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But they cannot even see what is behind them. What a strange lotus pose this is! ||2||

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The K'shatriyas have abandoned their religion, and have adopted a foreign language.

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The whole world has been reduced to the same social status; the state of righteousness and Dharma has been lost. ||3||

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They analyze eight chapters of (Panini's) grammar and the Puraanas. They study the Vedas,

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but without the Lord's Name, no one is liberated; so says Nanak, the Lord's slave. ||4||1||6||8||

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Dhanaasaree, First Mehl, Aartee:

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

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In the bowl of the sky, the sun and moon are the lamps; the stars in the constellations are the pearls.

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The fragrance of sandalwood is the incense, the wind is the fan, and all the vegetation are flowers in offering to You, O Luminous Lord. ||1||

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What a beautiful lamp-lit worship service this is! O Destroyer of fear, this is Your Aartee, Your worship service.

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The sound current of the Shabad is the sounding of the temple drums. ||1||Pause||

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Thousands are Your eyes, and yet You have no eyes. Thousands are Your forms, and yet You have not even one form.

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Thousands are Your lotus feet, and yet You have no feet. Without a nose, thousands are Your noses. I am enchanted with Your play! ||2||

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The Divine Light is within everyone; You are that Light.

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Yours is that Light which shines within everyone.

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By the Guru's Teachings, this Divine Light is revealed.

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That which pleases the Lord is the true worship service. ||3||

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My soul is enticed by the honey-sweet lotus feet of the Lord; night and day, I thirst for them.

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Bless Nanak, the thirsty song-bird, with the water of Your Mercy, that he may come to dwell in Your Name. ||4||1||7||9||

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Dhanaasaree, Third Mehl, Second House, Chau-Padas:

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

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This wealth is inexhaustible. It shall never be exhausted, and it shall never be lost.

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The Perfect True Guru has revealed it to me.

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I am forever a sacrifice to my True Guru.

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By Guru's Grace, I have enshrined the Lord within my mind. ||1||

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They alone are wealthy, who lovingly attune themselves to the Lord's Name.

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The Perfect Guru has revealed to me the Lord's treasure; by the Lord's Grace, it has come to abide in my mind. ||Pause||

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He is rid of his demerits, and his heart is permeated with merit and virtue.

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By Guru's Grace, he naturally dwells in celestial peace.

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True is the Word of the Perfect Guru's Bani.

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They bring peace to the mind, and celestial peace is absorbed within. ||2||

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O my humble Siblings of Destiny, behold this strange and wonderful thing:

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duality is overcome, and the Lord dwells within his mind.

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The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is priceless; it cannot be taken.

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By Guru's Grace, it comes to abide in the mind. ||3||

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He is the One God, abiding within all.

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Through the Guru's Teachings, He is revealed in the heart.

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One who intuitively knows and realizes God,

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