{"collection":"skh","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/skh/granth/gr37.htm","path":"skh/granth/gr37.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/skh/granth/gr37.htm","text":"Sacred Texts\u00a0\n Sikhism\u00a0\n Index\u00a0\n Previous\u00a0\n Next\u00a0\n \n \nShri Guru Granth Sahib: Fifth Mehl, Gaat'haa\n Section 37 - Fifth Mehl, Gaat'haa - Part 001\n Associating with the Brahmin, one is saved, if his actions are perfect and God-like.\n Those whose souls are imbued with the world - O Nanak, their lives are fruitless. ||65||\n The mortal steals the wealth of others, and makes all sorts of problems; his preaching is only for his own livelihood.\n His desire for this and that is not satisfied; his mind is caught in Maya, and he is acting like a pig. ||66||\n Those who are intoxicated and absorbed in the Lord's Lotus Feet are saved from the terrifying world-ocean.\n Countless sins are destroyed, O Nanak, in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy; there is no doubt about this. ||67||4||\n Fifth Mehl, Gaat'haa:\n One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:\n Camphor, flowers and perfume become contaminated, by coming into contact with the human body.\n O Nanak, the ignorant one is proud of his foul-smelling marrow, blood and bones. ||1||\n Even if the mortal could reduce himself to the size of an atom, and shoot through the ethers, worlds and realms in the blink of an eye, O Nanak, without the Holy Saint, he shall not be saved. ||2||\n Know for sure that death will come; whatever is seen is false.\n So chant the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy; this alone shall go along with you in the end. ||3||\n The consciousness wanders lost in Maya, attached to friends and relatives.\n Vibrating and meditating on the Lord of the Universe in the Saadh Sangat, O Nanak, the eternal place of rest is found. ||4||\n The lowly nim tree, growing near the sandalwood tree, becomes just like the sandalwood tree.\n But the bamboo tree, also growing near it, does not pick up its fragrance; it is too tall and proud. ||5||\n In this Gaat'haa, the Lord's Sermon is woven; listening to it, pride is crushed.\n The five enemies are killed, O Nanak, by shooting the Arrow of the Lord. ||6||\n The Words of the Holy are the path of peace. They are obtained by good karma.\n The cycle of birth and death is ended, O Nanak, singing the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises. ||7||\n When the leaves wither and fall, they cannot be attached to the branch again.\n Without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, O Nanak, there is misery and suffering. The mortal wanders in reincarnation day and night. ||8||\n One is blessed with love for the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, by great good fortune.\n Whoever sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord's Name, O Nanak, is not affected by the world-ocean. ||9||\n This Gaat'haa is profound and infinite; how rare are those who understand it.\n They forsake sexual desire and worldly love, O Nanak, and praise the Lord in the Saadh Sangat. ||10||\n The Words of the Holy are the most sublime Mantra. They eradicate millions of sinful mistakes.\n Meditating on the Lotus Feet of the Lord, O Nanak, all one's generations are saved. ||11||\n That palace is beautiful, in which the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises are sung.\n Those who dwell on the Lord of the Universe are liberated. O Nanak, only the most fortunate are so blessed. ||12||\n I have found the Lord, my Friend, my very Best Friend.\n He shall never break my heart.\n His dwelling is eternal; His weight cannot be weighed.\n Nanak has made Him the Friend of his soul. ||13||\n One's bad reputation is erased by a true son,\n who meditates in his heart on the Guru's Mantra.\n \n Next: Phunhay, Fifth Mehl","title":"Fifth Mehl, Gaat'haa","type":"page"}