Guru Nanak

The Divine Guru

Shalok (Prayer)

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

I bow to the Primal Guru.

I bow to the Guru of the ages.

I bow to the True Guru.

I bow to the Great, Divine Guru.

The Divine Guru is our mother, the Divine Guru is our father; the Divine Guru

is our Lord and Master, the Transcendent Lord.

The Divine Guru is my companion, the Destroyer of ignorance; the Divine Guru

is my relative and brother.

The Divine Guru is the Giver, the Teacher of the Lord’s Name. The Divine Guru

is the Mantra which never fails.

The Divine Guru is the image of peace, truth and wisdom. The Divine Guru is

the Philosopher’s Stone – touching it, one is transformed.

The Divine Guru is the sacred shrine of pilgrimage, and the pool of divine nec-

tar; bathing in the Guru’s wisdom, one experiences the Infinite.

The Divine Guru is the Creator, and the Destroyer of all sins; the Divine Guru is

the Purifier of sinners. The Divine Guru existed in the very beginning, throughout

the ages, in each and every age. The Divine Guru is the Mantra of the Lord’s Name;

chanting it, one is saved. O God, please be merciful to me, that I may be with the

Divine Guru; I am a foolish sinner, but holding onto Him, I will be carried across.

The Divine Guru is the True Guru, the Supreme Lord God, the Transcendent Lord; Nanak bows in humble reverence to the Lord, the Divine Guru.