Selections from the Guru Granth Sahib · 44 of 228

Raag Gauree: Maajh, Fifth Mehl

Raag Gauree Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

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

O Merciful to the meek, O Dear Lord King,

You have engaged millions of people in Your Service.

You are the Lover of Your devotees; this is Your Nature.

You are totally pervading all places. ||1||

How can I behold my Beloved? What is that way of life?

Become the slave of the Saints, and serve at their feet.

I dedicate this soul; I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice to them.

Bowing low, I fall at the Feet of the Lord. ||2||

The Pandits, the religious scholars, study the books of the Vedas.

Some become renunciates, and bathe at sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

Some sing tunes and melodies and songs.

But I meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Fearless Lord. ||3||

My Lord and Master has become merciful to me.

I was a sinner, and I have been sanctified, taking to the Guru’s Feet.

Section 07 - Raag Gauree - Part 067 Dispelling my doubts and fears, the Guru has rid me of hatred.

The Guru has fulfilled the desires of my mind. ||4||

One who has obtained the Name is wealthy.

One who meditates on God is glorified.

Sublime are all the actions of those who join the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

Servant Nanak is intuitively absorbed into the Lord. ||5||1||166||

Gauree, Fifth Mehl, Maajh:

Come to me, O my Beloved Lord.

Night and day, with each and every breath, I think of You.

O Saints, give Him this message; I fall at Your Feet.

Without You, how can I be saved? ||1||

In Your Company, I am in ecstasy.

In the forest, the fields and the three worlds, there is peace and supreme bliss.

My bed is beautiful, and my mind blossoms forth in ecstasy.

Beholding the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan, I have found this peace. ||2||

I wash Your Feet, and constantly serve You.

O Divine Lord, I worship and adore You; I bow down before You.

I am the slave of Your slaves; I chant Your Name.

I offer this prayer to my Lord and Master. ||3||

My desires are fulfilled, and my mind and body are rejuvenated.

Beholding the Blessed Vision of the Lord’s Darshan, all my pains have been taken away.

Chanting and meditating on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, I have been saved.

Nanak endures this unendurable celestial bliss. ||4||2||167||

Gauree Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

Listen, listen, O my friend and companion, O Beloved of my mind:

my mind and body are Yours. This life is a sacrifice to You as well.

May I never forget God, the Support of the breath of life.

I have come to Your Eternal Sanctuary. ||1||

Meeting Him, my mind is revived, O Siblings of Destiny.

By Guru’s Grace, I have found the Lord, Har, Har.

All things belong to God; all places belong to God.

I am forever a sacrifice to God. ||2||

Very fortunate are those who meditate on this treasure.

They enshrine love for the Naam, the Name of the One Immaculate Lord.

Finding the Perfect Guru, all suffering is dispelled.

Twenty-four hours a day, I sing the Glories of God. ||3||

Your Name is the treasure of jewels, Lord.

You are the True Banker; Your devotee is the trader.

True is the trade of those who have the wealth of the Lord’s assets.

Servant Nanak is forever a sacrifice. ||4||3||168||

Raag Gauree Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

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

I am so proud of You, O Creator; I am so proud of You.

Through Your Almighty Power, I dwell in peace. The True Word of the Shabad is my banner and insignia. ||1||Pause||

He hears and knows everything, but he keeps silent.

Bewitched by Maya, he never regains awareness. ||1||

The riddles and hints are given, and he sees them with his eyes.

Section 07 - Raag Gauree - Part 068 But he is foolish and greedy, and he never listens to what he is told. ||2||

Why bother to count one, two, three, four? The whole world is defrauded by the same enticements.

Hardly anyone loves the Lord’s Name; how rare is that place which is in bloom. ||3||

The devotees look beautiful in the True Court; night and day, they are happy.

They are imbued with the Love of the Transcendent Lord; servant Nanak is a sacrifice to them. ||4||1||169||