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The Ganges, the Jamunaa where Krishna played, Kaydar Naat'h,

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Benares, Kanchivaram, Puri, Dwaarkaa,

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Ganga Saagar where the Ganges empties into the ocean, Trivaynee where the three rivers come together, and the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage, are all merged in the Lord's Being. ||9||

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He Himself is the Siddha, the seeker, in meditative contemplation.

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He Himself is the King and the Council.

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God Himself, the wise Judge, sits on the throne; He takes away doubt, duality and fear. ||10||

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He Himself is the Qazi; He Himself is the Mullah.

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He Himself is infallible; He never makes mistakes.

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He Himself is the Giver of Grace, compassion and honor; He is no one's enemy. ||11||

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Whoever He forgives, He blesses with glorious greatness.

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He is the Giver of all; He does not have even an iota of greed.

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The Immaculate Lord is all pervading, permeating everywhere, both hidden and manifest. ||12||

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How can I praise the inaccessible, infinite Lord?

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The True Creator Lord is the Enemy of ego.

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He unites those whom He blesses with His Grace; uniting them in His Union, they are united. ||13||

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Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva stand at His Door;

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they serve the unseen, infinite Lord.

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Millions of others can be seen crying at His door; I cannot even estimate their numbers. ||14||

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True is the Kirtan of His Praise, and True is the Word of His Bani.

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I can see no other in the Vedas and the Puraanas.

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Truth is my capital; I sing the Glorious Praises of the True Lord. I have no other support at all. ||15||

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In each and every age, the True Lord is, and shall always be.

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Who has not died? Who shall not die?

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Nanak the lowly offers this prayer; see Him within your own self, and lovingly focus on the Lord. ||16||2||

Continued...

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Maaroo, First Mehl:

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In duality and evil-mindedness, the soul-bride is blind and deaf.

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She wears the dress of sexual desire and anger.

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Her Husband Lord is within the home of her own heart, but she does not know Him; without her Husband Lord, she cannot go to sleep. ||1||

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The great fire of desire blazes within her.

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The self-willed manmukh looks around in the four directions.

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Without serving the True Guru, how can she find peace? Glorious greatness rests in the hands of the True Lord. ||2||

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Eradicating sexual desire, anger and egotism,

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she destroys the five thieves through the Word of the Shabad.

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Taking up the sword of spiritual wisdom, she struggles with her mind, and hope and desire are smoothed over in her mind. ||3||

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From the union of the mother's egg and the father's sperm,

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the form of infinite beauty has been created.

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The blessings of light all come from You; You are the Creator Lord, pervading everywhere. ||4||

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You have created birth and death.

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Why should anyone fear, if they come to understand through the Guru?

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When You, O Merciful Lord, look with Your kindness, then pain and suffering leave the body. ||5||

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One who sits in the home of his own self, eats his own fears.

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He quiets and holds his wandering mind still.

1022 : 1351
His heart-lotus blossoms forth in the overflowing green pool, and the Lord of his soul becomes his companion and helper. ||6||

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With their death already ordained, mortals come into this world.

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How can they remain here? They have to go to the world beyond.

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True is the Lord's Command; the true ones dwell in the eternal city. The True Lord blesses them with glorious greatness. ||7||

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He Himself created the whole world.

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The One who made it, assigns the tasks to it.

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