1030

1In the Sanctuary of the Holy, chant the Lord's Name.

2Through the True Guru's Teachings, one comes to know His state and extent.

3Nanak: chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, O my mind; the Lord, the Uniter, shall unite you with Himself. ||17||3||9||

4Maaroo, First Mehla:

5Remain in your own home, O my foolish and ignorant mind.

6Meditate on the Lord - concentrate deep within your being and meditate on Him.

7Renounce your greed, and merge with the infinite Lord. In this way, you shall find the door of liberation. ||1||

8If you forget Him, the Messenger of Death will catch sight of you.

9All peace will be gone, and you will suffer in pain in the world hereafter.

10Chant the Name of the Lord as Gurmukh, O my soul; this is the supreme essence of contemplation. ||2||

11Chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, the sweetest essence.

12As Gurmukh, see the essence of the Lord deep within.

13Day and night, remain imbued with the Lord's Love. This is the essence of all chanting, deep meditation and self-discipline. ||3||

14Speak the Guru's Word, and the Name of the Lord.

15In the Society of the Saints, search for this essence.

16Follow the Guru's Teachings - seek and find the home of your own self, and you shall never be consigned to the womb of reincarnation again. ||4||

17Bathe at the sacred shrine of Truth, and sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

18Reflect upon the essence of reality, and lovingly focus your consciousness on the Lord.

19At the very last moment, the Messenger of Death will not be able to touch you, if you chant the Name of the Beloved Lord. ||5||

20The True Guru, the Primal Being, the Great Giver, is all-knowing.

21Whoever has Truth within himself, merges in the Word of the Shabad.

22One whom the True Guru unites in Union, is rid of the overpowering fear of death. ||6||

23The body is formed from the union of the five elements.

24Know that the Lord's jewel is within it.

25The soul is the Lord, and the Lord is the soul; contemplating the Shabad, the Lord is found. ||7||

26Abide in truth and contentment, O humble Siblings of Destiny.

27Hold tight to compassion and the Sanctuary of the True Guru.

28Know your soul, and know the Supreme Soul; associating with the Guru, you shall be emancipated. ||8||

29The faithless cynics are stuck in falsehood and deceit.

30Day and night, they slander many others.

31Without meditative remembrance, they come and then go, and are cast into the hellish womb of reincarnation. ||9||

32The faithless cynic is not rid of his fear of death.

33The Messenger of Death's club is never taken away.

34He has to answer to the Righteous Judge of Dharma for the account of his actions; the egotistical being carries the unbearable load. ||10||

35Tell me: without the Guru, what faithless cynic has been saved?

36Acting egotistically, he falls into the terrifying world-ocean.

37Without the Guru, no one is saved; meditating on the Lord, they are carried across to the other side. ||11||

38No one can erase the Guru's blessings.

39The Lord carries across those whom He forgives.

40The pains of birth and death do not even approach those whose minds are filled with God, the infinite and endless. ||12||

41Those who forget the Guru come and go in reincarnation.

42They are born, only to die again, and continue committing sins.

43The unconscious, foolish, faithless cynic does not remember the Lord; but when he is stricken with pain, then he cries out for the Lord. ||13||

44Pleasure and pain are the consequences of the actions of past lives.

45The Giver, who blesses us with these - He alone knows.

46So who can you blame, O mortal being? The hardships you suffer are from your own actions. ||14||