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By the highest destiny, you found the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||1||

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Without the Perfect Guru, no one is saved.

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This is what Baba Nanak says, after deep reflection. ||2||11||

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Raag Raamkalee, Fifth Mehl, Second House:

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One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

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The four Vedas proclaim it, but you don't believe them.

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The six Shaastras also say one thing.

886 : 405
The eighteen Puraanas all speak of the One God.

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Even so, Yogi, you do not understand this mystery. ||1||

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The celestial harp plays the incomparable melody,

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but in your intoxication, you do not hear it, O Yogi. ||1||Pause||

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In the first age, the Golden Age, the village of truth was inhabited.

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In the Silver Age of Traytaa Yuga, things began to decline.

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In the Brass Age of Dwaapur Yuga, half of it was gone.

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Now, only one leg of Truth remains, and the One Lord is revealed. ||2||

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The beads are strung upon the one thread.

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By means of many, various, diverse knots, they are tied, and kept separate on the string.

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The beads of the mala are lovingly chanted upon in many ways.

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When the thread is pulled out, the beads come together in one place. ||3||

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Throughout the four ages, the One Lord made the body His temple.

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It is a treacherous place, with several windows.

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Searching and searching, one comes to the Lord's door.

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Then, O Nanak, the Yogi attains a home in the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. ||4||

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Thus, the celestial harp plays the incomparable melody;

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hearing it, the Yogi's mind finds it sweet. ||1||Second Pause||1||12||

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Raamkalee, Fifth Mehl:

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The body is a patch-work of threads.

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The muscles are stitched together with the needles of the bones.

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The Lord has erected a pillar of water.

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O Yogi, why are you so proud? ||1||

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Meditate on your Lord Master, day and night.

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The patched coat of the body shall last for only a few days. ||1||Pause||

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Smearing ashes on your body, you sit in a deep meditative trance.

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You wear the ear-rings of 'mine and yours'.

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You beg for bread, but you are not satisfied.

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Abandoning your Lord Master, you beg from others; you should feel ashamed. ||2||

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Your consciousness is restless, Yogi, as you sit in your Yogic postures.

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You blow your horn, but still feel sad.

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You do not understand Gorakh, your guru.

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Again and again, Yogi, you come and go. ||3||

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He, unto whom the Master shows Mercy

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- unto Him, the Guru, the Lord of the World, I offer my prayer.

886 : 440
One who has the Name as his patched coat, and the Name as his robe,

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O servant Nanak, such a Yogi is steady and stable. ||4||

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One who meditates on the Master in this way, night and day,

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finds the Guru, the Lord of the World, in this life. ||1||Second Pause||2||13||

886 : 444
Raamkalee, Fifth Mehl:

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He is the Creator, the Cause of causes;

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I do not see any other at all.

886 : 447
My Lord and Master is wise and all-knowing.

886 : 448
Meeting with the Gurmukh, I enjoy His Love. ||1||

886 : 449
Such is the sweet, subtle essence of the Lord.

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How rare are those who, as Gurmukh, taste it. ||1||Pause||

886 : 451
The Light of the Ambrosial Name of the Lord is immaculate and pure.

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