1024 : 1405
Only a few, as Gurmukh, remembered the Lord.

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Dharmic faith, which upholds and supports the earth, had only two feet; Truth was revealed to the Gurmukhs. ||8||

1024 : 1407
The kings acted righteously only out of self-interest.

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Tied to hopes of reward, they gave to charities.

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Without the Lord's Name, liberation did not come, although they grew weary of performing rituals. ||9||

1024 : 1410
Practicing religious rituals, they sought liberation,

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but the treasure of liberation comes only by praising the Shabad.

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Without the Word of the Guru's Shabad, liberation is not obtained; practicing hypocrisy, they wander around confused. ||10||

1024 : 1413
Love and attachment to Maya cannot be abandoned.

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They alone find release, who practice deeds of Truth.

1024 : 1415
Day and night, the devotees remain imbued with contemplative meditation; they become just like their Lord and Master. ||11||

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Some chant and practice intensive meditation, and take cleansing baths at sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

1024 : 1417
They walk as You will them to walk.

1024 : 1418
By stubborn rituals of self-suppression, the Lord is not pleased. No one has ever obtained honor, without the Lord, without the Guru. ||12||

1024 : 1419
In the Iron Age, the Dark Age of Kali Yuga, only one power remains.

1024 : 1420
Without the Perfect Guru, no one has even described it.

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The self-willed manmukhs have staged the show of falsehood. Without the True Guru, doubt does not depart. ||13||

1024 : 1422
The True Guru is the Creator Lord, independent and carefree.

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He does not fear death, and He is not dependent on mortal men.

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Whoever serves Him becomes immortal and imperishable, and will not be tortured by death. ||14||

1024 : 1425
The Creator Lord has enshrined Himself within the Guru.

1024 : 1426
The Gurmukh saves countless millions.

1024 : 1427
The Life of the World is the Great Giver of all beings. The Fearless Lord has no filth at all. ||15||

1024 : 1428
Everyone begs from the Guru, God's Treasurer.

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He Himself is the immaculate, unknowable, infinite Lord.

1024 : 1430
Nanak speaks the Truth; he begs from God. Please bless me with the Truth, by Your Will. ||16||4||

1024 : 1431
Maaroo, First Mehl:

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The True Lord unites with those who are united with the Word of the Shabad.

1024 : 1433
When it pleases Him, we intuitively merge with Him.

1024 : 1434
The Light of the Transcendent Lord pervades the three worlds; there is no other at all, O Siblings of Destiny. ||1||

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I am His servant; I serve Him.

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He is unknowable and mysterious; He is pleased by the Shabad.

1024 : 1437
The Creator is the Benefactor of His devotees. He forgives them - such is His greatness. ||2||

1024 : 1438
The True Lord gives and gives; His blessings never run short.

1024 : 1439
The false ones receive, and then deny having received.

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They do not understand their origins, they are not pleased with the Truth, and so they wander in duality and doubt. ||3||

1024 : 1441
The Gurmukhs remain awake and aware, day and night.

1024 : 1442
Following the Guru's Teachings, they know the Love of the True Lord.

1024 : 1443
The self-willed manmukhs remain asleep, and are plundered. The Gurmukhs remain safe and sound, O Siblings of Destiny. ||4||

1024 : 1444
The false come, and the false go;

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imbued with falsehood, they practice only falsehood.

1024 : 1446
Those who are imbued with the Shabad are robed in honor in the Court of the Lord; the Gurmukhs focus their consciousness on Him. ||5||

1024 : 1447
The false are cheated, and robbed by the robbers.

1024 : 1448
The garden is laid waste, like the rough wilderness.

1024 : 1449
Without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, nothing tastes sweet; forgetting the Lord, they suffer in sorrow. ||6||

1024 : 1450
Receiving the food of Truth, one is satisfied.

1024 : 1451
True is the glorious greatness of the jewel of the Name.

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One who understands his own self, realizes the Lord. His light merges into the Light. ||7||