O Siri Guru Granth teacher,
You are generous with Your guidance.......

|| 10 || DHANAASAREE, FIFTH MEHL: GOD controls the three qualities and
the four directions of the world. GOD destroys sacrificial feasts, cleansing
baths, penances and sacred places of pilgrimage; what is this poor person to
do?

|| 1 || I grasped God's Support and Protection, and then I was emancipated.
By the Grace of the Sangat, I sang the Praises of the Divine, Har, Har, Har,
and my sins and afflictions were simply taken away.

|| 1 || Pause || GOD is not heard - GOD does not speak with a mouth; GOD
is not seen out enticing mortals. GOD administers the intoxicating drug, thus
GOD then seems sweet to everyone's mind.

|| 2 || In each and every home, GOD has implanted the sense of duality in
mother, father, children, friends and siblings. Some have more, and some have less; they fight and fight, to the death.

|| 3 || I am a sacrifice to my True Guru, who has shown me this wondrous
play. The world is being consumed by this hidden fire, but Maya does not
cling to the Divine's devotees.

|| 4 || By the Grace of the Sangat, I have obtained supreme bliss, and all
my bonds have been broken. Nanak has obtained the wealth of the Name of the Divine, Har, Har; having earned his profits, he has now returned home.|| 5

My Guru, help me to pray about this too.

|| 11 || DHANAASAREE, FIFTH MEHL: You are the Giver, O GOD, O Cherisher, my Master, my Husband GOD.

Each and every moment, You cherish and nurture me; I am Your child, and I
rely upon You alone.

|| 1 || I have only one tongue - which of Your Glorious Virtues can I
describe? Unlimited, infinite GOD and Master - no one knows Your limits.

|| 1 || Pause || You destroy millions of my sins, and teach me in so many
ways. I am so ignorant - I understand nothing at all. Please honor Your
innate nature, and save me!

|| 2 || I seek Your Sanctuary - You are my only hope. You are my companion,
and my best friend. Save me, O Merciful Saviour GOD; Nanak is the slave of
Your home.
|| 3

Thank you my Guru.

|| 12 || DHANAASAREE, FIFTH MEHL: Worship, fasting, ceremonial marks on one's forehead, cleansing baths, generous donations to charities and
self-mortification - the Divine GOD is not pleased with any of these rituals,
no matter how sweetly one may speak. Yes, being ritualistic and simply pretending to be devotional doesn't fool GOD.

|| 1 || Chanting the Name of God, the mind is soothed and pacified.

Everyone searches for GOD in different ways, but the search is so difficult,
and GOD cannot be found.

|| 1 || Pause || Chanting, deep meditation and penance, wandering over
the face of the earth, the performance of austerities with the arms stretched
up to the sky - the Divine is not pleased by any of these means, though one
may follow the path of Yogis and Jains.

|| 2 || The Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Divine, and the Praises of the
Divine are priceless; they alone obtains them, whom the Divine blesses with
Mercy. Joining the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Faithful, Nanak lives in the Love of God; his life-night passes in peace.
|| 3

|| 13 || DHANAASAREE, FIFTH MEHL: Is there anyone who can release me from my bondage, unite me with God, recite the Name of the Divine, Har, Har, and make this mind steady and stable, so that it no longer wanders around?

|| 1 || Do I have any such friend? I would give him all my property, my
soul and my heart; I would devote my consciousness to him.

Me too!

|| 1 || Pause || Others' wealth, others' bodies, and the slander of
others - do not attach your love to them. Associate with the GOD's servants,
speak with the Enlightened, and keep your mind awake to the Kirtan of the
Divine's Praises.

|| 2 || God is the treasure of virtue, kind and compassionate, the source
of all comfort. Nanak begs for the gift of Your Name; O GOD of the world,
love GOD, like the mother loves her child.
|| 3

|| 14 || DHANAASAREE, FIFTH MEHL: The Divine saves true devotees. One who wishes misfortune upon the Divine's servants, shall be destroyed by the
Divine eventually.

|| 1 || Pause || GOD is the help and support of GOD's humble servants;
GOD defeats the slanderers, and chases them away. Wandering around aimlessly,
they die out there; they never return to their homes again.

|| 1 || Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of the Destroyer of pain; the ones who
sing the Glorious Praises of the infinite GOD forever.

The faces of the slanderers are blackened in the courts of this world, and
the world beyond.
|| 2

Yes Death Day is difficult for those who do not practive love.

|| 15 || DHANAASAREE, FIFTH MEHL: Now, I contemplate and meditate on the Divine, the Saviour GOD. GOD can purify sinners in an instant, and cure all diseases.

|| 1 || Pause || Talking with GOD's servants, my lust, anger and greed
have been healed.

Remembering, remembering the Perfect GOD in meditation, I have saved all my companions too!

Yes, You my Guru have saved many many people!

|| 1 || The Mul Mantra, the Root Mantra, is the only cure for the mind; I
have installed faith in God in my mind. Nanak ever longs for the dust of the
Divine's feet; again and again, I am a sacrifice to the Divine.
|| 2

|| 16 || DHANAASAREE, FIFTH MEHL: I have fallen in love with the Divine.
My True Guru is always my help and support; my Guru has torn down the banner of pain.

|| 1 || Pause || Giving me a Divine hand, GOD has protected me as GOD's
own, and removed all my troubles. GOD has blackened the faces of the
slanderers, and GOD has become the help and support of this humble servant.

|| 1 || The True GOD has become my Saviour; hugging me close in embrace,
GOD has saved me. Nanak has become fearless, and enjoys eternal peace,
singing the Glorious Praises of the Divine.
|| 2

Help me pray to be like You, my Guru!

|| 17 || DHANAASAREE, FIFTH MEHL: Your Name is the medicine, O Merciful GOD. I am so miserable, I do not know Your state; You Yourself cherish me, GOD.

|| 1 || Pause || Take pity on me, O my GOD and Master, and remove the
love of duality from within me. Break my bonds, and take me as Your own, so
that I may never come to lose.

|| 1 || Seeking Your Sanctuary, I live, almighty and merciful GOD and
Master. Twenty-four hours a day, I worship God; Nanak is forever surrendered
to You.
|| 2
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Thank you so much!
Praise to the Guru of the Sikhs!
Thank you so being so very generous with Your guidance!
Praise to GOD, for GRACING me with such a Guru!

Kamalla Rose Kaur is a professional writer, theater director, workshop and seminar leader, publicist, events planner and singer.

USA born of Irish descent, Kamalla Rose Kaur embraced Sikhism in 1972 at age 18. She tried everything for over twenty years, including frantic practice of Yoga, until she learned "why Sikhs are so adament about having the Sri Guru Granth Sahib as their only Guru."

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