Ang 1274

MALAAR, FIRST MEHL: Remain awake and aware, serving the Guru; except for the Lord, no one is mine. Even by making all sorts of efforts, you shall not remain here; it shall melt like glass in the fire. ||1|| Tell me — why are you so proud of your body and wealth? They shall vanish in an instant; O madman, this is how the world is wasting away, in egotism and pride. ||1|| Pause|| Hail to the Lord of the Universe, God, our Saving Grace; He judges and saves the mortal beings. All that is, belongs to You. No one else is equal to You. ||2|| Creating all beings and creatures, their ways and means are under Your control; You bless the Gurmukhs with the ointment of spiritual wisdom. My Eternal, Unmastered Lord is over the heads of all. He is the Destroyer of death and rebirth, doubt and fear. ||3|| This wretched world is a fortress of paper, of color and form and clever tricks. A tiny drop of water or a little puff of wind destroys its glory; in an instant, its life is ended. ||4|| It is like a tree-house near the bank of a river, with a serpent’s den in that house. When the river overflows, what happens to the tree house? The snake bites, like duality in the mind. ||5|| Through the magic spell of the Guru’s spiritual wisdom, and meditation on the Word of the Guru’s Teachings, vice and corruption are burnt away. The mind and body are cooled and soothed and Truth is obtained, through the wondrous and unique devotional worship of the Lord. ||6|| All that exists begs of You; You are merciful to all beings. I seek Your Sanctuary; please save my honor, O Lord of the World, and bless me with Truth. ||7|| Bound in worldly affairs and entanglements, the blind one does not understand; he acts like a murderous butcher. But if he meets with the True Guru, then he comprehends and understands, and his mind is imbued with true spiritual wisdom. ||8|| Without the Truth, this worthless body is false; I have consulted my Guru on this. O Nanak, that God has revealed God to me; without the Truth, all the world is just a dream. ||||9||2||

MALAAR, FIRST MEHL: The sparrow-hawk and the fish find peace in water; the deer is pleased by the sound of the bell. ||1|| The sparrow-hawk chirps in the night, O my mother. ||1|| Pause|| O my Beloved, my love for You shall never end, if it is Your Will. ||2|| Sleep is gone, and egotism is exhausted from my body; my heart is permeated with the Teachings of Truth. ||3|| Flying among the trees and plants, I remain hungry; lovingly drinking in the Naam, the Name of the Lord, I am satisfied. ||4|| I stare at You, and my tongue cries out to You; I am so thirsty for the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan. ||5|| Without my Beloved, the more I decorate myself, the more my body burns; these clothes do not look good on my body. ||6|| Without my Beloved, I cannot survive even for an instant; without meeting Him, I cannot sleep. ||7|| Her Husband Lord is nearby, but the wretched bride does not know it. The True Guru reveals Him to her. ||8|| When she meets Him with intuitive ease, she finds peace; the Word of the Shabad quenches the fire of desire. ||9|| Says Nanak, through You, O Lord, my mind is pleased and appeased; I cannot express Your worth. ||10||3||

MALAAR, FIRST MEHL, ASHTAPADEES, SECOND HOUSE: ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU: The earth bends under the weight of the water, the lofty mountains and the caverns of the underworld. Contemplating the Word of the Guru’s Shabad, the oceans become calm. The path of liberation is found by subduing the ego. ||1|| I am blind; I seek the Light of the Name. I take the Support of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. I walk on the path of mystery of the Guru’s Fear. ||1|| Pause|| Through the Shabad, the Word of the True Guru, the Path is known. With the Guru’s Support, one is blessed with the strength of the True Lord. Dwell on the Naam, and realize the Beauteous Word of His Bani. If it is Your Will, Lord, You lead me to find Your Door. ||2|| Flying high or sitting down, I am lovingly focused on the One Lord. Through the Word of the Guru’s Shabad, I take the Naam as my Suppport. There is no ocean of water, no mountain ranges rising up. I dwell within the home of my own inner being, where there is no path and no one travelling on it. ||3|| You alone know the way to that House in which You dwell. No one else knows the Mansion of Your Presence. Without the True Guru, there is no understanding. The whole world is buried under its nightmare. The mortal tries all sorts of things, and weeps and wails, but without the Guru, he does not know the Naam, the Name of the Lord. In the twinkling of an eye, the Naam saves him, if he realizes the Word of the Guru’s Shabad. ||4|| Some are foolish, blind, stupid and ignorant. Some, through fear of the True Guru, take the Support of the Naam. The True Word of His Bani is sweet, the source of ambrosial nectar. Whoever drinks it in, finds the Door of Salvation. ||5|| One who, through the love and fear of God, enshrines the Naam within his heart, acts according to the Guru’s Instructions and knows the True Bani. When the clouds release their rain, the earth becomes beautiful; God’s Light permeates each and every heart. The evil-minded ones plant their seed in the barren soil; such is the sign of those who have no Guru. Without the True Guru, there is utter darkness; they drown there, even without water. ||6|| Whatever God does, is by His Own Will. That which is pre-ordained cannot be erased. Bound to the Hukam of the Lord’s Command, the mortal does his deeds. Permeated by the One Word of the Shabad, the mortal is immersed in Truth. ||7|| Your Command, O God, rules in the four directions; Your Name pervades the four corners of the nether regions as well. The True Word of the Shabad is pervading amongst all. By His Grace, the Eternal One unites us with Himself. Birth and death hang over the heads of all beings, along with hunger, sleep and dying. The Naam is pleasing to Nanak’s mind; O True Lord, Source of bliss, please bless me with Your Grace. ||8||1||4||