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Raag Goojaree: Third Mehl, First House

One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

The devotees worship the Lord in loving adoration. They thirst for the True Lord, with infinite affection.

They tearfully beg and implore the Lord; in love and affection, their consciousness is at peace. ||1||

Chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord, O my mind, and take to His Sanctuary.

The Lord’s Name is the boat to cross over the world-ocean. Practice such a way of life. ||1||Pause||

O mind, even death wishes you well, when you remember the Lord through the Word of the Guru’s Shabad.

The intellect receives the treasure, the knowledge of reality and supreme bliss, by repeating the Lord’s Name in the mind. ||2||

The fickle consciousness wanders around chasing after wealth; it is intoxicated with worldly love and emotional attachment.

Devotion to the Naam is permanently implanted within the mind, when it is attuned to the Guru’s Teachings and His Shabad. ||3||

Wandering around, doubt is not dispelled; afflicted by reincarnation, the world is being ruined.

The Lord’s eternal throne is free of this affliction; he is truly wise, who takes the Naam as his deep meditation. ||4||

This world is engrossed in attachment and transitory love; it suffers the terrible pains of birth and death.

Run to the Sanctuary of the True Guru, chant the Lord’s Name in your heart, and you shall swim across. ||5||

Following the Guru’s Teaching, the mind becomes stable; the mind accepts it, and reflects upon it in peaceful poise.

That mind is pure, which enshrines Truth within, and the most excellent jewel of spiritual wisdom. ||6||

By the Fear of God, and Love of God, and by devotion, man crosses over the terrifying world-ocean, focusing his consciousness on the Lord’s Lotus Feet.

Section 09 - Raag Goojaree - Part 018 The Name of the Lord, the most pure and sacred, is within my heart; this body is Your Sanctuary, Lord. ||7||

The waves of greed and avarice are subdued, by treasuring the Lord’s Name in the mind.

Subdue my mind, O Pure Immaculate Lord; says Nanak, I have entered Your Sanctuary. ||8||1||5||

Goojaree, Third Mehl, First House:

One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

I dance, and make this mind dance as well.

By Guru’s Grace, I eliminate my self-conceit.

One who keeps his consciousness focused on the Lord is liberated; he obtains the fruits of his desires. ||1||

So dance, O mind, before your Guru.

If you dance according to the Guru’s Will, you shall obtain peace, and in the end, the fear of death shall leave you. ||Pause||

One whom the Lord Himself causes to dance, is called a devotee. He Himself links us to His Love.

He Himself sings, He Himself listens, and He puts this blind mind on the right path. ||2||

One who dances night and day, and banishes Shakti’s Maya, enters the House of the Lord Shiva, where there is no sleep.

The world is asleep in Maya, the house of Shakti; it dances, jumps and sings in duality. The self-willed manmukh has no devotion. ||3||

The angels, mortals, renunciates, ritualists, silent sages and beings of spiritual wisdom dance.

The Siddhas and seekers, lovingly focused on the Lord, dance, as do the Gurmukhs, whose minds dwell in reflective meditation. ||4||

The planets and solar systems dance in the three qualities, as do those who bear love for You, Lord.

The beings and creatures all dance, and the four sources of creation dance. ||5||

They alone dance, who are pleasing to You, and who, as Gurmukhs, embrace love for the Word of the Shabad.

They are devotees, with the essence of spiritual wisdom, who obey the Hukam of His Command. ||6||

This is devotional worship, that one loves the True Lord; without service, one cannot be a devotee.

If one remains dead while yet alive, he reflects upon the Shabad, and then, he obtains the True Lord. ||7||

So many people dance for the sake of Maya; how rare are those who contemplate reality.

By Guru’s Grace, that humble being obtains You, Lord, upon whom You show Mercy. ||8||

If I forget the True Lord, even for an instant, that time passes in vain.

With each and every breath, constantly remember the Lord; He Himself shall forgive you, according to His Will. ||9||

They alone dance, who are pleasing to Your Will, and who, as Gurmukhs, contemplate the Word of the Shabad.

Says Nanak, they alone find celestial peace, whom You bless with Your Grace. ||10||1||6||