Ang-1301 — Chapter 127

Remembering Him in meditation, salvation is attained; vibrate and meditate on Him, O my friend.

Says Nanak, listen, mind: your life is passing away! ||10||

Your body is made up of the five elements; you are clever and wise - know this well.

Believe it - you shall merge once again into the One, O Nanak, from whom you originated. ||11||

The Dear Lord abides in each and every heart; the Saints proclaim this as true.

Says Nanak, meditate and vibrate upon Him, and you shall cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ||12||

One who is not touched by pleasure or pain, greed, emotional attachment and egotistical pride

- says Nanak, listen, mind: he is the very image of God. ||13||

One who is beyond praise and slander, who looks upon gold and iron alike

- says Nanak, listen, mind: know that such a person is liberated. ||14||

One who is not affected by pleasure or pain, who looks upon friend and enemy alike

- says Nanak, listen, mind: know that such a person is liberated. ||15||

One who does not frighten anyone, and who is not afraid of anyone else

- says Nanak, listen, mind: call him spiritually wise. ||16||

One who has forsaken all sin and corruption, who wears the robes of neutral detachment

- says Nanak, listen, mind: good destiny is written on his forehead. ||17||

One who renounces Maya and possessiveness and is detached from everything

- says Nanak, listen, mind: God abides in his heart. ||18||

That mortal, who forsakes egotism, and realizes the Creator Lord

- says Nanak, that person is liberated; O mind, know this as true. ||19||

In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the Name of the Lord is the Destroyer of fear, the Eradicator of evil-mindedness.

Night and day, O Nanak, whoever vibrates and meditates on the Lord's Name, sees all of his works brought to fruition. ||20||

Vibrate with your tongue the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe; with your ears, hear the Lord's Name.

Says Nanak, listen, man: you shall not have to go to the house of Death. ||21||

That mortal who renounces possessiveness, greed, emotional attachment and egotism

- says Nanak, he himself is saved, and he saves many others as well. ||22||

Like a dream and a show, so is this world, you must know.

None of this is true, O Nanak, without God. ||23||

Night and day, for the sake of Maya, the mortal wanders constantly.

Among millions, O Nanak, there is scarcely anyone, who keeps the Lord in his consciousness. ||24||

As the bubbles in the water well up and disappear again,

so is the universe created; says Nanak, listen, O my friend! ||25||

The mortal does not remember the Lord, even for a moment; he is blinded by the wine of Maya.

Says Nanak, without meditating on the Lord, he is caught by the noose of Death. ||26||

If you yearn for eternal peace, then seek the Sanctuary of the Lord.

Says Nanak, listen, mind: this human body is difficult to obtain. ||27||

For the sake of Maya, the fools and ignorant people run all around.

Says Nanak, without meditating on the Lord, life passes away uselessly. ||28||

That mortal who meditates and vibrates upon the Lord night and day - know him to be the embodiment of the Lord.