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There is only One Command, and there is only One Supreme King. In each and every age, He links each to their tasks. ||1||

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That humble being is immaculate, who knows his own self.

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The Lord, the Giver of peace, Himself comes and meets him.

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His tongue is imbued with the Shabad, and he sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord; he is honored in the Court of the True Lord. ||2||

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The Gurmukh is blessed with the glorious greatness of the Naam.

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The self-willed manmukh, the slanderer, loses his honor.

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Attuned to the Naam, the supreme soul-swans remain detached; in the home of the self, they remain absorbed in deep meditative trance. ||3||

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That humble being who dies in the Shabad is perfect.

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The brave, heroic True Guru chants and proclaims this.

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Deep within the body is the true pool of Ambrosial Nectar; the mind drinks it in with loving devotion. ||4||

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The Pandit, the religious scholar, reads and instructs others,

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but he does not realize that his own home is on fire.

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Without serving the True Guru, the Naam is not obtained. You can read until you are exhausted, but you shall not find peace and tranquility. ||5||

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Some smear their bodies with ashes, and wander around in religious disguises.

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Without the Word of the Shabad, who has ever subdued egotism?

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Night and day, they continue burning, day and night; they are deluded and confused by their doubt and religious costumes. ||6||

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Some, in the midst of their household and family, remain always unattached.

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They die in the Shabad, and dwell in the Lord's Name.

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Night and day, they remain forever attuned to His Love; they focus their consciousness on loving devotion and the Fear of God. ||7||

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The self-willed manmukh indulges in slander, and is ruined.

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The dog of greed barks within him.

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The Messenger of Death never leaves him, and in the end, he leaves, regretting and repenting. ||8||

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Through the True Word of the Shabad, true honor is obtained.

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Without the Name, no one attains liberation.

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Without the True Guru, no one finds the Name. Such is the making which God has made. ||9||

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Some are Siddhas and seekers, and great contemplators.

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Some remain imbued with the Naam, the Name of the Formless Lord, day and night.

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He alone understands, whom the Lord unites with Himself; through loving devotional worship, fear is dispelled. ||10||

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Some take cleansing baths and give donations to charities, but they do not understand.

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Some struggle with their minds, and conquer and subdue their minds.

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Some are imbued with love for the True Word of the Shabad; they merge with the True Shabad. ||11||

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He Himself creates and bestows glorious greatness.

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By the Pleasure of His Will, He bestows union.

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Bestowing His Grace, He comes to dwell in the mind; such is the Command ordained by my God. ||12||

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Those humble beings who serve the True Guru are true.

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The false, self-willed manmukhs do not know how to serve the Guru.

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The Creator Himself creates the creation and watches over it; he attaches all according to the Pleasure of His Will. ||13||

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In each and every age, the True Lord is the one and only Giver.

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Through perfect destiny, one realizes the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

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Those who are immersed in the Shabad are not separated again. By His Grace, they are intuitively immersed in the Lord. ||14||

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Acting in egotism, they are stained with the filth of Maya.

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They die and die again, only to be reborn in the love of duality.

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Without serving the True Guru, no one finds liberation. O mind, tune into this, and see. ||15||