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First, your social status is high.

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Second, you are honored in society.

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Third, your home is beautiful.

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But you are so ugly, with self-conceit in your mind. ||1||

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O beautiful, attractive, wise and clever woman:

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you have been trapped by your pride and attachment. ||1||Pause||

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Your kitchen is so clean.

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You take your bath, and worship, and apply the crimson mark upon your forehead;

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with your mouth you speak wisdom, but you are destroyed by pride.

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The dog of greed has ruined you in every way. ||2||

374 : 1262
You wear your robes and enjoy pleasures;

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you practice good conduct to impress people;

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you apply scented oils of sandalwood and musk,

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but your constant companion is the demon of anger. ||3||

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Other people may be your water-carriers;

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in this world, you may be a ruler.

374 : 1268
Gold, silver and wealth may be yours,

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but the goodness of your conduct has been destroyed by sexual promiscuity. ||4||

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That soul, upon whom the Lord has bestowed His Glance of Grace,

374 : 1271
is delivered from bondage.

374 : 1272
Joining the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, the Lord's sublime essence is obtained.

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Says Nanak, how fruitful is that body. ||5||

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All graces and all comforts shall come to you, as the happy soul-bride;

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you shall be supremely beautiful and wise. ||1||Second Pause||12||

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Aasaa, Fifth Mehl, Ik-Tukas 2 :

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One who is seen to be alive, shall surely die.

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But he who is dead shall remain ever-lasting. ||1||

Continued...

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Those who die while yet alive, shall through this death, live on.

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They place the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, as medicine in their mouths, and through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they drink in the Ambrosial Nectar. ||1||Pause||

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The clay pot of the body shall be broken.

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One who has eliminated the three qualities dwells in the home of his inner self. ||2||

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One who climbs high, shall fall into the nether regions of the underworld.

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One who lies upon the ground, shall not be touched by death. ||3||

374 : 1285
Those who continue to wander around, achieve nothing.

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Those who practice the Guru's Teachings, become steady and stable. ||4||

374 : 1287
This body and soul all belong to the Lord.

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O Nanak, meeting the Guru, I am enraptured. ||5||13||

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Aasaa, Fifth Mehl:

374 : 1290
The puppet of the body has been fashioned with great skill.

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Know for sure that it shall turn to dust. ||1||

374 : 1292
Remember your origins, O thoughtless fool.

374 : 1293
Why are you so proud of yourself? ||1||Pause||

374 : 1294
You are a guest, given three meals a day;

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other things are entrusted to you. ||2||

374 : 1296
you are just excrement, bones and blood, wrapped up in skin

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- this is what you are taking such pride in! ||3||

374 : 1298
If you could understand even one thing, then you would be pure.

374 : 1299
Without understanding, you shall be forever impure. ||4||

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Says Nanak, I am a sacrifice to the Guru;

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through Him, I obtain the Lord, the All-knowing Primal Being. ||5||14||

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Aasaa, Fifth Mehl, Ik-Tukas, Chau-Padas:

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One moment, one day, is for me many days.

374 : 1304
My mind cannot survive - how can I meet my Beloved? ||1||

374 : 1305
I cannot endure one day, even one instant without Him.

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