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Dhanasari Mahala 1 Ghar 2 Ashtpadiyan (8 liners)

ੴ (Ikk O'angkaar Satigur Prasad).

The Lord is an infinite sea, filled to overflowing with virtues as precious as boundless gems.

The blessed seekers of truth gather the nectar of immortal life from the ocean (Lord), remaining forever inseparable from this sacred reservoir of God's Name.

Within the ocean (Divine Name), the swan-like seekers partake of the nectar of Divine love as their nourishment—a devotion that is honoured by the God.

Immersed within this sacred pool of the Name, the mind (swan) attains union with the Divine, the Lord of its life.

The poor, helpless heron, blinded by attachment to material things, washes itself in a muddy swamp of worldly delusion and wandering, seeking true happiness in worldly desires.

It becomes utterly submerged in the mud of its own desires, never ridding itself of the deep-seated filth of ego. Pause, contemplate!

Every stride of the enlightened seeker is a selection anchored securely in the Will (Hukam).

Renouncing all duality, doubt, and division of the mind, they dissolve completely into the Lord (Nirankar).

Through savouring the divine nectar (True Name), they receive the supreme boon of liberation.

When the Generator showers His grace, the mind is saved from the endless cycle of coming and going (birth and death)

The seeker-swan never forsakes this holy pool of the Divine.

Because through the path of pure love and devotion, the seeker stays completely merged within the Real (Kartar).

The seeker-swan abides deep inside the reservoir of the Divine Name, while the infinite sea of that Name—the Kartar Himself—manifests within the very heart of the swan.

What was once deemed beyond description has now been expressed and honored through the divine enlightenment granted by the Generator.

Only the Eternal One is that Supreme Yogi who exists completely untouched by worldly wanderings, forever poised in His state of absolute and profound silence.

The Supreme Lord is neither woman nor man; how then could anyone attempt to define or classify the Formless One through these gendered terms?

The eternal light of the Supreme Generator radiates throughout the entire universe, keeping all creation subtly connected in deep devotion—though this spiritual focus is deeply obscured in common mortals by the illusions of material world (Maya).

Divinely connected, mortal humans, and holy personalities all ultimately find their refuge and protection in the Eternal Lord alone.

The One who is the primal Source of eternal bliss, and the ultimate Anchor for the helpless who have no other refuge.

The Gurmukhs have intuitively contemplated upon the devotion of Divine Naam, seeking its ultimate sanctuary.

The Supreme Sovereign alone is the Nurturer who embraces His devotees (the Gurmukhs) with divine love and completely eradicates all their existential anxieties and fears.

Eradicating their ego, the Gurmukhs step firmly upon the absolute path of Truth, advancing forward to relish the sublime bliss of union with the Timeless Divine.

Entangled in countless superficial efforts that only plunge the mind deeper into the illusions of Maya, the self-centred mind falls prey to deception, doomed to wander the endless cycle of distress.

Upon entering this cosmic play for the very first time, the mind arrived in this earthly realm with its ultimate destiny—the final dissolution of the cycle of birth and death—already inscribed by Divine Decree. Consequently, no amount of worldly trickery can evade the clutches of spiritual demise; total emancipation from this cosmic cycle is found uniquely through the sacred resonance of Shabad-Naam.