Ang-501 — Chapter 45
Take your cleansing bath in the Ambrosial Pool of the Lord, and all of your sins shall be wiped away, O my soul.
Take your cleansing ever in the Lord God, O friends, and the pain of darkness shall be dispelled.
Birth and death shall not touch you, and the noose of Death shall be cut away.
So join the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, and be imbued with the Naam, the Name of the Lord; there, your hopes shall be fulfilled.
Prays Nanak, shower Your Mercy upon me, O Lord, that I might dwell at Your Lotus Feet. ||1||
There is bliss and ecstasy there always, and the unstruck celestial melody resounds there.
Meeting together, the Saints sing God's Praises, and celebrate His Victory.
Meeting together, the Saints sing the Praises of the Lord Master; they are pleasing to the Lord, and saturated with the sublime essence of His love and affection.
They obtain the profit of the Lord, eliminate their self-conceit, and meet Him, from whom they were separated for so long.
Taking them by the arm, He makes them His own; God, the One, inaccessible and infinite, bestows His kindness.
Prays Nanak, forever immaculate are those who sing the Praises of the True Word of the Shabad. ||2||
Listen, O most fortunate ones, to the Ambrosial Bani of the Word of the Lord.
He alone, whose karma is so pre-ordained, has it enter into his heart.
He alone knows the Unspoken Speech, unto whom God has shown His Mercy.
He becomes immortal, and shall not die again; his troubles, disputes and pains are dispelled.
He finds the Sanctuary of the Lord; he does not forsake the Lord, and does not leave. God's Love is pleasing to his mind and body.
Prays Nanak, sing forever the Sacred Ambrosial Bani of His Word. ||3||
My mind and body are intoxicated - this state cannot be described.
We originated from Him, and into Him we shall merge once again.
I merge into God's Light, through and through, like water merging into water.
The One Lord permeates the water, the land and the sky - I do not see any other.
He is totally permeating the woods, meadows and the three worlds. I cannot express His worth.
Prays Nanak, He alone knows - He who created this creation. ||4||2||5||
Bihaagraa, Fifth Mehl:
The Saints go around, searching for God, the support of their breath of life.
They lose the strength of their bodies, if they do not merge with their Beloved Lord.
O God, my Beloved, please, bestow Your kindness upon me, that I may merge with You; by Your Mercy, attach me to the hem of Your robe.
Bless me with Your Name, that I may chant it, O Lord and Master; beholding the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan, I live.
He is all-powerful, perfect, eternal and unchanging, exalted, unapproachable and infinite.
Prays Nanak, bestow Your Mercy upon me, O Beloved of my soul, that I may merge with You. ||1||
I have practiced chanting, intensive meditation and fasting, to see Your Feet, O Lord.
But still, my burning is not quenched, without the Sanctuary of the Lord Master.
I seek Your Sanctuary, God - please, cut away my bonds and carry me across the world-ocean.
I am masterless, worthless, and I know nothing; please do not count up my merits and demerits.
O Lord, Merciful to the meek, Sustainer of the world, O Beloved, Almighty Cause of causes.
Nanak, the song-bird, begs for the rain-drop of the Lord's Name; meditating on the Feet of the Lord, Har, Har, he lives. ||2||
✦ 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.”
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.”