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Says Nanak, by hiding, how can the Lord be hidden? He has given each their share, one by one. ||4||7||

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Aasaa, First Mehl:

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The vine of good actions and character has spread out, and it bears the fruit of the Lord's Name.

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The Name has no form or outline; it vibrates with the unstruck Sound Current; through the Word of the Shabad, the Immaculate Lord is revealed. ||1||

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One can speak on this only when he knows it.

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He alone drinks in the Ambrosial Nectar. ||1||Pause||

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Those who drink it in are enraptured; their bonds and shackles are cut away.

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When one's light blends into the Divine Light, then the desire for Maya is ended. ||2||

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Among all lights, I behold Your Form; all the worlds are Your Maya.

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Among the tumults and forms, He sits in serene detachment; He bestows His Glance of Grace upon those who are engrossed in the illusion. ||3||

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The Yogi who plays on the instrument of the Shabad gains the Blessed Vision of the Infinitely Beautiful Lord.

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He, the Lord, is immersed in the Unstruck Shabad of the Word, says Nanak, the humble and meek. ||4||8||

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Aasaa, First Mehl:

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My virtue is that I carry the load of my words upon my head.

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The real words are the Words of the Creator Lord.

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How useless are eating, drinking and laughing,

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if the Lord is not cherished in the heart! ||1||

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Why should someone care for anything else,

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if throughout his life, he gathers in that which is truly worth gathering? ||1||Pause||

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The intellect of the mind is like a drunken elephant.

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Whatever one utters is totally false, the most false of the false.

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So what face should we put on to offer our prayer,

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when both virtue and vice are close at hand as witnesses? ||2||

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As You make us, so we become.

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Without You, there is no other at all.

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As is the understanding which You bestow, so do we receive.

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As it pleases Your Will, so do You lead us. ||3||

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The divine crystalline harmonies, their consorts, and their celestial families

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- from them, the essence of Ambrosial Nectar is produced.

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O Nanak, this is the wealth and property of the Creator Lord.

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If only this essential reality were understood! ||4||9||

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Aasaa, First Mehl:

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When by His Grace He came to my home, then my companions met together to celebrate my marriage.

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Beholding this play, my mind became blissful; my Husband Lord has come to marry me. ||1||

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So sing - yes, sing the songs of wisdom and reflection, O brides.

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My spouse, the Life of the world, has come into my home. ||1||Pause||

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When I was married within the Gurdwara, the Guru's Gate, I met my Husband Lord, and I came to know Him.

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The Word of His Shabad is pervading the three worlds; when my ego was quieted, my mind became happy. ||2||

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He Himself arranges His own affairs; His affairs cannot be arranged by anyone else.

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By the affair of this marriage, truth, contentment, mercy and faith are produced; but how rare is that Gurmukh who understands it! ||3||

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Says Nanak, that Lord alone is the Husband of all.

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She, upon whom He casts His Glance of Grace, becomes the happy soul-bride. ||4||10||

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Aasaa, First Mehl:

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Home and forest are the same, for one who dwells in the balance of intuitive peace and poise.

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His evil-mindedness departs, and the Praises of God take its place.

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To chant the True Name with one's mouth is the true ladder.

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