840 : 1828
This whole world is the child of Maya.

840 : 1829
I bow in submission to God, my Protector from the very beginning of time.

840 : 1830
He was in the beginning, He has been throughout the ages, He is now, and He shall always be.

840 : 1831
He is unlimited, and capable of doing everything. ||11||

840 : 1832
The Tenth Day: Meditate on the Naam, give to charity, and purify yourself.

840 : 1833
Night and day, bathe in spiritual wisdom and the Glorious Virtues of the True Lord.

840 : 1834
Truth cannot be polluted; doubt and fear run away from it.

840 : 1835
The flimsy thread breaks in an instant.

840 : 1836
Know that the world is just like this thread.

840 : 1837
Your consciousness shall become steady and stable, enjoying the Love of the True Lord. ||12||

840 : 1838
The Eleventh Day: Enshrine the One Lord within your heart.

840 : 1839
Eradicate cruelty, egotism and emotional attachment.

840 : 1840
Earn the fruitful rewards, by observing the fast of knowing your own self.

840 : 1841
One who is engrossed in hypocrisy, does not see the true essence.

840 : 1842
The Lord is immaculate, self-sustaining and unattached.

840 : 1843
The Pure, True Lord cannot be polluted. ||13||

840 : 1844
Wherever I look, I see the One Lord there.

840 : 1845
He created the other beings, of many and various kinds.

840 : 1846
Eating only fruits, one loses the fruits of life.

840 : 1847
Eating only delicacies of various sorts, one loses the true taste.

840 : 1848
In fraud and greed, people are engrossed and entangled.

840 : 1849
The Gurmukh is emancipated, practicing Truth. ||14||

840 : 1850
The Twelfth Day: One whose mind is not attached to the twelve signs,

840 : 1851
remains awake day and night, and never sleeps.

840 : 1852
He remains awake and aware, lovingly centered on the Lord.

840 : 1853
With faith in the Guru, he is not consumed by death.

840 : 1854
Those who become detached, and conquer the five enemies

840 : 1855
- prays Nanak, they are lovingly absorbed in the Lord. ||15||

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840 : 1856
The Twelfth Day: Know, and practice, compassion and charity.

840 : 1857
Bring your out-going mind back home.

840 : 1858
Observe the fast of remaining free of desire.

840 : 1859
Chant the unchanted Chant of the Naam with your mouth.

840 : 1860
Know that the One Lord is contained in the three worlds.

840 : 1861
Purity and self-discipline are all contained in knowing the Truth. ||16||

840 : 1862
The Thirteenth Day: He is like a tree on the sea-shore.

840 : 1863
But his roots can become immortal, if his mind is attuned to the Lord's Love.

840 : 1864
Then, he will not die of fear or anxiety, and he will never drown.

840 : 1865
Without the Fear of God, he drowns and dies, and loses his honor.

840 : 1866
With the Fear of God in his heart, and his heart in the Fear of God, he knows God.

840 : 1867
He sits on the throne, and becomes pleasing to the Mind of the True Lord. ||17||

840 : 1868
The Fourteenth Day: One who enters into the fourth state,

840 : 1869
overcomes time, and the three qualities of raajas, taamas and satva.

840 : 1870
Then the sun enters into the house of the moon,

840 : 1871
and one knows the value of the technology of Yoga.

840 : 1872
He remains lovingly focused on God, who is permeating the fourteen worlds, the nether regions of the underworld, the galaxies and solar systems. ||18||

840 : 1873
Amaavas - The Night of the New Moon: The moon is hidden in the sky.

840 : 1874
O wise one, understand and contemplate the Word of the Shabad.

840 : 1875
The moon in the sky illuminates the three worlds.

840 : 1876
Creating the creation, the Creator beholds it.

840 : 1877
One who sees, through the Guru, merges into Him.

840 : 1878
The self-willed manmukhs are deluded, coming and going in reincarnation. ||19||

840 : 1879
One who establishes his home within his own heart, obtains the most beautiful, permanent place.

840 : 1880
One comes to understand his own self, when he finds the True Guru.

840 : 1881
Wherever there is hope, there is destruction and desolation.

840 : 1882
The bowl of duality and selfishness breaks.

840 : 1883
Prays Nanak, I am the slave of that one, who remains detached amidst the traps of attachment. ||20||1||

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