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English translation of
Holy Guru Granth Sahib

English translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
taken from http://www.gurbanifiles.com/

Raag Bhairao - Part 016

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- all his affairs are resolved.

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The One Lord is his Protector.

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O servant Nanak, no one can equal him. ||4||4||17||

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Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

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We should feel sad, if God were beyond us.

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We should feel sad, if we forget the Lord.

1140 : 637
We should feel sad, if we are in love with duality.

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But why should we feel sad? The Lord is pervading everywhere. ||1||

1140 : 639
In love and attachment to Maya, the mortals are sad, and are consumed by sadness.

1140 : 640
Without the Name, they wander and wander and wander, and waste away. ||1||Pause||

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We should feel sad, if there were another Creator Lord.

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We should feel sad, if someone dies by injustice.

1140 : 643
We should feel sad, if something were not known to the Lord.

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But why should we feel sad? The Lord is totally permeating everywhere. ||2||

1140 : 645
We should feel sad, if God were a tyrant.

1140 : 646
We should feel sad, if He made us suffer by mistake.

1140 : 647
The Guru says that whatever happens is all by God's Will.

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So I have abandoned sadness, and I now sleep without anxiety. ||3||

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O God, You alone are my Lord and Master; all belong to You.

1140 : 650
According to Your Will, You pass judgement.

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There is no other at all; the One Lord is permeating and pervading everywhere.

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Please save Nanak's honor; I have come to Your Sanctuary. ||4||5||18||

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Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

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Without music, how is one to dance?

1140 : 655
Without a voice, how is one to sing?

1140 : 656
Without strings, how is a guitar to be played?

1140 : 657
Without the Naam, all affairs are useless. ||1||

1140 : 658
Without the Naam - tell me: who has ever been saved?

1140 : 659
Without the True Guru, how can anyone cross over to the other side? ||1||Pause||

Continued...

1140 : 660
Without a tongue, how can anyone speak?

1140 : 661
Without ears, how can anyone hear?

1140 : 662
Without eyes, how can anyone see?

1140 : 663
Without the Naam, the mortal is of no account at all. ||2||

1140 : 664
Without learning, how can one be a Pandit - a religious scholar?

1140 : 665
Without power, what is the glory of an empire?

1140 : 666
Without understanding, how can the mind become steady?

1140 : 667
Without the Naam, the whole world is insane. ||3||

1140 : 668
Without detachment, how can one be a detached hermit?

1140 : 669
Without renouncing egotism, how can anyone be a renunciate?

1140 : 670
Without overcoming the five thieves, how can the mind be subdued?

1140 : 671
Without the Naam, the mortal regrets and repents forever and ever. ||4||

1140 : 672
Without the Guru's Teachings, how can anyone obtain spiritual wisdom?

1140 : 673
Without seeing - tell me: how can anyone visualize in meditation?

1140 : 674
Without the Fear of God, all speech in useless.

1140 : 675
Says Nanak, this is the wisdom of the Lord's Court. ||5||6||19||

1140 : 676
Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

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Mankind is afflicted with the disease of egotism.

1140 : 678
The disease of sexual desire overwhelms the elephant.

1140 : 679
Because of the disease of vision, the moth is burnt to death.

1140 : 680
Because of the disease of the sound of the bell, the deer is lured to its death. ||1||

1140 : 681
Whoever I see is diseased.

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Only my True Guru, the True Yogi, is free of disease. ||1||Pause||

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Because of the disease of taste, the fish is caught.

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Because of the disease of smell, the bumble bee is destroyed.

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The whole world is caught in the disease of attachment.

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In the disease of the three qualities, corruption is multiplied. ||2||

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In disease the mortals die, and in disease they are born.

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In disease they wander in reincarnation again and again.

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-- Raag Bhairao - Part 016 --


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