Appendix

General for all

All the sins of the Saints’ devotees who serve the Lord, are eliminated and done away with, be kind to us, oh Lord! And keep us in the company of those dear to Thee. My Lord! I cannot describe Thy Greatness, we, with the dead load of sins, like mill-stones round us, were sinking in midstream, when Thou so graciously lifted us out. For many incarnations, we were entangled in the obnoxious lures of the world but when we came into contact with the Saints, we were saved. As gold is purified by heating in the fire, so doth our dirty mind get etherealised. Recite His Naam day and night, and make your heart saturated with the Love of Hari, His Naam is a perfect remedy in this world: our egotism too was finished up by the Power of His Holy Word; Hari is unique and beyond our understanding and still beyond the beyond, oh the Limitless Conscious Personality, be Thou kind to Thy servant: Nanak has come to Thy Sharan (shelter).

Guru Ram Das, Dhanasari M4

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We are blind and blindly entangled in the stupefying enjoyments of the senses, how can we follow the Path of the Guru? Only through the Grace of the True Teacher, can we join His fold.

Guru Arjan, Dhanasari M5

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There is none so poor as I am and none more merciful than Thou art, what then is needed? I have but an unsteady mind: Oh, lead me to a Perfect Saint. When I pour out all my Love for the Lord, why art Thou so silent? Oh Madho. We have been separated from Sach Khand for many an incarnation; but this life I dedicate unto Thee. Ravi Das says: I live in the hope of having Your Sacred Darshan (a meeting), which I have not had for such a long time.

Ravi Das, Dhanasari Ravi Das

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What qualities of Thine can we describe? Oh Master! Thou art Limitless and beyond all description. We sing praises of Thy Naam day and night and that is our only hope. We are ignorant and do not know how to cross over Thee. The lowly Nanak is His bondsman and a drawer of water, make us live as Thou pleaseth, for now we live under Thy shelter, we commit mistakes at every step, but Thou art the Forgiver and Keeper of our honour, we are Thy ignorant children, and Thou art our Father and Master; oh teach us the Way; He took Nanak out of and has accepted him as His own.

Guru Ram Das, Asa M4

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Oh Master, have Mercy upon us, and take us to Thyself. We are but worthless cargo, and Thou can pilot us to our End.

Guru Ram Das, Malar M4

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Oh Master, come and unite me; who have been long separated from my Lord; my body and mind have been emptied of attachment, oh fill me with the Light of God.

Guru Ram Das, Asa M4

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Having renounced all things, I have come to Thee my Master; oh take me under Thy wings, and make of me what Thou wilt.

Guru Arjan, Suhi M5

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The Master is the True Devotee of the Lord, and so to Him I pray; we are but worthless creatures, and seek Thy protection, oh grant us the gift of Thy Word.

Guru Arjan, Gujri M5

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Seeing the world in flames, we turned to the Lord for refuge; oh Master, save us and deliver us, for therein lies God’s Glory.

Guru Amar Das, Vadhans M3

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I am purifying my heart, to make it fit for Thy Altar, oh True Friend! I have come to seek Thy refuge, teach me the Way to God.

Guru Arjan, Sorath M5

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You alone know Your mysteries, for You are all complete; oh give refuge to a worthless orphan, and lead him to his destined goal.

Guru Arjan, Gauri M5

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I pray to my Master, to unite me to my Lord, meeting Whom I may find peace and freedom from death.

Guru Nanak, Sri Rag M1

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When I prayed for the company of the Saints, hearing me the Lord’s True Devotee came unto me; it was my good fortune that They made me Their own.

Guru Arjan, Todi M5

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Nanak prays to the Master that he may be united with God.

Guru Nanak, Suhi M1

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Oh my Beloved, grant me the Holy Word of God. Those that have full faith in the Master, their worries are over.

Guru Ram Das, Saran M4

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Oh Master, we have come to Thy fold, to have the peace of the Divine Word; and the Grace of God, and a riddance from all our cares.

Guru Arjan, Todi M5

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May I live beholding Thee, oh my Master, and may my deeds bear fruit; this is our prayer to Thee, oh Lord, grant us the boon of Thy Word and make us Thy own.

Guru Arjan, Suhi M5

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This is my only prayer to Thee, that I lost in Thy meditation be dyed in Thy colour.

Guru Arjan, Bilawal M5

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Thou Giver of all gifts, grant me this boon, that I may be freed from vanity and ego, from lusts, greed and wrath.

Guru Nanak, Suhi M1