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Raag Gauree: Shalok, Fourth Mehl
Shalok, Fourth Mehl:
Without the Name, all other praise and speech is insipid and tasteless.
The self-willed manmukhs praise their own egos; their attachment to egotism is useless.
Those whom they praise, die; they all waste away in conflict.
O servant Nanak, the Gurmukhs are saved, chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, the Embodiment of Supreme Bliss. ||1||
Fourth Mehl:
O True Guru, tell me of my Lord God, that I may meditate on the Naam within my mind.
O Nanak, the Lord’s Name is sacred and pure; chanting it, all my pain has been taken away. ||2||
Pauree:
You Yourself are the Formless Lord, the Immaculate Lord, our Sovereign King.
Those who meditate on You, O True Lord with one-pointed mind, are rid of all their pain.
You have no equal, next to whom I might sit and speak of You.
You are the only Giver as great as Yourself. You are Immaculate; O True Lord, you are pleasing to my mind.
O my True Lord and Master, Your Name is the Truest of the True. ||2||
Shalok, Fourth Mehl:
Deep within the mind is the disease of ego; the self-willed manmukhs, the evil beings, are deluded by doubt.
O Nanak, this disease is eradicated, only when one meets the True Guru, our Holy Friend. ||1||
Fourth Mehl:
The mind and body of the Gurmukh are imbued with the Love of the Lord, the Treasure of Virtue.
Servant Nanak has taken to the Sanctuary of the Lord. Hail to the Guru, who has united me with the Lord. ||2||
Pauree:
You are the Personification of Creativity, the Inaccessible Lord. With whom should I compare You?
If there was anyone else as great as You, I would name him; You alone are like Yourself.
You are the One, permeating each and every heart; You are revealed to the Gurmukh.
You are the True Lord and Master of all; You are the Highest of all.
Whatever You do, O True Lord - that is what happens, so why should we grieve? ||3||
Shalok, Fourth Mehl:
My mind and body are imbued with the Love of my Beloved, twenty-four hours a day.
Shower Your Mercy upon servant Nanak, O God, that he may dwell in peace with the True Guru. ||1||
Fourth Mehl:
Those whose inner beings are filled with the Love of their Beloved, look beautiful as they speak.
O Nanak, the Lord Himself knows all; the Beloved Lord has infused His Love. ||2||
Pauree:
O Creator Lord, You Yourself are infallible; You never make mistakes.
Whatever You do is good, O True Lord; this understanding is obtained through the Word of the Guru’s Shabad.
You are the Cause of causes, the All-powerful Lord; there is no other at all.
O Lord and Master, You are inaccessible and merciful. Everyone meditates on You.
Section 07 - Raag Gauree - Part 152 All beings are Yours; You belong to all. You deliver all. ||4||
Shalok, Fourth Mehl:
Listen, O my Friend, to my message of love; my eyes are fixed upon You.
The Guru was pleased - He united servant Nanak with his friend, and now he sleeps in peace. ||1||
Fourth Mehl:
The True Guru is the Merciful Giver; He is always compassionate.
The True Guru has no hatred within Him; He beholds the One God everywhere.
Anyone who directs hate against the One who has no hate, shall never be satisfied within.
The True Guru wishes everyone well; how can anything bad happen to Him?
As one feels towards the True Guru, so are the rewards he receives.
O Nanak, the Creator knows everything; nothing can be hidden from Him. ||2||
Pauree:
One who has been made great by his Lord and Master - know him to be great!
By His Pleasure, the Lord and Master forgives those who are pleasing to His Mind.
One who tries to compete with Him is a senseless fool.
One who is united with the Lord by the True Guru, sings His Praises and speaks His Glories.
O Nanak, the True Lord is True; one who understands Him is absorbed in Truth. ||5||
Shalok, Fourth Mehl:
The Lord is true, immaculate and eternal; He has no fear, hatred or form.
Those who chant and meditate on Him, who single-mindedly focus their consciousness on Him, are rid of the burden of their ego.
Those Gurmukhs who worship and adore the Lord - hail to those Saintly beings!
If someone slanders the Perfect True Guru, he will be rebuked and reproached by the whole world.
The Lord Himself abides within the True Guru; He Himself is His Protector.
Blessed, Blessed is the Guru, who sings the Glories of God. Unto Him, I bow forever and ever in deepest reverence.
Servant Nanak is a sacrifice to those who have meditated on the Creator Lord. ||1||
Fourth Mehl:
He Himself made the earth; He Himself made the sky.
He Himself created the beings there, and He Himself places food in their mouths.
He Himself is All-pervading; He Himself is the Treasure of Excellence.
O servant Nanak, meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord; He shall take away all your sinful mistakes. ||2||
Pauree:
You, O True Lord and Master, are True; the Truth is pleasing to the True One.
The Messenger of Death does not even approach those who praise You, O True Lord.
Their faces are radiant in the Court of the Lord; the Lord is pleasing to their hearts.
The false ones are left behind; because of the falsehood and deceit in their hearts, they suffer in terrible pain.
Black are the faces of the false; the false remain just false. ||6||