Ang 1310

KAANRAA, FOURTH MEHL: O mind, follow the Guru’s Teachings, and joyfully sing God’s Praises. If my one tongue became hundreds of thousands and millions, I would meditate on Him millions and millions of times. ||1|| Pause|| The serpent king chants and meditates on the Lord with his thousands of heads, but even by these chants, he cannot find the Lord’s limits. You are Utterly Unfathomable, Inaccessible and Infinite. Through the Wisdom of the Guru’s Teachings, the mind becomes steady and balanced. ||1|| Those humble beings who meditate on You are noble and exalted. Meditating on the Lord, they are at peace. Bidur, the son of a slave-girl, was an untouchable, but Krishna hugged him close in His Embrace. ||2|| Wood is produced from water, but by holding onto wood, one is saved from drowning. The Lord Himself embellishes and exalts His humble servants; He confirms His Innate Nature. ||3|| I am like a stone, or a piece of iron, heavy stone and iron; in the Boat of the Guru’s Congregation, I am carried across, like Kabeer the weaver, who was saved in the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation. He became pleasing to the minds of the humble Saints. ||4|| Standing up, sitting down, rising up and walking on the path, I meditate. The True Guru is the Word, and the Word is the True Guru, who teaches the Path of Liberation. ||5|| By His Training, I find strength with each and every breath; now that I am trained and tamed, I meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. By Guru’s Grace, egotism is extinguished, and then, through the Guru’s Teachings, I merge in the Naam. ||6|| The True Guru is the Giver of the life of the soul, but the unfortunate ones do not love Him. This opportunity shall not come into their hands again; in the end, they will suffer in torment and regret. ||7|| If a good person seeks goodness for himself, he should bow low in humble surrender to the Guru. Nanak prays: please show kindness and compassion to me, O my Lord and Master, that I may apply the dust of the True Guru to my forehead. ||8||3||

KAANRAA, FOURTH MEHL: O mind, be attuned to His Love, and sing. The Fear of God makes me fearless and immaculate; I am dyed in the color of the Guru’s Teachings. ||1|| Pause|| Those who are attuned to the Lord’s Love remain balanced and detached forever; they live near the Lord, who comes into their house. If I am blessed with the dust of their feet, then I live. Granting His Grace, He Himself bestows it. ||1|| Mortal beings are attached to greed and duality. Their minds are unripe and unfit, and will not accept the Dye of His Love. But their lives are transformed through the Word of the Guru’s Teachings. Meeting with the Guru, the Primal Being, they are dyed in the color of His Love. ||2|| There are ten organs of sense and action; the ten wander unrestrained. Under the influence of the three dispositions, they are not stable, even for an instant. Coming in contact with the True Guru, they are brought under control; then, salvation and liberation are attained. ||3|| The One and Only Creator of the Universe is All-pervading everywhere. All shall once again merge into the One. His One Form has one, and many colors; He leads all according to His One Word. ||4|| The Gurmukh realizes the One and Only Lord; He is revealed to the Gurmukh. The Gurmukh goes and meets the Lord in His Mansion deep within; the Unstruck Word of the Shabad vibrates there. ||5|| God created all the beings and creatures of the universe; He blesses the Gurmukh with glory. Without meeting the Guru, no one obtains the Mansion of His Presence. They suffer the agony of coming and going in reincarnation. ||6|| For countless lifetimes, I have been separated from my Beloved; in His Mercy, the Guru has united me with Him. Meeting the True Guru, I have found absolute peace, and my polluted intellect blossoms forth. ||7|| O Lord, Har, Har, please grant Your Grace; O Life of the World, instill faith in the Naam within me. Nanak is the Guru, the Guru, the True Guru; I am immersed in the Sanctuary of the True Guru. ||8||4||

KAANRAA, FOURTH MEHL: O mind, walk on the Path of the Guru’s Teachings. Just as the wild elephant is subdued by the prod, the mind is disciplined by the Word of the Guru’s Shabad. ||1|| Pause|| The wandering mind wanders, roams and rambles in the ten directions; but the Guru holds it, and lovingly attunes it to the Lord. The True Guru implants the Word of the Shabad deep within the heart; the Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord, trickles into the mouth. ||1|| The snakes are filled with poisonous venom; the Word of the Guru’s Shabad is the antidote — place it in your mouth. Maya, the serpent, does not even approach one who is rid of the poison, and lovingly attuned to the Lord. ||2|| The dog of greed is very powerful in the village of the body; the Guru strikes it and drives it out in an instant. Truth, contentment, righteousness and Dharma have settled there; in the village of the Lord, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||3|| The mortal beings are sinking in the swamp of emotional attachment; the Guru lifts them up, and saves them from sinking. Crying, “Save me! Save me!”, the humble come to His Sanctuary; the Guru reaches out His Hand, and lifts them up. ||4|| The whole world is like a game in a dream, all a game. God plays and causes the game to be played. So earn the Profit of the Naam by following the Guru’s Teachings; you shall go to the Court of the Lord in robes of honor. ||5|| They act in egotism, and make others act in egotism; they collect and gather up the blackness of sin. And when death comes, they suffer in agony; they must eat what they have planted. ||6|| O Saints, gather the Wealth of the Lord’s Name; if you depart after packing these provisions, you shall be honored. So eat, spend, consume and give abundantly; the Lord will give — there will be no deficiency. ||7|| The wealth of the Lord’s Name is deep within the heart. In the Sanctuary of the Guru, this wealth is found. O Nanak, God has been kind and compassionate; He has blessed me. Removing pain and poverty, He has blended me with Himself. ||8||5||