Ang 741

SOOHEE, FIFTH MEHL: The sinner is absorbed in greed and emotional attachment. He has not performed any service to the Creator Lord. ||1|| O God, Your Name is the Purifier of sinners. I am worthless — please save me! ||1|| Pause|| O God, You are the Great Giver, the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts. The body of the egotistical human is perishable. ||2|| Tastes and pleasures, conflicts and jealousy, and intoxication with Maya — attached to these, the jewel of human life is wasted. ||3|| The Sovereign Lord King is the Destroyer of pain, the Life of the world. Forsaking everything, Nanak has entered His Sanctuary. ||4||13||19||

SOOHEE, FIFTH MEHL: He sees with his eyes, but he is called blind; he hears, but he does not hear. And the One who dwells near at hand, he thinks that He is far away; the sinner is committing sins. ||1|| Do only those deeds which will save you, O mortal being. Chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, and the Ambrosial Word of His Bani. ||1|| Pause|| You are forever imbued with the love of horses and mansions. Nothing shall go along with you. ||2|| You may clean and decorate the vessel of clay, but it is so very filthy; it shall receive its punishment from the Messenger of Death. ||3|| You are bound by sexual desire, anger, greed and emotional attachment. You are sinking down into the great pit. ||4|| Hear this prayer of Nanak, O Lord; I am a stone, sinking down — please, rescue me! ||5||14||20||

SOOHEE, FIFTH MEHL: One who remains dead while yet alive understands God. He meets that humble being according to the karma of his past actions. ||1|| Listen, O friend — this is how to cross over the terrifying world-ocean. Meet with the Holy, and chant the Lord’s Name||1|| Pause|| There is no other to know, except for the One Lord. So realize that the Supreme Lord God is within each and every heart. ||2|| Whatever He does, accept that as good. Know the value of the beginning and the end. ||3|| Says Nanak, I am a sacrifice to that humble being, within whose heart the Lord dwells. ||4||15||21||

SOOHEE, FIFTH MEHL: The Guru is the Transcendent Lord, the Creator Lord. He gives His Support to the entire Universe. ||1|| Meditate within your mind on the Lotus Feet of the Guru. Pain and suffering shall leave this body. ||1|| Pause|| The True Guru saves the drowning being from the terrifying world-ocean. He reunites those who were separated for countless incarnations. ||2|| Serve the Guru, day and night. Your mind shall come to have peace, pleasure and poise. ||3|| By great good fortune, one obtains the dust of the feet of the True Guru. Nanak is forever a sacrifice to the True Guru. ||4||16||22||

SOOHEE, FIFTH MEHL: I am a sacrifice to my True Guru. Twenty-four hours a day, I sing the Praises of the Lord, Har, Har. ||1|| Meditate in remembrance on God, your Lord and Master. He is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of all hearts. ||1|| Pause|| So love the Lord’s Lotus Feet, and live a lifestyle which is true, perfect and spotless. ||2|| By the Grace of the Saints, the Lord comes to dwell within the mind, and the sins and residues of countless incarnations are eradicated. ||3|| Please be Merciful, O God, O Merciful to the meek. Nanak begs for the dust of the Saints. ||4||17||23||