Selections from the Guru Granth Sahib · 49 of 228
Raag Gauree: Third Mehl
Gauree, Third Mehl:
Selfless service is the support of the breath of life of the Gurmukh.
Keep the Dear Lord enshrined in your heart.
The Gurmukh is honored in the Court of the True Lord. ||1||
O Pandit, O religious scholar, read about the Lord, and renounce your corrupt ways.
The Gurmukh crosses over the terrifying world-ocean. ||1||Pause||
Section 07 - Raag Gauree - Part 080 The Gurmukh eradicates egotism from within.
No filth sticks to the Gurmukh.
The Naam, the Name of the Lord, comes to dwell within the mind of the Gurmukh. ||2||
Through karma and Dharma, good actions and righteous faith, the Gurmukh becomes true.
The Gurmukh burns away egotism and duality.
The Gurmukh is attuned to the Naam, and is at peace. ||3||
Instruct your own mind, and understand Him.
You may preach to other people, but no one will listen.
The Gurmukh understands, and is always at peace. ||4||
The self-willed manmukhs are such clever hypocrites.
No matter what they do, it is not acceptable.
They come and go in reincarnation, and find no place of rest. ||5||
The manmukhs perform their rituals, but they are totally selfish and conceited.
They sit there, like storks, pretending to meditate.
Caught by the Messenger of Death, they shall regret and repent in the end. ||6||
Without serving the True Guru, liberation is not obtained.
By Guru’s Grace, one meets the Lord.
The Guru is the Great Giver, throughout the four ages. ||7||
For the Gurmukh, the Naam is social status, honor and glorious greatness.
Maya, the daughter of the ocean, has been slain.
O Nanak, without the Name, all clever tricks are false. ||8||2||
Gauree, Third Mehl:
Learn the Dharma of this age, O Siblings of Destiny;
all understanding is obtained from the Perfect Guru.
Here and hereafter, the Lord’s Name is our Companion. ||1||
Learn of the Lord, and contemplate Him in your mind.
By Guru’s Grace, your filth shall be washed away. ||1||Pause||
Through argument and debate, He cannot be found.
The mind and body are made insipid through the love of duality.
Through the Word of the Guru’s Shabad, lovingly attune yourself to the True Lord. ||2||
This world is polluted with egotism.
By taking cleansing baths daily at sacred shrines of pilgrimage, egotism is not eliminated.
Without meeting the Guru, they are tortured by Death. ||3||
Those humble beings are true, who conquer their ego.
Through the Word of the Guru’s Shabad, they conquer the five thieves.
They save themselves, and save all their generations as well. ||4||
The Actor has staged the drama of emotional attachment to Maya.
The self-willed manmukhs cling blindly to it.
The Gurmukhs remain detached, and lovingly attune themselves to the Lord. ||5||
The disguisers put on their various disguises.
Desire rages within them, and they carry on egotistically.
They do not understand themselves, and they lose the game of life. ||6||
Putting on religious robes, they act so clever, but they are totally deluded by doubt and emotional attachment to Maya.
Without serving the Guru, they suffer in terrible pain. ||7||
Those who are attuned to the Naam, the Name of the Lord, remain detached forever.
Even as householders, they lovingly attune themselves to the True Lord.
O Nanak, those who serve the True Guru are blessed and very fortunate. ||8||3||
Gauree, Third Mehl:
Brahma is the founder of the study of the Vedas.
From him emanated the gods, enticed by desire.
They wander in the three qualities, and they do not dwell within their own home. ||1||
The Lord has saved me; I have met the True Guru.
He has implanted devotional worship of the Lord’s Name, night and day. ||1||Pause||
The songs of Brahma entangle people in the three qualities.
Reading about the debates and disputes, they are hit over the head by the Messenger of Death.
Section 07 - Raag Gauree - Part 081 They do not understand the essence of reality, and they gather their worthless bundles of straw. ||2||
The self-willed manmukhs, in ignorance, take the path of evil.
They forget the Lord’s Name, and in its place, they establish all sorts of rituals.
They drown in the terrifying world-ocean, in the love of duality. ||3||
Driven crazy, infatuated by Maya, they call themselves Pandits - religious scholars;
stained with corruption, they suffer terrible pain.
The noose of the Messenger of Death is around their necks; they are constantly tormented by death. ||4||
The Messenger of Death does not even approach the Gurmukhs.
Through the Word of the Shabad, they burn away their ego and duality.
Attuned to the Name, they sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||5||
Maya is the slave of the Lord’s devotees; it works for them.
One who falls at their feet attains the Mansion of the Lord’s Presence.
He is forever immaculate; he is absorbed in intuitive peace. ||6||
Those who listen to the Lord’s Sermon are seen to be the wealthy people in this world.
Everyone bows down to them, and adores them, night and day.
They intuitively savor the Glories of the True Lord within their minds. ||7||
The Perfect True Guru has revealed the Shabad;
it eradicates the three qualities, and attunes the consciousness to the fourth state.
O Nanak, subduing egotism, one is absorbed into God. ||8||4||
Gauree, Third Mehl:
Brahma studied the Vedas, but these lead only to debates and disputes.
He is filled with darkness; he does not understand himself.
And yet, if he chants the Word of the Guru’s Shabad, he finds God. ||1||
So serve the Guru, and you shall not be consumed by death.
The self-willed manmukhs have been consumed by the love of duality. ||1||Pause||
Becoming Gurmukh, the sinful mortals are purified.
Through the Word of the Guru’s Shabad, they find intuitive peace and poise deep within.
I have found my God, through the Guru’s Shabad, and I have been reformed. ||2||
God Himself unites us in Union with the True Guru, when we become pleasing to the Mind of my True God.
They sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, in the poise of celestial peace. ||3||
Without the True Guru, they are deluded by doubt.
The blind, self-willed manmukhs constantly eat poison.
They are beaten by the Messenger of Death with his rod, and they suffer in constant pain. ||4||
The Messenger of Death does not catch sight of those who enter the Sanctuary of the Lord.
Subduing egotism, they lovingly center their consciousness on the True Lord.
They keep their consciousness constantly focused on the Lord’s Name. ||5||
Those humble beings who serve the True Guru are pure and immaculate.
Merging their minds into the Mind, they conquer the entire world.
In this way, you too shall find happiness, O my friend. ||6||
Those who serve the True Guru are blessed with fruitful rewards.
The Naam, the Name of the Lord, abides in their hearts; selfishness and conceit depart from within them.
The unstruck melody of the Shabad vibrates for them. ||7||
Who - who has not been purified by the True Guru, O my Siblings of Destiny?
The devotees are purified, and honored in His Court.
O Nanak, greatness is in the Lord’s Name. ||8||5||
Gauree, Third Mehl:
Those who speak of the three qualities - their doubts do not depart.
Their bonds are not broken, and they do not obtain liberation.
The True Guru is the Bestower of liberation in this age. ||1||
Those mortals who become Gurmukh give up their doubts.
The celestial music wells up, when they lovingly attune their consciousness to the Lord. ||1||Pause||
Those who are controlled by the three qualities have death hovering over their heads.
Section 07 - Raag Gauree - Part 082 They do not remember the Name of the Creator Lord.
They die, and are reborn, over and over, again and again. ||2||
Those whose guru is spiritually blind - their doubts are not dispelled.
Abandoning the Source of all, they have become attached to the love of duality.
Infected with poison, they are immersed in poison. ||3||
Believing Maya to be the source of all, they wander in doubt.
They have forgotten the Dear Lord, and they are in love with duality.
The supreme status is obtained only by those who are blessed with His Glance of Grace. ||4||
One who has Truth pervading within, radiates Truth outwardly as well.
The Truth does not remain hidden, even though one may try to hide it.
The spiritually wise know this intuitively. ||5||
The Gurmukhs keep their consciousness lovingly centered on the Lord.
Ego and Maya are burned away by the Word of the Shabad.
My True God unites them in His Union. ||6||
The True Guru, The Giver, preaches the Shabad.
He controls, and restrains, and holds still the wandering mind.
Understanding is obtained through the Perfect Guru. ||7||
The Creator Himself has created the universe; He Himself shall destroy it.
Without Him, there is no other at all.
O Nanak, how rare are those who, as Gurmukh, understand this! ||8||6||
Gauree, Third Mehl:
The Gurmukhs obtain the Naam, the Priceless Name of the Lord.
They serve the Name, and through the Name, they are absorbed in intuitive peace and poise.
With their tongues, they continually sing the Ambrosial Naam.
They obtain the Lord’s Name; the Lord showers His Mercy upon them. ||1||
Night and day, within your heart, meditate on the Lord of the Universe.
The Gurmukhs obtain the supreme state of peace. ||1||Pause||
Peace comes to fill the hearts of those who, as Gurmukh, sing of the True Lord, the treasure of excellence.
They become the constant slaves of the slaves of the Lord’s slaves.
Within their households and families, they remain always detached. ||2||
How rare are those who, as Gurmukh, become Jivan Mukta - liberated while yet alive.
They alone obtain the supreme treasure.
Eradicating the three qualities, they become pure.
They are intuitively absorbed in the True Lord God. ||3||
Emotional attachment to family does not exist, when the True Lord abides within the heart.
The mind of the Gurmukh is pierced through and held steady.
One who recognizes the Hukam of the Lord’s Command understands the True Lord. ||4||
You are the Creator Lord - there is no other for me.
I serve You, and through You, I obtain honor.
God showers His Mercy, and I sing His Praises.
The light of the jewel of the Naam permeates the entire world. ||5||
To the Gurmukhs, the Word of God’s Bani seems so sweet.
Deep within, their hearts blossom forth; night and day, they lovingly center themselves on the Lord.
The True Lord is intuitively obtained, by His Grace.
The True Guru is obtained by the destiny of perfect good fortune. ||6||
Egotism, possessiveness, evil-mindedness and suffering depart, when the Lord’s Name, the Ocean of Virtue, comes to dwell within the heart.
The intellect of the Gurmukhs is awakened, and they praise God, when the Lord’s Lotus Feet come to dwell within the heart. ||7||
They alone receive the Naam, unto whom it is given.
The Gurmukhs shed their ego, and merge with the Lord.
The True Name abides within their hearts.
O Nanak, they are intuitively absorbed in the True Lord. ||8||7||
Gauree, Third Mehl:
The mind has intuitively healed itself, through the Fear of God.
Section 07 - Raag Gauree - Part 083 The mind is attuned to the Word of the Shabad; it is lovingly attuned to the Lord.
It abides within its own home, in harmony with the Lord’s Will. ||1||
Serving the True Guru, egotistical pride departs, and the Lord of the Universe, the Treasure of Excellence, is obtained. ||1||Pause||
The mind becomes detached and free of desire, when it experiences the Fear of God, through the Shabad.
My Immaculate God is pervading and contained among all.
By Guru’s Grace, one is united in His Union. ||2||
The slave of the Lord’s slave attains peace.
My Lord God is found in this way.
By the Grace of the Lord, one comes to sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||3||
Cursed is that long life, during which love for the Lord’s Name is not enshrined.
Cursed is that comfortable bed which lures one into the darkness of attachment to sexual desire.
Fruitful is the birth of that person who takes the Support of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||4||
Cursed, cursed is that home and family, in which the love of the Lord is not embraced.
He alone is my friend, who sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord.
Without the Lord’s Name, there is no other for me. ||5||
From the True Guru, I have obtained salvation and honor.
I have meditated on the Name of the Lord, and all my sufferings have been erased.
I am in constant bliss, lovingly attuned to the Lord’s Name. ||6||
Meeting the Guru, I came to understand my body.
The fires of ego and desire have been totally quenched.
Anger has been dispelled, and I have grasped hold of tolerance. ||7||
The Lord Himself showers His Mercy, and bestows the Naam.
How rare is that Gurmukh, who receives the jewel of the Naam.
O Nanak, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, the Unknowable, the Incomprehensible. ||8||8||