1182 : 680
Save me, O my Merciful Lord God. ||1||Pause||

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I have not practiced meditation, austerities or good actions.

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I do not know the way to meet You.

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Within my mind, I have placed my hopes in the One Lord alone.

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The Support of Your Name shall carry me across. ||2||

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You are the Expert, O God, in all powers.

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The fish cannot find the limits of the water.

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You are Inaccessible and Unfathomable, the Highest of the High.

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I am small, and You are so very Great. ||3||

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Those who meditate on You are wealthy.

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Those who attain You are rich.

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Those who serve You are peaceful.

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Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of the Saints. ||4||7||

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Basant, Fifth Mehl:

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Serve the One who created You.

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Worship the One who gave you life.

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Become His servant, and you shall never again be punished.

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Become His trustee, and you shall never again suffer sorrow. ||1||

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That mortal who is blessed with such great good fortune,

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attains this state of Nirvaanaa. ||1||Pause||

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Life is wasted uselessly in the service of duality.

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No efforts shall be rewarded, and no works brought to fruition.

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It is so painful to serve only mortal beings.

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Service to the Holy brings lasting peace and bliss. ||2||

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If you long for eternal peace, O Siblings of Destiny,

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then join the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy; this is the Guru's advice.

1182 : 706
There, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is meditated on.

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In the Saadh Sangat, you shall be emancipated. ||3||

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Among all essences, this is the essence of spiritual wisdom.

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Among all meditations, meditation on the One Lord is the most sublime.

1182 : 710
The Kirtan of the Lord's Praises is the ultimate melody.

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Meeting with the Guru, Nanak sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||4||8||

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Basant, Fifth Mehl:

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Chanting His Name, one's mouth becomes pure.

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Meditating in remembrance on Him, one's reputation becomes stainless.

1182 : 715
Worshipping Him in adoration, one is not tortured by the Messenger of Death.

1182 : 716
Serving Him, everything is obtained. ||1||

1182 : 717
The Lord's Name - chant the Lord's Name.

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Abandon all the desires of your mind. ||1||Pause||

1182 : 719
He is the Support of the earth and the sky.

1182 : 720
His Light illuminates each and every heart.

1182 : 721
Meditating in remembrance on Him, even fallen sinners are sanctified;

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in the end, they will not weep and wail over and over again. ||2||

1182 : 723
Among all religions, this is the ultimate religion.

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Among all rituals and codes of conduct, this is above all.

1182 : 725
The angels, mortals and divine beings long for Him.

1182 : 726
To find Him, commit yourself to the service of the Society of the Saints. ||3||

1182 : 727
One whom the Primal Lord God blesses with His bounties,

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obtains the treasure of the Lord.

1182 : 729
His state and extent cannot be described.

1182 : 730
Servant Nanak meditates on the Lord, Har, Har. ||4||9||

1182 : 731
Basant, Fifth Mehl:

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My mind and body are gripped by thirst and desire.

1182 : 733
The Merciful Guru has fulfilled my hopes.

1182 : 734
In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, all my sins have been taken away.

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I chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord; I am in love with the Name of the Lord. ||1||

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By Guru's Grace, this spring of the soul has come.

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I enshrine the Lord's Lotus Feet within my heart; I listen to the Lord's Praise, forever and ever. ||1||Pause||

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