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Says Nanak, He grants life to the living beings; O Lord, please keep me according to Your Will. ||5||19||

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Aasaa, First Mehl:

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Let the body be the Brahmin, and let the mind be the loin-cloth;

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let spiritual wisdom be the sacred thread, and meditation the ceremonial ring.

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I seek the Name of the Lord and His Praise as my cleansing bath.

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By Guru's Grace, I am absorbed into God. ||1||

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O Pandit, O religious scholar, contemplate God in such a way

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that His Name may sanctify you, that His Name may be your study, and His Name your wisdom and way of life. ||1||Pause||

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The outer sacred thread is worthwhile only as long as the Divine Light is within.

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So make the remembrance of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, your loin-cloth and the ceremonial mark on your forehead.

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Here and hereafter, the Name alone shall stand by you.

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Do not seek any other actions, except the Name. ||2||

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Worship the Lord in loving adoration, and burn your desire for Maya.

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Behold only the One Lord, and do not seek out any other.

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Become aware of reality, in the Sky of the Tenth Gate;

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read aloud the Lord's Word, and contemplate it. ||3||

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With the diet of His Love, doubt and fear depart.

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With the Lord as your night watchman, no thief will dare to break in.

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Let the knowledge of the One God be the ceremonial mark on your forehead.

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Let the realization that God is within you be your discrimination. ||4||

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Through ritual actions, God cannot be won over;

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by reciting sacred scriptures, His value cannot be estimated.

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The eighteen Puraanas and the four Vedas do not know His mystery.

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O Nanak, the True Guru has shown me the Lord God. ||5||20||

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Aasaa, First Mehl:

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He alone is the selfless servant, slave and humble devotee,

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who as Gurmukh, becomes the slave of his Lord and Master.

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He, who created the Universe, shall ultimately destroy it.

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Without Him, there is no other at all. ||1||

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Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the Gurmukh reflects upon the True Name; in the True Court, he is found to be true. ||1||Pause||

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The true supplication, the true prayer

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- within the Mansion of His Sublime Presence, the True Lord Master hears and applauds these.

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He summons the truthful to His Heavenly Throne

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and bestows glorious greatness upon them; that which He wills, comes to pass. ||2||

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The Power is Yours; You are my only Support.

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The Word of the Guru's Shabad is my true password.

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One who obeys the Hukam of the Lord's Command, goes to Him openly.

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With the password of truth, his way is not blocked. ||3||

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The Pandit reads and expounds on the Vedas,

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but he does not know the secret of the thing within himself.

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Without the Guru, understanding and realization are not obtained;

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but still God is True, pervading everywhere. ||4||

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What should I say, or speak or describe?

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Only You Yourself know, O Lord of total wonder.

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Nanak takes the Support of the Door of the One God.

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There, at the True Door, the Gurmukhs sustain themselves. ||5||21||

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Aasaa, First Mehl:

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The clay pitcher of the body is miserable; it suffers in pain through birth and death.

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How can this terrifying world-ocean be crossed over? Without the Lord - Guru, it cannot be crossed. ||1||

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Without You, there is no other at all, O my Beloved; without you, there is no other at all.

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You are in all colors and forms; he alone is forgiven, upon whom You bestow Your Glance of Grace. ||1||Pause||

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Maya, my mother-in-law, is evil; she does not let me live in my own home. The vicious one does not let me meet with my Husband Lord.

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I serve at the feet of my companions and friends; the Lord has showered me with His Mercy, through Guru's Grace. ||2||