Gems of Gurbani

Guru Granth Sahib

Siddha Gosht  3

Raag Ramkali Mahala 1 Ang 938;

There is but One God. By the grace of the true Guru, He is obtained.

The men of miracle forming an assembly are sitting on their seats and said to Guru.” Make thou salutation to this assembly of saints.” Guru answers; my salutation is to only to Him, who is the True, Infinite and extremely Exquisite. I cut off my head and lay before Him and surrender my body and soul to Him. Nanak says, by meeting the saint Guru the True Lord is obtained and one is spontaneously blessed with glory II 1 II

What good is of wandering about? It is through the truth about true Lord’s Name that makes man pure. Without the True name no one is emancipated II 2 II Rahao II

When the Yogis hear this they ask Nanak:

Question: who are you? What is your Name? Which sect do you belong to? And what is your life object? We pray that you tell us the truth because we always pay obeisance to the saintly people. Another yogi asks;

Q: Where is your seat? Where is your residence o boy (Balak) ?

Q: Where have you come from? Where are you going? What is your way?

Nanak answers: The lord is within all the hearts. In Him is my seat, in Him is my abode, I walk in the true Guru’s Will and this alone is my sect. I have proceeded from God. I shall proceed according to His Will (Hukam) and follow His directions. My name is Nanak and I am an  obeyer of God’s order. To be seated in the Imperishable Lord’s contemplative mood is my way. The attainment of such a transcendent Comprehension is my life object. Knowing and recognizing myself by true Guru’s grace I have merged in the truest of the True II 3 II