Ang 1128

RAAG BHAIRAO, THIRD MEHL, CHAUPADAS, FIRST HOUSE: ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU: No one should be proud of his social class and status. He alone is a Brahmin, who knows God. ||1|| Do not be proud of your social class and status, you ignorant fool! So much sin and corruption comes from this pride. ||1|| Pause|| Everyone says that there are four castes, four social classes. They all emanate from the drop of God’s Seed. ||2|| The entire universe is made of the same clay. The Potter has shaped it into all sorts of vessels. ||3|| The five elements join together, to make up the form of the human body. Who can say which is less, and which is more? ||4|| Says Nanak, this soul is bound by its actions. Without meeting the True Guru, it is not liberated. ||5||1||

BHAIRAO, THIRD MEHL: The Yogis, the householders, the Pandits, the religious scholars, and the beggars in religious robes — they are all asleep in egotism. ||1|| They are asleep, intoxicated with the wine of Maya Only those who remain awake and aware are not robbed. ||1|| Pause|| One who has met the True Guru, remains awake and aware. Such a person overpowers the five thieves. ||2|| One who contemplates the essence of reality remains awake and aware. He kills his self-conceit, and does not kill anyone else. ||3|| One who knows the One Lord remains awake and aware. He abandons the service of others, and realizes the essence of reality. ||4|| Of the four castes, whoever remains awake and aware is released from birth and death. ||5|| Says Nanak, that humble being remains awake and aware, who applies the ointment of spiritual wisdom to his eyes. ||6||2||

BHAIRAO, THIRD MEHL: Whoever the Lord keeps in His Sanctuary, is attached to the Truth, and receives the fruit of Truth. ||1|| O mortal, unto whom will you complain? The Hukam of the Lord’s Command is pervasive; by the Hukam of His Command, all things happen. ||1|| Pause|| This Creation was established by You. In an instant You destroy it, and You create it again without a moment’s delay. ||2|| By His Grace, He has staged this Play. By the Guru’s Merciful Grace, I have obtained the supreme status. ||3|| Says Nanak, He alone kills and revives. Understand this well — do not be confused by doubt. ||4||3||

BHAIRAO, THIRD MEHL: I am the bride; the Creator is my Husband Lord. As He inspires me, I adorn myself. ||1|| When it pleases Him, He enjoys me. I am joined, body and mind, to my True Lord and Master. ||1|| Pause|| How can anyone praise or slander anyone else? The One Lord Himself is pervading and permeating all. ||2|| By Guru’s Grace, I am attracted by His Love. I shall meet with my Merciful Lord, and vibrate the Panch Shabad, the Five Primal Sounds. ||3|| Prays Nanak, what can anyone do? He alone meets with the Lord, whom the Lord Himself meets. ||4||4||

BHAIRAO, THIRD MEHL: He alone is a silent sage, who subdues his mind’s duality. Subduing his duality, he contemplates God. ||1|| Let each person examine his own mind, O Siblings of Destiny. Examine your mind, and you shall obtain the nine treasures of the Naam. ||1|| Pause|| The Creator created the world, upon the foundation of worldly love and attachment. Attaching it to possessiveness, He has led it into confusion with doubt. ||2|| From this Mind come all bodies, and the breath of life. By mental contemplation, the mortal realizes the Hukam of the Lord’s Command, and merges in Him. ||3|| When the mortal has good karma, the Guru grants His Grace. Then this mind is awakened, and the duality of this mind is subdued. ||4|| It is the innate nature of the mind to remain forever detached. The Detached, Dispassionate Lord dwells within all. ||5|| Says Nanak, one who understands this mystery, becomes the embodiment of the Primal, Immaculate, Divine Lord God. ||6||5||