Ang-201 — Chapter 45
I offer my prayers to the Guru; if it pleases the Guru, He shall unite me with Himself.
The Giver of peace has united me with Himself; He Himself has come to my home to meet me.
O Nanak, the soul-bride is forever the Lord's favorite wife; her Husband Lord does not die, and He shall never leave. ||4||2||
Gauree, Third Mehl:
The soul-bride is pierced through with the sublime essence of the Lord, in intuitive peace and poise.
The Enticer of hearts has enticed her, and her sense of duality has been easily dispelled.
Her sense of duality has been easily dispelled, and the soul-bride obtains her Husband Lord; following the Guru's Teachings, she makes merry.
This body is filled to overflowing with falsehood, deception and the commission of sins.
The Gurmukh practices that devotional worship, by which the celestial music wells up; without this devotional worship, filth is not removed.
O Nanak, the soul-bride who sheds selfishness and conceit from within, is dear to her Beloved. ||1||
The soul-bride has found her Husband Lord, through the love and affection of the Guru.
She passes her life-night sleeping in peace, enshrining the Lord in her heart.
Enshrining Him deep within her heart night and day, she meets her Beloved, and her pains depart.
Deep within the mansion of her inner being, she enjoys her Husband Lord, reflecting upon the Guru's Teachings.
She drinks deeply of the Nectar of the Naam, day and night; she conquers and casts off her sense of duality.
O Nanak, the happy soul-bride meets her True Lord, through the Infinite Love of the Guru. ||2||
Come, and shower Your Mercy upon me, my most Darling, Dear Beloved.
The soul-bride offers her prayers to You, to adorn her with the True Word of Your Shabad.
Adorned with the True Word of Your Shabad, she conquers her ego, and as Gurmukh, her affairs are resolved.
Throughout the ages, the One Lord is True; through the Guru's Wisdom, He is known.
The self-willed manmukh is engrossed in sexual desire, and tormented by emotional attachment. With whom should she lodge her complaints?
O Nanak, the self-willed manmukh finds no place of rest, without the most Beloved Guru. ||3||
The bride is foolish, ignorant and unworthy. Her Husband Lord is Unapproachable and Incomparable.
He Himself unites us in His Union; He Himself forgives us.
The soul-bride's Beloved Husband Lord is the Forgiver of sins; He is contained in each and every heart.
The True Guru has made me understand this understanding, that the Lord is obtained through love, affection and loving devotion.
She remains forever in bliss, day and night; she remains immersed in His Love, night and day.
O Nanak, that soul-bride who obtains the nine treasures, intuitively obtains her Husband Lord. ||4||3||
Gauree, Third Mehl:
The sea of Maya is agitated and turbulent; how can anyone cross over this terrifying world-ocean?
Make the Lord's Name your boat, and install the Word of the Shabad as the boatman.
With the Shabad installed as the boatman, the Lord Himself shall take you across. In this way, the difficult ocean is crossed.
The Gurmukh obtains devotional worship of the Lord, and thus remains dead while yet alive.
In an instant, the Lord's Name erases his sinful mistakes, and his body becomes pure.
O Nanak, through the Lord's Name, emancipation is obtained, and the slag iron is transformed into gold. ||1||
✦ Connected Across Traditions
The Golden Rule
Matthew 7:12
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Hadith (An-Nawawi 13)
“None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.”
Leviticus 19:18
“Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Mahabharata 5.1517
“One should never do to another what one regards as injurious to oneself.”
Divine Compassion & Mercy
Quran 1:1
“In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.”
Psalm 23:1
“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.”
Luke 6:36
“Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.”
Snp 1.8
“As a mother would risk her life to protect her child, her only child, even so should one cultivate a limitless heart with regard to all beings.”
The Path to Wisdom
Proverbs 4:7
“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.”
Dhammapada 20:282
“Wisdom springs from meditation; without meditation wisdom wanes.”
Analects 2:11
“If you study the past and use it to understand the present, you are worthy of being a teacher.”
Tao Te Ching 33
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.”
Good vs Evil / Light vs Darkness
Yasna 30:3
“Now the two primal Spirits, who reveal themselves as Twins, are the Better and the Bad, in thought and word and action.”
John 1:5
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
Dhammapada 1:1-2
“Mind is the forerunner of all actions. If one speaks or acts with a pure mind, happiness follows like a shadow.”
Genesis 1:3
“And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.”