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Peace is enjoyed, meeting the Guru, the Spiritual Teacher.
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The Lord is the only Master; He is the only Minister. ||5||
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The world is held in bondage; he alone is emancipated, who conquers his ego.
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How rare in the world is that wise person, who practices this.
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3091
How rare in this world is that scholar who reflects upon this.
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Without meeting the True Guru, all wander in ego. ||6||
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3093
The world is unhappy; only a few are happy.
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3094
The world is diseased, from its indulgences; it weeps over its lost virtue.
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3095
The world wells up, and then subsides, losing its honor.
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He alone, who becomes Gurmukh, understands. ||7||
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3097
His price is so costly; His weight is unbearable.
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He is immovable and undeceivable; enshrine Him in your mind, through the Guru's Teachings.
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Meet Him through love, become pleasing to Him, and act in fear of Him.
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Nanak the lowly says this, after deep contemplation. ||8||3||
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Aasaa, First Mehl:
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When someone dies, the five passions meet and mourn his death.
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Overcoming self-conceit, he washes off his filth with the Word of the Shabad.
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3104
One who knows and understands, enters the home of peace and poise.
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Without understanding, he loses all his honor. ||1||
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3106
Who dies, and who weeps for him?
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O Lord, Creator, Cause of causes, You are over the heads of all. ||1||Pause||
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:
3108
Who weeps over the pain of the dead?
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Those who weep, do so over their own troubles.
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God knows the condition of those who are so affected.
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Whatever the Creator does, comes to pass. ||2||
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One who remains dead while yet alive, is saved, and saves others as well.
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Celebrate the Victory of the Lord; taking to His Sanctuary, the supreme status is obtained.
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I am a sacrifice to the feet of the True Guru.
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The Guru is the boat; through the Shabad of His Word, the terrifying world-ocean is crossed over. ||3||
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3116
He Himself is Fearless; His Divine Light is contained in all.
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3117
Without the Name, the world is defiled and untouchable.
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3118
Through evil-mindedness, they are ruined; why should they cry out and weep?
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3119
They are born only to die, without hearing the music of devotional worship. ||4||
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3120
Only one's true friends mourn one's death.
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:
3121
Those under the sway of the three dispositions continue to mourn on and on.
413
:
3122
Disregarding pain and pleasure, center your consciousness on the Lord.
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:
3123
Dedicate your body and mind to the Love of the Lord. ||5||
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:
3124
The One Lord dwells within the various and countless beings.
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:
3125
There are so many rituals and religious faiths, their number is innumerable.
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:
3126
Without the Fear of God, and devotional worship, one's life is in vain.
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:
3127
Singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, the supreme wealth is obtained. ||6||
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:
3128
He Himself dies, and He Himself kills.
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:
3129
He Himself establishes, and having established, disestablishes.
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:
3130
He created the Universe, and by His Divine Nature, instilled His Divine Light into it.
413
:
3131
One who reflects upon the Word of the Shabad, meets the Lord, without doubt. ||7||
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:
3132
Pollution is the burning fire, which is consuming the world.
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:
3133
Pollution is in the water, upon the land, and everywhere.
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:
3134
O Nanak, people are born and die in pollution.
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:
3135
By Guru's Grace, they drink in the Lord's sublime elixir. ||8||4||
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:
3136
Aasaa, First Mehl:
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:
3137
One who contemplates his own self, tests the worth of the jewel.
413
:
3138
With a single glance, the Perfect Guru saves him.
413
:
3139
When the Guru is pleased, one's mind comforts itself. ||1||
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:
3140
He is such a banker, who tests us.
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:
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By His True Glance of Grace, we are blessed with the Love of the One Lord, and are saved. ||1||Pause||
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:
3142
The capital of the Naam is immaculate and sublime.
413
:
3143
That peddler is rendered pure, who is imbued with the Truth.
413
:
3144
Praising the Lord, in the house of poise, he attains the Guru, the Creator. ||2||
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:
3145
One who burns away hope and desire through the Word of the Shabad,
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:
3146
chants the Lord's Name, and inspires others to chant it as well.
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:
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Through the Guru, he finds the Path home, to the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. ||3||