Ang 1235

SAARANG, THIRD MEHL: O my mind, the Speech of the Lord is unspoken. That humble being who is blessed by the Lord’s Glance of Grace, obtains it. How rare is that Gurmukh who understands. ||1|| Pause|| The Lord is Deep, Profound and Unfathomable, the Ocean of Excellence; He is realized through the Word of the Guru’s Shabad. Mortals do their deeds in all sorts of ways, in the love of duality; but without the Shabad, they are insane. ||1|| That humble being who bathes in the Lord’s Name becomes immaculate; he never becomes polluted again. Without the Name, the whole world is polluted; wandering in duality, it loses its honor. ||2|| What should I grasp? What should I gather up or leave behind? I do not know. O Dear Lord, Your Name is the Help and Support of those whom You bless with Your kindness and compassion. ||3|| The True Lord is the True Giver, the Architect of Destiny; as He pleases, He links mortals to the Name. He alone comes to understand, who enters the Guru’s Gate, whom the Lord Himself instructs. ||4|| Even gazing upon the wonders of the Lord, this mind does not think of Him. The world comes and goes in reincarnation. Serving the True Guru, the mortal comes to understand, and finds the Door of Salvation. ||5|| Those who understand the Lord’s Court, never suffer separation from him. The True Guru has imparted this understanding. They practice truth, self-restraint and good deeds; their comings and goings are ended. ||6|| In the Court of the True Lord, they practice Truth. The Gurmukhs take the Support of the True Lord. The self-willed manmukhs wander, lost in doubt and duality. They do not know how to contemplate the Lord. ||7|| He Himself is the Gurmukh, and He Himself gives; He Himself creates and beholds. O Nanak, those humble beings are approved, whose honor the Lord Himself accepts. ||8||3||

SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL, ASHTAPADEES, FIRST HOUSE: ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU: O Lord of the World, I gaze upon Your wondrous glory. You are the Doer, the Cause of causes, the Creator and Destroyer. You are the Sovereign Lord of all. ||1|| Pause|| The rulers and nobles and kings shall become beggars. Their ostentatious shows are false. My Sovereign Lord King is eternally stable. His Praises are sung in every heart. ||1|| Listen to the Praises of my Lord King, O Saints. I chant them as best I can. My Lord King, the Great Giver, is Immeasurable. He is the Highest of the high. ||2|| He has strung His Breath throughout the creation; He locked the fire in the wood. He placed the water and the land together, but neither blends with the other. ||3|| In each and every heart, the Story of our Sovereign Lord is told; in each and every home, they yearn for Him. Afterwards, He created all beings and creatures; but first, He provided them with sustenance. ||4|| Whatever He does, He does by Himself. Who has ever given Him advice? The mortals make all sorts of efforts and showy displays, but He is realized only through the Teachings of Truth. ||5|| The Lord protects and saves His devotees; He blesses them with the glory of His Name. Whoever is disrespectful to the humble servant of the Lord, shall be swept away and destroyed. ||6|| Those who join the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, are liberated; all their demerits are taken away. Seeing them, God becomes merciful; they are carried across the terrifying world-ocean. ||7|| I am lowly, I am nothing at all; You are my Great Lord and Master — how can I even contemplate Your creative potency? My mind and body are cooled and soothed, gazing upon the Blessed Vision of the Guru’s Darshan. Nanak takes the Support of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||8||1||

SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL, ASHTAPADEES, SIXTH HOUSE: ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU: Listen to the Story of the Inaccessible and Unfathomable. The glory of the Supreme Lord God is wondrous and amazing! ||1|| Pause|| Forever and ever, humbly bow to the True Guru. By Guru’s Grace, sing the Glorious Praises of the Infinite Lord. His Light shall radiate deep within your mind. With the healing ointment of spiritual wisdom, ignorance is dispelled. ||1|| There is no limit to His Expanse. His Glory is Infinite and Endless. His many plays cannot be counted. He is not subject to pleasure or pain. ||2|| Many Brahmas vibrate Him in the Vedas. Many Shivas sit in deep meditation. Many beings take incarnation. Many Indras stand at the Lord’s Door. ||3|| Many winds, fires and waters. Many jewels, and oceans of butter and milk. Many suns, moons and stars. Many gods and goddesses of so many kinds. ||4|| Many earths, many wish- fulfilling cows. Many miraculous Elysian trees, many Krishnas playing the flute. Many Akaashic ethers, many nether regions of the underworld. Many mouths chant and meditate on the Lord. ||5|| Many Shaastras, Simritees and Puraanas. Many ways in which we speak. Many listeners listen to the Lord of Treasure. The Lord God totally permeates all beings. ||6|| Many righteous judges of Dharma, many gods of wealth. Many gods of water, many mountains of gold. Many thousand-headed snakes, chanting ever-new Names of God. They do not know the limits of the Supreme Lord God. ||7|| Many solar systems, many galaxies. Many forms, colors and celestial realms. Many gardens, many fruits and roots. He Himself is mind, and He Himself is matter. ||8|| Many ages, days and nights. Many apocalypses, many creations. Many beings are in His home. The Lord is perfectly pervading all places. ||9|| Many Mayas, which cannot be known. Many are the ways in which our Sovereign Lord plays. Many exquisite melodies sing of the Lord. Many recording scribes of the conscious and subconscious are revealed there. ||10|| He is above all, and yet He dwells with His devotees. Twenty-four hours a day, they sing His Praises with love. Many unstruck melodies resound and resonate with bliss. There is no end or limit of that sublime essence. ||11|| True is the Primal Being, and True is His dwelling. He is the Highest of the high, Immaculate and Detached, in Nirvaanaa. He alone knows His handiwork. He Himself pervades each and every heart. The Merciful Lord is the Treasure of Compassion, O Nanak. Those who chant and meditate on Him, O Nanak, are exalted and enraptured. ||12||1||2||2||3||7||