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1Whatever pleases Him, comes to pass.

2Listen, O Bharthari Yogi - Nanak speaks after deliberation;

3the Immaculate Name is my only Support. ||8||1||

4Aasaa, First Mehla:

5All meditation, all austerities, and all clever tricks,

6lead one to wander in the wilderness, but he does not find the Path.

7Without understanding, he is not approved;

8without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, ashes are thrown upon one's head. ||1||

9True is the Master; the world comes and goes.

10The mortal is emancipated, as Gurmukh, as the Lord's slave. ||1||Pause||

11The world is bound by its attachments to the many desires.

12Through the Guru's Teachings, some become free of desire.

13Within them is the Naam, and their heart lotus blossoms forth.

14They have no fear of death. ||2||

15The men of the world are conquered by woman; they love the ladies.

16Attached to children and wife, they forget the Naam.

17They waste this human life in vain, and lose the game in the gamble.

18Serving the True Guru is the best occupation. ||3||

19One who speaks egotistically in public,

20never attains liberation within.

21One who burns away his attachment to Maya, by the Word of the Guru's Shabad,

22meditates forever within his heart on the Immaculate Naam. ||4||

23He restrains his wandering mind, and keeps it under control.

24The company of such a Sikh is obtained only by Grace.

25Without the Guru, he goes astray and continues coming and going.

26Bestowing His Mercy, the Lord unites him in Union. ||5||

27I cannot describe the Beauteous Lord.

28I speak the unspoken; I cannot estimate His value.

29All pain and pleasure come by Your Will.

30All pain is eradicated by the True Name. ||6||

31He plays the instrument without hands, and dances without feet.

32But if he understands the Word of the Shabad, then he shall behold the True Lord.

33With the True Lord within the self, all happiness comes.

34Showering His Mercy, the Preserving Lord preserves him. ||7||

35He understands the three worlds; he eliminates his self-conceit.

36He understands the Bani of the Word, and he is absorbed into the True Lord.

37Contemplating the Shabad, he enshrines love for the One Lord.

38O Nanak, blessed is the Lord, the Embellisher. ||8||2||

39Aasaa, First Mehla:

40There are innumerable writings; those who write them take pride in them.

41When one's mind accepts the Truth, he understands, and speaks of it.

42Words, spoken and read again and again, are useless loads.

43There are innumerable writings, but the Infinite Lord remains unwritten. ||1||

44Know that such a True Lord is the One and only.

45Understand that birth and death come according to the Lord's Will. ||1||Pause||

46Because of attachment to Maya, the world is bound by the Messenger of Death.

47These bonds are released when one remembers the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

48The Guru is the Giver of peace; do not look for any other.

49In this world, and the next, He shall stand by you. ||2||

50One who dies in the Word of the Shabad, embraces love for the One Lord.

51One who eats the uneatable, has his doubts dispelled.

52He is Jivan Mukta - liberated while yet alive; the Naam abides in his mind.

53Becoming Gurmukh, he merges into the True Lord. ||3||

54The One who created the earth and the Akaashic ethers of the sky,

55established all; He establishes and disestablishes.

56He Himself is permeating all.

57He does not consult anyone; He Himself forgives. ||4||

58You are the Ocean, over-flowing with jewels and rubies.

59You are immaculate and pure, the true treasure of virtue.