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One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

Aasaa, Fourth Mehl, Chhant, Fourth House:

My eyes are wet with the Nectar of the Lord, and my mind is imbued with His Love, O Lord King.

The Lord applied His touch-stone to my mind, and found it one hundred per cent gold.

As Gurmukh, I am dyed in the deep red of the poppy, and my mind and body are drenched with His Love.

Servant Nanak is drenched with His Fragrance; blessed, blessed is his entire life. ||1||

One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred. Image Of The Undying. Beyond Birth. Self-Existent. By Guru's Grace:

Aasaa, First Mehl:

Vaar With Saloks, And Saloks Written By The First Mehl. To Be Sung To The Tune Of 'Tunda-Asraajaa':

Salok, First Mehl:

A hundred times a day, I am a sacrifice to my Guru;

He made angels out of men, without delay. ||1||

Second Mehl:

If a hundred moons were to rise, and a thousand suns appeared,

even with such light, there would still be pitch darkness without the Guru. ||2||

First Mehl:

O Nanak, those who do not think of the Guru, and who think of themselves as clever,

shall be left abandoned in the field, like the scattered sesame.

They are abandoned in the field, says Nanak, and they have a hundred masters to please.

The wretches bear fruit and flower, but within their bodies, they are filled with ashes. ||3||

Pauree:

He Himself created Himself; He Himself assumed His Name.

Secondly, He fashioned the creation; seated within the creation, He beholds it with delight.

You Yourself are the Giver and the Creator; by Your Pleasure, You bestow Your Mercy.

You are the Knower of all; You give life, and take it away again with a word.

Seated within the creation, You behold it with delight. ||1||

The Bani of the Lord's Love is the pointed arrow, which has pierced my mind, O Lord King.

Only those who feel the pain of this love, know how to endure it.

Those who die, and remain dead while yet alive, are said to be Jivan Mukta, liberated while yet alive.

O Lord, unite servant Nanak with the True Guru, that he may cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ||2||

Salok, First Mehl:

True are Your worlds, True are Your solar Systems.

True are Your realms, True is Your creation.

True are Your actions, and all Your deliberations.

True is Your Command, and True is Your Court.

True is the Command of Your Will, True is Your Order.

True is Your Mercy, True is Your Insignia.

Hundreds of thousands and millions call You True.

In the True Lord is all power, in the True Lord is all might.

True is Your Praise, True is Your Adoration.

True is Your almighty creative power, True King.

O Nanak, true are those who meditate on the True One.

Those who are subject to birth and death are totally false. ||1||

First Mehl:

Great is His greatness, as great as His Name.

Great is His greatness, as True is His justice.

Great is His greatness, as permanent as His Throne.

Great is His greatness, as He knows our utterances.

Great is His greatness, as He understands all our affections.

Great is His greatness, as He gives without being asked.