224 : 3383
The Name makes a man pure and fearless.

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It makes the masterless become the master of all. I am a sacrifice to him.

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Such a person is not reincarnated again; he sings the Glories of God. ||5||

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Inwardly and outwardly, he knows the One Lord;

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through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, he realizes himself.

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He bears the Banner and Insignia of the True Shabad in the Lord's Court. ||6||

224 : 3389
One who dies in the Shabad abides in his own home within.

224 : 3390
He does not come or go in reincarnation, and his hopes are subdued.

224 : 3391
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, his heart-lotus blossoms forth. ||7||

224 : 3392
Whoever is seen, is driven by hope and despair,

224 : 3393
by sexual desire, anger, corruption, hunger and thirst.

224 : 3394
O Nanak, those detached recluses who meet the Lord are so very rare. ||8||7||

224 : 3395
Gauree, First Mehl:

224 : 3396
Meeting such a slave, peace is obtained.

224 : 3397
Pain is forgotten, when the True Lord is found. ||1||

224 : 3398
Beholding the blessed vision of his darshan, my understanding has become perfect.

224 : 3399
The cleansing baths at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage are in the dust of his feet. ||1||Pause||

224 : 3400
My eyes are contented with the constant love of the One Lord.

224 : 3401
My tongue is purified by the most sublime essence of the Lord. ||2||

224 : 3402
True are my actions, and deep within my being, I serve Him.

224 : 3403
My mind is satisfied by the Inscrutable, Mysterious Lord. ||3||

224 : 3404
Wherever I look, there I find the True Lord.

224 : 3405
Without understanding, the world argues in falsehood. ||4||

224 : 3406
When the Guru instructs, understanding is obtained.

224 : 3407
How rare is that Gurmukh who understands. ||5||

224 : 3408
Show Your Mercy, and save me, O Savior Lord!

224 : 3409
Without understanding, people become beasts and demons. ||6||

224 : 3410
The Guru has said that there is no other at all.

224 : 3411
So tell me, who should I see, and who should I worship? ||7||

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224 : 3412
For the sake of the Saints, God has established the three worlds.

224 : 3413
One who understands his own soul, contemplates the essence of reality. ||8||

224 : 3414
One whose heart is filled with Truth and true love

224 : 3415
- prays Nanak, I am his servant. ||9||8||

224 : 3416
Gauree, First Mehl:

224 : 3417
Brahma acted in pride, and did not understand.

224 : 3418
Only when he was faced with the downfall of the Vedas did he repent.

224 : 3419
Remembering God in meditation, the mind is conciliated. ||1||

224 : 3420
Such is the horrible pride of the world.

224 : 3421
The Guru eliminates the pride of those who meet Him. ||1||Pause||

224 : 3422
Bal the King, in Maya and egotism,

224 : 3423
held his ceremonial feasts, but he was puffed up with pride.

224 : 3424
Without the Guru's advice, he had to go to the underworld. ||2||

224 : 3425
Hari Chand gave in charity, and earned public praise.

224 : 3426
But without the Guru, he did not find the limits of the Mysterious Lord.

224 : 3427
The Lord Himself misleads people, and He Himself imparts understanding. ||3||

224 : 3428
The evil-minded Harnaakhash committed evil deeds.

224 : 3429
God, the Lord of all, is the Destroyer of pride.

224 : 3430
He bestowed His Mercy, and saved Prahlaad. ||4||

224 : 3431
Raawan was deluded, foolish and unwise.

224 : 3432
Sri Lanka was plundered, and he lost his head.

224 : 3433
He indulged in ego, and lacked the love of the True Guru. ||5||

224 : 3434
The Lord killed the thousand-armed Arjun, and the demons Madhu-keetab and Meh-khaasaa.

224 : 3435
He seized Harnaakhash and tore him apart with his nails.

224 : 3436
The demons were slain; they did not practice devotional worship. ||6||

224 : 3437
The demons Jaraa-sandh and Kaal-jamun were destroyed.

224 : 3438
Rakat-beej and Kaal-naym were annihilated.

224 : 3439
Slaying the demons, the Lord saved His Saints. ||7||

224 : 3440
He Himself, as the True Guru, contemplates the Shabad.

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