1025 : 1453
Wandering from the Name, he endures beatings.

1025 : 1454
Even great cleverness does not dispel doubt.

1025 : 1455
The unconscious fool does not remain conscious of the Lord; he putrifies and rots away to death, carrying his heavy load of sin. ||8||

1025 : 1456
No one is free of conflict and strife.

1025 : 1457
Show me anyone who is, and I will praise him.

1025 : 1458
Dedicating mind and body to God, one meets the Lord, the Life of the World, and becomes just like Him. ||9||

1025 : 1459
No one knows the state and extent of God.

1025 : 1460
Whoever calls himself great, will be eaten by his greatness.

1025 : 1461
There is no lack of gifts of our True Lord and Master. He created all. ||10||

1025 : 1462
Great is the glorious greatness of the independent Lord.

1025 : 1463
He Himself created, and gives sustanance to all.

1025 : 1464
The Merciful Lord is not far away; the Great Giver spontaneously unites with Himself, by His Will. ||11||

1025 : 1465
Some are sad, and some are afflicted with disease.

1025 : 1466
Whatever God does, He does by Himself.

1025 : 1467
Through loving devotion, and the Perfect Teachings of the Guru, the unstruck sound current of the Shabad is realized. ||12||

1025 : 1468
Some wander and roam around, hungry and naked.

1025 : 1469
Some act in stubbornness and die, but do not know the value of God.

1025 : 1470
They do not know the difference between good and bad; this is understood only through the practice of the Word of the Shabad. ||13||

1025 : 1471
Some bathe at sacred shrines and refuse to eat.

1025 : 1472
Some torment their bodies in burning fire.

1025 : 1473
Without the Lord's Name, liberation is not obtained; how can anyone cross over? ||14||

1025 : 1474
Abandoning the Guru's Teachings, some wander in the wilderness.

1025 : 1475
The self-willed manmukhs are destitute; they do not meditate on the Lord.

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1025 : 1476
They are ruined, destroyed and drowned from practicing falsehood; death is the enemy of the false. ||15||

1025 : 1477
By the Hukam of the Lord's Command, they come, and by the Hukam of His Command, they go.

1025 : 1478
One who realizes His Hukam, merges in the True Lord.

1025 : 1479
O Nanak, he merges in the True Lord, and his mind is pleased with the Lord. The Gurmukhs do His work. ||16||5||

1025 : 1480
Maaroo, First Mehl:

1025 : 1481
He Himself is the Creator Lord, the Architect of Destiny.

1025 : 1482
He evaluates those whom He Himself has created.

1025 : 1483
He Himself is the True Guru, and He Himself is the servant; He Himself created the Universe. ||1||

1025 : 1484
He is near at hand, not far away.

1025 : 1485
The Gurmukhs understand Him; perfect are those humble beings.

1025 : 1486
Associating with them night and day is profitable. This is the glorious greatness of associating with the Guru. ||2||

1025 : 1487
Throughout the ages, Your Saints are holy and sublime, O God.

1025 : 1488
They sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, savoring it with their tongues.

1025 : 1489
They chant His Praises, and their pain and poverty are taken away; they are not afraid of anyone else. ||3||

1025 : 1490
They remain awake and aware, and do not appear to sleep.

1025 : 1491
They serve up Truth, and so save their companions and relatives.

1025 : 1492
They are not stained with the filth of sins; they are immaculate and pure, and remain absorbed in loving devotional worship. ||4||

1025 : 1493
O humble servants of the Lord, understand the Word of the Guru's Bani.

1025 : 1494
This youth, breath and body shall pass away.

1025 : 1495
O mortal, you shall die today or tomorrow; chant, and meditate on the Lord within your heart. ||5||

1025 : 1496
O mortal, abandon falsehood and your worthless ways.

1025 : 1497
Death viciously kills the false beings.

1025 : 1498
The faithless cynic is ruined through falsehood and his egotistical mind.On the path of duality, he rots away and decomposes. ||6||

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