1003 : 519
The Pandit, the religious scholar, proclaims the Vedas, but he is slow to act on them.

1003 : 520
Another person on silence sits alone, but his heart is tied in knots of desire.

1003 : 521
Another becomes an Udaasi, a renunciate; he abandons his home and walks out on his family, but his wandering impulses do not leave him. ||1||

1003 : 522
Who can I tell about the state of my soul?

1003 : 523
Where can I find such a person who is liberated, and who can unite me with my God? ||1||Pause||

1003 : 524
Someone may practice intensive meditation, and discipline his body, but his mind still runs around in ten directions.

1003 : 525
The celibate practices celibacy, but his heart is filled with pride.

1003 : 526
The Sannyaasi wanders around at sacred shrines of pilgrimage, but his mindless anger is still within him. ||2||

1003 : 527
The temple dancers tie bells around their ankles to earn their living.

1003 : 528
Others go on fasts, take vows, perform the six rituals and wear religious robes for show.

1003 : 529
Some sing songs and melodies and hymns, but their minds do not sing of the Lord, Har, Har. ||3||

1003 : 530
The Lord's Saints are immaculately pure; they are beyond pleasure and pain, beyond greed and attachment.

1003 : 531
My mind obtains the dust of their feet, when the Lord God shows mercy.

1003 : 532
Says Nanak, I met the Perfect Guru, and then the anxiety of my mind was removed. ||4||

1003 : 533
My Sovereign Lord is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts.

1003 : 534
The Beloved of my soul knows everything; all trivial talk is forgotten. ||1||Second Pause||6||15||

1003 : 535
Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

1003 : 536
One who has Your Name in his heart is the king of all the hundreds of thousands and millions of beings.

1003 : 537
Those, whom my True Guru has not blessed with Your Name, are poor idiots, who die and are reborn. ||1||

1003 : 538
My True Guru protects and preserves my honor.

1003 : 539
When You come to mind, Lord, then I obtain perfect honor. Forgetting You, I roll in the dust. ||1||Pause||

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1003 : 540
The mind's pleasures of love and beauty bring just as many blames and sins.

1003 : 541
The Name of the Lord is the treasure of Emancipation; it is absolute peace and poise. ||2||

1003 : 542
The pleasures of Maya fade away in an instant, like the shade of a passing cloud.

1003 : 543
They alone are dyed in the deep crimson of the Lord's Love, who meet the Guru, and sing the Praises of the Lord, Har, Har. ||3||

1003 : 544
My Lord and Master is lofty and exalted, grand and infinite. The Darbaar of His Court is inaccessible.

1003 : 545
Through the Naam, glorious greatness and respect are obtained; O Nanak, my Lord and Master is my Beloved. ||4||7||16||

1003 : 546
Maaroo, Fifth Mehl, Fourth House:

1003 : 547
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

1003 : 548
The One Universal Creator Lord created the creation.

1003 : 549
He made all the days and the nights.

1003 : 550
The forests, meadows, three worlds, water,

1003 : 551
the four Vedas, the four sources of creation,

1003 : 552
the countries, the continents and all the worlds,

1003 : 553
have all come from the One Word of the Lord. ||1||

1003 : 554
Hey - understand the Creator Lord.

1003 : 555
If you meet the True Guru, then you'll understand. ||1||Pause||

1003 : 556
He formed the expanse of the entire universe from the three gunas, the three qualities.

1003 : 557
People are incarnated in heaven and in hell.

1003 : 558
In egotism, they come and go.

1003 : 559
The mind cannot hold still, even for an instant.

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