Book IV / II
The Merits of Kirtan
Kirtan is highly efficacious both here and hereafter.
Oh dear self, engage in such a Kirtan, that may be of use to thee here and hereafter.
Guru Arjan, Gauri M5
Kirtan purifies one of all feelings of envy, hatred and enmity.
The devotees of the Master who listen to the divine Song (Kirtan), their minds get purified of ill-will and envy.
Guru Arjan, Gauri M5
Kirtan is a potent remedy for removing all ills and afflictions – physical, mental and accidental.
The Merciful God has in His mercy removed all doubts and distrust, oh Nanak! through the holy Song I am in bliss, freed from all sorrow.
Guru Arjan, Gauri M5
One who sings the celestial strains, he is never in pain, sorrow and affliction.
Guru Arjan, Maru M5
Kirtan frees one from all the deadly sins and lusts of the flesh.
Sing the perfect Melody, the bestower of all bliss and destroyer of ills, the Melody is sharper than the two-edged sword, and kills the deadly sins of lust, passion, greed, attachment and egotism.
Guru Arjan, Nut M5
Kirtan awakens one from a long-drawn sleep of ages upon ages.
Engaged in devotion one takes to the pine Song, and is awakened from the long-drawn slumber of ages.
Guru Arjan, Gond M5
One discards the lust for other's wealth, flesh and blood, when through the grace of the Master, he awakens by the holy Sound.
Guru Arjan, Dhanna M5
Do such actions as would not contaminate thee, the mind will awaken to Reality by listening to the pine Melody (Harkirtan).
Guru Arjan, Gauri M5
Kirtan gives immunity from the grip of death.
'Approach not,' says Yama (the Lord of Death) to his messengers, 'The place where a Sadhu dwells or the Holy Word reverberates, or else we shall all be doomed.'
Guru Arjan, Maru M5
He in whom the Lord's Song abides, he is freed from all sorrows, ills and afflictions, and the fear of death.
Guru Arjan, Gauri M5
He who sings the Song pine, the angel of death affects him not.
Guru Arjan, Gond M5
The minions of death cannot come near him, who sings the Song pine in company of the Master.
Guru Arjan, Maru M5
Kirtan grants perfect peace, satiety and bliss.
The devotee is ever in a state of intoxication, the Lord had mercy and I got dyed in the color of His Song.
Guru Arjan, Sorath M5
Oh Nanak! God has made a slave of me, I now live and enjoy the pine glory.
Guru Arjan, Majh M5
Kirtan is acceptable to God, and man has his wishes fulfilled.
Absorption in the sweet melodies of Music pine (Kirtan, Rag, Nag and Dhun) is the goal of my life. Oh Nanak, It is acceptable to God and one gets his desires fulfilled.
Guru Arjan, Bilawal M5
Communion with God ends the cycle of transmigration, one becomes acceptable even while living, and engages in the pine Music of the Lord.
Guru Arjan, Gauri War M5
Kirtan holds priority over all religious practices.
Oh Nanak! Engage in Hari Kirtan, for that verily is the true religion.
Guru Arjan, Gauri M5
In infinite compassion, the Saints gave out,
One gets the merit of all religions by listening to the pine Melody.
Guru Teg Bahadur, Ramkali M9
Kirtan is the True Yoga.
Thy Word is the cause of all this creation, listening to the Kirtan is a veritable yoga.
Guru Arjan, Asa M5
Kirtan is the Saving Lifeline for all.
The mind gets disciplined through Hari Kirtan (the Song of the Lord); whoever sings of the Lord, hears or repeats His praises, is surely saved.
Guru Arjan, Dev Gandhari M5
As the Master taught me so do I declare, listen ye to what Nanak saith: It is by Kirtan alone that one is saved.
Guru Arjan, Gauri M5
Kirtan steadies and stills the mind.
What the Word that keeps one spellbound? What the Way that takes one above pleasure and pain?What the Path that leads into the Beyond (Par Brahm)? What the Discipline that contacts the holy Harmony? The devotee of the Master leads a life that may help him to reach the Beyond (Par Brahm), and he constantly recites the pine Song.
Guru Ram Das, Majh M4
The seeker asks for but one gift, if it so pleases the Lord, he may have mercy, grant me Thy Glance of Grace that may quell the mind and fill it with Song pine.
Guru Arjan, Maru M5