955 : 3575
Pauree:

955 : 3576
Deep within the body is the fortress of the Lord, and all lands and countries.

955 : 3577
He Himself sits in primal, profound Samaadhi; He Himself is all-pervading.

955 : 3578
He Himself created the Universe, and He Himself remains hidden within it.

955 : 3579
Serving the Guru, the Lord is known, and the Truth is revealed.

955 : 3580
He is True, the Truest of the True; the Guru has imparted this understanding. ||16||

955 : 3581
Shalok, First Mehl:

955 : 3582
Night is the summer season, and day is the winter season; sexual desire and anger are the two fields planted.

955 : 3583
Greed prepares the soil, and the seed of falsehood is planted; attachment and love are the farmer and hired hand.

955 : 3584
Contemplation is the plow, and corruption is the harvest; this is what one earns and eats, according to the Hukam of the Lord's Command.

955 : 3585
O Nanak, when one is called to give his account, he will be barren and infertile. ||1||

955 : 3586
First Mehl:

955 : 3587
Make the Fear of God the farm, purity the water, truth and contentment the cows and bulls,

955 : 3588
humility the plow, consciousness the plowman, remembrance the preparation of the soil, and union with the Lord the planting time.

955 : 3589
Let the Lord's Name be the seed, and His Forgiving Grace the harvest. Do this, and the whole world will seem false.

955 : 3590
O Nanak, if He bestows His Merciful Glance of Grace, then all your separation will be ended. ||2||

955 : 3591
Pauree:

955 : 3592
The self-willed manmukh is trapped in the darkness of emotional attachment; in the love of duality he speaks.

955 : 3593
The love of duality brings pain forever; he churns the water endlessly.

955 : 3594
The Gurmukh meditates on the Naam, the Name of the Lord; he churns, and obtains the essence of reality.

955 : 3595
The Divine Light illuminates his heart deep within; he seeks the Lord, and obtains Him.

955 : 3596
He Himself deludes in doubt; no one can comment on this. ||17||

955 : 3597
Shalok, Second Mehl:

955 : 3598
O Nanak, don't be anxious; the Lord will take care of you.

Continued...

955 : 3599
He created the creatures in water, and He gives them their nourishment.

955 : 3600
There are no stores open there, and no one farms there.

955 : 3601
No business is ever transacted there, and no one buys or sells.

955 : 3602
Animals eat other animals; this is what the Lord has given them as food.

955 : 3603
He created them in the oceans, and He provides for them as well.

955 : 3604
O Nanak, don't be anxious; the Lord will take care of you. ||1||

955 : 3605
First Mehl:

955 : 3606
O Nanak, this soul is the fish, and death is the hungry fisherman.

955 : 3607
The blind man does not even think of this. And suddenly, the net is cast.

955 : 3608
O Nanak, his consciousness is unconscious, and he departs, bound by anxiety.

955 : 3609
But if the Lord bestows His Glance of Grace, then He unites the soul with Himself. ||2||

955 : 3610
Pauree:

955 : 3611
They are true, forever true, who drink in the sublime essence of the Lord.

955 : 3612
The True Lord abides in the mind of the Gurmukh; He strikes the true bargain.

955 : 3613
Everything is in the home of the self within; only the very fortunate obtain it.

955 : 3614
The hunger within is conquered and overcome, singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

955 : 3615
He Himself unites in His Union; He Himself blesses them with understanding. ||18||

955 : 3616
Shalok, First Mehl:

955 : 3617
The cotton is ginned, woven and spun;

955 : 3618
the cloth is laid out, washed and bleached white.

955 : 3619
The tailor cuts it with his scissors, and sews it with his thread.

955 : 3620
Thus, the torn and tattered honor is sewn up again, through the Lord's Praise, O Nanak, and one lives the true life.

955 : 3621
Becoming worn, the cloth is torn; with needle and thread it is sewn up again.

955 : 3622
It will not last for a month, or even a week. It barely lasts for an hour, or even a moment.

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