Why do you practice meditation and chanting,

when your mind is not pure? ||1||Pause||

That man who feeds like a lion,

is called the god of thieves. ||2||

Naam Dayv's Lord and Master has settled my inner conflicts.

Section 08 - Raag Aasaa - Part 140

Drink in the sublime elixir of the Lord, O deceitful one. ||3||4||

Aasaa:

One who recognizes the Supreme Lord God, dislikes other desires.

He focuses his consciousness on the Lord's devotional worship, and keeps his mind free of anxiety. ||1||

O my mind, how will you cross over the world-ocean, if you are filled with the water of corruption?

Gazing upon the falseness of Maya, you have gone astray, O my mind. ||1||Pause||

You have given me birth in the house of a calico-printer, but I have found the Teachings of the Guru.

By the Grace of the Saint, Naam Dayv has met the Lord. ||2||5||

Aasaa, The Word Of The Reverend Ravi Daas Jee:

One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

The deer, the fish, the bumble bee, the moth and the elephant are destroyed, each for a single defect.

So the one who is filled with the five incurable vices - what hope is there for him? ||1||

O Lord, he is in love with ignorance.

His lamp of clear wisdom has grown dim. ||1||Pause||

The creeping creatures live thoughtless lives, and cannot discriminate between good and evil.

It is so difficult to obtain this human incarnation, and yet, they keep company with the low. ||2||

Wherever the beings and creatures are, they are born according to the karma of their past actions.

The noose of death is unforgiving, and it shall catch them; it cannot be warded off. ||3||

O servant Ravi Daas, dispel your sorrow and doubt, and know that Guru-given spiritual wisdom is the penance of penances.

O Lord, Destroyer of the fears of Your humble devotees, make me supremely blissful in the end. ||4||1||

Aasaa:

Your Saints are Your body, and their company is Your breath of life.

By the True Guru-given spiritual wisdom, I know the Saints as the gods of gods. ||1||

O Lord, God of gods, grant me the Society of the Saints, the sublime essence of the Saints' conversation, and the Love of the Saints. ||1||Pause||

The Character of the Saints, the lifestyle of the Saints, and the service of the servant of the Saints. ||2||

I ask for these, and for one thing more - devotional worship, which shall fulfill my desires.

Do not show me the wicked sinners. ||3||

Says Ravi Daas, he alone is wise, who knows this:

there is no difference between the Saints and the Infinite Lord. ||4||2||

Aasaa:

You are sandalwood, and I am the poor castor oil plant, dwelling close to you.

From a lowly tree, I have become exalted; Your fragrance, Your exquisite fragrance now permeates me. ||1||