Mool Mantar Meaning

The Mool Mantar is the opening teaching of Guru Granth Sahib Ji and one of the most important foundations of Sikhi.

ੴ ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ
ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ॥
Ik Oankar, Sat Naam, Karta Purakh, Nirbhau, Nirvair,
Akaal Moorat, Ajooni, Saibhang, Gur Prasad.

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Ik Oankar

There is One Universal Creator / One God.

ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ

Sat Naam

God’s Name is Truth / Eternal Truth.

ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ

Karta Purakh

The Creator Being — the One who creates and sustains everything.

ਨਿਰਭਉ

Nirbhau

Without fear.

ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ

Nirvair

Without hate, hostility, or enmity.

ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ

Akaal Moorat

Timeless form — beyond death and time.

ਅਜੂਨੀ

Ajooni

Not born — beyond the cycle of birth.

ਸੈਭੰ

Saibhang

Self-existent — existing by itself, not created by anyone else.

ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ

Gur Prasad

Known through the Guru’s grace.

Simple summary: The Mool Mantar describes the One Creator as truthful, fearless, without hate, timeless, unborn, self-existent, and known through the Guru’s grace.