So offer your mind, and surrender your head with it.

The Gurmukh realizes the true essence, and finds the home of his own self. ||5||

People discuss birth and death; the Creator created this.

Those who conquer their selfhood and remain dead, shall never have to die again. ||6||

Do those deeds which the Primal Lord has ordered for you.

If one surrenders his mind upon meeting the True Guru, who can estimate its value? ||7||

That Lord Master is the Assayer of the jewel of the mind; He places the value on it.

O Nanak, True is the Glory of that one, in whose mind the Lord Master dwells. ||8||17||

Aasaa, First Mehl:

Those who have forgotten the Naam, the Name of the Lord, are deluded by doubt and duality.

Those who abandon the roots and cling to the branches, shall obtain only ashes. ||1||

Without the Name, how can one be emancipated? Who knows this?

One who becomes Gurmukh is emancipated; the self-willed manmukhs lose their honor. ||1||Pause||

Those who serve the One Lord become perfect in their understanding, O Siblings of Destiny.

The Lord's humble servant finds Sanctuary in Him, the Immaculate One, from the very beginning, and throughout the ages. ||2||

My Lord and Master is the One; there is no other, O Siblings of Destiny.

By the Grace of the True Lord, celestial peace is obtained. ||3||

Without the Guru, no one has obtained Him, although many may claim to have done so.

He Himself reveals the Way, and implants true devotion within. ||4||

Even if the self-willed manmukh is instructed, he stills goes into the wilderness.

Without the Lord's Name, he shall not be emancipated; he shall die, and sink into hell. ||5||

He wanders through birth and death, and never chants the Lord's Name.

He never realizes his own value, without serving the Guru. ||6||

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Whatever service the Lord causes us to do, that is just what we do.

He Himself acts; who else should be mentioned? He beholds His own greatness. ||7||

He alone serves the Guru, whom the Lord Himself inspires to do so.

O Nanak, offering his head, one is emancipated, and honored in the Court of the Lord. ||8||18||

Aasaa, First Mehl:

Beautiful is the Supreme Lord and Master, and beautiful is the Word of the Guru's Bani.

By great good fortune, one meets the True Guru, and the supreme status of Nirvaanaa is obtained. ||1||

I am the lowest slave of Your slaves; I am Your most humble servant.

As You keep me, I live. Your Name is in my mouth. ||1||Pause||

I have such a great thirst for the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan; my mind accepts Your Will, and so You are pleased with me.

Greatness is in the Hands of my Lord and Master; by His Will, honor is obtained. ||2||