1240 : 1578
It is so difficult to chant it, O Nanak; it cannot be chanted with the mouth. ||2||

1240 : 1579
Pauree:

1240 : 1580
Hearing the Name, the mind is delighted. The Name brings peace and tranquility.

1240 : 1581
Hearing the Name, the mind is satisfied, and all pains are taken away.

1240 : 1582
Hearing the Name, one becomes famous; the Name brings glorious greatness.

1240 : 1583
The Name brings all honor and status; through the Name, salvation is obtained.

1240 : 1584
The Gurmukh meditates on the Name; Nanak is lovingly attuned to the Name. ||6||

1240 : 1585
Shalok, First Mehl:

1240 : 1586
Impurity does not come from music; impurity does not come from the Vedas.

1240 : 1587
Impurity does not come from the phases of the sun and the moon.

1240 : 1588
Impurity does not come from food; impurity does not come from ritual cleansing baths.

1240 : 1589
Impurity does not come from the rain, which falls everywhere.

1240 : 1590
Impurity does not come from the earth; impurity does not come from the water.

1240 : 1591
Impurity does not come from the air which is diffused everywhere.

1240 : 1592
O Nanak, the one who has no Guru, has no redeeming virtues at all.

1240 : 1593
Impurity comes from turning one's face away from God. ||1||

1240 : 1594
First Mehl:

1240 : 1595
O Nanak, the mouth is truly cleansed by ritual cleansing, if you really know how to do it.

1240 : 1596
For the intuitively aware, cleansing is spiritual wisdom. For the Yogi, it is self-control.

1240 : 1597
For the Brahmin, cleansing is contentment; for the householder, it is truth and charity.

1240 : 1598
For the king, cleansing is justice; for the scholar, it is true meditation.

1240 : 1599
The consciousness is not washed with water; you drink it to quench your thirst.

1240 : 1600
Water is the father of the world; in the end, water destroys it all. ||2||

1240 : 1601
Pauree:

1240 : 1602
Hearing the Name, all supernatural spiritual powers are obtained, and wealth follows along.

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1240 : 1603
Hearing the Name, the nine treasures are received, and the mind's desires are obtained.

1240 : 1604
Hearing the Name, contentment comes, and Maya meditates at one's feet.

1240 : 1605
Hearing the Name, intuitive peace and poise wells up.

1240 : 1606
Through the Guru's Teachings, the Name is obtained; O Nanak, sing His Glorious Praises. ||7||

1240 : 1607
Shalok, First Mehl:

1240 : 1608
In pain, we are born; in pain, we die. In pain, we deal with the world.

1240 : 1609
Hereafter, there is said to be pain, only pain; the more the mortals read, the more they cry out.

1240 : 1610
The packages of pain are untied, but peace does not emerge.

1240 : 1611
In pain, the soul burns; in pain, it departs weeping and wailing.

1240 : 1612
O Nanak, imbued with the Lord's Praise, the mind and body blossom forth, rejuvenated.

1240 : 1613
In the fire of pain, the mortals die; but pain is also the cure. ||1||

1240 : 1614
First Mehl:

1240 : 1615
O Nanak, worldly pleasures are nothing more than dust. They are the dust of the dust of ashes.

1240 : 1616
The mortal earns only the dust of the dust; his body is covered with dust.

1240 : 1617
When the soul is taken out of the body, it too is covered with dust.

1240 : 1618
And when one's account is called for in the world hereafter, he receives only ten times more dust. ||2||

1240 : 1619
Pauree:

1240 : 1620
Hearing the Name, one is blessed with purity and self-control, and the Messenger of Death will not draw near.

1240 : 1621
Hearing the Name, the heart is illumined, and darkness is dispelled.

1240 : 1622
Hearing the Name, one comes to understand his own self, and the profit of the Name is obtained.

1240 : 1623
Hearing the Name, sins are eradicated, and one meets the Immaculate True Lord.

1240 : 1624
O Nanak, hearing the Name, one's face becomes radiant. As Gurmukh, meditate on the Name. ||8||

1240 : 1625
Shalok, First Mehl:

1240 : 1626
In your home, is the Lord God, along with all your other gods.

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