Ang 1184

BASANT, FIFTH MEHL: Dwelling at the Guru’s Feet, pain and suffering go away. The Supreme Lord God has shown mercy to me. All my desires and tasks are fulfilled. Chanting the Lord’s Name, Nanak lives. ||1|| How beautiful is that season, when the Lord fills the mind. Without the True Guru, the world weeps. The faithless cynic comes and goes in reincarnation, over and over again. ||1|| Pause|| They alone are rich, who have the Wealth of the Lord God. Through the Word of the Guru’s Shabad, sexual desire and anger are eradicated. Their fear is dispelled, and they attain the state of fearlessness. Meeting with the Guru, Nanak meditates on his Lord and Master. ||2|| God dwells in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. Chanting and meditating on the Lord, one’s hopes are fulfilled. God permeates and pervades the water, the land and the sky. Meeting with the Guru, Nanak chants the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||3|| The eight miraculous spiritual powers and the nine treasures are contained in the Naam, the Name of the Lord. This is bestowed when God grants His Grace. Your slaves, O God, live by chanting and meditating on Your Name. O Nanak, the heart-lotus of the Gurmukh blossoms forth. ||4||13||

BASANT, FIFTH MEHL, FIRST HOUSE, IK-TUKAY: ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU: Meditating on the Lord, all desires are fulfilled, and the mortal is re-united with God, after having been separated for so long. ||1|| Meditate on the Lord of the Universe, who is worthy of meditation. Meditating on Him, enjoy celestial peace and poise. ||1|| Pause|| Bestowing His Mercy, He blesses us with His Glance of Grace. God Himself takes care of His slave. ||2|| My bed has been beautified by His Love. God, the Giver of Peace, has come to meet me. ||3|| He does not consider my merits and demerits. Nanak worships at the Feet of God. ||4||1||14||

BASANT, FIFTH MEHL: The residues of sin are erased, singing the Glories of God; night and day, celestial joy wells up. ||1|| My mind has blossomed forth, by the touch of the Lord’s Feet. By His Grace, He has led me to meet the Holy men, the humble servants of the Lord. I remain continually imbued with the love of the Lord’s Name. ||1|| Pause|| In His Mercy, the Lord of the World has revealed Himself to me. The Lord, Merciful to the meek, has attached me to the hem of His robe and saved me. ||2|| This mind has become the dust of the Holy; I behold my Lord and Master, continually, ever-present. ||3|| Sexual desire, anger and desire have vanished. O Nanak, God has become kind to me. ||4||2||15||

BASANT, FIFTH MEHL: God Himself has cured the disease. He laid on His Hands, and protected His child. ||1|| Celestial peace and tranquility fill my home forever, in this springtime of the soul. I have sought the Sanctuary of the Perfect Guru; I chant the Mantra of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, the Embodiment of emancipation. ||1|| Pause|| God Himself has dispelled my sorrow and suffering. I meditate continually, continuously, on my Guru. ||2|| That humble being who chants Your Name, obtains all fruits and rewards; singing the Glories of God, he becomes steady and stable. ||3|| O Nanak, the way of the devotees is good. They meditate continually, continuously, on the Lord, the Giver of peace. ||4||3||16||

BASANT, FIFTH MEHL: By His Will, He makes us happy. He shows Mercy to His servant. ||1|| The Perfect Guru makes everything perfect. He implants the Amrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord, in the heart. ||1|| Pause|| He does not consider the karma of my actions, or my Dharma, my spiritual practice. Taking me by the arm, He saves me and carries me across the terrifying world-ocean. ||2|| God has rid me of my filth, and made me stainless and pure. I have sought the Sanctuary of the Perfect Guru. ||3|| He Himself does, and causes everything to be done. By His Grace, O Nanak, He saves us. ||4||4||17||