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Sorat'h, Ninth Mehl:

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O dear friend, know this in your mind.

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The world is entangled in its own pleasures; no one is for anyone else. ||1||Pause||

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In good times, many come and sit together, surrounding you on all four sides.

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But when hard times come, they all leave, and no one comes near you. ||1||

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Your wife, whom you love so much, and who has remained ever attached to you,

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runs away crying, "Ghost! Ghost!", as soon as the swan-soul leaves this body. ||2||

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This is the way they act - those whom we love so much.

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At the very last moment, O Nanak, no one is any use at all, except the Dear Lord. ||3||12||139||

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Sorat'h, First Mehl, First House, Ashtapadees, Chau-Tukas:

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

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I am not torn by duality, because I do not worship any other than the Lord; I do not visit tombs or crematoriums.

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I do not enter the houses of strangers, engrossed in desire. The Naam, the Name of the Lord, has satisfied my desires.

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Deep within my heart, the Guru has shown me the home of my being, and my mind is imbued with peace and poise, O Siblings of Destiny.

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You Yourself are all-knowing, and You Yourself are all-seeing; You alone bestow intelligence, O Lord. ||1||

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My mind is detached, imbued with detachment; the Word of the Shabad has pierced my mind, O my mother.

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God's Light shines continually within the nucleus of my deepest self; I am lovingly attached to the Bani, the Word of the True Lord Master. ||Pause||

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Countless detached renunciates talk of detachment and renunciation, but he alone is a true renunciate, who is pleasing to the Lord Master.

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The Word of the Shabad is ever in his heart; he is absorbed in the Fear of God, and he works to serve the Guru.

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He remembers the One Lord, his mind does not waver, and he restrains its wanderings.

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He is intoxicated with celestial bliss, and is ever imbued with the Lord's Love; he sings the Glorious Praises of the True Lord. ||2||

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The mind is like the wind, but if it comes to rest in peace, even for an instant, then he shall abide in the peace of the Name, O Siblings of Destiny.

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His tongue, eyes and ears are imbued with Truth; O Lord, You quench the fires of desire.

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In hope, the renunciate remains free of hopes; in the home of his own inner self, he is absorbed in the trance of deep meditation.

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He remains content, satisfied with the charity of the Naam; he drinks in the Ambrosial Amrit with ease. ||3||

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There is no renunciation in duality, as long as there is even a particle of duality.

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The whole world is Yours, Lord; You alone are the Giver. There is not any other, O Siblings of Destiny.

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The self-willed manmukh dwells in misery forever, while the Lord bestows greatness upon the Gurmukh.

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God is infinite, endless, inaccessible and unfathomable; His worth cannot be described. ||4||

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The consciousness in deep Samaadhi, the Supreme Being, the Lord of the three worlds - these are Your Names, Lord.

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The creatures born into this world have their destiny inscribed upon their foreheads; they experience according to their destinies.

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The Lord Himself causes them to do good and bad deeds; He Himself makes them steadfast in devotional worship.

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The filth of their mind and mouth is washed off when they live in the Fear of God; the inaccessible Lord Himself blesses them with spiritual wisdom. ||5||