He has no stems, roots, leaves or branches, but He is the Supreme Lord over the heads of all.

Practicing intensive meditation, chanting and self-discipline, people have grown weary; stubbornly practicing these rituals, they still have not found Him.

O Nanak, through spiritual wisdom, the Lord, the Life of the world, is met; the True Guru imparts this understanding. ||2||

The Guru is the ocean, the mountain of jewels, overflowing with jewels.

Section 08 - Raag Aasaa - Part 091

Take your bath in the seven seas, O my mind, and become pure.

One bathes in the water of purity when it is pleasing to God, and obtains the five virtues by reflective meditation.

Renouncing sexual desire, anger, deceit and corruption, he enshrines the True Name in his heart.

When the waves of ego, greed and avarice subside, he finds the Lord Master, Merciful to the meek.

O Nanak, there is no place of pilgrimage comparable to the Guru; the True Guru is the Lord of the world. ||3||

I have searched the jungles and forests, and looked upon all the fields.

You created the three worlds, the entire universe, everything.

You created everything; You alone are permanent. Nothing is equal to You.

You are the Giver - all are Your beggars; without You, who should we praise?

You bestow Your gifts, even when we do not ask for them, O Great Giver; devotion to You is a treasure over-flowing.

Without the Lord's Name, there is no liberation; so says Nanak, the meek. ||4||2||

Aasaa, First Mehl:

My mind, my mind is attuned to the Love of my Beloved Lord.

The True Lord Master, the Primal Being, the Infinite One, is the Support of the earth.

He is unfathomable, unapproachable, infinite and incomparable. He is the Supreme Lord God, the Lord above all.

He is the Lord, from the beginning, throughout the ages, now and forevermore; know that all else is false.

If one does not appreciate the value of good deeds and Dharmic faith, how can one obtain clarity of consciousness and liberation?

O Nanak, the Gurmukh realizes the Word of the Shabad; night and day, he meditates on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||

My mind, my mind has come to accept, that the Naam is our only Friend.

Egotism, worldly attachment, and the lures of Maya shall not go with you.

Mother, father, famliy, children, cleverness, property and spouses - none of these shall go with you.

I have renounced Maya, the daughter of the ocean; reflecting upon reality, I have trampled it under my feet.

The Primal Lord has revealed this wondrous show; wherever I look, there I see Him.

O Nanak, I shall not forsake the Lord's devotional worship; in the natural course, what shall be, shall be. ||2||

My mind, my mind has become immaculately pure, contemplating the True Lord.