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The Gurmukhs dwell on the Word of the Shabad. They sing the Glorious Praises of the True Lord.

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O Nanak, those humble beings who are imbued with the Naam are pure and immaculate. They are intuitively merged in the True Lord. ||2||

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Pauree:

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Serving the Perfect True Guru, I have found the Perfect Lord.

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Meditating on the Perfect Lord, by perfect karma, I have enshrined the Shabad within my mind.

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Through perfect spiritual wisdom and meditation, my filth has been washed away.

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The Lord is my sacred shrine of pilgrimage and pool of purification; I wash my mind in Him.

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One who dies in the Shabad and conquers his mind - blessed is the mother who gave birth to him.

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He is true in the Court of the Lord, and his coming into this world is judged to be true.

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No one can challenge that person, with whom our Lord and Master is pleased.

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O Nanak, praising the True Lord, his pre-ordained destiny is activated. ||18||

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Shalok, Third Mehl:

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Those who give out ceremonial hats of recognition are fools; those who receive them have no shame.

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The mouse cannot enter its hole with a basket tied around its waist.

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Those who give out blessings shall die, and those that they bless shall also depart.

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O Nanak, no one knows the Lord's Command, by which all must depart.

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The spring harvest is the Name of the One Lord; the harvest of autumn is the True Name.

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I receive a letter of pardon from my Lord and Master, when I reach His Court.

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There are so many courts of the world, and so many who come and go there.

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There are so many beggars begging; so many beg and beg until death. ||1||

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First Mehl:

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The elephant eats a hundred pounds of ghee and molasses, and five hundred pounds of corn.

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He belches and grunts and scatters dust, and when the breath leaves his body, he regrets it.

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The blind and arrogant die insane.

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Submitting to the Lord, one become pleasing to Him.

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The sparrow eats only half a grain, then it flies through the sky and chirps.

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The good sparrow is pleasing to her Lord and Master, if she chirps the Name of the Lord.

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The powerful tiger kills hundreds of deer, and all sorts of other animals eat what it leaves.

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It becomes very strong, and cannot be contained in its den, but when it must go, it regrets.

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So who is impressed by the roar of the blind beast?

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He is not pleasing at all to his Lord and Master.

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The insect loves the milkweed plant; perched on its branch, it eats it.

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It becomes good and pleasing to its Lord and Master, if it chirps the Name of the Lord.

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O Nanak, the world lasts for only a few days; indulging in pleasures, pain is produced.

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There are many who boast and brag, but none of them can remain detached from the world.

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The fly dies for the sake of sweets.

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O Lord, death does not even approach those whom You protect. You carry them across the terrifying world-ocean. ||2||

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Pauree:

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You are Inaccessible and Unfathomable, O Invisible and Infinite True Lord Master.

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You are the Giver, all are beggars of You. You alone are the Great Giver.

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Those who serve You find peace, reflecting on the Guru's Teachings.

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Some, according to Your Will, are in love with Maya.

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Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, praise the Lord with love and affection within.

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Without love, there is no devotion. Without the True Guru, love is not enshrined.

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You are the Lord God; everyone serves You. This is the prayer of Your humble minstrel.

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Please bless me with the gift of contentment, that I may receive the True Name as my Support. ||19||