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English translation of
Holy Guru Granth Sahib

English translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
taken from http://www.gurbanifiles.com/

Raag Raamkalee - Part 078

953 : 3469
Such a Paakhandi does not grow old or die.

953 : 3470
Says Charpat, God is the embodiment of Truth;

953 : 3471
the supreme essence of reality has no shape or form. ||5||

953 : 3472
First Mehl:

953 : 3473
He alone is a Bairaagi, who turns himself toward God.

953 : 3474
In the Tenth Gate, the sky of the mind, he erects his pillar.

953 : 3475
Night and day, he remains in deep inner meditation.

953 : 3476
Such a Bairaagi is just like the True Lord.

953 : 3477
Says Bhart'har, God is the embodiment of Truth;

953 : 3478
the supreme essence of reality has no shape or form. ||6||

953 : 3479
First Mehl:

953 : 3480
How is evil eradicated? How can the true way of life be found?

953 : 3481
What is the use of piercing the ears, or begging for food?

953 : 3482
Throughout existence and non-existence, there is only the Name of the One Lord.

953 : 3483
What is that Word, which holds the heart in its place?

953 : 3484
When you look alike upon sunshine and shade,

953 : 3485
says Nanak, then the Guru will speak to you.

953 : 3486
The students follow the six systems.

953 : 3487
They are neither worldly people, nor detached renunciates.

953 : 3488
One who remains absorbed in the Formless Lord

953 : 3489
- why should he go out begging? ||7||

953 : 3490
Pauree:

953 : 3491
That alone is said to be the Lord's temple, where the Lord is known.

953 : 3492
In the human body, the Guru's Word is found, when one understands that the Lord, the Supreme Soul, is in all.

953 : 3493
Don't look for Him outside your self. The Creator, the Architect of Destiny, is within the home of your own heart.

953 : 3494
The self-willed manmukh does not appreciate the value of the Lord's temple; they waste away and lose their lives.

953 : 3495
The One Lord is pervading in all; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, He can be found. ||12||

953 : 3496
Shalok, Third Mehl:

Continued...

953 : 3497
Only a fool listens to the words of the fool.

953 : 3498
What are the signs of the fool? What does the fool do?

953 : 3499
A fool is stupid; he dies of egotism.

953 : 3500
His actions always bring him pain; he lives in pain.

953 : 3501
If someone's beloved friend falls into the pit, what can be used to pull him out?

953 : 3502
One who becomes Gurmukh contemplates the Lord, and remains detached.

953 : 3503
Chanting the Lord's Name, he saves himself, and he carries across those who are drowning as well.

953 : 3504
O Nanak, he acts in accordance with the Will of God; he endures whatever he is given. ||1||

953 : 3505
First Mehl:

953 : 3506
Says Nanak, listen, O mind, to the True Teachings.

953 : 3507
Opening His ledger, God will call you to account.

953 : 3508
Those rebels who have unpaid accounts shall be called out.

953 : 3509
Azraa-eel, the Angel of Death, shall be appointed to punish them.

953 : 3510
They will find no way to escape coming and going in reincarnation; they are trapped in the narrow path.

953 : 3511
Falsehood will come to an end, O Nanak, and Truth will prevail in the end. ||2||

953 : 3512
Pauree:

953 : 3513
The body and everything belongs to the Lord; the Lord Himself is all-pervading.

953 : 3514
The Lord's value cannot be estimated; nothing can be said about it.

953 : 3515
By Guru's Grace, one praises the Lord, imbued with feelings of devotion.

953 : 3516
The mind and body are totally rejuvenated, and egotism is eradicated.

953 : 3517
Everything is the play of the Lord. The Gurmukh understands this. ||13||

953 : 3518
Shalok, First Mehl:

953 : 3519
Branded with a thousand marks of disgrace, Indra cried in shame.

953 : 3520
Paras Raam returned home crying.

953 : 3521
Ajai cried and wept, when he was made to eat the manure he had given, pretending it was charity.

953 : 3522
Such is the punishment received in the Court of the Lord.

953 : 3523
Rama wept when he was sent into exile,

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