854
:
2407
My Lord and Master is on the side of servant Nanak. The All-powerful and All-knowing Lord God is my Best Friend.
854
:
2408
Seeing the food being distributed, everyone came and fell at the feet of the True Guru, who cleansed the minds of all of their egotistical pride. ||10||
854
:
2409
Shalok, First Mehl:
854
:
2410
One plants the seed, another harvests the crop, and still another beats the grain from the chaff.
854
:
2411
O Nanak, it is not known, who will ultimately eat the grain. ||1||
854
:
2412
First Mehl:
854
:
2413
He alone is carried across, within whose mind the Lord abides.
854
:
2414
O Nanak, that alone happens, which is pleasing to His Will. ||2||
854
:
2415
Pauree:
854
:
2416
The Merciful Supreme Lord God has carried me across the world-ocean.
854
:
2417
The compassionate perfect Guru has eradicated my doubts and fears.
854
:
2418
Unsatisfied sexual desire and unresolved anger, the horrible demons, have been totally destroyed.
854
:
2419
I have enshrined the treasure of the Ambrosial Naam within my throat and heart.
854
:
2420
O Nanak, in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, my birth and death have been adorned and redeemed. ||11||
854
:
2421
Shalok, Third Mehl:
854
:
2422
Those who forget the Naam, the Name of the Lord, are said to be false.
854
:
2423
The five thieves plunder their homes, and egotism breaks in.
854
:
2424
The faithless cynics are defrauded by their own evil-mindedness; they do not know the sublime essence of the Lord.
854
:
2425
Those who lose the Ambrosial Nectar through doubt, remain engrossed and entangled in corruption.
854
:
2426
They make friends with the wicked, and argue with the humble servants of the Lord.
854
:
2427
O Nanak, the faithless cynics are bound and gagged by the Messenger of Death, and suffer agony in hell.
854
:
2428
They act according to the karma of the actions they committed before; as the Lord keeps them, so do they live. ||1||
854
:
2429
Third Mehl:
854
:
2430
Those who serve the True Guru, are transformed from powerless into powerful.
854
:
2431
With every breath and morsel of food, the Lord abides in their minds forever, and the Messenger of Death cannot even see them.
854
:
2432
The Name of the Lord, Har, Har, fills their hearts, and Maya is their servant.
854
:
2433
One who becomes the slave of the Lord's slaves, obtains the greatest treasure.
854
:
2434
O Nanak, I am forever a sacrifice to that one, within whose mind and body God dwells.
854
:
2435
One who has such pre-ordained destiny, he alone is in love with the humble Saints. ||2||
854
:
2436
Pauree:
854
:
2437
Whatever the Perfect True Guru says, the Transcendent Lord hears.
854
:
2438
It pervades and permeates the whole world, and it is on the mouth of each and every being.
854
:
2439
So numerous are the great glories of the Lord, they cannot even be counted.
854
:
2440
Truth, poise and bliss rest in the True Guru; the Guru bestows the jewel of Truth.
854
:
2441
O Nanak, the Supreme Lord God embellishes the Saints, who become like the True Lord. ||12||
854
:
2442
Shalok, Third Mehl:
854
:
2443
He does not understand himself; he believes the Lord God to be far away.
854
:
2444
He forgets to serve the Guru; how can his mind remain in the Lord's Presence?
854
:
2445
The self-willed manmukh wastes away his life in worthless greed and falsehood.
854
:
2446
O Nanak, the Lord forgives, and blends them with Himself; through the True Word of the Shabad, He is ever-present. ||1||
854
:
2447
Third Mehl:
854
:
2448
True is the Praise of the Lord God; the Gurmukh chants the Name of the Lord of the Universe.
854
:
2449
Praising the Naam night and day, and meditating on the Lord, the mind becomes blissful.
854
:
2450
By great good fortune, I have found the Lord, the perfect embodiment of supreme bliss.
854
:
2451
Servant Nanak praises the Naam; his mind and body shall never again be shattered. ||2||