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The Ardās ((パンジャーブ語:ਅਰਦਾਸ)) is a Sikh prayer that is done before performing or after undertaking any significant task; after reciting the morning and evening Banis (prayers),〔''Sikh Rehat Maryada'', p. 9.〕〔''MacAuliffe, 1909, p. 331''〕 at the completion of a service like the Paath (scripture reading/recitation),〔''MacAuliffe, 1909, p. 331''〕 kirtan (hymn-singing) program or any other religious program.〔SRM, p. 10.〕 In Sikhism, Ardās may also be said before and after eating. The prayer is a supplication to God to support and help the devotee with whatever he or she is about to undertake or has done. ==Structure== The Ardās is usually always done standing up with folded hands and is commonly preceded by the eighth stanza of the fourth ashtapadi of the bani Sukhmani, beginning ''Tu Thakur Tum Peh Ardaas''. The beginning of the Ardās is strictly set by the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh and may not be altered or omitted. It appears as the opening passage of Var Sri Bhagauti Ji Ki (see Chandi di Var) and is an invocation to God and reminder of the Sikh Gurus. What follows is several paragraphs recounting significant events in Sikh history and gratidute for blessings. This may be omitted if reciting a "short ardaas". Towards the end the devotee can say a personal prayer such as "Waheguru please bless me in the task that I am about to undertake" when starting a new task or "Akal Purakh, having completed the hymn-singing, we ask for your continued blessings so that we can continue with your memory and remember you at all times", etc. The end of the Ardaas (''Nanak Nam Chardi Kala, Tere Bhane Sarbat Da Bala'', "O Nanak, may the Nam (Holy) be ever in ascendance! in Thy will may the good of all prevail!") is also set and may not be altered or omitted.〔SRM, p. 9.〕 Once the verbal portion of the Ardaas is completed, devotees prostrate to show humbleness and submission to the Creator. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ardās」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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