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Mool Mantar


            <>                                      Ik-Oankar             There is One God
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            s si iq qn nw wm muu                    Satnam                God’s Name is reality/truth




            k kr rq qw w   p puur rK Kuu            Karta Purkh           God is the Creator



            i in nr rB Ba auu                       Nirbhau               God is without fear




            i in nr rv vYYr ruu                     Nirvair               God is without hate




                                                    Akaal Murat
            A Ak kw wl l   m mUUr ri iq q                                 God is timeless



            A Aj jUUn nI I                          Ajooni                God is beyond birth and death



            s sYYB BMM                              Saibhang              God is the enlightened One




            g guur rp pRRs sw wi id d] ]            Gurparsad             God can be known with Guru’s
                                                                          Grace


           After the Mool Mantar, Guru Ji wrote the name of the Bani Jap.

           The next two lines are the Salok.


            j jp puu   ] ]                                   Jap                It is the name of the Bani and
                                                                                it also means chant.


                                                             Aad Sach,
           A Aw wi id d   s sc cuu   j juug gw wi id d   s sc cuu] ]    Jugaad Sach   God was true when time
                                                                                began, God has been true
                                                                                ever since.
                                                                                God is True now
            h hYY   B BI I   s sc cuu                        Hai Bhi Sach


           n nw wn nk k   h hoos sI I   B BI I   s sc cuu] ]1 1] ]     Nanak Hosi Bhi  Nanak say God will always be
                                                                                true.
                                                             Sach (1)





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