Ang-701 — Chapter 72
O Nanak, she revels in joy, imbued with His Love; she focuses her consciousness on the Lord. ||3||
The mind of the soul bride is very happy, when she meets her Friend, her Beloved Lord.
Through the Guru's Teachings, her mind becomes immaculate; she enshrines the Lord within her heart.
Keeping the Lord enshrined within her heart, her affairs are arranged and resolved; through the Guru's Teachings, she knows her Lord.
My Beloved has enticed my mind; I have obtained the Lord, the Architect of Destiny.
Serving the True Guru, she finds lasting peace; the Lord, the Destroyer of pride, dwells in her mind.
O Nanak, she merges with her Guru, embellished and adorned with the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||4||5||6||
Salok, Third Mehl:
The song of joy is the Naam, the Name of the Lord; contemplate it, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad.
The mind and body of the Gurmukh is drenched with the Lord, the Beloved Lord.
Through the Name of the Beloved Lord, all one's ancestors and generations are redeemed; chant the Lord's Name with your mouth.
Comings and goings cease, peace is obtained, and in the home of the heart, one's awareness is absorbed in the unstruck melody of the sound current.
I have found the One and only Lord, Har, Har. The Lord God has showered His Mercy upon Nanak.
The song of joy is the Naam, the Name of the Lord; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, contemplate it. ||1||
I am lowly, and God is lofty and exalted. How will I ever meet Him?
The Guru has very mercifully blessed me and united me with the Lord; through the Shabad, the Word of the Lord, I am lovingly embellished.
Merging in the Word of the Shabad, I am lovingly embellished; my ego is eradicated, and I revel in joyous love.
My bed is so comfortable, since I became pleasing to God; I am absorbed in the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.
O Nanak, that soul bride is so very blessed, who walks in harmony with the True Guru's Will.
I am lowly, and God is lofty and exalted. How will I ever meet Him? ||2||
In each and every heart, and deep within all, is the One Lord, the Husband Lord of all.
God dwells far away from some, while for others, He is the Support of the mind.
For some, the Creator Lord is the Support of the mind; He is obtained by great good fortune, through the Guru.
The One Lord God, the Master, is in each and every heart; the Gurmukh sees the unseen.
The mind is satisfied, in natural ecstasy, O Nanak, contemplating God.
In each and every heart, and deep within all, is the One Lord, the Husband Lord of all. ||3||
Those who serve the Guru, the True Guru, the Giver, merge in the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.
O Lord, please bless me with the dust of the feet of the Perfect Guru, so that I, a sinner, may be liberated.
Even sinners are liberated, by eradicating their egotism; they obtain a home within their own heart.
With clear unerstanding, the night of their lives passes peacefully; through the Guru's Teachings, the Naam is revealed to them.
Through the Lord, Har, Har, I am in ecstasy, day and night. O Nanak, the Lord seems sweet.
Those who serve the Guru, the True Guru, the Giver, merge in the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||4||6||7||5||7||12||
✦ 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.”
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.”