VI
Anand (u) Sahib
It is a collection of hymns written in Ramkali measure or Raga by Third Guru- Guru Amar Das ji. It appears from pages 917 to 922 of Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji. Literally anand means happiness, joy, bliss. It is composed by Guru Amar Das ji to commemorate the birth of his grandson named Baba Anand , who was believed to be a soul of a Yogi whom Guru Amar Das ji met in his previous birth. So he named the child by the name of this composition. It extends to forty pauris or stanzas in its longer version. A Pauri is a stanza of 6 to 8 lines. Literally a Pauri implies a step, ladder, rung of a staircase. It was essentially used in Vaara. As a man ascends the steps of a staircase to reach the higher floors or levels of a building similarly here he progresses in the journey of his soul where Omnipotent God is the final destination.
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1. By the Grace of One Supreme Being- The Eternal, the Enlightener
I am in Ecstasy O’ Mother, for I have attuned to my Lord. Attuned have I to my Lord -too spontaneously and inside my mind Rings the Music of Bliss through all the bejewelled Ragas and their families . The fairies have come to say Lord’s word. Sing ye to the Lord’s word, all those who have enshrined it in the mind. Says Nanak I am ever in Ecstasy, for I have attained my Lord.
2. O’ my mind be you ever with your God. Be you with God and shake off your all your woes. He, your Lord will be your support and you will be fulfilled. The Master is all Powerful, why forsake Him from the mind. Says Nanak “Be you ever with your God, O’ my mind.
3. O’ my True Master what is it that You do not have in Your Home but he alone gets it whom Thou bless so. And then he sings Your praises for ever and enshrines Your name in the mind. They who cherish the Name in their minds, within them rings the orchestral melody. Says Nanak- O’ my True Master what is it that You do not have in Thy Home.
4. The Lord’s True Name is my lone support. My only support is is the True Name that stills all my cravings. And peace and gladness dawn in my mind and I am wholly fulfilled. Sacrifice I am unto the Guru whose glory echoes through the ages. Says Nanak- hear you O’ Saints love ye your Lord’s word. Yes the Lord’s True Name is my only support.
5. In that fortunate Home rings the five strained melodies where in Lord You have manifested Your Might. You make one overwhelm the five demons of desire and slay the pain of death. They whom You bless in Thy mercy O’ Lord they alone are attuned to Your Name. Says Nanak- In that Home is all the Gladness, yea the unstruck melody rings in that Home.
6. Without the true attachment the body is all too fragile and helpless. And being helpless what can the poor thing do ? O’ Lord no one is powerful without You, so You bless me O’ Lord of Woods. There is no other place for one to go. One’s body is embellished only with Your word. Says Nanak- without being attuned to the Lord, of what worth is my poor body?
7. Everyone says “ I am in Bliss”, but True Bliss comes forth only from Guru, when the Beloved Lord is in mercy. In His mercy the Lord dispels one evil and Blesses us with collyrium of wisdom.
They who have become detached within, their word the True embellishes with His grace. Says Nanak- That indeed is the Bliss which one know from the Guru.
8. O’ Father, he alone attains Bliss, whom You bless. Yea, whom You bless attains it and of no avail are efforts of others. Some wander about in ten directions, others are embellished being attuned to Your Name. By the Guru’s grace one’s mind becomes Immaculate if one loves the God’s will. Says Nanak- He alone is blessed whom You bless.
9. Come, dear friends let us utter the indescribable Gospel of the Lord. But how shall I utter the unutterable. Which door shall I enter through? Yes, if I surrender my mind, body and wealth to the Guru and submit to His will then I can attain Him. Submit you to Guru’s will and sing the True Word. Says Nanak- Hear you, O’ saints utter the indescribable gospel of the Lord.
10. O’ my sharp mind, no one has attuned unto Lord through cleverness. Yea, through cleverness one does not attain the Lord O’ my mind. This Maya is a great enticer that instils doubt in our minds and distracts many from the path. Though God Himself has created the Enticing Tempter Maya who bewitches all through her charms. Sacrifice I am unto that Lord who instilled in me the sweet desire. Says Nanak- O’ my clever mind the Lord is not attained through cleverness and sharp wits. 11. O’ my loved mind cherish ever the God’s Truth. The family that one sees around will not go along with us, so why to get involved in it that does not remain with us. One must not do deeds that make one regretful in the end. Listen to the Instruction of True Guru that goes along with you, Says Nanak- O’ my mind cherish for ever God’s truth that is universal. O’Thou Unfathomable, Unperceivable, Lord, I know not Your end, yea know not Your end, for You alone know Your end. You state the Creation created by You in Your play. What shall then one say or utter about Your Glory ? You alone can say and see who created the creation. Says Nanak- Unfathomable art Thou, O’ Lord I do not know Your end.
13. The angelic beings and the sages search for Your nectar O’ God but Nectar is attained through Guru. It is when the Guru blesses one with the Nectar Name that one Enshrines the True One, in the mind. You alone have created Your Creation but rare is the one who sees and repairs to the Guru. His greed and ego are dispelled and the True Guru seems sweet to him. Says Nanak “ He on whom is the mercy of the Lord, attains the Nectar Name through the Guru.”
14. Wonderful are the ways of devotees,wonderful are their ways for they tread the hard path and they shed their greed, ego and cravings and speak sparingly. Their path is keener than the blade of a dagger and finer than a hair. They who shed their selfhood their being is saturated with desire for their Lord. Says Nanak, “ Wonderful are the ways of devotees through the ages.”
15. O’Master, I go as You lead me on. I do not know any more of Your merits,yea whomsoever You show You show the path, he walk on it as per Your command and will. And he whom You yoke him to Your name , he dwells only on You. He, to whom You recite your gospel gathers Bliss through the Guru’s Door. Says Nanak, O’ Master You drive men as per Your will.
16. This beautiful word is True Praise of the Lord. Yea, this beautiful word, spoken by True Guru is the Eternal praise of the Lord. They alone cherish it in whose destiny is written so by Lord. There are many who prattle much but can one attain talk through mere talking. Says Nanak “ Beautiful is the word, uttered by the Guru, which sings only God’s praise.”
17. Pure are they who dwell on the Lord’s Name. Yea, they who dwelt on the Lord by Guru’s grace get Pure and Pious. Pious are their parents, their relatives and yea their whole society. Pure are they who utter and hear it, and they who cherish it in their mind. Says Nanak, pure are they who dwell on their Lord by grace of the Guru.
18. Through mere deeds poise does not come to the mind and without poise one’s doubt is not stilled. Yea, through no other discipline is the doubt dispelled, howsoever many may one do the deed. With doubt the is the mind stained. Then through what discipline is it to be cleansed ? Pray, attune yourself to the Lord and so cleanse your mind and in it cherish you your Lord. Says Nanak “ Thus, by Guru’s grace poise comes to the mind and one’s doubt is dispelled.
19. They who are pure from outside but unclean within, lose their life in futile gamble. And the malady of craving infects them and they become oblivious of death. In the Vedas too, the Glory of the Lord’s Name is acclaimed as Supreme, but one does not hear it and goes about like mad involved with the way of works. Says Nanak, they who forsake the Truth and cling to falsehood lose their life in futile gamble.
20. They who are pure inside and pure outside and practice the deeds enjoined by the Guru. They do not hear the talk of falsehood and their desire is for Truth alone. Yea they who won the prize of Eternal Life, blessed are those traders. Says Nanak, they whose minds are pure abide for ever in Lord’s presence.
21.If a seeker remains ever in Presence of the Guru and his soul too abides in Him, and he cherishes the Guru’s feet in his heart and also in inner self, and sheds his ego and leans ever on the Guruand does not know any other except Him. Says Nanak- Hear ye, O’ saints such a seeker alone resides in Guru’s presence for ever.
22. If some one turns his back on the Guru, he is redeemed. Ask ye, any man of prudence if such a one ever is Redeemed any otherwise ?He wanders through the myriads of birth, but without True Guru, he does not get emancipation. But he too attains salvation when attuned to Guru’s feet, recites to him Lord’s word. Reflect you on this that without the Guru no one is Redeemed.
23. Come, you beloved disciple of the Guru. You sing the True Word. Sing ye the word of the True Guru, which is the most sublime of all. They on whom is Lord’s Grace cherish it in the Mind. So drink in ye the Lord’s Nectar and be ever imbued with His Love and dwell on the Lord-the support of the earth. Says Nanak- Sing ye ever the word of the True Guru.
24. Save for the True Guru’s, all other words are false. Yea false is the word that is not of True Guru. False are the utterers, false are the listeners and false are reciters. They utter the Lord’s Name but its meaning does not sink into their souls. Their mind is lured away by Maya though they may repeat His name like a parrot. Says Nanak- Without True Guru, all other word is false.
25. The Guru’s word is the jewel studded with diamonds. He, whose mind is set upon this jewel of the Word , he merges in it. His mind is Attuned to the word and is in love with True One. The Lord Himself is the jewel and diamond and he alone knows Him to whom He Himself reveals His mystery. Says Nanak- The Word is the Precious Jewel studded with diamonds.
26. God Himself created soul and matter and His eternal word ran throughout His entire creation. And all are subject to His Will, but rare is one who knows the will, by Guru’s grace. He breaks loose his bonds and he is emancipated and enshrines the word in his mind. But he alone turns Guruwards (Gurmukh) whom God blesses and he is attuned to One Lord alone. Says Nanak- He, the Creator Lord – Himself reveals His will.
27. The Smritis and Shastras discriminate between good and evil but do not tell the quintessence of real. Without the Guru no one knows the quintessence, or the Truth about the Real. The world is in slumber strayed by delusion of the three modes of Maya and thus the night of their life passes. They however keep awake through Guru’s grace who enshrine the Lord in their minds and utter the Nectar word. Says Nanak- He alone attains to the Quintessence of Reality who is ever attuned to the Lord and passes his night awake and alert.
28. He, who sustains us in the mother’s womb why you forsake Him, pray ? Yea why forsake such a great and Beneficent Master who feeds us in the fire of womb. No harm can come to him, whom Lord yokes him to His service. And being attuned to Him, the man of God cherished the Lord for ever. Says Nanak- Why forsake you O’ mind such a great and beneficent Lord.
29. As the fire of the womb is inside, similarly the fire of Maya is outside. Both fires are alike and yet both are the play of the Lord, who saves us from both. When the Lord wills, one is born into this world to the great joy to one’s kins. And then one is no more attuned to the Lord and the writ of Maya begins to ruin him. Says Nanak- They who are attuned to God ,by the Guru’s grace, attains to the Lord amidst Maya.
30. The Lord is invaluable- one cannot evaluate one’s Lord, though many have striven in vain. If one meets with the True Guru, one should surrender one’s head to Him and lose one’s self. One should be attuned to the One to whom the soul belongs and enshrine the Lord in One’s Mind. Yea, invaluable is the Lord, and fortunate are they, who are attuned to Him.
31. The Lord is my capital stock, my mind is its peddler. My peddler mind deals only in the capital stock of the Lord, it is from the Guru that I know it. Yea, contemplate your Lord for ever and earn its profit for ever. But they alone are blessed one with Lord’s riches on whom is the God’s grace. Says Nanak- The Lord is my capital stock, my mind its peddler.
32. O’ my tongue, you are lured by other tastes, and so your craving is not stilled. Craving goes on till one is Attuned to the God. Only if one drinks the Lord’s essence does the craving leaves a person surely. This Nectar of Lord’s Name one attains through God’s grace, when one meets with the True Guru. Says Nanak- All other cravings are stilled when one cherishes the Lord in the mind.
33. O’ my body, God has put His light in you, and so you come into this world. When the Lord illumined your mind with His light. The Lord Himself is the Father, Mother who created life to make it see the world. But when life by Guru’s grace knew its Reality, then it was found to be a mere show. Says Nanak- So did the Lord create the Universe and putting His light in you, He bought you into being.
34. My mind is in ecstasy hearing that God is to come into my home, O’ my mates sing now ye the welcome songs of wedding as my home has now become a temple. Yea, sing for ever the songs of joy that you are not infected by woe and sorrow. And being attuned to the Guru’s feet, your days are blessed and you see your Lord’s presence. Then through the Guru’s words ye hear the Unstruck melody of Soul and through the Lord’s Name, enjoy His essence. Says Nanak- This is how I met with my Lord who is the Creator and the Cause.
35. O,my body what indeed you do coming into the World ? Yea, what indeed are your achievements O; my body ? Since you came into this world, The Lord who created you, was not enshrined in your mind. By the Guru’s Grace, the Lord’s Name came to dwell in my mind and His writ is fulfilled. Says Nanak -This body is approved only if it is Attuned to his Lord.
36.O’ my eyes Lord has put His light in you so I do not see any other except Lord. You see not another and keep only Lord before you. This world that you see is manifestation of the God, yea it is the Lord that you see. When I know this mystery by the Guru’s grace I do not see any body else but Him. Says Nanak- These eyes were blind, but when I met the Guru, I begin to see instinctively.
37. O’ my eyes you were sent to hear only the Truth. That is why they were made a part of the body that they hear only True Word, hearing which one’s mind and body blossoms forth, and the tongue is inebriated with its flavour. The Lord is wonderful and and Unfathomable. His state can not be described by anyone. Says Nanak- Hear ye, O’ my ears, the Nectar Name of the Lord and get Pure; for ye were created to hear only the Lord’s Truth.
38. The Lord placed the soul in the cave of the body while the air made the music of life. And while he made nine doors manifest, the tenth door he kept hid within. He, who was in love with Guru’s wisdom to him was opened the Tenth Door, wherein rings the Lord’s Name in a myriad forms. Oh! It is a treasure whose depths cannot be fathomed. Says Nanak- The Lord placing the soul in the cave of body caused the air to make music of life.
39. This Eternal Song of Bliss is to be sung in the True Home of the soul. Yea sing this song of Bliss in a True Home where God is contemplated . O’ Lord on whom is Your Grace, Contemplate your truth; yea they, to whom You Reveal Yourself. through the Guru. This truth is the overlord of all, and he alone attains it whom Thou bless. Says Nanak- Sing ye this Eternal Song of Bliss in the True Home of your soul.
40. Hear you this song of Bliss O’ Fortunate Ones that all the yearnings of your heart are fulfilled, and you achieve the Transcendent Lord and all your woes are dispelled and you get rid of all maladies and sorrow after hearing the True Word. And you O’ saints my companions are in Ecstasy when the Perfect Guru reveals it unto you. Both the listeners and utterers get Pure and they see all pervading God all over. Prays Nanak- Repairing to the Guru’s Feet, the unstruck melody of the words ring in your soul.
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