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Without the Fear of God, His Love is not obtained. Without the Fear of God, no one is carried across to the other side.

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O Nanak, he alone is blessed with the Fear of God, and God's Love and Affection, whom You, Lord, bless with Your Mercy.

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The treasures of devotional worship to You are countless; he alone is blessed with Them, O my Lord and Master, whom You bless. ||4||3||

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Tukhaari, Fourth Mehl:

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To receive the Blessed Vision of the Darshan of the Guru, the True Guru, is to truly bathe at the Abhaijit festival.

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The filth of evil-mindedness is washed off, and the darkness of ignorance is dispelled.

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Blessed by the Guru's Darshan, spiritual ignorance is dispelled, and the Divine Light illuminates the inner being.

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The pains of birth and death vanish in an instant, and the Eternal, Imperishable Lord God is found.

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The Creator Lord God Himself created the festival, when the True Guru went to bathe at the festival in Kuruk-shaytra.

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To receive the Blessed Vision of the Darshan of the Guru, the True Guru, is to truly bathe at the Abhaijit festival. ||1||

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The Sikhs travelled with the Guru, the True Guru, on the path, along the road.

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Night and day, devotional worship services were held, each and every instant, with each step.

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Devotional worship services to the Lord God were held, and all the people came to see the Guru.

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Whoever was blessed with the Darshan of the Guru, the True Guru, the Lord united with Himself.

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The True Guru made the pilgrimage to the sacred shrines, for the sake of saving all the people.

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The Sikhs travelled with the Guru, the True Guru, on the path, along the road. ||2||

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When the Guru, the True Guru, first arrived at Kuruk-shaytra, it was a very auspicious time.

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The news spread throughout the world, and the beings of the three worlds came.

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The angelic beings and silent sages from all the three worlds came to see Him.

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Those who are touched by the Guru, the True Guru - all their sins and mistakes were erased and dispelled.

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The Yogis, the nudists, the Sannyaasees and those of the six schools of philosophy spoke with Him, and then bowed and departed.

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When the Guru, the True Guru, first arrived at Kuruk-shaytra, it was a very auspicious time. ||3||

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Second, the Guru went to the river Jamunaa, where He chanted the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

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The tax collectors met the Guru and gave Him offerings; they did not impose the tax on His followers.

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All the True Guru's followers were excused from the tax; they meditated on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

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The Messenger of Death does not even approach those who have walked on the path, and followed the Guru's Teachings.

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All the world said, "Guru! Guru! Guru!" Uttering the Guru's Name, they were all emancipated.

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Second, the Guru went to the river Jamunaa, where He chanted the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||4||

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Third, He went to the Ganges, and a wonderful drama was played out there.

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All were fascinated, gazing upon the Blessed Vision of the Saintly Guru's Darshan; no tax at all was imposed upon anyone.

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No tax at all was collected, and the mouths of the tax collectors were sealed.

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They said, "O brothers, what should we do? Who should we ask? Everyone is running after the True Guru."

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