{"collection":"skh","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/skh/granth/gr15.htm","path":"skh/granth/gr15.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/skh/granth/gr15.htm","text":"Jaitsree, Fourth Mehl, First House, Chau-Padas:\nOne Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:\nThe Jewel of the Lord's Name abides within my heart; the Guru has placed His hand on my forehead.\nThe sins and pains of countless incarnations have been cast out. The Guru has blessed me with the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and my debt has been paid off. ||1||\nO my mind, vibrate the Lord's Name, and all your affairs shall be resolved.\nThe Perfect Guru has implanted the Lord's Name within me; without the Name, life is useless. ||Pause||\nWithout the Guru, the self-willed manmukhs are foolish and ignorant; they are forever entangled in emotional attachment to Maya.\nThey never serve the feet of the Holy; their lives are totally useless. ||2||\nThose who serve at the feet of the Holy, the feet of the Holy, their lives are made fruitful, and they belong to the Lord.\nMake me the slave of the slave of the slaves of the Lord; bless me with Your Mercy, O Lord of the Universe. ||3||\nI am blind, ignorant and totally without wisdom; how can I walk on the Path?\nI am blind - O Guru, please let me grasp the hem of Your robe, so that servant Nanak may walk in harmony with You. ||4||1||\nJaitsree, Fourth Mehl:\nA jewel or a diamond may be very valuable and heavy, but without a purchaser, it is worth only straw.\nWhen the Holy Guru, the Purchaser, saw this jewel, He purchased it for hundreds of thousands of dollars. ||1||\nThe Lord has kept this jewel hidden within my mind.\nThe Lord, merciful to the meek, led me to meet the Holy Guru; meeting the Guru, I came to appreciate this jewel. ||Pause||\nThe rooms of the self-willed manmukhs are dark with ignorance; in their homes, the jewel is not visible.\nThose fools die, wandering in the wilderness, eating the poison of the snake, Maya. ||2||\nO Lord, Har, Har, let me meet the humble, holy beings; O Lord, keep me in the Sanctuary of the Holy.\nO Lord, make me Your own; O God, Lord and Master, I have hurried to Your side. ||3||\nWhat Glorious Virtues of Yours can I speak and describe? You are great and unfathomable, the Greatest Being.\nThe Lord has bestowed His Mercy on servant Nanak; He has saved the sinking stone. ||4||2||\nSection 15 - Raag Jaitsree - Part 002\nJaitsree, Fourth Mehl:\nI am Your child; I know nothing about Your state and extent; I am foolish, idiotic and ignorant.\nO Lord, shower me with Your Mercy; bless me with an enlightened intellect; I am foolish - make me clever. ||1||\nMy mind is lazy and sleepy.\nThe Lord, Har, Har, has led me to meet the Holy Guru; meeting the Holy, the shutters have been opened wide. ||Pause||\nO Guru, each and every instant, fill my heart with love; the Name of my Beloved is my breath of life.\nWithout the Name, I would die; the Name of my Lord and Master is to me like the drug to the addict. ||2||\nThose who enshrine love for the Lord within their minds fulfill their pre-ordained destiny.\nI worship their feet, each and every instant; the Lord seems very sweet to them. ||3||\nMy Lord and Master, Har, Har, has showered His Mercy upon His humble servant; separated for so long, he is now re-united with the Lord.\nBlessed, blessed is the True Guru, who has implanted the Naam, the Name of the Lord within me; servant Nanak is a sacrifice to Him. ||4||3||\nJaitsree, Fourth Mehl:\nI have found the True Guru, my Friend, the Greatest Being. Love and affection for the Lord has blossomed forth.\nMaya, the snake, has seized the mortal; through the Word of the Guru, the Lord neutralizes the venom. ||1||\nMy mind is attached to the sublime essence of the Lord's Name.\nThe Lord has purified the sinners, uniting them with the Holy Guru; now, they taste the Lord's Name, and the sublime essence of the Lord. ||Pause||\nBlessed, blessed is the good fortune of those who meet the Holy Guru; meeting with the Holy, they lovingly center themselves in the state of absolute absorption.\nThe fire of desire within them is quenched, and they find peace; they sing the Glorious Praises of the Immaculate Lord. ||2||\nThose who do not obtain the Blessed Vision of the True Guru's Darshan, have misfortune pre-ordained for them.\nIn the love of duality, they are consigned to reincarnation through the womb, and they pass their lives totally uselessly. ||3||\nO Lord, please, bless me with pure understanding, that I may serve the Feet of the Holy Guru; the Lord seems sweet to me.\nServant Nanak begs for the dust of the feet of the Holy; O Lord, be Merciful, and bless me with it. ||4||4||\nJaitsree, Fourth Mehl:\nThe Lord's Name does not abide within their hearts - their mothers should have been sterile.\nThese bodies wander around, forlorn and abandoned, without the Name; their lives waste away, and they die, crying out in pain. ||1||\nO my mind, chant the Name of the Lord, the Lord within you.\nThe Merciful Lord God, Har, Har, has showered me with His Mercy; the Guru has imparted spiritual wisdom to me, and my mind has been instructed. ||Pause||\nIn this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the Kirtan of the Lord's Praise brings the most noble and exalted status; the Lord is found through the True Guru.\nI am a sacrifice to my True Guru, who has revealed the Lord's hidden Name to me. ||2||\nBy great good fortune, I obtained the Blessed Vision of the Darshan of the Holy; it removes all stains of sin.\nI have found the True Guru, the great, all-knowing King; He has shared with me the many Glorious Virtues of the Lord. ||3||\nSection 15 - Raag Jaitsree - Part 003\nThose, unto whom the Lord, the Life of the world, has shown Mercy, enshrine Him within their hearts, and cherish Him in their minds.\nThe Righteous Judge of Dharma, in the Court of the Lord, has torn up my papers; servant Nanak's account has been settled. ||4||5||\nJaitsree, Fourth Mehl:\nIn the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, I found the Holy, by great good fortune; my restless mind has been quieted.\nThe unstruck melody ever vibrates and resounds; I have taken in the sublime essence of the Lord's Ambrosial Nectar, showering down. ||1||\nO my mind, chant the Name of the Lord, the beauteous Lord.\nThe True Guru has drenched my mind and body with the Love of the Lord, who has met me and lovingly embraced me. ||Pause||\nThe faithless cynics are bound and gagged in the chains of Maya; they are actively engaged, gathering in the poisonous wealth.\nThey cannot spend this in harmony with the Lord, and so they must endure the pain which the Messenger of Death inflicts upon their heads. ||2||\nThe Holy Guru has dedicated His Being to the Lord's service; with great devotion, apply the dust of His feet to your face.\nIn this world and the next, you shall receive the Lord's honor, and your mind shall be imbued with the permanent color of the Lord's Love. ||3||\nO Lord, Har, Har, please unite me with the Holy; compared to these Holy people, I am just a worm.\nServant Nanak has enshrined love for the feet of the Holy Guru; meeting with this Holy One, my foolish, stone-like mind has blossomed forth in lush profusion. ||4||6||\nJaitsree, Fourth Mehl, Second House:\nOne Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:\nRemember in meditation the Lord, Har, Har, the unfathomable, infinite Lord.\nRemembering Him in meditation, pains are dispelled.\nO Lord, Har, Har, lead me to meet the True Guru; meeting the Guru, I am at peace. ||1||\nSing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, O my friend.\nCherish the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, in your heart.\nRead the Ambrosial Words of the Lord, Har, Har; meeting with the Guru, the Lord is revealed. ||2||\nThe Lord, the Slayer of demons, is my breath of life.\nHis Ambrosial Amrit is so sweet to my mind and body.\nO Lord, Har, Har, have mercy upon me, and lead me to meet the Guru, the immaculate Primal Being. ||3||\nThe Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is forever the Giver of peace.\nMy mind is imbued with the Lord's Love.\nO Lord Har, Har, lead me to meet the Guru, the Greatest Being; through the Name of Guru Nanak, I have found peace. ||4||1||7||\nJaitsree, Fourth Mehl:\nChant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, Har, Har.\nAs Gurmukh, ever earn the profit of the Naam.\nImplant within yourself devotion to the Lord, Har, Har, Har, Har; sincerely dedicate yourself to the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||1||\nMeditate on the Name of the Merciful Lord, Har, Har.\nWIth love, forever sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.\nDance to the Praises of the Lord, Har, Har, Har; meet with the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, with sincerity. ||2||\nCome, O companions - let us unite in the Lord's Union.\nListening to the sermon of the Lord, earn the profit of the Naam.\nSection 15 - Raag Jaitsree - Part 004\nO Lord, Har, Har, be merciful to me, and lead me to meet the Guru; meeting the Guru, a sincere yearning for the Lord wells up in me. ||3||\nPraise Him, the unfathomable and inaccessible Lord.\nEach and every moment, sing the Lord's Name.\nBe merciful, and meet me, O Guru, Great Giver; Nanak yearns for the Lord's devotional worship. ||4||2||8||\nJaitsree, Fourth Mehl:\nWith love and energetic affection, praise the Lord, the storehouse of Nectar.\nMy mind is drenched with the Lord's Name, and so it earns this profit.\nEach and every moment, worship Him in devotion, day and night; through the Guru's Teachings, sincere love and devotion well up. ||1||\nChant the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe, Har, Har.\nConquering mind and body, I have earned the profit of the Shabad.\nThrough the Guru's Teachings, the five demons are over-powered, and the mind and body are filled with a sincere yearning for the Lord. ||2||\nThe Name is a jewel - chant the Lord's Name.\nSing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and forever earn this profit.\nO Lord, merciful to the meek, be kind to me, and bless me with sincere longing for the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||3||\nMeditate on the Lord of the world - meditate within your mind.\nThe Lord of the Universe, Har, Har, is the only real profit in this world.\nBlessed, blessed, is my Great Lord and Master God; O Nanak, meditate on Him, worship Him with sincere love and devotion. ||4||3||9||\nJaitsree, Fourth Mehl:\nHe Himself is the Yogi, and the way throughout the ages.\nThe Fearless Lord Himself is absorbed in Samaadhi.\nHe Himself, all by Himself, is all-pervading; He Himself blesses us with sincere love for the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||\nHe Himself is the lamp, and the Light pervading all the worlds.\nHe Himself is the True Guru; He Himself churns the ocean.\nHe Himself churns it, churning up the essence; meditating on the jewel of the Naam, sincere love comes to the surface. ||2||\nO my companions, let us meet and join together, and sing His Glorious Praises.\nAs Gurmukh, chant the Naam, and earn the profit of the Lord's Name.\nDevotional worship of the Lord, Har, Har, has been implanted within me; it is pleasing to my mind. The Name of the Lord, Har, Har, brings a sincere love. ||3||\nHe Himself is supremely wise, the greatest King.\nAs Gurmukh, purchase the merchandise of the Naam.\nO Lord God, Har, Har, bless me with such a gift, that Your Glorious Virtues seem pleasing to me; Nanak is filled with sincere love and yearning for the Lord. ||4||4||10||\nJaitsree, Fourth Mehl:\nJoining the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, and associating with the Guru,\nthe Gurmukh gathers in the merchandise of the Naam.\nO Lord, Har, Har, Destroyer of demons, have mercy upon me; bless me with a sincere yearning to join the Sat Sangat. ||1||\nLet me hear with my ears the Banis, the Hymns, in praise of the Lord;\nbe merciful, and let me meet the True Guru.\nI sing His Glorious Praises, I speak the Bani of His Word; chanting His Glorious Praises, a sincere yearning for the Lord wells up. ||2||\nI have tried visiting all the sacred shrines of pilgrimage, fasting, ceremonial feasts and giving to charities.\nThey do not measure up to the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.\nThe Lord's Name is unweighable, utterly heavy in weight; through the Guru's Teachings, a sincere yearning to chant the Name has welled up in me. ||3||\nAll good karma and righteous living are found in meditation on the Lord's Name.\nIt washes away the stains of sins and mistakes.\nBe merciful to meek, humble Nanak; bless him with sincere love and yearning for the Lord. ||4||5||11||\nSection 15 - Raag Jaitsree - Part 005\nJaitsree, Fifth Mehl, Third House:\nOne Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:\nDoes anyone know, who is our friend in this world?\nHe alone understands this, whom the Lord blesses with His Mercy. Immaculate and unstained is his way of life. ||1||Pause||\nMother, father, spouse, children, relatives, lovers, friends and siblings meet, having been associated in previous lives; but none of them will be your companion and support in the end. ||1||\nPearl necklaces, gold, rubies and diamonds please the mind, but they are only Maya.\nPossessing them, one passes his life in agony; he obtains no contentment from them. ||2||\nElephants, chariots, horses as fast as the wind, wealth, land, and armies of four kinds\n- none of these will go with him; he must get up and depart, naked. ||3||\nThe Lord's Saints are the beloved lovers of God; sing of the Lord, Har, Har, with them.\nO Nanak, in the Society of the Saints, you shall obtain peace in this world, and in the next world, your face shall be radiant and bright. ||4||1||\nJaitsree, Fifth Mehl, Third House, Du-Padas:\nOne Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:\nGive me a message from my Beloved - tell me, tell me!\nI am wonder-struck, hearing the many reports of Him; tell them to me, O my happy sister soul-brides. ||1||Pause||\nSome say that He is beyond the world - totally beyond it, while others say that He is totally within it.\nHis color cannot be seen, and His pattern cannot be discerned. O happy soul-brides, tell me the truth! ||1||\nHe is pervading everywhere, and He dwells in each and every heart; He is not stained - He is unstained.\nSays Nanak, listen, O people: He dwells upon the tongues of the Saints. ||2||1||2||\nJaitsree, Fifth Mehl:\nI am calmed, calmed and soothed, hearing of God. ||1||Pause||\nI dedicate my soul, my breath of life, my mind, body and everything to Him: I behold God near, very near. ||1||\nBeholding God, the inestimable, infinite and Great Giver, I cherish Him in my mind. ||2||\nWhatever I wish for, I receive; my hopes and desires are fulfilled, meditating on God. ||3||\nBy Guru's Grace, God dwells in Nanak's mind; he never suffers or grieves, having realized God. ||4||2||3||\nJaitsree, Fifth Mehl:\nI seek my Friend the Lord.\nIn each and every home, sing the sublime songs of rejoicing; He abides in each and every heart. ||1||Pause||\nIn good times, worship and adore Him; in bad times, worship and adore Him; do not ever forget Him.\nChanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the light of millions of suns shines forth, and the darkness of doubt is dispelled. ||1||\nIn all the spaces and interspaces, everywhere, whatever we see is Yours.\nOne who finds the Society of the Saints, O Nanak, is not consigned to reincarnation again. ||2||3||4||\nSection 15 - Raag Jaitsree - Part 006\nJaitsree, Fifth Mehl, Fourth House, Du-Padas:\nOne Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:\nNow, I have found peace, bowing before the Guru.\nI have abandoned cleverness, quieted my anxiety, and renounced my egotism. ||1||Pause||\nWhen I looked, I saw that everyone was enticed by emotional attachment; then, I hurried to the Guru's Sanctuary.\nIn His Grace, the Guru engaged me in the Lord's service, and then, the Messenger of Death gave up pursuing me. ||1||\nI swam across the ocean of fire, when I met the Saints, through great good fortune.\nO servant Nanak, I have found total peace; my consciousness is attached to the Lord's feet. ||2||1||5||\nJaitsree, Fifth Mehl:\nWithin my mind, I cherish and meditate on the True Guru.\nHe has implanted within me spiritual wisdom and the Mantra of the Lord's Name; Dear God has shown mercy to me. ||1||Pause||\nDeath's noose and its mighty entanglements have vanished, along with the fear of death.\nI have come to the Sanctuary of the Merciful Lord, the Destroyer of pain; I am holding tight to the Support of His feet. ||1||\nThe Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, has assumed the form of a boat, to cross over the terrifying world-ocean.\nI drink in the Ambrosial Nectar, and my doubts are shattered; says Nanak, I can bear the unbearable. ||2||2||6||\nJaitsree, Fifth Mehl:\nOne who has the Lord of the Universe as his help and support\nis blessed with all peace, poise and bliss; no afflictions cling to him. ||1||Pause||\nHe appears to keep company with everyone, but he remains detached, and Maya does not cling to him.\nHe is absorbed in love of the One Lord; he understands the essence of reality, and he is blessed with wisdom by the True Guru. ||1||\nThose whom the Lord and Master blesses with His kindness, compassion and mercy are the sublime and sanctified Saints.\nAssociating with them, Nanak is saved; with love and exuberant joy, they sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||2||3||7||\nJaitsree, Fifth Mehl:\nThe Lord of the Universe is my existence, my breath of life, wealth and beauty.\nThe ignorant are totally intoxicated with emotional attachment; in this darkness, the Lord is the only lamp. ||1||Pause||\nFruitful is the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan, O Beloved God; Your lotus feet are incomparably beautiful!\nSo many times, I bow in reverence to Him, offering my mind as incense to Him. ||1||\nExhausted, I have fallen at Your Door, O God; I am holding tight to Your Support.\nPlease, lift Your humble servant Nanak up, out of the pit of fire of the world. ||2||4||8||\nJaitsree, Fifth Mehl:\nIf only someone would unite me with the Lord!\nI hold tight to His feet, and utter sweet words with my tongue; I make my breath of life an offering to Him. ||1||Pause||\nI make my mind and body into pure little gardens, and irrigate them with the sublime essence of the Lord.\nI am drenched with this sublime essence by His Grace, and the powerful hold of Maya's corruption has been broken. ||1||\nI have come to Your Sanctuary, O Destroyer of the suffering of the innocent; I keep my consciousness focused on You.\nSection 15 - Raag Jaitsree - Part 007\nBless me with the gifts of the state of fearlessness, and meditative remembrance, Lord and Master; O Nanak, God is the Breaker of bonds. ||2||5||9||\nJaitsree, Fifth Mehl:\nThe rainbird longs for the rain to fall.\nO God, ocean of mercy, shower Your mercy on me, that I may yearn for loving devotional worship of the Lord. ||1||Pause||\nThe chakvi duck does not desire many comforts, but it is filled with bliss upon seeing the dawn.\nThe fish cannot survive any other way - without water, it dies. ||1||\nI am a helpless orphan - I seek Your Sanctuary, O My Lord and Master; please bless me with Your mercy.\nNanak worships and adores the Lord's lotus feet; without Him, there is no other at all. ||2||6||10||\nJaitsree, Fifth Mehl:\nThe Lord, my very breath of life, abides in my mind and body.\nBless me with Your mercy, and unite me with the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, O perfect, all-knowing Lord God. ||1||Pause||\nThose, unto whom You give the intoxicating herb of Your Love, drink in the supreme sublime essence.\nI cannot describe their value; what power do I have? ||1||\nThe Lord attaches His humble servants to the hem of His robe, and they swim across the world-ocean.\nMeditating, meditating, meditating in remembrance on God, peace is obtained; Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of Your Door. ||2||7||11||\nJaitsree, Fifth Mehl:\nAfter wandering through so many incarnations, I have come to Your Sanctuary.\nSave me - lift my body up out of the deep, dark pit of the world, and attach me to Your feet. ||1||Pause||\nI do not know anything about spiritual wisdom, meditation or karma, and my way of life is not clean and pure.\nPlease attach me to the hem of the robe of the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy; help me to cross over the terrible river. ||1||\nComforts, riches and the sweet pleasures of Maya - do not implant these within your mind.\nSlave Nanak is satisfied and satiated by the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan; his only ornamentation is the love of the Lord's Name. ||2||8||12||\nJaitsree, Fifth Mehl:\nO humble servants of the Lord, remember the Lord in meditation within your heart.\nMisfortune does not even approach the Lord's humble servant; the works of His slave are perfectly fulfilled. ||1||Pause||\nMillions of obstacles are removed, by serving the Lord, and one enters into the eternal dwelling of the Lord of the Universe.\nThe Lord's devotee is very fortunate; he has absolutely no fear. Even the Messenger of Death pays homage to him. ||1||\nForsaking the Lord of the world, he does other deeds, but these are temporary and transitory.\nGrasp the Lord's lotus feet, and hold them in your heart, O Nanak; you shall obtain absolute peace and bliss. ||2||9||13||\nJaitsree, Ninth Mehl: One Universal Creator God.\nOne Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:\nMy mind is deluded, entangled in Maya.\nWhatever I do, while engaged in greed, only serves to bind me down. ||1||Pause||\nI have no understanding at all; I am engrossed in the pleasures of corruption, and I have forgotten the Praises of the Lord.\nThe Lord and Master is with me, but I do not know Him. Instead, I run into the forest, looking for Him. ||1||\nSection 15 - Raag Jaitsree - Part 008\nThe Jewel of the Lord is deep within my heart, but I do not have any knowledge of Him.\nO servant Nanak, without vibrating, meditating on the Lord God, human life is uselessly wasted and lost. ||2||1||\nJaitsree, Ninth Mehl:\nO Dear Lord, please, save my honor!\nThe fear of death has entered my heart; I cling to the Protection of Your Sanctuary, O Lord, ocean of mercy. ||1||Pause||\nI am a great sinner, foolish and greedy; but now, at last, I have grown weary of committing sins.\nI cannot forget the fear of dying; this anxiety is consuming my body. ||1||\nI have been trying to liberate myself, running around in the ten directions.\nThe pure, immaculate Lord abides deep within my heart, but I do not understand the secret of His mystery. ||2||\nI have no merit, and I know nothing about meditation or austerities; what should I do now?\nO Nanak, I am exhausted; I seek the shelter of Your Sanctuary; O God, please bless me with the gift of fearlessness. ||3||2||\nJaitsree, Ninth Mehl:\nO mind, embrace true contemplation.\nWithout the Lord's Name, know that this whole world is false. ||1||Pause||\nThe Yogis are tired of searching for Him, but they have not found His limit.\nYou must understand that the Lord and Master is near at hand, but He has no form or feature. ||1||\nThe Naam, the Name of the Lord is purifying in the world, and yet you never remember it.\nNanak has entered the Sanctuary of the One, before whom the whole world bows down; please, preserve and protect me, by Your innate nature. ||2||3||\nJaitsree, Fifth Mehl, Chhant, First House:\nOne Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:\nShalok:\nI am thirsty for the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan, day and night; I yearn for Him constantly, night and day.\nOpening the door, O Nanak, the Guru has led me to meet with the Lord, my Friend. ||1||\nChhant:\nListen, O my intimate friend - I have just one prayer to make.\nI have been wandering around, searching for that enticing, sweet Beloved.\nWhoever leads me to my Beloved - I would cut off my head and offer it to him, even if I were granted the Blessed Vision of His Darshan for just an instant.\nMy eyes are drenched with the Love of my Beloved; without Him, I do not have even a moment's peace.\nMy mind is attached to the Lord, like the fish to the water, and the rainbird, thirsty for the raindrops.\nServant Nanak has found the Perfect Guru; his thirst is totally quenched. ||1||\nO intimate friend, my Beloved has all these loving companions; I cannot compare to any of them.\nO intimate friend, each of them is more beautiful than the others; who could consider me?\nEach of them is more beautiful than the others; countless are His lovers, constantly enjoying bliss with Him.\nBeholding them, desire wells up in my mind; when will I obtain the Lord, the treasure of virtue?\nI dedicate my mind to those who please and attract my Beloved.\nSays Nanak, hear my prayer, O happy soul-brides; tell me, what does my Husband Lord look like? ||2||\nO intimate friend, my Husband Lord does whatever He pleases; He is not dependent on anyone.\nSection 15 - Raag Jaitsree - Part 009\nO intimate friend, you have enjoyed your Beloved; please, tell me about Him.\nThey alone find their Beloved, who eradicate self-conceit; such is the good destiny written on their foreheads.\nTaking me by the arm, the Lord and Master has made me His own; He has not considered my merits or demerits.\nShe, whom You have adorned with the necklace of virtue, and dyed in the deep crimson color of His Love - everything looks beautiful on her.\nO servant Nanak, blessed is that happy soul-bride, who dwells with her Husband Lord. ||3||\nO intimate friend, I have found that peace which I sought.\nMy sought-after Husband Lord has come home, and now, congratulations are pouring in.\nGreat joy and happiness welled up, when my Husband Lord, of ever-fresh beauty, showed mercy to me.\nBy great good fortune, I have found Him; the Guru has united me with Him, through the Saadh Sangat, the True Congregation of the Holy.\nMy hopes and desires have all been fulfilled; my Beloved Husband Lord has hugged me close in His embrace.\nPrays Nanak, I have found that peace which I sought, meeting with the Guru. ||4||1||\nJaitsree, Fifth Mehl, Second House, Chhant:\nOne Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:\nShalok:\nGod is lofty, unapproachable and infinite. He is indescribable - He cannot be described.\nNanak seeks the Sanctuary of God, who is all-powerful to save us. ||1||\nChhant:\nSave me, any way You can; O Lord God, I am Yours.\nMy demerits are uncountable; how many of them should I count?\nThe sins and crimes I committed are countless; day by day, I continually make mistakes.\nI am intoxicated by emotional attachment to Maya, the treacherous one; by Your Grace alone can I be saved.\nSecretly, I commit hideous sins of corruption, even though God is the nearest of the near.\nPrays Nanak, shower me with Your Mercy, Lord, and lift me up, out of the whirlpool of the terrifying world-ocean. ||1||\nShalok:\nCountless are His virtues; they cannot be enumerated. God's Name is lofty and exalted.\nThis is Nanak's humble prayer, to bless the homeless with a home. ||2||\nChhant:\nThere is no other place at all - where else should I go?\nTwenty-four hours a day, with my palms pressed together, I meditate on God.\nMeditating forever on my God, I receive the fruits of my mind's desires.\nRenouncing pride, attachment, corruption and duality, I lovingly center my attention on the One Lord.\nDedicate your mind and body to God; eradicate all your self-conceit.\nPrays Nanak, shower me with Your mercy, Lord, that I may be absorbed in Your True Name. ||2||\nShalok:\nO mind, meditate on the One, who holds everything in His hands.\nGather the wealth of the Lord's Name; O Nanak, it shall always be with You. ||3||\nChhant:\nGod is our only True Friend; there is not any other.\nIn the places and interspaces, in the water and on the land, He Himself is pervading everywhere.\nHe is totally permeating the water, the land and the sky; God is the Great Giver, the Lord and Master of all.\nThe Lord of the world, the Lord of the universe has no limit; His Glorious Virtues are unlimited - how can I count them?\nI have hurried to the Sanctuary of the Lord Master, the Bringer of peace; without Him, there is no other at all.\nPrays Nanak, that being, unto whom the Lord shows mercy - he alone obtains the Naam. ||3||\nSection 15 - Raag Jaitsree - Part 010\nShalok:\nWhatever I wish for, that I receive.\nMeditating on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, Nanak has found total peace. ||4||\nChhant:\nMy mind is now emancipated; I have joined the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.\nAs Gurmukh, I chant the Naam, and my light has merged into the Light.\nRemembering the Lord's Name in meditation, my sins have been erased; the fire has been extinguished, and I am satisfied.\nHe has taken me by the arm, and blessed me with His kind mercy; He has accepted me His own.\nThe Lord has hugged me in His embrace, and merged me with Himself; the pains of birth and death have been burnt away.\nPrays Nanak, He has blessed me with His kind mercy; in an instant, He unites me with Himself. ||4||2||\nJaitsree, Chhant, Fifth Mehl:\nThe world is like a temporary way-station, but it is filled with pride.\nPeople commit countless sins; they are dyed in the color of the love of Maya.\nIn greed, emotional attachment and egotism, they are drowning; they do not even think of dying.\nChildren, friends, worldly occupations and spouses - they talk of these things, while their lives are passing away.\nWhen their pre-ordained days have run their course, O mother, they behold the Messengers of the Righteous Judge of Dharma, and they suffer.\nThe karma of their past deeds cannot be erased, O Nanak, if they have not earned the wealth of the Lord's Name. ||1||\nHe makes all sorts of efforts, but he does not sing the Lord's Name.\nHe wanders around in countless incarnations; he dies, only to be born again.\nAs beasts, birds, stones and trees - their number cannot be known.\nAs are the seeds he plants, so are the pleasures he enjoys; he receives the consequences of his own actions.\nHe loses the jewel of this human life in the gamble, and God is not pleased with him at all.\nPrays Nanak, wandering in doubt, he does not find any rest, even for an instant. ||2||\nYouth has passed, and old age has taken its place.\nThe hands tremble, the head shakes, and the eyes do not see.\nThe eyes do not see, without vibrating and meditating on the Lord; he must leave behind the attractions of Maya, and depart.\nHe burnt his mind and body for his relatives, but now, they do not listen to him, and they throw dust on his head.\nLove for the infinite, Perfect Lord does not abide in his mind, even for an instant.\nPrays Nanak, the fort of paper is false - it is destroyed in an instant. ||3||\nNanak has come to the Sanctuary of the Lord's lotus feet.\nGod Himself has carried Him across the impassable, terrifying world-ocean.\nJoining the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, I vibrate and meditate on the Lord; God has made me His own, and saved me.\nThe Lord has approved of me, and blessed me with His Name; He did not take anything else into consideration.\nI have found the infinite Lord and Master, the treasure of virtue, which my mind had yearned for.\nPrays Nanak, I am satisfied forever; I have eaten the food of the Lord's Name. ||4||2||3||\nJaitsree, Fifth Mehl, Vaar With Shaloks:\nOne Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:\nShalok:\nIn the beginning, He was pervading; in the middle, He is pervading; in the end, He will be pervading. He is the Transcendent Lord.\nThe Saints remember in meditation the all-pervading Lord God. O Nanak, He is the Destroyer of sins, the Lord of the universe. ||1||\nSection 15 - Raag Jaitsree - Part 011\nSee, hear, speak and implant the True Lord within your mind.\nHe is all-pervading, permeating everywhere; O Nanak, be absorbed in the Lord's Love. ||2||\nPauree:\nSing the Praise of the One, the Immaculate Lord; He is contained within all.\nThe Cause of causes, the Almighty Lord God; whatever He wills, comes to pass.\nIn an instant, He establishes and disestablishes; without Him, there is no other.\nHe pervades the continents, solar systems, nether worlds, islands and all worlds.\nHe alone understands, whom the Lord Himself instructs; he alone is a pure and unstained being. ||1||\nShalok:\nCreating the soul, the Lord places this creation in the womb of the mother.\nWith each and every breath, it meditates in remembrance on the Lord, O Nanak; it is not consumed by the great fire. ||1||\nWith its head down, and feet up, it dwells in that slimy place.\nO Nanak, how could we forget the Master? Through His Name, we are saved. ||2||\nPauree:\nFrom egg and sperm, you were conceived, and placed in the fire of the womb.\nHead downwards, you abided restlessly in that dark, dismal, terrible hell.\nRemembering the Lord in meditation, you were not burnt; enshrine Him in your heart, mind and body.\nIn that treacherous place, He protected and preserved you; do not forget Him, even for an instant.\nForgetting God, you shall never find peace; you shall forfeit your life, and depart. ||2||\nShalok:\nHe grants our hearts' desires, and fulfills all our hopes.\nHe destroys pain and suffering; remember God in meditation, O Nanak - He is not far away. ||1||\nLove Him, with whom you enjoy all pleasures.\nDo not forget that Lord, even for an instant; O Nanak, He fashioned this beautiful body. ||2||\nPauree:\nHe gave you your soul, breath of life, body and wealth; He gave you pleasures to enjoy.\nHe gave you households, mansions, chariots and horses; He ordained your good destiny.\nHe gave you your children, spouse, friends and servants; God is the all-powerful Great Giver.\nMeditating in remembrance on the Lord, the body and mind are rejuvenated, and sorrow departs.\nIn the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, chant the Praises of the Lord, and all your sickness shall vanish. ||3||\nShalok:\nFor his family, he works very hard; for the sake of Maya, he makes countless efforts.\nBut without loving devotional worship of the Lord, O Nanak, he forgets God, and then, he is a mere ghost. ||1||\nThat love shall break, which is established with any other than the Lord.\nO Nanak, that way of life is true, which inspires love of the Lord. ||2||\nPauree:\nForgetting Him, one's body turns to dust, and everyone calls him a ghost.\nAnd those, with whom he was so much in love - they do not let him stay in their home, even for an instant.\nPracticing exploitation, he gathers wealth, but what use will it be in the end?\nAs one plants, so does he harvest; the body is the field of actions.\nThe ungrateful wretches forget the Lord, and wander in reincarnation. ||4||\nShalok:\nThe benefits of millions of charitable donations and cleansing baths, and countless ceremonies of purification and piety,\nO Nanak, are obtained by chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har with one's tongue; all sins are washed away. ||1||\nI gathered together a great stack of firewood, and applied a tiny flame to light it.\nSection 15 - Raag Jaitsree - Part 012\nWhen the True Lord and Master abides in one's mind, O Nanak, all sins are dispelled. ||2||\nPauree:\nMillions of sins are totally erased, by meditating on the Lord's Name.\nThe fruits of one's heart's desires are obtained, by singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.\nThe fear of birth and death is eradicated, and one's eternal, unchanging true home is obtained.\nIf it is so pre-ordained, one is absorbed in the Lord's lotus feet.\nBless me with Your mercy, God - please preserve and save me! Nanak is a sacrifice to You. ||5||\nShalok:\nThey are involved in their beautiful houses, and the pleasures of the mind's desires.\nThey never remember the Lord in meditation; O Nanak, they are like maggots in manure. ||1||\nThey are engrossed in ostentatious displays, lovingly attached to all their possessions.\nThat body which forgets the Lord, O Nanak, shall be reduced to ashes. ||2||\nPauree:\nHe may enjoy a beautiful bed, countless pleasures and all sorts of enjoyments.\nHe may possess mansions of gold, studded with pearls and rubies, plastered with fragrant sandalwood oil.\nHe may relish in the pleasures of his mind's desires, and have no anxiety at all.\nBut if he does not remember God, he is like a maggot in manure.\nWithout the Lord's Name, there is no peace at all. How can the mind be comforted? ||6||\nShalok:\nOne who loves the Lord's lotus feet searches for Him in the ten directions.\nHe renounces the deceptive illusion of Maya, and joins the blissful form of the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||1||\nThe Lord is in my mind, and with my mouth I chant His Name; I seek Him in all the lands of the world.\nO Nanak, all ostentatious displays are false; hearing the Praises of the True Lord, I live. ||2||\nPauree:\nHe dwells in a broken-down shack, in tattered clothes,\nwith no social status, no honor and no respect; he wanders in the wilderness,\nwith no friend or lover, without wealth, beauty, relatives or relations.\nEven so, he is the king of the whole world, if his mind is imbued with the Lord's Name.\nWith the dust of his feet, men are redeemed, because God is very pleased with him. ||7||\nShalok:\nThe various sorts of pleasures, powers, joys, beauty, canopies, cooling fans and thrones to sit on\n- the foolish, ignorant and blind are engrossed in these things. O Nanak, desire for Maya is just a dream. ||1||\nIn a dream, he enjoys all sorts of pleasures, and emotional attachment seems so sweet.\nO Nanak, without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the beauty of Maya's illusion is fake. ||2||\nPauree:\nThe fool attaches his consciousness to the dream.\nWhen he awakes, he forgets the power, pleasures and enjoyments, and he is sad.\nHe passes his life chasing after worldly affairs.\nHis works are not completed, because he is enticed by Maya.\nWhat can the poor helpless creature do? The Lord Himself has deluded him. ||8||\nShalok:\nThey may live in heavenly realms, and conquer the nine regions of the world,\nbut if they forget the Lord of the world, O Nanak, they are just wanderers in the wilderness. ||1||\nIn the midst of millions of games and entertainments, the Lord's Name does not come to their minds.\nO Nanak, their home is like a wilderness, in the depths of hell. ||2||\nPauree:\nHe sees the terrible, awful wilderness as a city.\nGazing upon the false objects, he believes them to be real.\nSection 15 - Raag Jaitsree - Part 013\nEngrossed in sexual desire, anger and egotism, he wanders around insane.\nWhen the Messenger of Death hits him on the head with his club, then he regrets and repents.\nWithout the Perfect, Divine Guru, he roams around like Satan. ||9||\nShalok:\nPower is fraudulent, beauty is fraudulent, and wealth is fraudulent, as is pride of ancestry.\nOne may gather poison through deception and fraud, O Nanak, but without the Lord, nothing shall go along with him in the end. ||1||\nBeholding the bitter melon, he is deceived, since it appears so pretty\nBut it is not worth even a shell, O Nanak; the riches of Maya will not go along with anyone. ||2||\nPauree:\nIt shall not go along with you when you depart - why do you bother to collect it?\nTell me, why do you try so hard to acquire that which you must leave behind in the end?\nForgetting the Lord, how can you be satisfied? Your mind cannot be pleased.\nOne who forsakes God, and attaches himself to another, shall be immersed in hell.\nBe kind and compassionate to Nanak, O Lord, and dispel his fear. ||10||\nShalok:\nPrincely pleasures are not sweet; sensual enjoyments are not sweet; the pleasures of Maya are not sweet.\nThe Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, is sweet, O slave Nanak; the Blessed Vision of God's Darshan is sweet. ||1||\nI have enshrined that love which drenches my soul.\nI have been pierced by the Truth, O Nanak; the Master seems so sweet to me. ||2||\nPauree:\nNothing seems sweet to His devotees, except the Lord.\nAll other tastes are bland and insipid; I have tested them and seen them.\nIgnorance, doubt and suffering are dispelled, when the Guru becomes one's advocate.\nThe Lord's lotus feet have pierced my mind, and I am dyed in the deep crimson color of His Love.\nMy soul, breath of life, body and mind belong to God; all falsehood has left me. ||11||\nShalok:\nLeaving the water, the fish cannot live; the rainbird cannot live without the raindrops from the clouds.\nThe deer is enticed by the sound of the hunter's bell, and shot through with the arrow; the bumble bee is entangled in the fragrance of the flowers.\nThe Saints are entranced by the Lord's lotus feet; O Nanak, they desire nothing else. ||1||\nShow me Your face, for even an instant, Lord, and I will not give my consciousness to any other.\nMy life is with the Lord Master, O Nanak, the Friend of the Saints. ||2||\nPauree:\nHow can the fish live without water?\nWithout the raindrops, how can the rainbird be satisfied?\nThe deer, entranced by the sound of the hunter's bell, runs straight to him;\nthe bumble bee is greedy for the flower's fragrance; finding it, he traps himself in it.\nJust so, the humble Saints love the Lord; beholding the Blessed Vision of His Darshan, they are satisfied and satiated. ||12||\nShalok:\nThey contemplate the Lord's lotus feet; they worship and adore Him with each and every breath.\nThey do not forget the Name of the imperishable Lord; O Nanak, the Transcendent Lord fulfills their hopes. ||1||\nHe is woven into the fabric of my mind; He is not outside of it, even for an instant.\nO Nanak, the True Lord and Master fulfills my hopes, and always watches over me. ||2||\nPauree:\nMy hopes rest in You, O Lord of the universe; please, fulfill them.\nMeeting with the Lord of the world, the Lord of the universe, I shall never grieve.\nGrant me the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan, the desire of my mind, and my worries shall be over.\nSection 15 - Raag Jaitsree - Part 014\nBy body is sanctified, by the dust of Your feet.\nO Supreme Lord God, Divine Guru, You are always with me, ever-present. ||13||\nShalok:\nWith my tongue, I chant the Lord's Name; with my ears, I listen to the Ambrosial Word of His Shabad.\nNanak is forever a sacrifice to those who meditate on the Supreme Lord God. ||1||\nAll concerns are false, except those of the One Lord.\nO Nanak, blessed are those, who are in love with their True Lord. ||2||\nPauree:\nI am forever a sacrifice to those who listen to the sermon of the Lord.\nThose who bow their heads before God are perfect and distinguished.\nThose hands, which write the Praises of the infinite Lord are beautiful.\nThose feet which walk on God's Path are pure and holy.\nIn the Society of the Saints, they are emancipated; all their sorrows depart. ||14||\nShalok:\nOne's destiny is activated, when one chants the Lord's Name, through perfect good fortune.\nFruitful is that moment, O Nanak, when one obtains the Blessed Vision of the Darshan of the Lord of the Universe. ||1||\nIts value cannot be estimated; it brings peace beyond measure.\nO Nanak, that time alone is approved, when my Beloved meets with me. ||2||\nPauree:\nTell me, what is that time, when I shall find God?\nBlessed and auspicious is that moment, and that destiny, when I shall find the Lord of the Universe.\nMeditating on the Lord, twenty-four hours a day, my mind's desires are fulfilled.\nBy great good fortune, I have found the Society of the Saints; I bow and touch their feet.\nMy mind thirsts for the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan; Nanak is a sacrifice to Him. ||15||\nShalok:\nThe Lord of the Universe is the Purifier of sinners; He is the Dispeller of all distress.\nThe Lord God is Mighty, giving His Protective Sanctuary; Nanak chants the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||1||\nRenouncing all self-conceit, I hold tight to the Lord's Feet.\nMy sorrows and troubles have departed, O Nanak, beholding God. ||2||\nPauree:\nUnite with me, O Merciful Lord; I have fallen at Your Door.\nO Merciful to the meek, save me. I have wandered enough; now I am tired.\nIt is Your very nature to love Your devotees, and save sinners.\nWithout You, there is no other at all; I offer this prayer to You.\nTake me by the hand, O Merciful Lord, and carry me across the world-ocean. ||16||\nShalok:\nThe Merciful Lord is the Savior of the Saints; their only support is to sing the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises.\nOne becomes immaculate and pure, by associating with the Saints, O Nanak, and taking the Protection of the Transcendent Lord. ||1||\nThe burning of the heart is not dispelled at all, by sandalwood paste, the moon, or the cold season.\nIt only becomes cool, O Nanak, by chanting the Name of the Lord. ||2||\nPauree:\nThrough the Protection and Support of the Lord's lotus feet, all beings are saved.\nHearing of the Glory of the Lord of the Universe, the mind becomes fearless.\nNothing at all is lacking, when one gathers the wealth of the Naam.\nThe Society of the Saints is obtained, by very good deeds.\nTwenty-four hours a day, meditate on the Lord, and listen continually to the Lord's Praises. ||17||\nShalok:\nThe Lord grants His Grace, and dispels the pains of those who sing the Kirtan of the Praises of His Name.\nWhen the Lord God shows His Kindness, O Nanak, one is no longer engrossed in Maya. ||1||\nSection 15 - Raag Jaitsree - Part 015\nThe burning fire has been put out; God Himself has saved me.\nMeditate on that God, O Nanak, who created the universe. ||2||\nPauree:\nWhen God becomes merciful, Maya does not cling.\nMillions of sins are eliminated, by meditating on the Naam, the Name of the One Lord.\nThe body is made immaculate and pure, bathing in the dust of the feet of the Lord's humble servants.\nThe mind and body become contented, finding the Perfect Lord God.\nOne is saved, along with his family, and all his ancestors. ||18||\nShalok:\nThe Guru is the Lord of the Universe; the Guru is the Lord of the world; the Guru is the Perfect Pervading Lord God.\nThe Guru is compassionate; the Guru is all-powerful; the Guru, O Nanak, is the Saving Grace of sinners. ||1||\nThe Guru is the boat, to cross over the dangerous, treacherous, unfathomable world-ocean.\nO Nanak, by perfect good karma, one is attached to the feet of the True Guru. ||2||\nPauree:\nBlessed, blessed is the Divine Guru; associating with Him, one meditates on the Lord.\nWhen the Guru becomes merciful, then all one's demerits are dispelled.\nThe Supreme Lord God, the Divine Guru, uplifts and exalts the lowly.\nCutting away the painful noose of Maya, He makes us His own slaves.\nWith my tongue, I sing the Glorious Praises of the infinite Lord God. ||19||\nShalok:\nI see only the One Lord; I hear only the One Lord; the One Lord is all-pervading.\nNanak begs for the gift of the Naam; O Merciful Lord God, please grant Your Grace. ||1||\nI serve the One Lord, I contemplate the One Lord, and to the One Lord, I offer my prayer.\nNanak has gathered in the wealth, the merchandise of the Naam; this is the true capital. ||2||\nPauree:\nGod is merciful and infinite. The One and Only is all-pervading.\nHe Himself is all-in-all. Who else can we speak of?\nGod Himself grants His gifts, and He Himself receives them.\nComing and going are all by the Hukam of Your Will; Your place is steady and unchanging.\nNanak begs for this gift; by Your Grace, Lord, please grant me Your Name. ||20||1||\nJaitsree, The Word Of The Devotees:\nOne Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:\nO my Lord and Master, I know nothing.\nMy mind has sold out, and is in Maya's hands. ||1||Pause||\nYou are called the Lord and Master, the Guru of the World.\nI am called a lustful being of the Dark Age of Kali Yuga. ||1||\nThe five vices have corrupted my mind.\nMoment by moment, they lead me further away from the Lord. ||2||\nWherever I look, I see loads of pain and suffering.\nI do not have faith, even though the Vedas bear witness to the Lord. ||3||\nShiva cut off Brahma's head, and Gautam's wife and the Lord Indra mated; Brahma's head got stuck to Shiva's hand, and Indra came to bear the marks of a thousand female organs. ||4||\nThese demons have fooled, bound and destroyed me.\nI am very shameless - even now, I am not tired of them. ||5||\nSays Ravi Daas, what am I to do now?\nWithout the Sanctuary of the Lord's Protection, who else's should I seek? ||6||1||","title":"Raag Jaitsree","type":"page"}