Hundreds of thousands of princely pleasures are enjoyed, if the True Guru bestows His Glance of Grace. If He bestows the Name of the Lord, for even a moment, my mind and body are cooled and soothed. Those who have such pre-ordained destiny hold tight to the Feet of the True Guru. |
Hundreds of thousands, even millions of pleasures and delights are enjoyed by one who falls at the Guru's Feet. |
Hypocrisy is not devotion - speaking words of duality leads only to misery. Those humble beings who are filled with keen understanding and meditative contemplation - even though they intermingle with others, they remain distinct. |
I am a sacrifice to the True Guru, who has bestowed the True Name. Night and day, I praise the True One; I sing the Glorious Praises of the True One. True is the food, and true are the clothes, of those who chant the True Name of the True One. |
I am a sacrifice to the True Guru. Meeting Him, the supreme status is obtained. |
I am a sacrifice to those who meditate on the Formless Lord. Their faces are forever radiant, and the whole world bows in reverence to them. |
I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice to You. I meditate on You continually. The village was in ruins, but You have re-populated it. I am a sacrifice to You. |
I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to that True Court of the Beloved Guru. |
I am a sinner - I have committed so many sins; I am a villainous, thieving thief. Now, Nanak has come to the Lord's Sanctuary; preserve my honor, Lord, as it pleases Your Will. |
I am a slave, purchased in Your market; what clever tricks do I have? |
I am a sneak and a thief. Nanak describes the state of the lowly. I live as a wild hunter, O Creator! |
I am attuned to His(Lords) Love. All the rest of the world is deluded by doubt, while my mind is intoxicated with the Sublime Essence of the Lord. |
I am devoted, dedicated, a sacrifice to Your Name. |
I am egotistical and conceited, and my intellect is ignorant. Meeting the Guru, my selfishness and conceit have been abolished. The illness of egotism is gone, and I have found peace. |
I am filled with the Love of my Beloved; how can I meet my Friend,the lord and merge with Him? |