Ang 813

BILAAVAL, FIFTH MEHL: The Lord of the Universe is my only Support. I have renounced all other hopes. God is All-powerful, above all; He is the perfect treasure of virtue. ||1|| The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is the Support of the humble servant who seeks God’s Sanctuary. In their minds, the Saints take the Support of the Transcendent Lord. ||1|| Pause|| He Himself preserves, and He Himself gives. He Himself cherishes. Merciful to the meek, the treasure of mercy, He remembers and protects us with each and every breath. ||2|| Whatever the Creator Lord does is glorious and great. The Perfect Guru has instructed me, that peace comes by the Will of our Lord and Master. ||3|| Anxieties, worries and calculations are dismissed; the Lord’s humble servant accepts the Hukam of His Command. He does not die, and He does not leave; Nanak is attuned to His Love. ||4||18||48||

BILAAVAL, FIFTH MEHL: The great fire is put out and cooled; meeting with the Guru, sins run away. I fell into the deep dark pit; giving me His Hand, He pulled me out. ||1|| He is my friend; I am the dust of His Feet. Meeting with Him, I am at peace; He blesses me with the gift of the soul. ||1|| Pause|| I have now received my pre-ordained destiny. Dwelling with the Lord’s Holy Saints, my hopes are fulfilled. ||2|| The fear of the three worlds is dispelled, and I have found my place of rest and peace. The all-powerful Guru has taken pity upon me, and the Naam has come to dwell in my mind. ||3|| O God, You are the Anchor and Support of Nanak. He is the Doer, the Cause of causes; the All-powerful Lord God is inaccessible and infinite. ||4||19||49||

BILAAVAL, FIFTH MEHL: One who forgets God is filthy, poor and low. The fool does not understand the Creator Lord; instead, he thinks that he himself is the doer. ||1|| Pain comes, when one forgets Him. Peace comes when one remembers God. This is the way the Saints are in bliss — they continually sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||1|| Pause|| The high, He makes low, and the low, he elevates in an instant. The value of the glory of our Lord and Master cannot be estimated. ||2|| While he gazes upon beautiful dramas and plays, the day of his departure dawns. The dream becomes the dream, and his actions do not go along with him. ||3|| God is All-powerful, the Cause of causes; I seek Your Sanctuary. Day and night, Nanak meditates on the Lord; forever and ever he is a sacrifice. ||4||20||50||

BILAAVAL, FIFTH MEHL: I carry water on my head, and with my hands I wash their feet. Tens of thousands of times, I am a sacrifice to them; gazing upon the Blessed Vision of their Darshan, I live. ||1|| The hopes which I cherish in my mind — my God fulfills them all. With my broom, I sweep the homes of the Holy Saints, and wave the fan over them. ||1|| Pause|| The Saints chant the Ambrosial Praises of the Lord; I listen, and my mind drinks it in. That sublime essence calms and soothes me, and quenches the fire of sin and corruption. ||2|| When the galaxy of Saints worship the Lord in devotion, I join them, singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. I bow in reverence to the humble devotees, and apply the dust of their feet to my face. ||3|| Sitting down and standing up, I chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord; this is what I do. This is Nanak’s prayer to God, that he may merge in the Lord’s Sanctuary. ||4||21||51||

BILAAVAL, FIFTH MEHL: He alone crosses over this world-ocean, who sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord. He dwells with the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy; by great good fortune, he finds the Lord. ||1|| Your slave lives by hearing, hearing the Word of Your Bani, chanted by Your humble servant. The Guru is revealed in all the worlds; He saves the honor of His servant. ||1|| Pause|| God has pulled me out of the ocean of fire, and quenched my burning thirst. The Guru has sprinkled the Ambrosial Water of the Naam, the Name of the Lord; He has become my Helper. ||2|| The pains of birth and death are removed, and I have obtained a resting place of peace. The noose of doubt and emotional attachment has been snapped; I have become pleasing to my God. ||3|| Let no one think that there is any other at all; everything is in the Hands of God. Nanak has found total peace, in the Society of the Saints. ||4||22||52||