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Sin is a stone which does not float.

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So let the Fear of God be the boat to carry your soul across.

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Says Nanak, rare are those who are blessed with this Boat. ||4||2||

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Maaroo, First Mehl, First House:

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Actions are the paper, and the mind is the ink; good and bad are both recorded upon it.

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As their past actions drive them, so are mortals driven. There is no end to Your Glorious Virtues, Lord. ||1||

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Why do you not keep Him in your consciousness, you mad man?

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Forgetting the Lord, your own virtues shall rot away. ||1||Pause||

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The night is a net, and the day is a net; there are as many traps as there are moments.

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With relish and delight, you continually bite at the bait; you are trapped, you fool - how will you ever escape? ||2||

990 : 44
The body is a furnace, and the mind is the iron within it; the five fires are heating it.

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Sin is the charcoal placed upon it, which burns the mind; the tongs are anxiety and worry. ||3||

990 : 46
What was turned to slag is again transformed into gold, if one meets with the Guru.

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He blesses the mortal with the Ambrosial Name of the One Lord, and then, O Nanak, the body is held steady. ||4||3||

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Maaroo, First Mehl:

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In the pure, immaculate waters, both the lotus and the slimy scum are found.

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The lotus flower is with the scum and the water, but it remains untouched by any pollution. ||1||

990 : 51
You frog, you will never understand.

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You eat the dirt, while you dwell in the immaculate waters. You know nothing of the ambrosial nectar there. ||1||Pause||

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You dwell continually in the water; the bumble bee does not dwell there, but it is intoxicated with its fragrance from afar.

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Intuitively sensing the moon in the distance, the lotus bows its head. ||2||

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990 : 55
The realms of nectar are irrigated with milk and honey; you think you are clever to live in the water.

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You can never escape your own inner tendencies, like the love of the flea for blood. ||3||

990 : 57
The fool may live with the Pandit, the religious scholar, and listen to the Vedas and the Shaastras.

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You can never escape your own inner tendencies, like the crooked tail of the dog. ||4||

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Some are hypocrites; they do not merge with the Naam, the Name of the Lord. Some are absorbed in the Feet of the Lord, Har, Har.

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The mortals obtain what they are predestined to receive; O Nanak, with your tongue, chant the Naam. ||5||4||

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Maaroo, First Mehl,

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Shalok:

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Countless sinners are sanctified, attaching their minds to the Feet of the Lord.

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The merits of the sixty-eight places of pilgrimage are found in God's Name, O Nanak, when such destiny is inscribed upon one's forehead. ||1||

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SHABAD:

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O friends and companions, so puffed up with pride,

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listen to this one joyous story of your Husband Lord. ||1||

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Who can I tell about my pain, O my mother?

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Without the Lord, my soul cannot survive; how can I comfort it, O my mother? ||1||Pause||

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I am a dejected, discarded bride, totally miserable.

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I have lost my youth; I regret and repent. ||2||

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You are my wise Lord and Master, above my head.

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I serve You as Your humble slave. ||3||

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Nanak humbly prays, this is my only concern:

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without the Blessed Vision of my Beloved, how can I enjoy Him? ||4||5||

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