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The Mul (Mool) Mantar is the first hymn in the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of the Sikhs. The word "Mool" means "main", "root" or "chief" and "Mantar" means "magic chant" or "magic portion". The lines in this passage state the essential creed, the basic belief, of the Sikh religion. It is a basic prayer, composed by Guru Nanak Dev ji .The "Mul Mantra" sums up Sikh beliefs about God, and is said to be Guru Nanak's first teaching. It is considered as the nucleus of the Sikh thought. The Mul mantra is very brief and rhytematic. It contains and delivers a great meaning in few words.
The Mul Mantra expresses the Sikh metaphysics - the belief in the nature of being and reality and the relationsip of individuals and the universe. Sikhism's most fundamental belief is expressed in the first three words of the Mul mantra.
The Mantra:
ੴ ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ
ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ
ਨਿਰਭਉ
ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ
ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ
ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰ
ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
॥ ਜਪੁ ॥
ਆਦਿ
ਸਚੁ ਜੁਗਾਦਿ ਸਚੁ ॥ ਹੈ ਭੀ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਹੋਸੀ ਭੀ ਸਚੁ ॥1॥
एक ओंकार सतनाम, कर्तापुरख, निर्मोह निर्वैर, अकाल मूरत,
अजूनी सभं. गुरु परसाद
॥
॥ जप ॥
आद सच, जुगाद सच, है भी सच, नानक होसे भी सच
॥
Ik-oaʼnkār
saṯ nām
karṯā purakẖ
nirbẖa-o
nirvair akāl
mūraṯ ajūnī
saibẖaʼn gur
parsāḏ.
॥Jap॥
Aadh sach jugaadh sach hai bhee sach naanak hosee bhee sach ॥1॥
Word to Word Meaning :
Ek Onkaar |
There is only one God |
Satnam |
His name is truth |
Karta Purakh |
He is a Creator |
Nirbhao |
He is without fear |
Nir vair |
He is without hate |
Akal Murat |
He is beyond time |
Ajuni Saibhan |
He is beyond birth and death |
Gur Parsad |
He is self-existent |
Jap |
Meditate on his name |
Aadh sach jugaadh sach |
For he was when time began, he has been true for ages |
Hai bhee sach naanak hosee bhee sach |
He is still true, Guru Nanak says - he will forever be true |
