
:
1832
The Tenth Day: Meditate on the Naam, give to charity, and purify yourself.
840
:
1833
Night and day, bathe in spiritual wisdom and the Glorious Virtues of the True Lord.
840
:
1834
Truth cannot be polluted; doubt and fear run away from it.
840
:
1835
The flimsy thread breaks in an instant.
840
:
1836
Know that the world is just like this thread.
840
:
1837
Your consciousness shall become steady and stable, enjoying the Love of the True Lord. ||12||
840
:
1838
The Eleventh Day: Enshrine the One Lord within your heart.
840
:
1839
Eradicate cruelty, egotism and emotional attachment.
840
:
1840
Earn the fruitful rewards, by observing the fast of knowing your own self.
840
:
1841
One who is engrossed in hypocrisy, does not see the true essence.
840
:
1842
The Lord is immaculate, self-sustaining and unattached.
840
:
1843
The Pure, True Lord cannot be polluted. ||13||
840
:
1844
Wherever I look, I see the One Lord there.
840
:
1845
He created the other beings, of many and various kinds.
840
:
1846
Eating only fruits, one loses the fruits of life.
840
:
1847
Eating only delicacies of various sorts, one loses the true taste.
840
:
1848
In fraud and greed, people are engrossed and entangled.
840
:
1849
The Gurmukh is emancipated, practicing Truth. ||14||
840
:
1850
The Twelfth Day: One whose mind is not attached to the twelve signs,
840
:
1851
remains awake day and night, and never sleeps.
840
:
1852
He remains awake and aware, lovingly centered on the Lord.
840
:
1853
With faith in the Guru, he is not consumed by death.
840
:
1854
Those who become detached, and conquer the five enemies
840
:
1855
- prays Nanak, they are lovingly absorbed in the Lord. ||15||
840
:
1856
The Twelfth Day: Know, and practice, compassion and charity.
840
:
1857
Bring your out-going mind back home.
840
:
1858
Observe the fast of remaining free of desire.
840
:
1859
Chant the unchanted Chant of the Naam with your mouth.
840
:
1860
Know that the One Lord is contained in the three worlds.
840
:
1861
Purity and self-discipline are all contained in knowing the Truth. ||16||
840
:
1862
The Thirteenth Day: He is like a tree on the sea-shore.
840
:
1863
But his roots can become immortal, if his mind is attuned to the Lord's Love.
840
:
1864
Then, he will not die of fear or anxiety, and he will never drown.
840
:
1865
Without the Fear of God, he drowns and dies, and loses his honor.
840
:
1866
With the Fear of God in his heart, and his heart in the Fear of God, he knows God.
840
:
1867
He sits on the throne, and becomes pleasing to the Mind of the True Lord. ||17||
840
:
1868
The Fourteenth Day: One who enters into the fourth state,
840
:
1869
overcomes time, and the three qualities of raajas, taamas and satva.
840
:
1870
Then the sun enters into the house of the moon,
840
:
1871
and one knows the value of the technology of Yoga.
840
:
1872
He remains lovingly focused on God, who is permeating the fourteen worlds, the nether regions of the underworld, the galaxies and solar systems. ||18||
840
:
1873
Amaavas - The Night of the New Moon: The moon is hidden in the sky.
840
:
1874
O wise one, understand and contemplate the Word of the Shabad.
840
:
1875
The moon in the sky illuminates the three worlds.
840
:
1876
Creating the creation, the Creator beholds it.
840
:
1877
One who sees, through the Guru, merges into Him.
840
:
1878
The self-willed manmukhs are deluded, coming and going in reincarnation. ||19||
840
:
1879
One who establishes his home within his own heart, obtains the most beautiful, permanent place.
840
:
1880
One comes to understand his own self, when he finds the True Guru.
840
:
1881
Wherever there is hope, there is destruction and desolation.
840
:
1882
The bowl of duality and selfishness breaks.
840
:
1883
Prays Nanak, I am the slave of that one, who remains detached amidst the traps of attachment. ||20||1||