Ang-151 — Chapter 43
Gauree, Fifth Mehl:
You are All-powerful, You are my Lord and Master.
Everything comes from You; You are the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts. ||1||
The Perfect Supreme Lord God is the Support of His humble servant.
Millions are saved in Your Sanctuary. ||1||Pause||
As many creatures as there are - they are all Yours.
By Your Grace, all sorts of comforts are obtained. ||2||
Whatever happens, is all according to Your Will.
One who understands the Hukam of the Lord's Command, is absorbed in the True Lord. ||3||
Please grant Your Grace, God, and bestow this gift
upon Nanak, that he may meditate on the treasure of the Naam. ||4||66||135||
Gauree, Fifth Mehl:
By great good fortune, the Blessed Vision of His Darshan is obtained,
by those who are lovingly absorbed in the Lord's Name. ||1||
Those whose minds are filled with the Lord,
do not suffer pain, even in dreams. ||1||Pause||
All treasures have been placed within the minds of His humble servants.
In their company, sinful mistakes and sorrows are taken away. ||2||
The Glories of the Lord's humble servants cannot be described.
The servants of the Supreme Lord God remain absorbed in Him. ||3||
Grant Your Grace, God, and hear my prayer:
please bless Nanak with the dust of the feet of Your slave. ||4||67||136||
Gauree, Fifth Mehl:
Remembering the Lord in meditation, your misfortune shall be taken away,
and all joy shall come to abide in your mind. ||1||
Meditate, O my mind, on the One Name.
It alone shall be of use to your soul. ||1||Pause||
Night and day, sing the Glorious Praises of the Infinite Lord,
through the Pure Mantra of the Perfect Guru. ||2||
Give up other efforts, and place your faith in the Support of the One Lord.
Taste the Ambrosial Essence of this, the greatest treasure. ||3||
They alone cross over the treacherous world-ocean,
O Nanak, upon whom the Lord casts His Glance of Grace. ||4||68||137||
Gauree, Fifth Mehl:
I have enshrined the Lotus Feet of God within my heart.
Meeting the Perfect True Guru, I am emancipated. ||1||
Sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe, O my Siblings of Destiny.
Joining the Holy Saints, meditate on the Lord's Name. ||1||Pause||
This human body, so difficult to obtain, is redeemed
when one receives the banner of the Naam from the True Guru. ||2||
Meditating in remembrance on the Lord, the state of perfection is attained.
In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, fear and doubt depart. ||3||
Wherever I look, there I see the Lord pervading.
Slave Nanak has entered the Lord's Sanctuary. ||4||69||138||
Gauree, Fifth Mehl:
I am a sacrifice to the Blessed Vision of the Guru's Darshan.
Chanting and meditating on the Name of the True Guru, I live. ||1||
O Supreme Lord God, O Perfect Divine Guru,
show mercy to me, and commit me to Your service. ||1||Pause||
I enshrine His Lotus Feet within my heart.
I offer my mind, body and wealth to the Guru, the Support of the breath of life. ||2||
My life is prosperous, fruitful and approved;
I know that the Guru, the Supreme Lord God, is near me. ||3||
By great good fortune, I have obtained the dust of the feet of the Saints.
O Nanak, meeting the Guru, I have fallen in love with the Lord. ||4||70||139||
✦ Connected Across Traditions
The Golden Rule
Matthew 7:12
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Hadith (An-Nawawi 13)
“None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.”
Leviticus 19:18
“Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Mahabharata 5.1517
“One should never do to another what one regards as injurious to oneself.”
Divine Compassion & Mercy
Quran 1:1
“In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.”
Psalm 23:1
“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.”
Luke 6:36
“Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.”
Snp 1.8
“As a mother would risk her life to protect her child, her only child, even so should one cultivate a limitless heart with regard to all beings.”
The Path to Wisdom
Proverbs 4:7
“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.”
Dhammapada 20:282
“Wisdom springs from meditation; without meditation wisdom wanes.”
Analects 2:11
“If you study the past and use it to understand the present, you are worthy of being a teacher.”
Tao Te Ching 33
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.”
Humility & Surrender
Bhagavad Gita 18:66
“Abandon all varieties of dharma and simply surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions; do not fear.”
Matthew 5:5
“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.”
Tao Te Ching 22
“If you want to become whole, let yourself be partial. If you want to become full, let yourself be empty.”
Quran 2:45
“Seek help through patience and prayer. It is indeed exacting, but not for those who are humble.”
Good vs Evil / Light vs Darkness
Yasna 30:3
“Now the two primal Spirits, who reveal themselves as Twins, are the Better and the Bad, in thought and word and action.”
John 1:5
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
Dhammapada 1:1-2
“Mind is the forerunner of all actions. If one speaks or acts with a pure mind, happiness follows like a shadow.”
Genesis 1:3
“And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.”