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In doubt and emotional attachment, this person understands nothing; with this leash, these feet are tied up. ||2||

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What did this person do, when he did not exist?

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When the Immaculate and Formless Lord God was all alone, He did everything by Himself. ||3||

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He alone knows His actions; He created this creation.

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Says Nanak, the Lord Himself is the Doer. The True Guru has dispelled my doubts. ||4||5||163||

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Gauree Maalaa, Fifth Mehl:

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Without the Lord, other actions are useless.

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Meditative chants, intense deep meditation, austere self-discipline and rituals - these are plundered in this world. ||1||Pause||

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Fasting, daily rituals, and austere self-discipline - those who keep the practice of these, are rewarded with less than a shell.

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Hereafter, the way is different, O Siblings of Destiny. There, these things are of no use at all. ||1||

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Those who bathe at sacred shrines of pilgrimage, and wander over the earth, find no place of rest hereafter.

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There, these are of no use at all. By these things, they only please other people. ||2||

216 : 3025
Reciting the four Vedas from memory, they do not obtain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence hereafter.

216 : 3026
Those who do not understand the One Pure Word, utter total nonsense. ||3||

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Nanak voices this opinion: those who practice it, swim across.

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Serve the Guru, and meditate on the Naam; renounce the egotistical pride from your mind. ||4||6||164||

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Gauree Maalaa, Fifth Mehl:

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O Lord, I chant Your Name, Har, Har, Har.

216 : 3031
I cannot do anything by myself, O Lord and Master. As You keep me, so I remain. ||1||Pause||

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What can the mere mortal do? What is in the hands of this poor creature?

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As You attach us, so we are attached, O my Perfect Lord and Master. ||1||

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Take pity on me, O Great Giver of all, that I may enshrine love for Your Form alone.

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Nanak offers this prayer to the Lord, that he may chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||2||7||165||

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Raag Gauree Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

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One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

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O Merciful to the meek, O Dear Lord King,

216 : 3039
You have engaged millions of people in Your Service.

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You are the Lover of Your devotees; this is Your Nature.

216 : 3041
You are totally pervading all places. ||1||

216 : 3042
How can I behold my Beloved? What is that way of life?

216 : 3043
Become the slave of the Saints, and serve at their feet.

216 : 3044
I dedicate this soul; I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice to them.

216 : 3045
Bowing low, I fall at the Feet of the Lord. ||2||

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The Pandits, the religious scholars, study the books of the Vedas.

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Some become renunciates, and bathe at sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

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Some sing tunes and melodies and songs.

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But I meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Fearless Lord. ||3||

216 : 3050
My Lord and Master has become merciful to me.

216 : 3051
I was a sinner, and I have been sanctified, taking to the Guru's Feet.