{"collection":"skh","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/skh/granth/gr02.htm","path":"skh/granth/gr02.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/skh/granth/gr02.htm","text":"So Dar ~ That Door. Raag Aasaa, First Mehl:\nOne Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:\nWhere is That Door of Yours, and where is That Home, in which You sit and take care of all?\nThe Sound-current of the Naad vibrates there for You, and countless musicians play all sorts of instruments there for You.\nThere are so many Ragas and musical harmonies to You; so many minstrels sing hymns of You.\nWind, water and fire sing of You. The Righteous Judge of Dharma sings at Your Door.\nChitr and Gupt, the angels of the conscious and the subconscious who keep the record of actions, and the Righteous Judge of Dharma who reads this record, sing of You.\nShiva, Brahma and the Goddess of Beauty, ever adorned by You, sing of You.\nIndra, seated on His Throne, sings of You, with the deities at Your Door.\nThe Siddhas in Samaadhi sing of You; the Saadhus sing of You in contemplation.\nSection 02 - So Dar - Part 002\nThe celibates, the fanatics, and the peacefully accepting sing of You; the fearless warriors sing of You.\nThe Pandits, the religious scholars who recite the Vedas, with the supreme sages of all the ages, sing of You.\nThe Mohinis, the enchanting heavenly beauties who entice hearts in paradise, in this world, and in the underworld of the subconscious, sing of You.\nThe celestial jewels created by You, and the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage, sing of You.\nThe brave and mighty warriors sing of You. The spiritual heroes and the four sources of creation sing of You.\nThe worlds, solar systems and galaxies, created and arranged by Your Hand, sing of You.\nThey alone sing of You, who are pleasing to Your Will. Your devotees are imbued with Your Sublime Essence.\nSo many others sing of You, they do not come to mind. O Nanak, how can I think of them all?\nThat True Lord is True, forever True, and True is His Name.\nHe is, and shall always be. He shall not depart, even when this Universe which He has created departs.\nHe created the world, with its various colors, species of beings, and the variety of Maya.\nHaving created the creation, He watches over it Himself, by His Greatness.\nHe does whatever He pleases. No one can issue any order to Him.\nHe is the King, the King of kings, the Supreme Lord and Master of kings. Nanak remains subject to His Will. ||1||\nAasaa, First Mehl:\nHearing of His Greatness, everyone calls Him Great.\nBut just how Great His Greatness is-this is known only to those who have seen Him.\nHis Value cannot be estimated; He cannot be described.\nThose who describe You, Lord, remain immersed and absorbed in You. ||1||\nO my Great Lord and Master of Unfathomable Depth, You are the Ocean of Excellence.\nNo one knows the extent or the vastness of Your Expanse. ||1||Pause||\nAll the intuitives met and practiced intuitive meditation.\nAll the appraisers met and made the appraisal.\nThe spiritual teachers, the teachers of meditation, and the teachers of teachers\n-they cannot describe even an iota of Your Greatness. ||2||\nAll Truth, all austere discipline, all goodness,\nall the great miraculous spiritual powers of the Siddhas\n-without You, no one has attained such powers.\nThey are received only by Your Grace. No one can block them or stop their flow. ||3||\nWhat can the poor helpless creatures do?\nYour Praises are overflowing with Your Treasures.\nThose, unto whom You give-how can they think of any other?\nO Nanak, the True One embellishes and exalts. ||4||2||\nAasaa, First Mehl:\nChanting it, I live; forgetting it, I die.\nIt is so difficult to chant the True Name.\nIf someone feels hunger for the True Name,\nthat hunger shall consume his pain. ||1||\nHow can I forget Him, O my mother?\nTrue is the Master, True is His Name. ||1||Pause||\nTrying to describe even an iota of the Greatness of the True Name,\npeople have grown weary, but they have not been able to evaluate it.\nEven if everyone were to gather together and speak of Him,\nHe would not become any greater or any lesser. ||2||\nThat Lord does not die; there is no reason to mourn.\nHe continues to give, and His Provisions never run short.\nThis Virtue is His alone; there is no other like Him.\nThere never has been, and there never will be. ||3||\nAs Great as You Yourself are, O Lord, so Great are Your Gifts.","title":"So Dar","type":"page"}