The Founding Prayer
Below is the opening prayer of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Mool means ‘root’ or ‘source’ and Mantar means sacred chant. It the first prayer Sikhs learn and continue to recite all their lives.
EK OANKAAR
God is One – All is His Creation
SAT NAAM
Eternal Truth by Name
KARTAR PURAKH
Supreme Creator
NIRBHAU NIRVAIR
Free from Fear and Free from Vengence
AKAAL MOORAT
Image of the Infinate
AJOONI
Beyond the cycle of births
SAIBHANG
Self-illuminated
GURPRASAAD
Realised through the Guru’s divine grace
JAP:
Mediate
ADD SACH
True before the dawn of time
JUGAAD SACH
True when time began
HAI BHI SACH
True even now
NANAK, HOSI BHI SACH
Says Nanak, True will always be, forever and ever.
















