1309 : 545
Mercy, mercy, mercy - O Dear Lord, please shower Your Mercy on me, and attach me to Your Name.

1309 : 546
Please be Merciful, and lead me to meet the True Guru; meeting the True Guru, I meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||

1309 : 547
The filth of egotism from countless incarnations sticks to me; joining the Sangat, the Holy Congregation, this filth is washed away.

1309 : 548
As iron is carried across if it is attached to wood, one who is attached to the Word of the Guru's Shabad finds the Lord. ||2||

1309 : 549
Joining the Society of the Saints, joining the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, you shall come to receive the Sublime Essence of the Lord.

1309 : 550
But not joining the Sangat, and committing actions in egotistical pride, is like drawing out clean water, and throwing it in the mud. ||3||

1309 : 551
The Lord is the Protector and Saving Grace of His humble devotees. The Lord's Sublime Essence seems so sweet to these humble beings.

1309 : 552
Each and every instant, they are blessed with the Glorious Greatness of the Naam; through the Teachings of the True Guru, they are absorbed in Him. ||4||

1309 : 553
Bow forever in deep respect to the humble devotees; if you bow to those humble beings, you shall obtain the fruit of virtue.

1309 : 554
Those wicked enemies who slander the devotees are destroyed, like Harnaakhash. ||5||

1309 : 555
Brahma, the son of the lotus, and Vyaas, the son of the fish, practiced austere penance and were worshipped.

1309 : 556
Whoever is a devotee - worship and adore that person. Get rid of your doubts and superstitions. ||6||

1309 : 557
Do not be fooled by appearances of high and low social class. Suk Dayv bowed at the feet of Janak, and meditated.

1309 : 558
Even though Janak threw his left-overs and garbage on Suk Dayv's head, his mind did not waver, even for an instant. ||7||

1309 : 559
Janak sat upon his regal throne, and applied the dust of the nine sages to his forehead.

1309 : 560
Please shower Nanak with your Mercy, O my Lord and Master; make him the slave of Your slaves. ||8||2||

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1309 : 561
Kaanraa, Fourth Mehl:

1309 : 562
O mind, follow the Guru's Teachings, and joyfully sing God's Praises.

1309 : 563
If my one tongue became hundreds of thousands and millions, I would meditate on Him millions and millions of times. ||1||Pause||

1309 : 564
The serpent king chants and meditates on the Lord with his thousands of heads, but even by these chants, he cannot find the Lord's limits.

1309 : 565
You are Utterly Unfathomable, Inaccessible and Infinite. Through the Wisdom of the Guru's Teachings, the mind becomes steady and balanced. ||1||

1309 : 566
Those humble beings who meditate on You are noble and exalted. Meditating on the Lord, they are at peace.

1309 : 567
Bidur, the son of a slave-girl, was an untouchable, but Krishna hugged him close in His Embrace. ||2||

1309 : 568
Wood is produced from water, but by holding onto wood, one is saved from drowning.

1309 : 569
The Lord Himself embellishes and exalts His humble servants; He confirms His Innate Nature. ||3||

1309 : 570
I am like a stone, or a piece of iron, heavy stone and iron; in the Boat of the Guru's Congregation, I am carried across,

1309 : 571
like Kabeer the weaver, who was saved in the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation. He became pleasing to the minds of the humble Saints. ||4||

1309 : 572
Standing up, sitting down, rising up and walking on the path, I meditate.

1309 : 573
The True Guru is the Word, and the Word is the True Guru, who teaches the Path of Liberation. ||5||

1309 : 574
By His Training, I find strength with each and every breath; now that I am trained and tamed, I meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

1309 : 575
By Guru's Grace, egotism is extinguished, and then, through the Guru's Teachings, I merge in the Naam. ||6||

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