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Driven by hunger, it sees the path of Maya's riches; this emotional attachment takes away the treasure of liberation. ||3||

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Weeping and wailing, he does not receive them; he searches here and there, and grows weary.

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Engrossed in sexual desire, anger and egotism, he falls in love with his false relatives. ||4||

1014 : 997
He eats and enjoys, listens and watches, and dresses up to show off in this house of death.

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Without the Word of the Guru's Shabad, he does not undersand himself. Without the Lord's Name, death cannot be avoided. ||5||

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The more attachment and egotism delude and confuse him, the more he cries out, "Mine, mine!", and the more he loses out.

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His body and wealth pass away, and he is torn by skepticism and cynicism; in the end, he regrets and repents, when the dust falls on his face. ||6||

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He grows old, his body and youth waste away, and his throat is plugged with mucous; water flows from his eyes.

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He feet fail him, and his hands shake and tremble; the faithless cynic does not enshrine the Lord in his heart. ||7||

1014 : 1003
His intellect fails him, his black hair turns white, and no one wants to keep him in their home.

1014 : 1004
Forgetting the Naam, these are the stigmas which stick to him; the Messenger of Death beats him, and drags him to hell. ||8||

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The record of one's past actions cannot be erased; who else is to blame for one's birth and death?

1014 : 1006
Without the Guru, life and death are pointless; without the Word of the Guru's Shabad, life just burns away. ||9||

1014 : 1007
The pleasures enjoyed in happiness bring ruin; acting in corruption is useless indulgence.

1014 : 1008
Forgetting the Naam, and caught by greed, he betrays his own source; the club of the Righteous Judge of Dharma will strike him over the head. ||10||

1014 : 1009
The Gurmukhs sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord's Name; the Lord God blesses them with His Glance of Grace.

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Those beings are pure, perfect unlimited and infinite; in this world, they are the embodiment of the Guru, the Lord of the Universe. ||11||

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Meditate in remembrance on the Lord; meditate and contemplate the Guru's Word, and love to associate with the humble servants of the Lord.

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The Lord's humble servants are the embodiment of the Guru; they are supreme and respected in the Court of the Lord. Nanak seeks the dust of the feet of those humble servants of the Lord. ||12||8||

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

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Maaroo, Kaafee, First Mehl, Second House:

1014 : 1015
The double-minded person comes and goes, and has numerous friends.

1014 : 1016
The soul-bride is separated from her Lord, and she has no place of rest; how can she be comforted? ||1||

1014 : 1017
My mind is attuned to the Love of my Husband Lord.

1014 : 1018
I am devoted, dedicated, a sacrifice to the Lord; if only He would bless me with His Glance of Grace, even for an instant! ||1||Pause||

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I am a rejected bride, abandoned in my parents' home; how can I go to my in-laws now?

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I wear my faults around my neck; without my Husband Lord, I am grieving, and wasting away to death. ||2||

1014 : 1021
But if, in my parents' home, I remember my Husband Lord, then I will come to dwell in the home of my in-laws yet.

1014 : 1022
The happy soul-brides sleep in peace; they find their Husband Lord, the treasure of virtue. ||3||

1014 : 1023
Their blankets and mattresses are made of silk, and so are the clothes on their bodies.

1014 : 1024
The Lord rejects the impure soul-brides. Their life-night passes in misery. ||4||

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