Ang 356

AASAA, FIRST MEHL: The clay pitcher of the body is miserable; it suffers in pain through birth and death. How can this terrifying world-ocean be crossed over? Without the Lord — Guru, it cannot be crossed. ||1|| Without You, there is no other at all, O my Beloved; without you, there is no other at all. You are in all colors and forms; he alone is forgiven, upon whom You bestow Your Glance of Grace. ||1|| Pause|| Maya, my mother-in-law, is evil; she does not let me live in my own home. The vicious one does not let me meet with my Husband Lord. I serve at the feet of my companions and friends; the Lord has showered me with His Mercy, through Guru’s Grace. ||2|| Reflecting upon my self, and conquering my mind, I have seen that there is no other friend like You. As You keep me, so do I live. You are the Giver of peace and pleasure. Whatever You do, comes to pass. ||3|| Hope and desire have both been dispelled; I have renounced my longing for the three qualities. The Gurmukh obtains the state of ecstasy, taking to the Shelter of the Saints’ Congregation. ||4|| All wisdom and meditation, all chanting and penance, come to one whose heart is filled with the Invisible, Inscrutable Lord. O Nanak, one whose mind is imbued with the Lord’s Name, finds the Guru’s Teachings, and intuitively serves. ||5||22||

AASAA, FIRST MEHL, PANCH-PADAS: Your attachment to your family, your attachment to all your affairs — renounce all your attachments, for they are all corrupt. ||1|| Renounce your attachments and doubts, O brother, and dwell upon the True Name within your heart and body. ||1|| Pause|| When one receives the nine treasures of the True Name, his children do not weep, and his mother does not grieve. ||2|| In this attachment, the world is drowning. Few are the Gurmukhs who swim across. ||3|| In this attachment, people are reincarnated over and over again. Attached to emotional attachment, they go to the city of Death. ||4|| You have received the Guru’s Teachings — now practice meditation and penance. If attachment is not broken, no one is approved. ||5|| But if He bestows His Glance of Grace, then this attachment departs. O Nanak, then one remains merged in the Lord. ||6||23||

AASAA, FIRST MEHL: He Himself does everything, the True, Invisible, Infinite Lord. I am a sinner, You are the Forgiver. ||1|| By Your Will, everything come to pass. One who acts in stubborn- mindedness is ruined in the end. ||1|| Pause|| The intellect of the self-willed manmukh is engrossed in falsehood. Without the meditative remembrance of the Lord, it suffers in sin. ||2|| Renounce evil-mindedness, and you shall reap the rewards. Whoever is born, comes through the Unknowable and Mysterious Lord. ||3|| Such is my Friend and Companion; meeting with the Guru, the Lord, devotion was implanted within me. ||4|| In all other transactions, one suffers loss. The Name of the Lord is pleasing to Nanak’s mind. ||5||24||

AASAA, FIRST MEHL, CHAU-PADAS: Contemplate and reflect upon knowledge, and you will become a benefactor to others. When you conquer the five passions, then you shall come to dwell at the sacred shrine of pilgrimage. ||1|| You shall hear the vibrations of the tinkling bells, when your mind is held steady. So what can the Messenger of Death do to me hereafter? ||1|| Pause|| When you abandon hope and desire, then you become a true Sannyaasi. When the Yogi practices abstinence, then he enjoys his body. ||2|| Through compassion, the naked hermit reflects upon his inner self. He slays his own self, instead of slaying others. ||3|| You, O Lord, are the One, but You have so many Forms. Nanak does not know Your wondrous plays. ||4||25||

AASAA, FIRST MEHL: I am not stained by only one sin, that could be washed clean by virtue. My Husband Lord is awake, while I sleep through the entire night of my life. ||1|| In this way, how can I become dear to my Husband Lord? My Husband Lord remains awake, while I sleep through the entire night of my life. ||1|| Pause|| With hope and desire, I approach His Bed, but I do not know whether He will be pleased with me or not. ||2|| How do I know what will happen to me, O my mother? Without the Blessed Vision of the Lord’s Darshan, I cannot survive. ||1|| Pause|| I have not tasted His Love, and my thirst is not quenched. My beautiful youth has run away, and now I, the soul-bride, repent and regret. ||3|| Even now, I am held by hope and desire. I am depressed; I have no hope at all. ||1|| Pause|| She overcomes her egotism, and adorns herself; the Husband Lord now ravishes and enjoys the soul-bride on His Bed. ||4|| Then, O Nanak, the bride becomes pleasing to the Mind of her Husband Lord; she sheds her self-conceit, and is absorbed in her Lord and Master. ||1|| Pause||26||