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Raag Gauree: Shalok, Fifth Mehl (II)
Shalok, Fifth Mehl:
If you are conscious, then be conscious of the True Lord, Your Lord and Master.
O Nanak, come aboard upon the boat of the service of the True Guru, and cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ||1||
Fifth Mehl:
He wears his body, like clothes of wind - what a proud fool he is!
O Nanak, they will not go with him in the end; they shall be burnt to ashes. ||2||
Pauree:
They alone are delivered from the world, who are preserved and protected by the True Lord.
I live by beholding the faces of those who taste the Ambrosial Essence of the Lord.
Sexual desire, anger, greed and emotional attachment are burnt away, in the Company of the Holy.
God grants His Grace, and the Lord Himself tests them.
O Nanak, His play is not known; no one can understand it. ||2||
Shalok, Fifth Mehl:
O Nanak, that day is beautiful, when God comes to mind.
Cursed is that day, no matter how pleasant the season, when the Supreme Lord God is forgotten. ||1||
Fifth Mehl:
O Nanak, become friends with the One, who holds everything in His hands.
They are accounted as false friends, who do not go with you, for even one step. ||2||
Pauree:
The treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is Ambrosial Nectar; meet together and drink it in, O Siblings of Destiny.
Remembering Him in meditation, peace is found, and all thirst is quenched.
So serve the Supreme Lord God and the Guru, and you shall never be hungry again.
All your desires shall be fulfilled, and you shall obtain the status of immortality.
You alone are as great as Yourself, O Supreme Lord God; Nanak seeks Your Sanctuary. ||3||
Shalok, Fifth Mehl:
I have seen all places; there is no place without Him.
O Nanak, those who meet with the True Guru find the object of life. ||1||
Section 07 - Raag Gauree - Part 169 Fifth Mehl:
Like the flash of lightning, worldly affairs last only for a moment.
The only thing which is pleasing, O Nanak, is that which inspires one to meditate on the Name of the Master. ||2||
Pauree:
People have searched all the Simritees and Shaastras, but no one knows the Lord's value.
That being, who joins the Saadh Sangat enjoys the Love of the Lord.
True is the Naam, the Name of the Creator, the Primal Being. It is the mine of precious jewels.
That mortal, who has such pre-ordained destiny inscribed upon his forehead, meditates in remembrance on the Lord.
O Lord, please bless Nanak, Your humble guest, with the supplies of the True Name. ||4||
Shalok, Fifth Mehl:
He harbors anxiety within himself, but to the eyes, he appears to be happy; his hunger never departs.
O Nanak, without the True Name, no one's sorrows have ever departed. ||1||
Fifth Mehl:
Those caravans which did not load the Truth have been plundered.
O Nanak, those who meet the True Guru, and acknowledge the One Lord, are congratulated. ||2||
Pauree:
Beautiful is that place, where the Holy people dwell.
They serve their All-powerful Lord, and they give up all their evil ways.
The Saints and the Vedas proclaim, that the Supreme Lord God is the Saving Grace of sinners.
You are the Lover of Your devotees - this is Your natural way, in each and every age.
Nanak asks for the One Name, which is pleasing to his mind and body. ||5||
Shalok, Fifth Mehl:
The sparrows are chirping, and dawn has come; the wind stirs up the waves.
Such a wondrous thing the Saints have fashioned, O Nanak, in the Love of the Naam. ||1||
Fifth Mehl:
Homes, palaces and pleasures are there, where You, O Lord, come to mind.
All worldly grandeur, O Nanak, is like false and evil friends. ||2||
Pauree:
The wealth of the Lord is the true capital; how rare are those who understand this.
He alone receives it, O Siblings of Destiny, unto whom the Architect of Destiny gives it.
His servant is imbued with the Love of the Lord; his body and mind blossom forth.
In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, he sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and all of his sufferings are removed.
O Nanak, he alone lives, who acknowledges the One Lord. ||6||