Mool Mantra

The Mool Mantra or Mul Mantra

is the first part of the sacred scriptures known as "The Siri Guru Granth Sahib."

The very first section is known as Japji Sahib, and was written by Guru Nanak in the 1500s in northwest India after he spent three days of Divine Union under the water of a river. The very first stanza or "pauri" is known as the Mool (Mul) Mantra, meaning the Root Mantra because from this understanding flows all Divine Knowledge.

The words on the right are Ek Ong Kaar Kaur's wondefully accessible translation from her book, "Japji Sahib, Song of the Soul". You can order it from her at ekongkaarsd@gmail.com . To get the recording of her wonderful course called "Japji, Song of the Soul" please click here.

EK ONG KAAR
SAT NAAM
KARTAA PURAKH
NIRBHAU NIRVAIR
AKAAL MOORAT
AJOONEE SAIBHANG
GUR PRASAD
JAP
AAD SACH
JUGAAD SACH
HAI BHEE SACH
NAANAK HOSEE BHEE SACH

One Spirit Beyond

Moves within the Creation—

Coordinating

Consolidating

Continually

Creating,

And this Spirit

Within me

Is my True Identity.

It Does All

And Causes All

To be Done.

It Protects me

Through all incidents

Of Time and Space.

It fears nothing

And knows nothing

Of vengeance

Or anger.

Deathless

It comes into Form.

In Itself, It has

Never been born.

Flowing through the cycles

Of Birth and Death,

It moves

By Its Own

Purity and Projection.

This understanding

Shall come to you

As a sweet blessing,

As a gift.

In every moment

Continue

In Its Continual

Remembrance.

From the start

This Truth was True.

All through Time and Space

Is True.

Even now,

This Truth is True.

Nanak says,

Ever shall be True.