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Guru Nanak’s Japu Ji
The Celestial Ladder
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© Dr. Yayati Madan G Gandhi, 2010
Madan G Gandhi
Published by:
Gandhi Earth Vision Foundation
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CONTENTS
PROLOGUE....................... 1
INTRODUCTION 7
TEXT (TRILINGUAL)
TRANSLATION, POETIC RENDERING
AND ANNOTATION
MOOL MANTRA 69
JAP (SALOK) 75
PAURI -I 79
PAURI -II 85
PAURI -III 90
PAURI -IV 98
PAURI -V 105
PAURI -VI 113
PAURI -VII 119
PAURI -VIII 125
PAURI -IX 130
PAURI -X 135
PAURI -XI 139
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PAURI -XII 144
PAURI -XIII 147
PAURI -XIV 151
PAURI -XV 155
PAURI -XVI 159
PAURI -XVII 170
PAURI -XVIII 176
PAURI -XIX 182
PAURI -XX 189
PAURI -XXI 194
PAURI -XXII 204
PAURI -XXIII 209
PAURI -XXIV 213
PAURI -XXV 219
PAURI -XXVI 225
PAURI -XXVII 235
PAURI -XXVIII 246
PAURI -XXIX 252
PAURI -XXX 258
PAURI -XXXI 264
PAURI -XXXII 268
PAURI -XXXIII 273
PAURI -XXXIV 277
PAURI -XXXV 283
PAURI -XXXVI 289
PAURI -XXXVII 294
PAURI -XXXVIII 303
SALOK (CONCLUDING STANZA) 309
GLOSSARY 313
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