Lend me your ears. I give out the attributes of RADHASOAMI Nam. I describe each attribute separately. The Holy Word RADHASOAMI comprises five letters of Hindi alphabet, and ten of the Persian. IT discloses the mystery of five holy Shabds or Names, and grants ascension to ten regions. I have described the first attribute. I now give in detail the second attribute. RADHA is the name of Dhun and SOAMI is the Shabd. Know that Dhun and Shabd are one and the same, like water and its wave. Make no distinction between the two. I now speak of the third attribute. Hear me attentively. RADHA is lover and SOAMI the beloved. RADHASOAMI speaks of the union of Surat and Shabd. This attribute too I have described. RADHA is the Name of the Adi (Primal) Surat and SOAMI is the Adi Shabd. RADHA and SOAMI are an inseparable pair like Surat and Shabd. Know that both RADHA and SOAMI are one word RADHASOAMI. As Surat dallies with Shabd, so does RADHA abide in close union with SOAMI. Know that RADHA and SOAMI are two, viz., Surat and Shabd, but they unite as one in Sat Lok.

I sacrifice myself at the darshan of Guru. His Holy Feet are my life and breath. Guru's Bachans (discourses) are embellishment of my heart (inner self). I keep remembrance of Guru's Swarup (contenance) day and night. O my der friend! Always keep yourself in the company of Guru. Behold Him with your eyes and merge in Him. Fix your Surat at Guru's Dham. Ascend to Neel Shikhar and look at Shyam (Kal). You will see the white resplendent sun and hear Anhad Shabd. You will hear the melodious murli and bin (flute and harp); you will receive unique bliss and happiness. Rare Sants have disclosed these secrets. You also go to and accept the saran (refuge) of a Sant. A fish is one with water. A chakor bird constantly gazes at the moon. You should love Sat Guru the same way. Believe me that in this way your ghat (inner self) will be illumined. But what can you do without the requisite bhag (fitness)? The requisite fitness too will be gained by the grace of Guru. Radhasoami has indicated the method of awakening the bhag (fitness). Cultivate love for His Holy Feet.

My Radhasoami is a profound ocean of serenity, which none can fathom. It abounds in jewels and invaluable rubies of Shabd. My Surat plays and sports there like a fish. The dark Kal has been subdued. The current of love has gushed within me. Those, who associate with the current of love, can partake of the bliss. Turning the pupils of the eyes and withdrawing spirit current from there, my Surat proceeds on and sees the dazzling flame. I open the gate of Sahas-dal-kanwal and penetrate inside. When I cross Banknal (the crooked tunnel), Avidya (ignorance, Maya) is paralysed. I remove the chakra (wheel,snare) of Maya and easily get darshan of Brahm. I hear Anhad Shabd and go inside. I now sacrifice my body and mind on Guru. I shall never get tired of singing His praises. How am I to recount the glory of Guru Pad (Trikuti)! I devote myself to Guru every day. I keep Guru's form or image enshrined in my heart. I open the inner gate of the mind. Guru takes me in His company and shows me the Rup of Sat Purush. Guru shows me gardens of lotuses and makes me play and sport in the company of Hansas. I cannot express myself. My Surat is drenched in the bliss of darshan of Sat Pursh. Amrit is raining continually and the currents are rising and flowing every moment. The mind is drowned deep. The Surat is awakened and darkness of ingnorance is expelled. Rare, noble and loving ones behold these spectacles and play in the company of the Beloved. On hearing the speech of Guru I laugh in ecstasy. I have secured abode in the Holy Feet of Radhasoami. Every moment my love is enhanced. The image of Guru looks wonderful. I am so absorbed in bliss that I am unconscious of sight and breath. I have become oblivious of my body and mind. The contenance of Guru is very pleasing to me. I am enamoured of Him as a chakor is of the moon. Radhasoami has granted me a state of ecstasy. I have become the dust of His Holy Feet and gone up along the current of Shabd.

Today I am extremely happy. I sing Arti of my Guru. I have adorned myself with unique love. Sat Guru has put on dress, i.e., He has assumed human form and sits majestically. I attentively gaze at Him. I sing His praises again and again. O friends! come along, and brushing away all dust and dirt of the world, let us join and sing His praises and engage in His darshan. My Guru is majestically seated on palang (bed). I am extremely fortunate today. I am always in the august presence of my Guru. I rely wholly on His Holy Feet. I seek not favour from any other quarter. I have carefully placed full trust in my Guru alone. I offer my body and mind to Guru. I am quite alert to His behests. Guru has eradicated all my karams. He has taken me across on His boat. Guru has enabled my Surat to hear the Shabd current. I ascend to Gagan, and reach the abode of the creator. I quit Pind, and ascend to the top (Sunn). The mist being removed, I become pure. I hear the resonance of Nam, and the melodious flute. Surat and Nirat go on penetrating with greater vigour. I get across the forth Region (Sat Lok). I get darshan of Radhasoami at whose darbar (court) I remain in attendance all day and night.

Kal (the Devil) has badly beguiled the world. How far should I go on describing it? He has laid stress, in Kali Yuga on the practices of the yore. Ignorant Jivas, fond of amusement, are entangled in the worship of water and stone. While those, who are learned, have become conceited and slaves of learning. Rest of the Jivas, who are neither ignorant nor very learned, are engrossed in japa (repetition), tapa (austerity), vrat (fasting), sanjam (restraint), and other delusions. They consume themselves in the performance of penance amidst five fires. Look at the tricks of Kal, some are tied by hands and others by feet. He has deluded all. To none has he shown the right path. Moved by such a pitiable plight of Jivas, Sant Sat Guru manifested Himself in the world. He taught service and devotion to Guru, importance of Nam and the necessity of attending Satsang. He laid stress on these three methods. Consider all other methods as useless. Know that the reading and studying of the Vedas (Scriptures), Shastras (religious treetises), Smritis(laws), and Puran (mythological stories) is mere waste of time. Pandits (priests) and bhekhs (ascetics), to safeguard their living, use taunts for Sants. Sants explain the truth to Jivas for their good. But, Jivas, conceited as they are, do not accept those teachings. They hanker after wealth, name and fame. They are denuded of Parmarth (religious understanding). They wander in the cycle of transmigration, and again and again fall into the four kinds of species. They study the books of the past Yugas (ages) such as, Vedant (philosophy) and Nyaya (philosophical system). But they do not know that the past practices cannot be performed by them. They are proud of their learning. They do not acquire the learning of the present age. Therefore, they fall into the mire below. Know that humility and true Guru Bhakti (devoition to Guru) constitute the religion of this age. Acquiring the purification and steadiness of the mind, ascend to Gagan by the path of Shabd. Attain the regions of five Shabds by practising Surat Shabd Yoga internaly. Go on ascending step by step by the pactice of Shabd, and reach Sat Nam, Sach Khand. Therefore, first of all, perform devotion to Guru. All else comes afterwards. Enshrine the image of Guru in your heart and cherish love for Him as a chakor loves the moon. So long as you are not able to engender such love, you should go on applying yourself to it. When Guru Bhakti (devotion to Guru) is complete, your Surat will ascend to higher regions. Those who work hard at Shabd Yoga without devotion to Guru, are fools. Shabd will become audible by the grace and kindness of Guru. He is all-powerful. He draws your Surat upwards. Whithout Gurumukhta (devotion to Guru), Surat will never rise nor will Gagan be got pierced and Nam obtained. Gurumukhta is the base and foundation. Other methods are only branches or auxiliary. Guru should be dear to a devotee as a son is dear to his mother, a maiden to her lover, water to a fish, and swanti rain to a chatrik (papiha bird). Then only can progress be expected. I have said all that I had to say, whether you accept it or not. This is the Ari of a gurumukh. Only a gurumukh will testify it. Radhasoami has laid stress on Bhakti(devotion to Guru). Therefore, perform Guru Bhakti. Devotion to any one else should be discarded. Why do you get yourself plunged in Chaurasi? Radhasoami declares that no activity is at par with devotion to Guru. Contemplate the form of Guru every day. Always hear Guru's shabd with your ears. Eyes, ears and heart, all the three shoud be spotlessly clean like a crystal palace. Radhasoami streses the importance of Guru Bhakti (devotion to Guru) again and again.

Have patience. Follow what Guru says. Drink nectar. Ascend to and reside in Gagan (Trikuti). Do not think that Sat Guru is at a distance. He is near you. Have reliance and trust on the Holy Feet at all times. Mehar(grace) is ocean-like. Daya (mercy) is like a wave (or mauj). Radhasoami has imparted unique beauty and bliss to all. He lets His devotees play like children; and like parents He is delighted to watch them. As Shabd, He is the protector of jan (life, spirit entity, Surat) and pran (breath). He never gives up this aspect of His benignity. He so arranges matters that the mind is corrected and mended every moment. He is the friend and constant companion of devotees. He forgives and pardons faults of omissions and commissions every moment. He is with the Jiva (devotee) day and night. How can this feeble and fickle mind know of and appreciate His position and status? You are entangled in the world's snares. You do not apply your Surat to Shabd. Therefore, you are troubled by rog (sickness) and sog (sorrow). The mind does not come under control. If you do not become unmindful of the key provided by the Guru, the inner lock will be opened in a moment. When the inner lock is opened, you will hear dhun and see the real rup (form) in Sunn. When you ascend high and merge in Nam, your Surat will reach its home and enjoy the bliss thereof. When the mine of gems opens within, all pain and suffering and perversity will be gone. Await Mauj. Have patience. Remove the darkness of delusions. Cling fast to the refulgent feet of Guru. You will get happiness, and banish all suffering. This world is the storehouse of heat. Faith and reliance on Sat Guru alone can sustain like cool water. Extremely fortunate are those, who come in contact with Sat Guru. Forthwith they are saved from Chaurasi. The pains and pleasures they undergo are the consequences of past actions. Sorrows and sufferings will vanish one day. This will not take long. Radhasoami is the protector of the Jiva. But the Jiva is not aware of the fact. He does not know the Mauj of Guru. Therefore he feels distressed. Distress can be removed by the darshan of Guru. There is no other remedy. Radhasoami repeatedly says that the Jiva (devotee) will soon have His darshan. Have patience. Do not be dejected. Fix your attention on and absorb yourself in, the Holy Form of Guru. Always sing His praise. Make no excuses. This should be your airm, just as the papiha (sparrow hawk) patiently waits in expectation of the Swanti rain (with a fixed aim). Direct your attention inwards, do not allow it to flow out anywhere else. Put up with everything inwardly. Take nothing but internal joy. Have patience. Do not divulge acts of grace (of Sat Guru) to others. Live with Radhasoami like a fish in water. All depends upon the daya and meher (mercy and grace) of Sat Guru. He alone will let you know the Message of the Most High wherever you are. Radhasoami has given out Bachan (discourse) and Bani (poetic composition) and they are reduced to writing because Jivas insisted.

I play with Guru all day and night. I enjoy pure and wonderful bliss. I am happy at being at the Holy Feet. I fully trust and rely on Guru. I desire nothing but Guru. I have obtained jewels of Nam. I contemplate upon his countenance every moment and with every breath. Kal and karam both have been annihilated. I have become indifferent to the world. I have attained the status of dasanudas (slave of slaves). My Surat now dwells in the Nabh (sky, Sahas-dal-kanwal). I ahve received great light of Shabd. All the twelve months, I remain absorbed in the longing that I may keep on grasping the Holy Feet of Guru. I have ascended to akash (sky, heavenly region), and opened the door to higher regions. Kal has become lifeless. My house has been illumined by the light of a lamp. The lamp of my life or existence has joined with and merged in the Nij Suraj (source-sun). What can I say about the efficacy of Shabd? He, who catches hold of Shabd, gets a dwelling in the immortal house. I light the lamp of Shabd. I now perform a grand Arti of Radhasoami.