Ang-151 — Chapter 48
They alone are handsome, clever and wise,
who surrender to the Will of God. ||2||
Blessed is their coming into this world,
if they recognize their Lord and Master in each and every heart. ||3||
Says Nanak, their good fortune is perfect,
if they enshrine the Lord's Feet within their minds. ||4||90||159||
Gauree, Fifth Mehl:
The Lord's servant does not associate with the faithless cynic.
One is in the clutches of vice, while the other is in love with the Lord. ||1||Pause||
It would be like an imaginary rider on a decorated horse,
or a eunuch caressing a woman. ||1||
It would be like tying up an ox and trying to milk it,
or riding a cow to chase a tiger. ||2||
It would be like taking a sheep and worshipping it as the Elysian cow,
the giver of all blessings; it would be like going out shopping without any money. ||3||
O Nanak, consciously meditate on the Lord's Name.
Meditate in remembrance on the Lord Master, your Best Friend. ||4||91||160||
Gauree, Fifth Mehl:
Pure and steady is that intellect,
which drinks in the Lord's sublime essence. ||1||
Keep the Support of the Lord's Feet in your heart,
and you shall be saved from the cycle of birth and death. ||1||Pause||
Pure is that body, in which sin does not arise.
In the Love of the Lord is pure glory. ||2||
In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, corruption is eradicated.
This is the greatest blessing of all. ||3||
Imbued with loving devotional worship of the Sustainer of the Universe,
Nanak asks for the dust of the feet of the Holy. ||4||92||161||
Gauree, Fifth Mehl:
Such is my love for the Lord of the Universe;
through perfect good destiny, I have been united with Him. ||1||Pause||
As the wife is delighted upon beholding her husband,
so does the Lord's humble servant live by chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||
As the mother is rejuvenated upon seeing her son,
so is the Lord's humble servant imbued with Him, through and through. ||2||
As the greedy man rejoices upon beholding his wealth,
so is the mind of the Lord's humble servant attached to His Lotus Feet. ||3||
May I never forget You, for even an instant, O Great Giver!
Nanak's God is the Support of his breath of life. ||4||93||162||
Gauree, Fifth Mehl:
Those humble beings who are accustomed to the Lord's sublime essence,
are pierced through with loving devotional worship of the Lord's Lotus Feet. ||1||Pause||
All other pleasures look like ashes;
without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the world is fruitless. ||1||
He Himself rescues us from the deep dark well.
Wondrous and Glorious are the Praises of the Lord of the Universe. ||2||
In the woods and meadows, and throughout the three worlds, the Sustainer of the Universe is pervading.
The Expansive Lord God is Merciful to all beings. ||3||
Says Nanak, that speech alone is excellent,
which is approved by the Creator Lord. ||4||94||163||
Gauree, Fifth Mehl:
Every day, take your bath in the Sacred Pool of the Lord.
Mix and drink in the most delicious, sublime Ambrosial Nectar of the Lord. ||1||Pause||
The water of the Name of the Lord of the Universe is immaculate and pure.
Take your cleansing bath in it, and all your affairs shall be resolved. ||1||
✦ 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.”
Impermanence & Letting Go
Dhammapada 20:277
“All conditioned things are impermanent. When one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.”
Tao Te Ching 76
“A man is born gentle and weak. At his death he is hard and stiff. The soft and yielding is the disciple of life.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.”
Bhagavad Gita 2:22
“As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones.”
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.”