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Raag Aasaa, First Mehl: There are six schools of philosophy, six teachers, and six sets of teachings.But the Teacher of teachers is the One, who appears in so many forms. ||1|| O Baba: that system in which the Praises of the Creator are sung-follow that system; in it rests true greatness. ||1|| Pause || The seconds, minutes and hours, days, weeks and months,And the various seasons originate from the one sun;O Nanak, in just the same way, the many forms originate from the Creator. ||2||2|| Hindi Translation (हिंदी अनुवाद) सृष्टि की रचना में छः शास्त्र हुए, इनके छः ही रचयिता तथा उपदेश भी अपने-अपने तौर पर छः ही हैं।किंतु इनका मूल तत्व एक ही केवल परमात्मा है, जिसके भेष अनन्त हैं।हे मनुष्य ! जिस शास्त्र रूपी घर में निरंकार की प्रशंसा हो, उसका गुणगान हो,उस शास्त्र को धारण कर, इससे तेरी इहलोक व परलोक दोनों में शोभा होगी॥ १॥ रहाउ॥ काष्ठा, चसा, घड़ी, पहर, तिथि व वार मिलकर जैसे एक माह बनता है।इसी तरह ऋतुओं के अनेक होने पर भी सूर्य एक ही है। (यह तो इस सूर्य के अलग-अलग अंश हैं।)हे नानक, उसी तरह, क...

  Aasaa, First Mehl: Chanting it, I live; forgetting it, I die.It is so difficult to chant the True Name.If someone feels hunger for the True Name,That hunger shall consume his pain. ||1|| How can I forget Him, O my mother?True is the Master, True is His Name. ||1|| Pause || Trying to describe even an iota of the Greatness of the True Name,People have grown weary, but they have not been able to evaluate it.Even if everyone were to gather together and speak of Him,He would not become any greater or any lesser. ||2|| That Lord does not die; there is no reason to mourn.He continues to give, and His Provisions never run short.This Virtue is His alone; there is no other like Him.There never has been, and there never will be. ||3|| As Great as You Yourself are, O Lord, so Great are Your Gifts.The One who created the day also created the night.Those who forget their Lord and Master are vile and despicable.O Nanak, without the Name, they are wretched outcasts. ||4||3|| Hindi Translation (ह...

Aasaa, First Mehl pauree 3,4: All Truth, all austere discipline, all goodness,All the great miraculous spiritual powers of the Siddhas.Without You, no one has attained such powers.They are received only by Your Grace. No one can block them or stop their flow. ||3|| What can the poor helpless creatures do?Your Praises are overflowing with Your Treasures.Those, unto whom You give-how can they think of any other?O Nanak, the True One embellishes and exalts. ||4||2|| Hindi Translation (हिंदी अनुवाद) सभी शुभ-गुण, सभी तप और सभी शुभ कर्मःसिद्ध - पुरुषों की सिद्धि समान महानता;तुम्हारी कृपा के बिना पूर्वोक्त गुणों की जो सिद्धियाँ हैं वे किसी ने भी प्राप्त नहीं की।यदि परमेश्वर की कृपा से ये शुभ-गुण प्राप्त हो जाएँ तो फिर किसी के रोके रुक नहीं सकते॥ ३॥ यदि कोई कहे कि हे अकाल-पुरुष ! मैं तुम्हारी महिमा कथन कर सकता हूँ तो यह बेचारा क्या कह सकता है।क्योकि हे परमेश्वर ! तेरी स्तुति के भण्डार तो वेदों, ग्रंथों व तेरे भक्तों के हृदय में भरे पड़े हैं।जिन को तुम अपनी स्तुति करने की बुद्धि प्रदान करते हो,...

Aasaa, First Mehl pauree 1,2: Hearing of His Greatness, everyone calls Him Great.But just how Great His Greatness is-this is known only to those who have seen Him.His Value cannot be estimated; He cannot be described.Those who describe You, Lord, remain immersed and absorbed in You. ||1|| O my Great Lord and Master of Unfathomable Depth, You are the Ocean of Excellence.No one knows the extent or the vastness of Your Expanse. ||1|| Pause || All the intuitives met and practiced intuitive meditation.All the appraisers met and made the appraisal.The spiritual teachers, the teachers of meditation, and the teachers of teachers-they cannot describe even an iota of Your Greatness. ||2|| Hindi Translation (हिंदी अनुवाद)  निरंकार स्वरूप ! (शास्त्रों व विद्वानों से) सुन कर तो प्रत्येक कोई तुझे बड़ा कहता है।किंतु कितना बड़ा है, यह तो तभी कोई बता सकता है यदि किसी ने तुझे देखा हो अथवा तुम्हारे दर्शन किए हों।वास्तव में उस सगुण स्वरूप परमात्मा की न तो कोई कीमत आंक सकता है और न ही उसका कोई अंत कह स...

Raag assa: One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:Where is That Door of Yours, and where is That Home, in which You sit and take care of all?The Sound-current of the Naad vibrates there for You, and countless musicians play all sorts of instruments there for You.There are so many Ragas and musical harmonies to You; so many minstrels sing hymns of You.Wind, water and fire sing of You. The Righteous Judge of Dharma sings at Your Door.Chitr and Gupt, the angels of the conscious and the subconscious who keep the record of actions, and the Righteous Judge of Dharma who reads this record, sing of You.Shiva, Brahma and the Goddess of Beauty, ever adorned by You, sing of You.Indra, seated on His Throne, sings of You, with the deities at Your Door.The Siddhas in Samaadhi sing of You; the Saadhus sing of You in contemplation.The celibates, the fanatics, and the peacefully accepting sing of You; the fearless warriors sing of You.The Pandits, the religious scholars who recite the...