707 : 401
When the True Lord and Master abides in one's mind, O Nanak, all sins are dispelled. ||2||

707 : 402
Pauree:

707 : 403
Millions of sins are totally erased, by meditating on the Lord's Name.

707 : 404
The fruits of one's heart's desires are obtained, by singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

707 : 405
The fear of birth and death is eradicated, and one's eternal, unchanging true home is obtained.

707 : 406
If it is so pre-ordained, one is absorbed in the Lord's lotus feet.

707 : 407
Bless me with Your mercy, God - please preserve and save me! Nanak is a sacrifice to You. ||5||

707 : 408
Shalok:

707 : 409
They are involved in their beautiful houses, and the pleasures of the mind's desires.

707 : 410
They never remember the Lord in meditation; O Nanak, they are like maggots in manure. ||1||

707 : 411
They are engrossed in ostentatious displays, lovingly attached to all their possessions.

707 : 412
That body which forgets the Lord, O Nanak, shall be reduced to ashes. ||2||

707 : 413
Pauree:

707 : 414
He may enjoy a beautiful bed, countless pleasures and all sorts of enjoyments.

707 : 415
He may possess mansions of gold, studded with pearls and rubies, plastered with fragrant sandalwood oil.

707 : 416
He may relish in the pleasures of his mind's desires, and have no anxiety at all.

707 : 417
But if he does not remember God, he is like a maggot in manure.

707 : 418
Without the Lord's Name, there is no peace at all. How can the mind be comforted? ||6||

707 : 419
Shalok:

707 : 420
One who loves the Lord's lotus feet searches for Him in the ten directions.

707 : 421
He renounces the deceptive illusion of Maya, and joins the blissful form of the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||1||

707 : 422
The Lord is in my mind, and with my mouth I chant His Name; I seek Him in all the lands of the world.

707 : 423
O Nanak, all ostentatious displays are false; hearing the Praises of the True Lord, I live. ||2||

707 : 424
Pauree:

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707 : 425
He dwells in a broken-down shack, in tattered clothes,

707 : 426
with no social status, no honor and no respect; he wanders in the wilderness,

707 : 427
with no friend or lover, without wealth, beauty, relatives or relations.

707 : 428
Even so, he is the king of the whole world, if his mind is imbued with the Lord's Name.

707 : 429
With the dust of his feet, men are redeemed, because God is very pleased with him. ||7||

707 : 430
Shalok:

707 : 431
The various sorts of pleasures, powers, joys, beauty, canopies, cooling fans and thrones to sit on

707 : 432
- the foolish, ignorant and blind are engrossed in these things. O Nanak, desire for Maya is just a dream. ||1||

707 : 433
In a dream, he enjoys all sorts of pleasures, and emotional attachment seems so sweet.

707 : 434
O Nanak, without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the beauty of Maya's illusion is fake. ||2||

707 : 435
Pauree:

707 : 436
The fool attaches his consciousness to the dream.

707 : 437
When he awakes, he forgets the power, pleasures and enjoyments, and he is sad.

707 : 438
He passes his life chasing after worldly affairs.

707 : 439
His works are not completed, because he is enticed by Maya.

707 : 440
What can the poor helpless creature do? The Lord Himself has deluded him. ||8||

707 : 441
Shalok:

707 : 442
They may live in heavenly realms, and conquer the nine regions of the world,

707 : 443
but if they forget the Lord of the world, O Nanak, they are just wanderers in the wilderness. ||1||

707 : 444
In the midst of millions of games and entertainments, the Lord's Name does not come to their minds.

707 : 445
O Nanak, their home is like a wilderness, in the depths of hell. ||2||

707 : 446
Pauree:

707 : 447
He sees the terrible, awful wilderness as a city.

707 : 448
Gazing upon the false objects, he believes them to be real.

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