- Guru Granth Sahib -

Rag Sri Raag
- Ashtapadis -

Third House, M.1
- Guru Nanak -

Hymn 1, Ashtapadis Hymn 28

Among Yogis, You are the Yogi; among pleasure seekers, You are the Pleasure Seeker. Your limits are not known to any of the beings in the heavens, in this world, or in the nether regions of the underworld. ||1||

I am devoted, dedicated, a sacrifice to Your Name. You created the world, and assigned tasks to one and all. You watch over Your Creation, and through Your All- powerful Creative Potency, You cast the dice. ||2||

You are manifest in the Expanse of Your Workshop. Everyone longs for Your Name, but without the Guru, no one finds You. All are enticed and trapped by Maya. ||3||

I am a sacrifice to the True Guru. Meeting Him, the supreme status is obtained. The angelic beings and the silent sages long for Him; the True Guru has given me this understanding. ||4||

How is the Society of the Saints to be known? There, the Name of the One Lord is chanted. The One Name is the Lord’s Command; Oh Nanak, the True Guru has given me this understanding. ||5||

This world has been deluded by doubt. You Yourself, Lord, have led it astray. The discarded soul brides suffer in terrible agony; they have no luck at all. ||6||

What are the signs of the discarded brides? They miss their Husband Lord, and they wander around in dishonour. The clothes of those brides are filthy-they pass their life- night in agony. ||7||

What actions have the happy soul-brides performed? They have obtained the fruit of their pre-ordained destiny. Casting His Glance of Grace, the Lord unites them with Himself. ||8||

Those, whom God causes to abide by His Will, have the Shabad of His Word abiding deep within. They are the true soul-brides, who embrace love for their Husband Lord. ||9||

Those who take pleasure in God’s Will remove doubt from within. Oh Nanak, know Him as the True Guru, who unites all with the Lord. ||10||

Meeting with the True Guru, they receive the fruits of their destiny, and egotism is driven out from within. The pain of evil-mindedness is eliminated; good fortune comes and shines radiantly from their foreheads. ||11||

The Bani of Your Word is Ambrosial Nectar. It permeates the hearts of Your devotees. Serving You, peace is obtained; granting Your Mercy, You bestow salvation. ||12||

Meeting with the True Guru, one comes to know; by this meeting, one comes to chant the Name. Without the True Guru, God is not found; all have grown weary of performing religious rituals. ||13||

I am a sacrifice to the True Guru; I was wandering in doubt, and He has set me on the right path. If the Lord casts His Glance of Grace, He unites us with Himself. ||14||

You, Lord, are pervading in all, and yet, the Creator keeps Himself concealed. Oh Nanak, the Creator is revealed to the Gurmukh, within whom He has infused His Light. ||15||

The Master Himself bestows honour. He creates and bestows body and soul. He Himself preserves the honour of His servants; He places both His Hands upon their foreheads. ||16||

All strict rituals are just clever contrivances. My God knows everything. He has made His Glory manifest, and all people celebrate Him. ||17||

He has not considered my merits and demerits; this is God’s Own Nature. Hugging me close in His Embrace, He protects me, and now, even the hot wind does not touch me. ||18||

Within my mind and body, I meditate on God. I have obtained the fruits of my soul’s desire. You are the Supreme Lord and Master, above the heads of kings. Nanak lives by chanting Your Name. ||19||

You Yourself created the Universe; You created the play of duality, and staged it. The Truest of the True is pervading everywhere; He instructs those with whom He is pleased. ||20||

By Guru’s Grace, I have found God. By His Grace, I have shed emotional attachment to Maya. Showering His Mercy, He has blended me into Himself. ||21||

You are the Gopis, the milk-maids of Krishna; You are the sacred river Jamunaa; You are Krishna, the herdsman. You Yourself support the world. By Your Command, human beings are fashioned. You Yourself embellish them, and then again destroy them. ||22||

Those who have focused their consciousness on the True Guru have rid themselves of the love of duality. The light of those mortal beings is immaculate. They depart after redeeming their lives. ||23||

Forever and ever, night and day, I praise the Greatness of Your Goodness. You bestow Your Gifts, even if we do not ask for them. Says Nanak, contemplate the True Lord. ||24||1||28||

Ang 71,72,73

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