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In the realm of humility, the Word is Beauty.

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Forms of incomparable beauty are fashioned there.

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These things cannot be described.

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One who tries to speak of these shall regret the attempt.

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The intuitive consciousness, intellect and understanding of the mind are shaped there.

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The consciousness of the spiritual warriors and the Siddhas, the beings of spiritual perfection, are shaped there. ||36||

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In the realm of karma, the Word is Power.

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No one else dwells there,

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except the warriors of great power, the spiritual heroes.

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They are totally fulfilled, imbued with the Lord's Essence.

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Myriads of Sitas are there, cool and calm in their majestic glory.

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Their beauty cannot be described.

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Neither death nor deception comes to those,

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within whose minds the Lord abides.

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The devotees of many worlds dwell there.

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They celebrate; their minds are imbued with the True Lord.

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In the realm of Truth, the Formless Lord abides.

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Having created the creation, He watches over it. By His Glance of Grace, He bestows happiness.

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There are planets, solar systems and galaxies.

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If one speaks of them, there is no limit, no end.

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There are worlds upon worlds of His Creation.

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As He commands, so they exist.

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He watches over all, and contemplating the creation, He rejoices.

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O Nanak, to describe this is as hard as steel! ||37||

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Let self-control be the furnace, and patience the goldsmith.

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Let understanding be the anvil, and spiritual wisdom the tools.

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With the Fear of God as the bellows, fan the flames of tapa, the body's inner heat.

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In the crucible of love, melt the Nectar of the Name,

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and mint the True Coin of the Shabad, the Word of God.

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Such is the karma of those upon whom He has cast His Glance of Grace.

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O Nanak, the Merciful Lord, by His Grace, uplifts and exalts them. ||38||

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Shalok:

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Air is the Guru, Water is the Father, and Earth is the Great Mother of all.

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Day and night are the two nurses, in whose lap all the world is at play.

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Good deeds and bad deeds-the record is read out in the Presence of the Lord of Dharma.

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According to their own actions, some are drawn closer, and some are driven farther away.

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Those who have meditated on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and departed after having worked by the sweat of their brows

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-O Nanak, their faces are radiant in the Court of the Lord, and many are saved along with them! ||1||

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So Dar ~ That Door. Raag Aasaa, First Mehl:

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

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Where is That Door of Yours, and where is That Home, in which You sit and take care of all?

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The Sound-current of the Naad vibrates there for You, and countless musicians play all sorts of instruments there for You.

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There are so many Ragas and musical harmonies to You; so many minstrels sing hymns of You.

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Wind, water and fire sing of You. The Righteous Judge of Dharma sings at Your Door.

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Chitr and Gupt, the angels of the conscious and the subconscious who keep the record of actions, and the Righteous Judge of Dharma who reads this record, sing of You.

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Shiva, Brahma and the Goddess of Beauty, ever adorned by You, sing of You.

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Indra, seated on His Throne, sings of You, with the deities at Your Door.

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The Siddhas in Samaadhi sing of You; the Saadhus sing of You in contemplation.

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