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.

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.