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The angelic beings and the silent sages long for Him; the True Guru has given me this understanding. ||4||

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How is the Society of the Saints to be known?

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There, the Name of the One Lord is chanted.

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The One Name is the Lord's Command; O Nanak, the True Guru has given me this understanding. ||5||

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This world has been deluded by doubt.

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You Yourself, Lord, have led it astray.

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The discarded soul-brides suffer in terrible agony; they have no luck at all. ||6||

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What are the signs of the discarded brides?

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They miss their Husband Lord, and they wander around in dishonor.

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The clothes of those brides are filthy-they pass their life-night in agony. ||7||

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What actions have the happy soul-brides performed?

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They have obtained the fruit of their pre-ordained destiny.

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Casting His Glance of Grace, the Lord unites them with Himself. ||8||

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Those, whom God causes to abide by His Will,

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have the Shabad of His Word abiding deep within.

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They are the true soul-brides, who embrace love for their Husband Lord. ||9||

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Those who take pleasure in God's Will

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remove doubt from within.

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O Nanak, know Him as the True Guru, who unites all with the Lord. ||10||

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Meeting with the True Guru, they receive the fruits of their destiny,

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and egotism is driven out from within.

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The pain of evil-mindedness is eliminated; good fortune comes and shines radiantly from their foreheads. ||11||

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The Bani of Your Word is Ambrosial Nectar.

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It permeates the hearts of Your devotees.

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Serving You, peace is obtained; granting Your Mercy, You bestow salvation. ||12||

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Meeting with the True Guru, one comes to know;

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by this meeting, one comes to chant the Name.

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Without the True Guru, God is not found; all have grown weary of performing religious rituals. ||13||

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I am a sacrifice to the True Guru;

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I was wandering in doubt, and He has set me on the right path.

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If the Lord casts His Glance of Grace, He unites us with Himself. ||14||

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You, Lord, are pervading in all,

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and yet, the Creator keeps Himself concealed.

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O Nanak, the Creator is revealed to the Gurmukh, within whom He has infused His Light. ||15||

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The Master Himself bestows honor.

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He creates and bestows body and soul.

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He Himself preserves the honor of His servants; He places both His Hands upon their foreheads. ||16||

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All strict rituals are just clever contrivances.

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My God knows everything.

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He has made His Glory manifest, and all people celebrate Him. ||17 |

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| He has not considered my merits and demerits;

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this is God's Own Nature.

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Hugging me close in His Embrace, He protects me, and now, even the hot wind does not touch me. ||18||

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Within my mind and body, I meditate on God.

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I have obtained the fruits of my soul's desire.

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You are the Supreme Lord and Master, above the heads of kings. Nanak lives by chanting Your Name. ||19||

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