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Gauree Gwaarayree, Fourth Mehl:

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Service to the True Guru is fruitful and rewarding;

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meeting Him, I meditate on the Name of the Lord, the Lord Master.

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So many are emancipated along with those who meditate on the Lord. ||1||

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O GurSikhs, chant the Name of the Lord, O my Siblings of Destiny.

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Chanting the Lord's Name, all sins are washed away. ||1||Pause||

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When one meets the Guru, then the mind becomes centered.

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The five passions, running wild, are brought to rest by meditating on the Lord.

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Night and day, within the body-village, the Glorious Praises of the Lord are sung. ||2||

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Those who apply the dust of the Feet of the True Guru to their faces,

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renounce falsehood and enshrine love for the Lord.

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Their faces are radiant in the Court of the Lord, O Siblings of Destiny. ||3||

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Service to the Guru is pleasing to the Lord Himself.

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Even Krishna and Balbhadar meditated on the Lord, falling at the Guru's Feet.

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O Nanak, the Lord Himself saves the Gurmukhs. ||4||5||43||

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Gauree Gwaarayree, Fourth Mehl:

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The Lord Himself is the Yogi, who wields the staff of authority.

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The Lord Himself practices tapa - intense self-disciplined meditation; He is deeply absorbed in His primal trance. ||1||

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Such is my Lord, who is all-pervading everywhere.

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He dwells near at hand - the Lord is not far away. ||1||Pause||

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The Lord Himself is the Word of the Shabad. He Himself is the awareness, attuned to its music.

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The Lord Himself beholds, and He Himself blossoms forth.

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The Lord Himself chants, and the Lord Himself inspires others to chant. ||2||

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He Himself is the rainbird, and the Ambrosial Nectar raining down.

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The Lord is the Ambrosial Nectar; He Himself leads us to drink it in.

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The Lord Himself is the Doer; He Himself is our Saving Grace. ||3||

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The Lord Himself is the Boat, the Raft and the Boatman.

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The Lord Himself, through the Guru's Teachings, saves us.

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O Nanak, the Lord Himself carries us across to the other side. ||4||6||44||

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Gauree Bairaagan, Fourth Mehl:

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O Master, You are my Banker. I receive only that capital which You give me.

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I would purchase the Lord's Name with love, if You Yourself, in Your Mercy, would sell it to me. ||1||

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I am the merchant, the peddler of the Lord.

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I trade in the merchandise and capital of the Lord's Name. ||1||Pause||

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I have earned the profit, the wealth of devotional worship of the Lord. I have become pleasing to the Mind of the Lord, the True Banker.

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I chant and meditate on the Lord, loading the merchandise of the Lord's Name. The Messenger of Death, the tax collector, does not even approach me. ||2||

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Those traders who trade in other merchandise, are caught up in the endless waves of the pain of Maya.

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According to the business in which the Lord has placed them, so are the rewards they obtain. ||3||

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People trade in the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, when the God shows His Mercy and bestows it.

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Servant Nanak serves the Lord, the Banker; he shall never again be called to render his account. ||4||1||7||45||

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Gauree Bairaagan, Fourth Mehl:

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The mother nourishes the fetus in the womb, hoping for a son,

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who will grow and earn and give her money to enjoy herself.

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In just the same way, the humble servant of the Lord loves the Lord, who extends His Helping Hand to us. ||1||

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