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Joining the Society of the Saints, I have obtained the supreme status. I am just a castor-oil tree, made fragrant by their association. ||1||

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Meditate on the Lord of the Universe, the Master of the world, the Lord of creation.

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Those humble beings who seek the Lord's Sanctuary are saved, like Prahlaad; they are emancipated and merge with the Lord. ||1||Pause||

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Of all plants, the sandalwood tree is the most sublime. Everything near the sandalwood tree becomes fragrant like sandalwood.

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The stubborn, false faithless cynics are dried up; their egotistical pride separates them far from the Lord. ||2||

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Only the Creator Lord Himself knows the state and condition of everyone; the Lord Himself makes all the arrangements.

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One who meets the True Guru is transformed into gold. Whatever is pre-ordained, is not erased by erasing. ||3||

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The treasure of jewels is found in the ocean of the Guru's Teachings. The treasure of devotional worship is opened to me.

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Focused on the Guru's Feet, faith wells up within me; chanting the Glorious Praises of the Lord, I hunger for more. ||4||

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I am totally detached, continually, continuously meditating on the Lord; chanting the Glorious Praises of the Lord, I express my love for Him.

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Time and time again, each and every moment and instant, I express it. I cannot find the Lord's limits; He is the farthest of the far. ||5||

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The Shaastras, the Vedas and the Puraanas advise righteous actions, and the performance of the six religious rituals.

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The hypocritical, self-willed manmukhs are ruined by doubt; in the waves of greed, their boat is heavily loaded, and it sinks. ||6||

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So chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and through the Naam, find emancipation. The Simritees and Shaastras recommend the Naam.

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Eradicating egotism, one becomes pure. The Gurmukh is inspired, and obtains the supreme status. ||7||

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This world, with its colors and forms, is all Yours, O Lord; as You attach us, so do we do our deeds.

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O Nanak, we are the instruments upon which He plays; as He wills, so is the path we take. ||8||2||5||

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Bilaaval, Fourth Mehl:

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The Gurmukh meditates on the Inaccessible, Unfathomable Lord. I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice to the True Guru, the True Primal Being.

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He has brought the Lord's Name to dwell upon my breath of life; meeting with the True Guru, I am absorbed into the Lord's Name. ||1||

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The Name of the Lord is the only Support of His humble servants.

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I shall live under the protection of the True Guru. By Guru's Grace, I shall attain the Court of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

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This body is the field of karma; the Gurmukhs plow and work it, and harvest the essence.

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The priceless jewel of the Naam becomes manifest, and it pours into their vessels of love. ||2||

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Become the slave of the slave of the slave, of that humble being who has become the devotee of the Lord.

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I dedicate my mind and intellect, and place them in offering before my Guru; by Guru's Grace, I speak the Unspoken. ||3||

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The self-willed manmukhs are engrossed in attachment to Maya; their minds are thirsty, burning with desire.

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Following the Guru's Teachings, I have obtained the Ambrosial Water of the Naam, and the fire has been put out. The Word of the Guru's Shabad has put it out. ||4||

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This mind dances before the True Guru. The unstruck sound current of the Shabad resounds, vibrating the celestial melody.