Ang 742

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||

SOOHEE, FIFTH MEHL: Gazing upon the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan, I live. My karma is perfect, O my God. ||1|| Please, listen to this prayer, O my God. Please bless me with Your Name, and make me Your chaylaa, Your disciple. ||1|| Pause|| Please keep me under Your Protection, O God, O Great Giver. By Guru’s Grace, a few people understand this. ||2|| Please hear my prayer, O God, my Friend. May Your Lotus Feet abide within my consciousness. ||3|| Nanak makes one prayer: may I never forget You, O perfect treasure of virtue. ||4||18||24||

SOOHEE, FIFTH MEHL: He is my friend, companion, child, relative and sibling. Wherever I look, I see the Lord as my companion and helper. ||1|| The Lord’s Name is my social status, my honor and wealth. He is my pleasure, poise, bliss and peace. ||1|| Pause|| I have strapped on the armor of meditation on the Supreme Lord God. It cannot be pierced, even by millions of weapons. ||2|| The Sanctuary of the Lord’s Feet is my fortress and battlement. The Messenger of Death, the torturer, cannot demolish it. ||3|| Slave Nanak is forever a sacrifice to the selfless servants and Saints of the Sovereign Lord, the Destroyer of ego. ||4||19||25||

SOOHEE, FIFTH MEHL: Where the Glorious Praises of God, the Lord of the world are continually sung, there is bliss, joy, happiness and peace. ||1|| Come, O my companions — let us go and enjoy God. Let us fall at the feet of the holy, humble beings. ||1|| Pause|| I pray for the dust of the feet of the humble. It shall wash away the sinful residues of countless incarnations. ||2|| I dedicate my mind, body, breath of life and soul to God. Remembering the Lord in meditation, I have eradicated pride and emotional attachment. ||3|| O Lord, O Merciful to the meek, please give me faith and confidence, so that slave Nanak may remain absorbed in Your Sanctuary. ||4||20||26||

SOOHEE, FIFTH MEHL: The city of heaven is where the Saints dwell. They enshrine the Lotus Feet of God within their hearts. ||1|| Listen, O my mind and body, and let me show you the way to find peace, so that you may eat and enjoy the various delicacies of the Lord||1|| Pause|| Taste the Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, within your mind. Its taste is wondrous — it cannot be described. ||2|| Your greed shall die, and your thirst shall be quenched. The humble beings seek the Sanctuary of the Supreme Lord God. ||3|| The Lord dispels the fears and attachments of countless incarnations. God has showered His Mercy and Grace upon slave Nanak. ||4||21||27||

SOOHEE, FIFTH MEHL: God covers the many shortcomings of His slaves. Granting His Mercy, God makes them His own. ||1|| You emancipate Your humble servant, and rescue him from the noose of the world, which is just a dream. ||1|| Pause|| Even huge mountains of sin and corruption are removed in an instant by the Merciful Lord. ||2|| Sorrow, disease and the most terrible calamities are removed by meditating on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||3|| Bestowing His Glance of Grace, He attaches us to the hem of His robe. Grasping the Lord’s Feet, O Nanak, we enter His Sanctuary. ||4||22||28||