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The six Shaastras may be read to a fool,

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but it is like the wind blowing in the ten directions. ||3||

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It is like threshing a crop without any corn - nothing is gained.

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In the same way, no benefit comes from the faithless cynic. ||4||

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As the Lord attaches them, so are all attached.

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Says Nanak, God has formed such a form. ||5||5||

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Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

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He created the soul, the breath of life and the body.

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He created all beings, and knows their pains. ||1||

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The Guru, the Lord of the Universe, is the Helper of the soul.

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Here and herafter, He always provides shade. ||1||Pause||

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Worship and adoration of God is the pure way of life.

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In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, the love of duality vanishes. ||2||

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Friends, well-wishers and wealth will not support you.

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Blessed, blessed is my Lord. ||3||

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Nanak utters the Ambrosial Bani of the Lord.

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Except the One Lord, he does not know any other at all. ||4||6||

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Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

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The Lord is in front of me, and the Lord is behind me.

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My Beloved Lord, the Source of Nectar, is in the middle as well. ||1||

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God is my Shaastra and my favorable omen.

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In His Home and Mansion, I find peace, poise and bliss. ||1||Pause||

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Chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, with my tongue, and hearing it with my ears, I live.

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Meditating, meditating in remembrance on God, I have become eternal, permanent and stable. ||2||

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The pains of countless lifetimes have been erased.

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The Unstruck Sound-current of the Shabad, the Word of God, vibrates in the Court of the Lord. ||3||

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Granting His Grace, God has blended me with Himself.

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Nanak has entered the Sanctuary of God. ||4||7||

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Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

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It brings millions of desires to fulfillment.

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On the Path of Death, It will go with you and help you. ||1||

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The Naam, the Name of the Lord of the Universe, is the holy water of the Ganges.

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Whoever meditates on it, is saved; drinking it in, the mortal does not wander in reincarnation again. ||1||Pause||

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It is my worship, meditation, austerity and cleansing bath.

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Meditating in remembrance on the Naam, I have become free of desire. ||2||

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It is my domain and empire, wealth, mansion and court.

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Meditating in remembrance on the Naam brings perfect conduct. ||3||

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Slave Nanak has deliberated, and has come to this conclusion:

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Without the Lord's Name, everything is false and worthless, like ashes. ||4||8||

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Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

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The poison had absolutely no harmful effect.

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But the wicked Brahmin died in pain. ||1||

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The Supreme Lord God Himself has saved His humble servant.

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The sinner died through the Power of the Guru. ||1||Pause||

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The humble servant of the Lord and Master meditates on Him.

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He Himself has destroyed the ignorant sinner. ||2||

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God is the Mother, the Father and the Protector of His slave.

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The face of the slanderer, here and hereafter, is blackened. ||3||

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The Transcendent Lord has heard the prayer of servant Nanak.

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The filthy sinner lost hope and died. ||4||9||

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Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:

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Excellent, excellent, excellent, excellent, excellent is Your Name.

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False, false, false, false is pride in the world. ||1||Pause||

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The glorious vision of Your slaves, O Infinite Lord, is wonderful and beauteous.