Ang 1176

BASANT, THIRD MEHL: Through the Word of the Guru’s Shabad, remember the Lord with love, and you shall remain satisfied by the sublime essence of the Lord’s Name. The sins of millions upon millions of lifetimes shall be burnt away. Remaining dead while yet alive, you shall be absorbed in the Lord’s Name. ||1|| The Dear Lord Himself knows His own bountiful blessings. This mind blossoms forth in the Guru’s Shabad, chanting the Name of the Lord, the Giver of virtue. ||1|| Pause|| No one is liberated by wandering around in saffron-colored robes. Tranquility is not found by strict self- discipline. But by following the Guru’s Teachings, one is blessed to receive the Naam, the Name of the Lord. By great good fortune, one finds the Lord. ||2|| In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, glorious greatness comes through the Lord’s Name. Through the Perfect Guru, it is obtained. Those who are imbued with the Naam find everlasting peace. But without the Naam, mortals burn in egotism. ||3|| By great good furtune, some contemplate the Lord’s Name. Through the Lord’s Name, all sorrows are eradicated. He dwells within the heart, and pervades the external universe as well. O Nanak, the Creator Lord knows all. ||4||12||

BASANT, THIRD MEHL, IK-TUKAS: I am just a worm, created by You, O Lord. If you bless me, then I chant Your Primal Mantra. ||1|| I chant and reflect on His Glorious Virtues, O my mother. Meditating on the Lord, I fall at the Lord’s Feet. ||1|| Pause|| By Guru’s Grace, I am addicted to the favor of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. Why waste your life in hatred, vengeance and conflict? ||2|| When the Guru granted His Grace, my egotism was eradicated, and then, I obtained the Lord’s Name with intuitive ease. ||3|| The most lofty and exalted occupation is to contemplate the Word of the Shabad. Nanak chants the True Name. ||4||1||13||

BASANT, THIRD MEHL: The season of spring has come, and all the plants have blossomed forth. This mind blossoms forth, in association with the True Guru. ||1|| So meditate on the True Lord, O my foolish mind. Only then shall you find peace, O my mind. ||1|| Pause|| This mind blossoms forth, and I am in ecstasy. I am blessed with the Ambrosial Fruit of the Naam, the Name of the Lord of the Universe. ||2|| Everyone speaks and says that the Lord is the One and Only. By understanding the Hukam of His Command, we come to know the One Lord. ||3|| Says Nanak, no one can describe the Lord by speaking through ego. All speech and insight comes from our Lord and Master. ||4||2||14||

BASANT, THIRD MEHL: All the ages were created by You, O Lord. Meeting with the True Guru, one’s intellect is awakened. ||1|| O Dear Lord, please blend me with Yourself; let me merge in the True Name, through the Word of the Guru’s Shabad. ||1|| Pause|| When the mind is in spring, all people are rejuvenated. Blossoming forth and flowering through the Lord’s Name, peace is obtained. ||2|| Contemplating the Word of the Guru’s Shabad, one is in spring forever, with the Lord’s Name enshrined in the heart. ||3|| When the mind is in spring, the body and mind are rejuvenated. O Nanak, this body is the tree which bears the fruit of the Lord’s Name. ||4||3||15||

BASANT, THIRD MEHL: They alone are in the spring season, who sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. They come to worship the Lord with devotion, through their perfect destiny. ||1|| This mind is not even touched by spring. This mind is burnt by duality and double-mindedness. ||1|| Pause|| This mind is entangled in worldly affairs, creating more and more karma. Enchanted by Maya, it cries out in suffering forever. ||2|| This mind is released, only when it meets with the True Guru. Then, it does not suffer beatings by the Messenger of Death. ||3|| This mind is released, when the Guru emancipates it. O Nanak, attachment to Maya is burnt away through the Word of the Shabad. ||4||4||16||

BASANT, THIRD MEHL: Spring has come, and all the plants are flowering. These beings and creatures blossom forth when they focus their consciousness on the Lord. ||1|| In this way, this mind is rejuvenated. Chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, day and night, egotism is removed and washed away from the Gurmukhs. ||1|| Pause|| The True Guru speaks the Bani of the Word, and the Shabad, the Word of God. This world blossoms forth in its greenery, through the love of the True Guru. ||2|| The mortal blossoms forth in flower and fruit, when the Lord Himself so wills. He is attached to the Lord, the Primal Root of all, when he finds the True Guru. ||3|| The Lord Himself is the season of spring; the whole world is His Garden. O Nanak, this most unique devotional worship comes only by perfect destiny. ||4||5||17||