Those who perform service and practice truth, obtain the fruits of their rewards. ||3||

Nganga: One who understands spiritual wisdom becomes a Pandit, a religious scholar.

One who recognizes the One Lord among all beings does not talk of ego. ||4||

Kakka: When the hair grows grey, then it shines without shampoo.

The hunters of the King of Death come, and bind him in the chains of Maya. ||5||

Khakha: The Creator is the King of the world; He enslaves by giving nourishment.

By His Binding, all the world is bound; no other Command prevails. ||6||

Gagga: One who renounces the singing of the songs of the Lord of the Universe, becomes arrogant in his speech.

One who has shaped the pots, and made the world the kiln, decides when to put them in it. ||7||

Ghagha: The servant who performs service, remains attached to the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

One who recognizes bad and good as one and the same - in this way he is absorbed into the Lord and Master. ||8||

Chacha: He created the four Vedas, the four sources of creation, and the four ages

- through each and every age, He Himself has been the Yogi, the enjoyer, the Pandit and the scholar. ||9||

Section 08 - Raag Aasaa - Part 087

Chhachha: Ignorance exists within everyone; doubt is Your doing, O Lord.

Having created doubt, You Yourself cause them to wander in delusion; those whom You bless with Your Mercy meet with the Guru. ||10||

Jajja: That humble being who begs for wisdom has wandered begging through 8.4 million incarnations.

The One Lord takes away, and the One Lord gives; I have not heard of any other. ||11||

Jhajha: O mortal being, why are you dying of anxiety? Whatever the Lord is to give, He shall keep on giving.

He gives, and gives, and watches over us; according to the Orders which He issues, His beings receive nourishment. ||12||

Nyanya: When the Lord bestows His Glance of Grace, then I do not behold any other.

The One Lord is totally pervading everywhere; the One Lord abides within the mind. ||13||

Tatta: Why do you practice hypocrisy, O mortal? In a moment, in an instant, you shall have to get up and depart.

Don't lose your life in the gamble - hurry to the Lord's Sanctuary. ||14||

T'hat'ha: Peace pervades within those who link their consciousness to the Lord's Lotus Feet.

Those humble beings, whose consciousness is so linked, are saved; by Your Grace, they obtain peace. ||15||

Dadda: Why do you make such ostentatious shows, O mortal? Whatever exists, shall all pass away.

So serve Him, who is contained and pervading among everyone, and you shall obtain peace. ||16||

Dhadha: He Himself establishes and disestablishes; as it pleases His Will, so does He act.