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1325
Chant the Praises of the Lord; Kali Yuga has come.
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:
1326
The justice of the previous three ages is gone. One obtains virtue, only if the Lord bestows it. ||1||Pause||
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:
1327
In this turbulent age of Kali Yuga, Muslim law decides the cases, and the blue-robed Qazi is the judge.
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:
1328
The Guru's Bani has taken the place of Brahma's Veda, and the singing of the Lord's Praises are good deeds. ||5||
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:
1329
Worship without faith; self-discipline without truthfulness; the ritual of the sacred thread without chastity - what good are these?
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:
1330
You may bathe and wash, and apply a ritualistic tilak mark to your forehead, but without inner purity, there is no understanding. ||6||
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:
1331
In Kali Yuga, the Koran and the Bible have become famous.
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:
1332
The Pandit's scriptures and the Puraanas are not respected.
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:
1333
O Nanak, the Lord's Name now is Rehmaan, the Merciful.
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:
1334
Know that there is only One Creator of the creation. ||7||
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:
1335
Nanak has obtained the glorious greatness of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. There is no action higher than this.
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:
1336
If someone goes out to beg for what is already in his own home, then he should be chastised. ||8||1||
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:
1337
Raamkalee, First Mehl:
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:
1338
You preach to the world, and set up your house.
903
:
1339
Abandoning your Yogic postures, how will you find the True Lord?
903
:
1340
You are attached to possessiveness and the love of sexual pleasure.
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:
1341
You are not a renunciate, nor a man of the world. ||1||
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:
1342
Yogi, remain seated, and the pain of duality will run away from you.
903
:
1343
You beg from door to door, and you don't feel ashamed. ||1||Pause||
903
:
1344
You sing the songs, but you do not understand your own self.
903
:
1345
How will the burning pain within be relieved?
903
:
1346
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, let your mind be absorbed in the Lord's Love,
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:
1347
and you will intuitively experience the charity of contemplation. ||2||
903
:
1348
You apply ashes to your body, while acting in hypocrisy.
903
:
1349
Attached to Maya, you will be beaten by Death's heavy club.
903
:
1350
Your begging bowl is broken; it will not hold the charity of the Lord's Love.
903
:
1351
Bound in bondage, you come and go. ||3||
903
:
1352
You do not control your seed and semen, and yet you claim to practice abstinence.
903
:
1353
You beg from Maya, lured by the three qualities.
903
:
1354
You have no compassion; the Lord's Light does not shine in you.
903
:
1355
You are drowned, drowned in worldly entanglements. ||4||
903
:
1356
You wear religious robes, and your patched coat assumes many disguises.
903
:
1357
You play all sorts of false tricks, like a juggler.
903
:
1358
The fire of anxiety burns brightly within you.
903
:
1359
Without the karma of good actions, how can you cross over? ||5||
903
:
1360
You make ear-rings of glass to wear in your ears.
903
:
1361
But liberation does not come from learning without understanding.
903
:
1362
You are lured by the tastes of the tongue and sex organs.
903
:
1363
You have become a beast; this sign cannot be erased. ||6||
903
:
1364
The people of the world are entangled in the three modes; the Yogis are entangled in the three modes.
903
:
1365
Contemplating the Word of the Shabad, sorrows are dispelled.
903
:
1366
Through the Shabad, one becomes radiant, pure and truthful.
903
:
1367
One who contemplates the true lifestyle is a Yogi. ||7||
903
:
1368
The nine treasures are with You, Lord; You are potent, the Cause of causes.
903
:
1369
You establish and disestablish; whatever You do, happens.
903
:
1370
One who practices celibacy, chastity, self-control, truth and pure consciousness
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:
1371
- O Nanak, that Yogi is the friend of the three worlds. ||8||2||
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:
1372
Raamkalee, First Mehl:
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:
1373
Above the six chakras of the body dwells the detached mind.
903
:
1374
Awareness of the vibration of the Word of the Shabad has been awakened deep within.
903
:
1375
The unstruck melody of the sound current resonates and resounds within; my mind is attuned to it.
903
:
1376
Through the Guru's Teachings, my faith is confirmed in the True Name. ||1||
903
:
1377
O mortal, through devotion to the Lord, peace is obtained.
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:
1378
The Lord, Har, Har, seems sweet to the Gurmukh, who merges in the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||1||Pause||