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has the wisdom of the six Shaastras. ||4||5||

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Raamkalee, First Mehl:

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My boat is wobbly and unsteady; it is filled with sins. The wind is rising - what if it tips over?

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As sunmukh, I have turned to the Guru; O my Perfect Master; please be sure to bless me with Your glorious greatness. ||1||

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O Guru, my Saving Grace, please carry me across the world-ocean.

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Bless me with devotion to the perfect, imperishable Lord God; I am a sacrifice to You. ||1||Pause||

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He alone is a Siddha, a seeker, a Yogi, a wandering pilgrim, who meditates on the One Perfect Lord.

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Touching the feet of the Lord Master, they are emancipated; they come to receive the Word of the Teachings. ||2||

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I know nothing of charity, meditation, self-discipline or religious rituals; I only chant Your Name, God.

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Nanak has met the Guru, the Transcendent Lord God; through the True Word of His Shabad, he is set free. ||3||6||

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Raamkalee, First Mehl:

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Focus your consciousness in deep absorption on the Lord.

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Make your body a raft, to cross over.

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Deep within is the fire of desire; keep it in check.

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Day and night, that lamp shall burn unceasingly. ||1||

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Float such a lamp upon the water;

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this lamp will bring total understanding. ||1||Pause||

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This understanding is good clay;

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a lamp made of such clay is acceptable to the Lord.

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So shape this lamp on the wheel of good actions.

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In this world and in the next, this lamp shall be with you. ||2||

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When He Himself grants His Grace,

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then, as Gurmukh, one may understand Him.

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Within the heart, this lamp is permanently lit.

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It is not extinguished by water or wind.

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Such a lamp will carry you across the water. ||3||

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Wind does not shake it, or put it out.

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Its light reveals the Divine Throne.

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The Kh'shaatriyas, Brahmins, Soodras and Vaishyas

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cannot find its value, even by thousands of calculations.

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If any of them lights such a lamp,

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O Nanak, he is emancipated. ||4||7||

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Raamkalee, First Mehl:

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To place one's faith in Your Name, Lord, is true worship.

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With an offering of Truth, one obtains a place to sit.

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If a prayer is offered with truth and contentment,

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the Lord will hear it, and call him in to sit by Him. ||1||

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O Nanak, no one returns empty-handed;

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such is the Court of the True Lord. ||1||Pause||

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The treasure I seek is the gift of Your Grace.

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Please bless this humble beggar - this is what I seek.

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Please, pour Your Love into the cup of my heart.

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This is Your pre-determined value. ||2||

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The One who created everything, does everything.

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He Himself appraises His own value.

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The Sovereign Lord King becomes manifest to the Gurmukh.

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He does not come, and He does not go. ||3||

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People curse at the beggar; by begging, he does not receive honor.

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O Lord, You inspire me to speak Your Words, and tell the Story of Your Court. ||4||8||

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Raamkalee, First Mehl:

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The drop is in the ocean, and the ocean is in the drop. Who understands, and knows this?

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He Himself creates the wondrous play of the world. He Himself contemplates it, and understands its true essence. ||1||

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