raamakalee mahalaa 1 sidh gosatt |
Raamkalee, First Mehl, Sidh Gosht ~ Conversations With The Siddhas:
ik oankaar satigur prasaad |
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
sidh sabhaa kar aasan baitthe sant sabhaa jaikaaro |
The Siddhas formed an assembly; sitting in their Yogic postures, they shouted, "Salute this gathering of Saints."
tis aagai raharaas hamaaree saachaa apar apaaro |
I offer my salutation to the One who is true, infinite and incomparably beautiful.
masatak kaatt dharee tis aagai tan man aagai deo |
I cut off my head, and offer it to Him; I dedicate my body and mind to Him.
naanak sant milai sach paaeeai sehaj bhaae jas leo |1|
O Nanak, meeting with the Saints, Truth is obtained, and one is spontaneously blessed with distinction. ||1||
kiaa bhaveeai sach soochaa hoe |
What is the use of wandering around? Purity comes only through Truth.
saach sabad bin mukat na koe |1| rahaau |
Without the True Word of the Shabad, no one finds liberation. ||1||Pause||
kavan tume kiaa naau tumaaraa kaun maarag kaun suaao |
Who are you? What is your name? What is your way? What is your goal?
saach khau aradaas hamaaree hau sant janaa bal jaao |
We pray that you will answer us truthfully; we are a sacrifice to the humble Saints.
keh baisahu keh raheeai baale keh aavahu keh jaaho |
Where is your seat? Where do you live, boy? Where did you come from, and where are you going?
naanak bolai sun bairaagee kiaa tumaaraa raaho |2|
Tell us, Nanak - the detached Siddhas wait to hear your reply. What is your path?" ||2||
ghatt ghatt bais nirantar raheeai chaaleh satigur bhaae |
He dwells deep within the nucleus of each and every heart. This is my seat and my home. I walk in harmony with the Will of the True Guru.
sahaje aae hukam sidhaae naanak sadaa rajaae |
I came from the Celestial Lord God; I go wherever He orders me to go. I am Nanak, forever under the Command of His Will.
aasan baisan thir naaraaein aisee guramat paae |
I sit in the posture of the eternal, imperishable Lord. These are the Teachings I have received from the Guru.
guramukh boojhai aap pachhaanai sache sach samaae |3|
As Gurmukh, I have come to understand and realize myself; I merge in the Truest of the True. ||3||
duneea saagar dutar kaheeai kiau kar paaeeai paaro |
"The world-ocean is treacherous and impassable; how can one cross over?"
charapatt bolai aaudhoo naanak dehu sachaa beechaaro |
Charpat the Yogi says, "O Nanak, think it over, and give us your true reply."
aape aakhai aape samajhai tis kiaa utar deejai |
What answer can I give to someone, who claims to understand himself?
saach kahahu tum paaragaraamee tujh kiaa baisan deejai |4|
I speak the Truth; if you have already crossed over, how can I argue with you? ||4||
jaise jal meh kamal niraalam muragaaee nai saane |
The lotus flower floats untouched upon the surface of the water, and the duck swims through the stream;
surat sabad bhav saagar tareeai naanak naam vakhaane |
with one's consciousness focused on the Word of the Shabad, one crosses over the terrifying world-ocean. O Nanak, chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
raheh ikaant eko man vasiaa aasaa maeh niraaso |
One who lives alone, as a hermit, enshrining the One Lord in his mind, remaining unaffected by hope in the midst of hope,
agam agochar dekh dikhaae naanak taa kaa daaso |5|
sees and inspires others to see the inaccessible, unfathomable Lord. Nanak is his slave. ||5||
sun suaamee aradaas hamaaree poochhau saach beechaaro |
"Listen, Lord, to our prayer. We seek your true opinion.
ros na keejai utar deejai kiau paaeeai gur duaaro |
Don't be angry with us - please tell us: How can we find the Guru's Door?"
eihu man chaltau sach ghar baisai naanak naam adhaaro |
This fickle mind sits in its true home, O Nanak, through the Support of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
aape mel milaae karataa laagai saach piaaro |6|
The Creator Himself unites us in Union, and inspires us to love the Truth. ||6||
haattee baattee raheh niraale rookh birakh udiaane |
"Away from stores and highways, we live in the woods, among plants and trees.
kand mool ahaaro khaaeeai aaudhoo bolai giaane |
For food, we take fruits and roots. This is the spiritual wisdom spoken by the renunciates.
teerath naaeeai sukh fal paaeeai mail na laagai kaaee |
We bathe at sacred shrines of pilgrimage, and obtain the fruits of peace; not even an iota of filth sticks to us.
gorakh poot lohaareepaa bolai jog jugat bidh saaee |7|
Luhaareepaa, the disciple of Gorakh says, this is the Way of Yoga." ||7||
haattee baattee need na aavai par ghar chit na dduolaaee |
In the stores and on the road, do not sleep; do not let your consciousness covet anyone else's home.
bin naavai man ttek na ttikee naanak bhookh na jaaee |
Without the Name, the mind has no firm support; O Nanak, this hunger never departs.
haatt pattan ghar guroo dikhaaeaa sahaje sach vaapaaro |
The Guru has revealed the stores and the city within the home of my own heart, where I intuitively carry on the true trade.
khanddit nidraa alap ahaaran naanak tat beechaaro |8|
Sleep little, and eat little; O Nanak, this is the essence of wisdom. ||8||
darasan bhekh karahu jogindraa mundraa jholee khinthaa |
"Wear the robes of the sect of Yogis who follow Gorakh; put on the ear-rings, begging wallet and patched coat.
baarah antar ek sarevahu khatt darasan ik panthaa |
Among the twelve schools of Yoga, ours is the highest; among the six schools of philosophy, ours is the best path.
ein bidh man samajhaaeeai purakhaa baahurr chott na khaaeeai |
This is the way to instruct the mind, so you will never suffer beatings again."
naanak bolai guramukh boojhai jog jugat iv paaeeai |9|
Nanak speaks: the Gurmukh understands; this is the way that Yoga is attained. ||9||
antar sabad nirantar mudraa haumai mamataa door karee |
Let constant absorption in the Word of the Shabad deep within be your ear-rings; eradicate egotism and attachment.
kaam krodh ahankaar nivaarai gur kai sabad su samajh paree |
Discard sexual desire, anger and egotism, and through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, attain true understanding.
khinthaa jholee bharipur rahiaa naanak taarai ek haree |
For your patched coat and begging bowl, see the Lord God pervading and permeating everywhere; O Nanak, the One Lord will carry you across.
saachaa saahib saachee naaee parakhai gur kee baat kharee |10|
True is our Lord and Master, and True is His Name. Analyze it, and you shall find the Word of the Guru to be True. ||10||
aoondhau khapar panch bhoo ttopee |
Let your mind turn away in detachment from the world, and let this be your begging bowl. Let the lessons of the five elements be your cap.
kaaneaa karraasan man jaagottee |
Let the body be your meditation mat, and the mind your loin cloth.
sat santokh sanjam hai naal |
Let truth, contentment and self-discipline be your companions.
naanak guramukh naam samaal |11|
O Nanak, the Gurmukh dwells on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||11||
kavan su gupataa kavan su mukataa |
"Who is hidden? Who is liberated?
kavan su antar baahar jugataa |
Who is united, inwardly and outwardly?
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