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O my mind, hold tight to the Support of the Lord's Name.

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The hot winds shall never even touch you. ||1||Pause||

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Like a boat in the ocean of fear;

179 : 1216
like a lamp which illumines the darkness;

179 : 1217
like fire which takes away the pain of cold

179 : 1218
- just so, chanting the Name, the mind becomes peaceful. ||2||

179 : 1219
The thirst of your mind shall be quenched,

179 : 1220
and all hopes shall be fulfilled.

179 : 1221
Your consciousness shall not waver.

179 : 1222
Meditate on the Ambrosial Naam as Gurmukh, O my friend. ||3||

179 : 1223
He alone receives the panacea, the medicine of the Naam,

179 : 1224
unto whom the Lord, in His Grace, bestows it.

179 : 1225
One whose heart is filled with the Name of the Lord, Har, Har

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- O Nanak, his pains and sorrows are eliminated. ||4||10||79||

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Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

179 : 1228
Even with vast sums of wealth, the mind is not satisfied.

179 : 1229
Gazing upon countless beauties, the man is not satisfied.

179 : 1230
He is so involved with his wife and sons - he believes that they belong to him.

179 : 1231
That wealth shall pass away, and those relatives shall be reduced to ashes. ||1||

179 : 1232
Without meditating and vibrating on the Lord, they are crying out in pain.

179 : 1233
Their bodies are cursed, and their wealth is cursed - they are imbued with Maya. ||1||Pause||

179 : 1234
The servant carries the bags of money on his head,

179 : 1235
but it goes to his master's house, and he receives only pain.

179 : 1236
The man sits as a king in his dreams,

179 : 1237
but when he opens his eyes, he sees that it was all in vain. ||2||

179 : 1238
The watchman oversees the field of another,

179 : 1239
but the field belongs to his master, while he must get up and depart.

179 : 1240
He works so hard, and suffers for that field,

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but still, nothing comes into his hands. ||3||

179 : 1242
The dream is His, and the kingdom is His;

179 : 1243
He who has given the wealth of Maya, has infused the desire for it.

179 : 1244
He Himself annihilates, and He Himself restores.

179 : 1245
Nanak offers this prayer to God. ||4||11||80||

179 : 1246
Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

179 : 1247
I have gazed upon the many forms of Maya, in so many ways.

179 : 1248
With pen and paper, I have written clever things.

179 : 1249
I have seen what it is to be a chief, a king, and an emperor,

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but they do not satisfy the mind. ||1||

179 : 1251
Show me that peace, O Saints,

179 : 1252
which will quench my thirst and satisfy my mind. ||1||Pause||

179 : 1253
You may have horses as fast as the wind, elephants to ride on,

179 : 1254
sandalwood oil, and beautiful women in bed,

179 : 1255
actors in dramas, singing in theaters

179 : 1256
- but even with them, the mind does not find contentment. ||2||

179 : 1257
You may have a throne at the royal court, with beautiful decorations and soft carpets,

179 : 1258
all sorts of luscious fruits and beautiful gardens,

179 : 1259
the excitement of the chase and princely pleasures

179 : 1260
- but still, the mind is not made happy by such illusory diversions. ||3||

179 : 1261
In their kindness, the Saints have told me of the True One,

179 : 1262
and so I have obtained all comforts and joy.

179 : 1263
In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, I sing the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises.

179 : 1264
Says Nanak, through great good fortune, I have found this. ||4||

179 : 1265
One who obtains the wealth of the Lord becomes happy.

179 : 1266
By God's Grace, I have joined the Saadh Sangat. ||1||Second Pause||12||81||

179 : 1267
Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

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