The Guru Granth Sahib - Raag Todee
Section 16 - Raag Todee - Part 001
One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being
Personified. No Fear. No Hatred. Image Of The Undying. Beyond
Birth. Self-Existent. By Guru's Grace:
Raag Todee, Chau-Padas,
Fourth Mehl, First House:
Without the Lord, my mind cannot
survive.
If the Guru unites me with my Beloved Lord God,
my breath of life, then I shall not have to face the wheel of
reincarnation again in the terrifying world-ocean. ||1||Pause||
My heart is gripped by a yearning for my Lord God, and with
my eyes, I behold my Lord God.
The merciful True Guru has
implanted the Name of the Lord within me; this is the Path leading
to my Lord God. ||1||
Through the Lord's Love, I have found
the Naam, the Name of my Lord God, the Lord of the Universe,
the Lord my God.
The Lord seems so very sweet to my heart,
mind and body; upon my face, upon my forehead, my good destiny
is inscribed. ||2||
Those whose minds are attached to greed
and corruption forget the Lord, the good Lord God.
Those
self-willed manmukhs are called foolish and ignorant; misfortune
and bad destiny are written on their foreheads. ||3||
From
the True Guru, I have obtained a discriminating intellect; the
Guru has revealed the spiritual wisdom of God.
Servant Nanak
has obtained the Naam from the Guru; such is the destiny inscribed
upon his forehead. ||4||1||
Todee, Fifth Mehl, First House,
Du-Padas:
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The
True Guru:
The Saints do not know any other.
They are
carefree, ever in the Lord's Love; the Lord and Master is on
their side. ||Pause||
Your canopy is so high, O Lord and
Master; no one else has any power.
Such is the immortal Lord
and Master the devotees have found; the spiritually wise remain
absorbed in His Love. ||1||
Disease, sorrow, pain, old age
and death do not even approach the humble servant of the Lord.
They remain fearless, in the Love of the One Lord; O Nanak,
they have surrendered their minds to the Lord. ||2||1||
Todee,
Fifth Mehl:
Forgetting the Lord, one is ruined forever.
How can anyone be deceived, who has Your Support, O Lord? ||Pause||
Section 16 - Raag Todee - Part 002
Without meditating in remembrance on the Lord, life is like
a burning fire, even if one lives long, like a snake.
One
may rule over the nine regions of the earth, but in the end,
he shall have to depart, losing the game of life. ||1||
He
alone sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord, the treasure of
virtue, upon whom the Lord showers His Grace.
He is at peace,
and his birth is blessed; Nanak is a sacrifice to him. ||2||2||
Todee, Fifth Mehl, Second House, Chau-Padas:
One Universal
Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
The mind wanders,
wandering in the ten directions.
It is intoxicated by Maya,
enticed by the taste of greed. God Himself has deluded it. ||Pause||
He does not focus his mind, even for a moment, on the Lord's
sermon, or the Lord's Praises, or the Saadh Sangat, the Company
of the Holy.
He is excited, gazing on the transitory color
of the safflower, and looking at other men's wives. ||1||
He does not love the Lord's lotus feet, and he does not please
the True Lord.
He runs around chasing the fleeting objects
of the world, in all directions, like the ox around the oil
press. ||2||
He does not practice the Naam, the Name of the
Lord; nor does he practice charity or inner cleansing.
He does not sing the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises, even for
an instant. Clinging to his many falsehoods, he does not please
his own mind, and he does not understand his own self. ||3||
He never does good deeds for others; he does not serve or meditate
on the True Guru.
He is entangled in the company and the
advice of the five demons, intoxicated by the wine of Maya.
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I offer my prayer in the Saadh Sangat; hearing that
the Lord is the Lover of His devotees, I have come.
Nanak
runs after the Lord, and pleads, "Protect my honor, Lord,
and make me Your own."||5||1||3||
Todee, Fifth Mehl:
Without understanding, his coming into the world is useless.
He puts on various ornaments and many decorations, but it is
like dressing a corpse. ||Pause||
With great effort and exertion,
the miser works to gather in the riches of Maya.
He does
not give anything in charity or generosity, and he does not
serve the Saints; his wealth does not do him any good at all.
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The soul-bride puts on her ornaments, embellishes her
bed, and fashions decorations.
But if she does not obtain
the company of her Husband Lord, the sight of these decorations
only brings her pain. ||2||
The man works all day long, threshing
the husks with the pestle.
He is depressed, like a forced
laborer, and so he is of no use to his own home. ||3||
But
when God shows His Mercy and Grace, He implants the Naam, the
Name of the Lord, within the heart.
Search the Saadh Sangat,
the Company of the Holy, O Nanak, and find the sublime essence
of the Lord. ||4||2||4||
Todee, Fifth Mehl:
O Lord, ocean
of mercy, please abide forever in my heart.
Please awaken
such understanding within me, that I may be in love with You,
God. ||Pause||
Please, bless me with the dust of the feet
of Your slaves; I touch it to my forehead.
I was a great
sinner, but I have been made pure, singing the Kirtan of the
Lord's Glorious Praises. ||1||
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Your Will seems so sweet to me; whatever You do, is pleasing
to me.
Whatever You give me, with that I am satisfied; I
shall chase after no one else. ||2||
I know that my Lord
and Master God is always with me; I am the dust of all men's
feet.
If I find the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy,
I shall obtain God. ||3||
Forever and ever, I am Your child;
You are my God, my King.
Nanak is Your child; You are my
mother and father; please, give me Your Name, like milk in my
mouth. ||4||3||5||
Todee, Fifth Mehl, Second House, Du-Padas:
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
I beg for the Gift of Your Name, O my Lord and Master.
Nothing
else shall go along with me in the end; by Your Grace, please
allow me to sing Your Glorious Praises. ||1||Pause||
Power,
wealth, various pleasures and enjoyments, all are just like
the shadow of a tree.
He runs, runs, runs around in many
directions, but all of his pursuits are useless. ||1||
Except
for the Lord of the Universe, everything he desires appears
transitory.
Says Nanak, I beg for the dust of the feet of
the Saints, so that my mind may find peace and tranquility.
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Todee, Fifth Mehl:
The Naam, the Name of the
Dear Lord, is the Support of my mind.
It is my life, my breath
of life, my peace of mind; for me, it is an article of daily
use. ||1||Pause||
The Naam is my social status, the Naam
is my honor; the Naam is my family.
The Naam is my companion;
it is always with me. The Lord's Name is my emancipation. ||1||
Sensual pleasures are talked about a lot, but none of them goes
along with anyone in the end.
The Naam is Nanak's dearest
friend; the Lord's Name is my treasure. ||2||2||7||
Todee,
Fifth Mehl:
Sing the sublime Praises of the Lord, and your
disease shall be eradicated.
Your face shall become radiant
and bright, and your mind shall be immaculately pure. You shall
be saved here and hereafter. ||1||Pause||
I wash the Guru's
feet and serve Him; I dedicate my mind as an offering to Him.
Renounce self-conceit, negativity and egotism, and accept what
comes to pass. ||1||
He alone commits himself to the service
of the Saints, upon whose forehead such destiny is inscribed.
Says Nanak, other than the One Lord, there is not any other
able to act. ||2||3||8||
Todee, Fifth Mehl:
O True Guru,
I have come to Your Sanctuary.
Grant me the peace and glory
of the Lord's Name, and remove my anxiety. ||1||Pause||
I
cannot see any other place of shelter; I have grown weary, and
collapsed at Your door.
Please ignore my account; only then
may I be saved. I am worthless - please, save me! ||1||
You
are always forgiving, and always merciful; You give support
to all.
Slave Nanak follows the Path of the Saints; save
him, O Lord, this time. ||2||4||9||
Todee, Fifth Mehl:
My tongue sings the Praises of the Lord of the world, the ocean
of virtue.
Peace, tranquility, poise and delight well up
in my mind, and all sorrows run away. ||1||Pause||
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Whatever I ask for, I receive; I serve at the Lord's feet,
the source of nectar.
I am released from the bondage of birth
and death, and so I cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ||1||
Searching and seeking, I have come to understand the essence
of reality; the slave of the Lord of the Universe is dedicated
to Him.
If you desire eternal bliss, O Nanak, ever remember
the Lord in meditation. ||2||5||10||
Todee, Fifth Mehl:
The slanderer, by Guru's Grace, has been turned away.
The
Supreme Lord God has become merciful; with Shiva's arrow, He
shot his head off. ||1||Pause||
Death, and the noose of death,
cannot see me; I have adopted the Path of Truth.
I have earned
the wealth, the jewel of the Lord's Name; eating and spending,
it is never used up. ||1||
In an instant, the slanderer was
reduced to ashes; he received the rewards of his own actions.
Servant Nanak speaks the truth of the scriptures; the whole
world is witness to it. ||2||6||11||
Todee, Fifth Mehl:
O miser, your body and mind are full of sin.
In the Saadh
Sangat, the Company of the Holy, vibrate, meditate on the Lord
and Master; He alone can cover your sins. ||1||Pause||
When
many holes appear in your boat, you cannot plug them with your
hands.
Worship and adore the One, to whom your boat belongs;
He saves the counterfeit along with the genuine. ||1||
People
want to lift up the mountain with mere words, but it just stays
there.
Nanak has no strength or power at all; O God, please
protect me - I seek Your Sanctuary. ||2||7||12||
Todee, Fifth
Mehl:
Meditate on the lotus feet of the Lord within your
mind.
The Name of the Lord is the medicine; it is like an
axe, which destroys the diseases caused by anger and egotism.
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The Lord is the One who removes the three fevers;
He is the Destroyer of pain, the warehouse of peace.
No obstacles
block the path of one who prays before God. ||1||
By the
Grace of the Saints, the Lord has become my physician; God alone
is the Doer, the Cause of causes.
He is the Giver of perfect
peace to the innocent-minded people; O Nanak, the Lord, Har,
Har, is my support. ||2||8||13||
Todee, Fifth Mehl:
Chant
the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, forever and ever.
Showering
His Kind Mercy, the Supreme Lord God Himself has blessed the
town. ||1||Pause||
The One who owns me, has again taken care
of me; my sorrow and suffering is past.
He gave me His hand,
and saved me, His humble servant; the Lord is my mother and
father. ||1||
All beings and creatures have become kind to
me; my Lord and Master blessed me with His Kind Mercy.
Nanak
seeks the Sanctuary of the Lord, the Destroyer of pain; His
glory is so great! ||2||9||14||
Todee, Fifth Mehl:
O Lord
and Master, I seek the Sanctuary of Your Court.
Destroyer
of millions of sins, O Great Giver, other than You, who else
can save me? ||1||Pause||
Searching, searching in so many
ways, I have contemplated all the objects of life.
In the
Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, the supreme state is
attained. But those who are engrossed in the bondage of Maya,
lose the game of life. ||1||
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My mind is in love with the Lord's lotus feet; I have met
the Beloved Guru, the noble, heroic being.
Nanak celebrates
in bliss; chanting and meditating on the Lord, all sickness
has been cured. ||2||10||15||
Todee, Fifth Mehl, Third House,
Chau-Padas:
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The
True Guru:
Oh! Oh! You cling to Maya, you fool; this is not
a trivial matter.
That which you consider to be yours, is
not yours. ||Pause||
You do not remember your Lord, even
for an instant.
That which belongs to others, you believe
to be your own. ||1||
The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is
always with you, but you do not enshrine it within your mind.
You have attached your consciousness to that which you must
eventually abandon. ||2||
You collect that which will bring
you only hunger and thirst.
You have not obtained the supplies
of the Ambrosial Naam. ||3||
You have fallen into the pit
of sexual desire, anger and emotional attachment.
By Guru's
Grace, O Nanak, a rare few are saved. ||4||1||16||
Todee,
Fifth Mehl:
I have only the One Lord, my God.
I do not
recognize any other. ||Pause||
By great good fortune, I have
found my Guru.
The Guru has implanted the Name of the Lord
within me. ||1||
The Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is my meditation,
austerity, fasting and daily religious practice.
Meditating
on the Lord, Har, Har, I have found total joy and bliss. ||2||
The Praises of the Lord are my good conduct, occupation and
social class.
Listening to the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises,
I am in absolute ecstasy. ||3||
Says Nanak, everything comes
to the homes of those who have found their Lord and Master.
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Todee, Fifth Mehl, Fourth House, Du-Padas:
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
My beautiful mind longs for the Love of the Lord.
By mere
words, the Lord's Love does not come. ||Pause||
I have searched
for the Blessed Vision of His Darshan, looking in each and every
street.
Meeting with the Guru, my doubts have been dispelled.
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I have obtained this wisdom from the Holy Saints, according
to the pre-ordained destiny inscribed upon my forehead.
In
this way, Nanak has seen the Lord with his eyes. ||2||1||18||
Todee, Fifth Mehl:
My foolish heart is in the grip of pride.
By the Will of my Lord God, Maya, like a witch, has swallowed
my soul. ||Pause||
More and more, he continually yearns for
more; but unless he is destined to receive, how can he obtain
it?
He is entangled in wealth, bestowed by the Lord God;
the unfortunate one attaches himself to the fire of desires.
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Listen, O mind, to the Teachings of the Holy Saints,
and all your sins shall be totally washed away.
One who is
destined to receive from the Lord, O servant Nanak, shall not
be cast into the womb of reincarnation again. ||2||2||19||
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Todee, Fifth Mehl, Fifth House, Du-Padas:
One Universal
Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
Such is the blessing
my God has bestowed upon me.
He has totally banished the
five evils and the illness of egotism from my body. ||Pause||
Breaking my bonds, and releasing me from vice and corruption,
He has enshrined the Word of the Guru's Shabad within my heart.
The Lord has not considered my beauty or ugliness; instead,
He has held me with love. I am drenched with His Love. ||1||
I behold my Beloved, now that the curtain has been torn away.
My mind is happy, pleased and satisfied.
My house is His;
He is my God. Nanak is obedient to His Lord and Master. ||2||1||20||
Todee, Fifth Mehl:
O my mother, my mind is in love.
This
is my karma and my Dharma; this is my meditation. The Lord's
Name is my immaculate, unstained way of life. ||Pause||
The
Support of my breath of life, the wealth of my life, is to gaze
upon the Blessed Vision of God's Darshan.
On the road, and
on the river, these supplies are always with me. I have made
my mind the Lord's companion. ||1||
By the Grace of the Saints,
my mind has become immaculate and pure. In His mercy, He has
made me His own.
Remembering, remembering Him in meditation,
Nanak has found peace. From the very beginning, and throughout
the ages, He is the friend of His devotees. ||2||2||21||
Todee, Fifth Mehl:
Dear God, please meet me; You are my breath
of life.
Do not let me forget You from my heart, even for
an instant; please, bless Your devotee with Your gift of perfection.
||Pause||
Dispel my doubt, and save me, O my Beloved, all-knowing
Lord, O Inner-knower, O Searcher of hearts.
The wealth of
the Naam is worth millions of kingdoms to me; O God, please
bless me with Your Ambrosial Glance of Grace. ||1||
Twenty-four
hours a day, I sing Your Glorious Praises. They totally satisfy
my ears, O my all-powerful Lord.
I seek Your Sanctuary, O
Lord, O Giver of life to the soul; forever and ever, Nanak is
a sacrifice to You. ||2||3||22||
Todee, Fifth Mehl:
O
God, I am the dust of Your feet.
O merciful to the meek,
Beloved mind-enticing Lord, by Your Kind Mercy, please fulfill
my yearning. ||Pause||
In the ten directions, Your Praises
are permeating and pervading, O Inner-knower, Searcher of hearts,
O Lord ever-present.
Those who sing Your Praises, O Creator
Lord, those humble beings never die or grieve. ||1||
The
worldly affairs and entanglements of Maya disappear, in the
Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy; all sorrows are taken
away.
The comforts of wealth and the enjoyments of the soul
- O Nanak, without the Lord, know them to be false. ||2||4||23||
Todee, Fifth Mehl:
O my mother, my mind is so thirsty.
I cannot survive, even for an instant, without my Beloved. My
mind is filled with the desire to behold the Blessed Vision
of His Darshan. ||Pause||
I meditate in remembrance on the
Naam, the Name of the immaculate Creator Lord; all the sins
and errors of my mind and body are washed away.
The Perfect
Supreme Lord God, the eternal, imperishable Giver of peace -
spotless and pure are His Praises. ||1||
By the Grace of
the Saints, my desires have been fulfilled; in His Mercy, the
Lord, the treasure of virtue, has met me.
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Peace and tranquility, poise and pleasure, have welled up
within my mind; millions of suns, O Nanak, illuminate me. ||2||5||24||
Todee, Fifth Mehl:
The Lord, Har, Har, is the Purifier of
sinners;
He is the soul, the breath of life, the Giver of
peace and honor, the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts; He
is pleasing to my mind. ||Pause||
He is beautiful and wise,
clever and all-knowing. He dwells within the hearts of His slaves;
His devotees sing His Glorious Praises.
His form is immaculate
and pure; He is the incomparable Lord and Master. Upon the field
of actions and karma, whatever one plants, one eats. ||1||
I am amazed, and wonder-struck by His wonder. There is none
other than Him.
Meditating in remembrance on His Praises
with my tongue, I live; slave Nanak is forever a sacrifice to
Him. ||2||6||25||
Todee, Fifth Mehl:
O my mother, Maya
is so misleading and deceptive.
Without meditating on the
Lord of the Universe, it is like straw on fire, or the shadow
of a cloud, or the running of the flood-waters. ||Pause||
Renounce your cleverness and all your mental tricks; with your
palms pressed together, walk on the Path of the Holy Saints.
Remember the Lord, the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts;
this is the most sublime reward of this human incarnation. ||1||
The Holy Saints preach the teachings of the Vedas, but the unfortunate
fools do not understand them.
Servant Nanak is absorbed in
loving devotional worship; meditating in remembrance on the
Lord, one's dirt is burnt away. ||2||7||26||
Todee, Fifth
Mehl:
O mother, the Guru's feet are so sweet.
By great
good fortune, the Transcendent Lord has blessed me with them.
Millions of rewards come from the Blessed Vision of the Guru's
Darshan. ||Pause||
Singing the Glorious Praises of the imperishable,
indestructible Lord, sexual desire, anger and stubborn pride
vanish.
Those who are imbued with the Love of the True Lord
become permanent and eternal; birth and death do not grind them
down any more. ||1||
Without the Lord's meditation, all joys
and pleasures are totally false and worthless; by the Kind Mercy
of the Saints, I know this.
Servant Nanak has found the jewel
of the Naam; without the Naam, all must depart, cheated and
plundered. ||2||8||27||
Todee, Fifth Mehl:
In the Saadh
Sangat, the Company of the Holy, I contemplate the Name of the
Lord, Har, Har.
I am in peaceful poise and bliss, day and
night; the seed of my destiny has sprouted. ||Pause||
I have
met the True Guru, by great good fortune; He has no end or limitation.
Taking His humble servant by the hand, He pulls him out of the
poisonous world-ocean. ||1||
Birth and death are ended for
me, by the Word of the Guru's Teachings; I shall no longer pass
through the door of pain and suffering.
Nanak holds tight
to the Sanctuary of his Lord and Master; again and again, he
bows in humility and reverence to Him. ||2||9||28||
Todee,
Fifth Mehl:
O my mother, my mind is at peace.
I enjoy
the ecstasy of millions of princely pleasures; remembering the
Lord in meditation, all pains have been dispelled. ||1||Pause||
The sins of millions of lifetimes are erased, by meditating
on the Lord; becoming pure, my mind and body have found peace.
Gazing upon the Lord's form of perfect beauty, my hopes have
been fulfilled; attaining the Blessed Vision of His Darshan,
my hunger has been appeased. ||1||
The four great blessings,
the eight supernatural spiritual powers of the Siddhas, the
wish-fulfilling Elysian cow, and the wish-fulfilling tree of
life - all these come from the Lord, Har, Har.
O Nanak, holding
tight to the Sanctuary of the Lord, the ocean of peace, you
shall not suffer the pains of birth and death, or fall into
the womb of reincarnation again. ||2||10||29||
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Todee, Fifth Mehl:
I have enshrined the Lord's Feet within
my heart.
Contemplating my Lord and Master, my True Guru,
all my affairs have been resolved. ||1||Pause||
The merits
of giving donations to charity and devotional worship come from
the Kirtan of the Praises of the Transcendent Lord; this is
the true essence of wisdom.
Singing the Praises of the unapproachable,
infinite Lord and Master, I have found immeasurable peace. ||1||
The Supreme Lord God does not consider the merits and demerits
of those humble beings whom He makes His own.
Hearing, chanting
and meditating on the jewel of the Naam, I live; Nanak wears
the Lord as his necklace. ||2||11||30||
Todee, Ninth Mehl:
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
What can I say about my base nature?
I am entangled in the
love of gold and women, and I have not sung the Kirtan of God's
Praises. ||1||Pause||
I judge the false world to be true,
and I have fallen in love with it.
I have never contemplated
the friend of the poor, who shall be my companion and helper
in the end. ||1||
I remain intoxicated by Maya, night and
day, and the filth of my mind will not depart.
Says Nanak,
now, without the Lord's Sanctuary, I cannot find salvation in
any other way. ||2||1||31||
Todee, The Word Of The Devotees:
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
Some say that He is near, and others say that He is far away.
We might just as well say that the fish climbs out of the water,
up the tree. ||1||
Why do you speak such nonsense?
One
who has found the Lord, keeps quiet about it. ||1||Pause||
Those who become Pandits, religious scholars, recite the Vedas,
but foolish Naam Dayv knows only the Lord. ||2||1||
Whose
blemishes remain, when one chants the Lord's Name?
Sinners
become pure, chanting the Lord's Name. ||1||Pause||
With
the Lord, servant Naam Dayv has come to have faith.
I have
stopped fasting on the eleventh day of each month; why should
I bother to go on pilgrimages to sacred shrines? ||1||
Prays
Naam Dayv, I have become a man of good deeds and good thoughts.
Chanting the Lord's Name, under Guru's Instructions, who has
not gone to heaven? ||2||2||
Here is a verse with a three-fold
play on words. ||1||Pause||
In the potter's home there are
pots, and in the king's home there are camels.
In the Brahmin's
home there are widows. So here they are: haandee, saandee, raandee.
||1||
In the home of the grocer there is asafoetida; on the
forehead of the buffalo there are horns.
In the temple of
Shiva there are lingams. So here they are: heeng, seeng, leeng.
||2||
In the house of the oil-presser there is oil; in the
forest there are vines.
In the gardener's home there are
bananas. So here they are: tayl, bayl, kayl. ||3||
The Lord
of the Universe, Govind, is within His Saints; Krishna, Shyaam,
is in Gokal.
The Lord, Raam, is in Naam Dayv. So here they
are: Raam, Shyaam, Govind. ||4||3||
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