Salok
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Salok is normally the final verse in a Bani
. The final verse in the Japji Sahib
is a Salok and the English translation is given below:
Bani
Gurbani is the term used by Sikhs to refer to any compositions of the Sikh Gurus. Gurbani is composed of two words: 'Gur' meaning 'the Guru's' and 'bani' meaning 'word'....
. The final verse in the Japji Sahib
Japji Sahib
Japji is a universal song of God composed by Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of the Sikh faith.Japji Sahib consists of the Mool Mantra as the beginning followed by 38 hymns and a final Salok at the end of this composition. The Japji appears at the very beginning of the Guru Granth Sahib, the Holy Book...
is a Salok and the English translation is given below:
- Air is the Guru, Water is the Father, and Earth is the Great Mother of all.
- Day and night are the two nurses, in whose lap the entire world is at play.
- Good deeds and bad are announced in the Presence of Lord Dharma.
- According to their own actions, some are drawn closer, and some are driven farther away.
- Those who have meditated on the Naam have departed after having worked by the sweat of their brows
- O Nanak, their faces are radiant in the Lord's Court, and many are saved along with them! ||1||