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Egotism binds people in bondage, and causes them to wander around lost.

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O Nanak, peace is obtained through devotional worship of the Lord. ||8||13||

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Gauree, First Mehl:

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First, Brahma entered the house of Death.

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Brahma entered the lotus, and searched the nether regions, but he did not find the end of it.

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He did not accept the Lord's Order - he was deluded by doubt. ||1||

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Whoever is created, shall be destroyed by Death.

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But I am protected by the Lord; I contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||1||Pause||

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All the gods and goddesses are enticed by Maya.

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Death cannot be avoided, without serving the Guru.

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That Lord is Imperishable, Invisible and Inscrutable. ||2||

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The sultans, emperors and kings shall not remain.

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Forgetting the Name, they shall endure the pain of death.

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My only Support is the Naam, the Name of the Lord; as He keeps me, I survive. ||3||

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The leaders and kings shall not remain.

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The bankers shall die, after accumulating their wealth and money.

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Grant me, O Lord, the wealth of Your Ambrosial Naam. ||4||

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The people, rulers, leaders and chiefs

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- none of them shall be able to remain in the world.

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Death is inevitable; it strikes the heads of the false. ||5||

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Only the One Lord, the Truest of the True, is permanent.

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He who created and fashioned everything, shall destroy it.

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One who becomes Gurmukh and meditates on the Lord is honored. ||6||

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The Qazis, Shaykhs and Fakeers in religious robes

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call themselves great; but through their egotism, their bodies are suffering in pain.

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Death does not spare them, without the Support of the True Guru. ||7||

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The trap of Death is hanging over their tongues and eyes.

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Death is over their ears, when they hear talk of evil.

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Without the Shabad, they are plundered, day and night. ||8||

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Death cannot touch those whose hearts are filled with the True Name of the Lord, and who sing the Glories of God.

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O Nanak, the Gurmukh is absorbed in the Word of the Shabad. ||9||14||

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Gauree, First Mehl:

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They speak the Truth - not an iota of falsehood.

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The Gurmukhs walk in the Way of the Lord's Command.

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They remain unattached, in the Sanctuary of the True Lord. ||1||

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They dwell in their true home, and Death does not touch them.

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The self-willed manmukhs come and go, in the pain of emotional attachment. ||1||Pause||

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So, drink deeply of this Nectar, and speak the Unspoken Speech.

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Dwelling in the home of your own being within, you shall find the home of intuitive peace.

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One who is imbued with the Lord's sublime essence, is said to experience this peace. ||2||

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Following the Guru's Teachings, one becomes perfectly stable, and never wavers.

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Following the Guru's Teachings, one intuitively chants the Name of the True Lord.

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Drinking in this Ambrosial Nectar, and churning it, the essential reality is discerned. ||3||

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Beholding the True Guru, I have received His Teachings.

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I have offered my mind and body, after searching deep within my own being.

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I have come to realize the value of understanding my own soul. ||4||

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The Naam, the Name of the Immaculate Lord, is the most excellent and sublime food.

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The pure swan-souls see the True Light of the Infinite Lord.

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Wherever I look, I see the One and Only Lord. ||5||

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One who remains pure and unblemished and practices only true deeds,

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obtains the supreme status, serving at the Guru's Feet.

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The mind is reconciliated with the mind, and the ego's wandering ways come to an end. ||6||

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In this way, who - who has not been saved?

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The Lord's Praises have saved His Saints and devotees.

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