XXIII / (ii)
Ask for Guru
(a Competent Living Master)
The Lord is overflowing in the Guru.
Being immanent in the Guru, He distributes the Word.
The Guru is God personified. Pray to the Lord:
Oh Merciful Father, the Destroyer of our ills, be kind and send us the Satguru. He is the very support of our life. Through Him alone we can attain to Thee.
Thou art Merciful and the Destroyer of all our ills. Attend to our prayer. Please make us search for the Satguru, through whom we know Thee.
Guru Ram Das, Gauri M4
Oh Lord, oh! the very Soul of the Universe, grant us faith in Naam (the Mystic Word), and the benevolent and purifying company of the true men.
Guru Ram Das, Kanra M4
Oh Lord, allow us that Satguru, remembering whom we shall be liberated. At His very Darshan (a sight of Him) the mind feels exhilarated. We shall again and again lay our very life at His lotus feet.
Guru Ram Das, Bhairon M4
Beg from the Lord and the Guru their Divine Vision, complete self-surrender and the gift of Naam. Pray also to be saved from the evil tendencies of the mind and the senses. Being Omnipotent, He is capable of granting us all these boons. Besides this, the seekers may pray for the gift of happily resigning to His sweet Will. We have no good qualities in us. Being ignorant and of low mental calibre, we are not well versed in religious ceremonies, etc. Therefore, oh Beloved! have mercy on us. Bestow on us the capacity to sing Thy praises and to remain happy in whatever be Thy Will.
Virtueless, blind, ignorant and unlettered as we are, we know not what is good for us or for society, be merciful, oh Lord! that Nanak may sing of Thee, and may ever rejoice in Thy Will and Pleasure.
Guru Ram Das, Suhi M4
In addition to this, pray for the grant of devotion and of Naam.
By repeatedly uttering Thy Naam, we are freed from doubt and fear, those who are absorbed in Thy sweet remembrance will be freed from the cycle of birth and death.
Guru Arjan, Gujri M5
We are humble mendicants at Thy door, be gracious enough to bless us with Thine Amrit (Nectar) of the Word, Satguru is my Master Friend, please grant me his contact.
Guru Ram Das, Maru M4
Forgive me for my lack of good qualities and make me your own, my Master, Thou art Infinite and Unknowable, graciously make known to me Thyself through Shabd – the Mystic Word.
Guru Amar Das, Prabhati M3
My Lord, the Creator, is the Ocean of all goodness, who can adequately praise Him? Saints pray for the gift of the highest bliss of Naam.
Guru Arjan, Suhi M5
We are but humble mendicants and beggars, Thou art the Protector of our honour, be kind and give us the alms of Thy Naam, so that we may remain always intoxicated in Thy love.
Guru Amar Das, Dhanasari M3
Oh Lord! take us under the shadow of Thy protecting wings, we are unable to do anything on our own, graciously give us Thy Naam.
Guru Arjan, Dhanasari M5
Oh my Divine Friend, grant that I may every day make an effort to think only of Thee all the time, oh give me a contact with Shabd – the Bread of life.
Guru Arjan, Gujri M5
The company of Saints dyes us with His Naam and all our desires are fulfilled, Nanak prays for Thy Mercy and Thy Grace and that we may remain absorbed in the sweet memory of Thy lotus feet.
Guru Arjan, Bihagra M5
Oh Rama (All-Pervading God)! make us the servant of Thy Servants. Grant us the boon to bask in the light of Saints so long as the breath of our life lasts.
Guru Ram Das, Kalyan M4
Oh Merciful Lord! Graciously grant us the radiant dust from the feet of Saints.
Guru Amar Das, Gauri M3