906 : 1490
and wandering around at places of pilgrimage, the disease is not taken away.

906 : 1491
Without the Naam, how can one find peace? ||4||

906 : 1492
No matter how much he tries, he cannot control his semen and seed.

906 : 1493
His mind wavers, and he falls into hell.

906 : 1494
Bound and gagged in the City of Death, he is tortured.

906 : 1495
Without the Name, his soul cries out in agony. ||5||

906 : 1496
The many Siddhas and seekers, silent sages and demi-gods

906 : 1497
cannot satisfy themselves by practicing restraint through Hatha Yoga.

906 : 1498
One who contemplates the Word of the Shabad, and serves the Guru

906 : 1499
- his mind and body become immaculate, and his egotistical pride is obliterated. ||6||

906 : 1500
Blessed with Your Grace, I obtain the True Name.

906 : 1501
I remain in Your Sanctuary, in loving devotion.

906 : 1502
Love for Your devotional worship has welled up within me.

906 : 1503
As Gurmukh, I chant and meditate on the Lord's Name. ||7||

906 : 1504
When one is rid of egotism and pride, his mind is drenched in the Lord's Love.

906 : 1505
Practicing fraud and hypocrisy, he does not find God.

906 : 1506
Without the Word of the Guru's Shabad, he cannot find the Lord's Door.

906 : 1507
O Nanak, the Gurmukh contemplates the essence of reality. ||8||6||

906 : 1508
Raamkalee, First Mehl:

906 : 1509
As you come, so will you leave, you fool; as you were born, so will you die.

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906 : 1510
As you enjoy pleasures, so will you suffer pain. Forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, you will fall into the terrifying world-ocean. ||1||

906 : 1511
Gazing upon your body and wealth, you are so proud.

906 : 1512
Your love for gold and sexual pleasures increases; why have you forgotten the Naam, and why do you wander in doubt? ||1||Pause||

906 : 1513
You do not practice truth, abstinence, self-discipline or humility; the ghost within your skeleton has turned to dry wood.

906 : 1514
You have not practiced charity, donations, cleansing baths or austerities. Without the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, your life has gone in vain. ||2||

906 : 1515
Attached to greed, you have forgotten the Naam. Coming and going, your life has been ruined.

906 : 1516
When the Messenger of Death grabs you by your hair, you will be punished. You are unconscious, and have fallen into Death's mouth. ||3||

906 : 1517
Day and night, you jealously slander others; in your heart, you have neither the Naam, nor compassion for all.

906 : 1518
Without the Word of the Guru's Shabad, you will not find salvation or honor. Without the Lord's Name, you shall go to hell. ||4||

906 : 1519
In an instant, you change into various costumes, like a juggler; you are entangled in emotional attachment and sin.

906 : 1520
You gaze here and there upon the expanse of Maya; you are intoxicated with attachment to Maya. ||5||

906 : 1521
You act in corruption, and put on ostentatious shows, but without awareness of the Shabad, you have fallen into confusion.

906 : 1522
You suffer great pain from the disease of egotism. Following the Guru's Teachings, you shall be rid of this disease. ||6||

906 : 1523
Seeing peace and wealth come to him, the faithless cynic become proud in his mind.

906 : 1524
But He who owns this body and wealth, takes them back again, and then the mortal feels anxiety and pain deep within. ||7||

906 : 1525
At the very last instant, nothing goes along with you; all is visible only by His Mercy.

906 : 1526
God is our Primal and Infinite Lord; enshrining the Lord's Name in the heart, one crosses over. ||8||

906 : 1527
You weep for the dead, but who hears you weeping? The dead have fallen to the serpent in the terrifying world-ocean.

906 : 1528
Gazing upon his family, wealth, household and mansions, the faithless cynic is entangled in worthless worldly affairs. ||9||

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