Ang 563

WADAHANS, FIFTH MEHL: You are infinite — only a few know this. By Guru’s Grace, some come to understand You through the Word of the Shabad. ||1|| Your servant offers this prayer, O Beloved: I live by meditating on Your Feet, God. ||1|| Pause|| O my Merciful Lord God, O Great Giver: they alone know, whom You bless with realization. ||2|| Forever and ever, I am a sacrifice to You. Here and hereafter, I seek Your Protection. ||3|| I am without virtue; I know none of Your Glorious Virtues. O Nanak, seeing the Holy Saint, my mind is imbued with You. ||4||3||

WADAHANS, FIFTH MEHL: God is perfect — He is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts. He blesses us with the gift of the dust of the feet of the Holy. ||1|| Please bless me with Your Grace, O God, Merciful to the meek. I seek Your Shelter, O Perfect Lord of the World. ||1|| Pause|| He is totally pervading and permeating the water, the land and the sky. He dwells near at hand; God is not far away. ||2|| One whom He blesses with His Glance of Grace, meditates on Him. Twenty-four hours a day, he sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||3|| God cherishes all beings and creatures. Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of the Lord’s Door. ||4||4||

WADAHANS, FIFTH MEHL: You are the Great Giver, the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts. God, the Perfect Lord and Master, is permeating and pervading in all. ||1|| The Name of my Beloved God is my only support. I live by hearing, continually hearing Your Name. ||1|| Pause|| I seek Your Sanctuary, O my Perfect True Guru. My mind is purified by the dust of the Saints. ||2|| I have enshrined His Lotus Feet within my heart. I am a sacrifice to the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan. ||3|| Grant Your Grace, that I may sing Your Glorious Praises. O Nanak, chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, I find peace. ||4||5||

WADAHANS, FIFTH MEHL: In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, drink in the Ambrosial Nectar of the Lord. The soul does not die; it ever wastes away. ||1|| By great good fortune, one meets the Perfect Guru. By Guru’s Grace, one meditates on God. ||1|| Pause|| The Lord is the jewel, the pearl, the gem, the diamond. Meditating, meditating in remembrance on God, I am enraptured. ||2|| Wherever I look, I see the Sanctuary of the Holy. Singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, my mind becomes immaculate and pure. ||3|| Deep within the nucleus of each and every heart, my Lord and Master dwells. O Nanak, one obtains the Naam, the Name of the Lord, when God grants His Grace. ||4||6||

WADAHANS, FIFTH MEHL: Do not forget me, O God, Merciful to the meek. I seek Your Sanctuary, O Perfect, Compassionate Lord. ||1|| Pause|| Wherever You come to mind, that place is blessed. The moment I forget You, I am stricken with regret. ||1|| All beings are Yours; You are their constant companion. Please, give me Your hand, and lift me up, out of this world-ocean. ||2|| Coming and going are by Your making. One whom You save is not afflicted with suffering. ||3|| You are the One Lord and Master; there is no other at all. Nanak offers this prayer with his palms pressed together. ||4||7||

WADAHANS, FIFTH MEHL: When You allow Yourself to be known, then we know You. We chant Your Name, which You have given to us. ||1|| You are so wonderful! Your creative potency is amazing! ||1|| Pause|| You Yourself are the Cause of causes; You Yourself are the Creator. By the Hukam of Your Command, we are born, and by Your Command, we die. ||2|| Your Name is the Support of our mind and body. This is Your blessing to Nanak, Your slave. ||3||8||