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He sees pleasure and pain as both the same, along with good and bad in the world.

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Wisdom, understanding and awareness are found in the Name of the Lord. In the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, embrace love for the Guru. ||2||

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Day and night, profit is obtained through the Lord's Name. The Guru, the Giver, has given this gift.

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That Sikh who becomes Gurmukh obtains it. The Creator blesses him with His Glance of Grace. ||3||

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The body is a mansion, a temple, the home of the Lord; He has infused His Infinite Light into it.

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O Nanak, the Gurmukh is invited to the Mansion of the Lord's Presence; the Lord unites him in His Union. ||4||5||

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Malaar, First Mehl, Second House:

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

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Know that the creation was formed through air and water;

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have no doubt that the body was made through fire.

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And if you know where the soul comes from,

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you shall be known as a wise religious scholar. ||1||

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Who can know the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe, O mother?

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Without seeing Him, we cannot say anything about Him.

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How can anyone speak and describe Him, O mother? ||1||Pause||

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He is high above the sky, and beneath the nether worlds.

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How can I speak of Him? Let me understand.

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Who knows what sort of Name is chanted, in the heart, without the tongue? ||2||

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Undoubtedly, words fail me.

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He alone understands, who is blessed.

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Day and night, deep within, he remains lovingly attuned to the Lord.

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He is the true person, who is merged in the True Lord. ||3||

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If someone of high social standing becomes a selfless servant,

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then his praises cannot even be expressed.

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And if someone from a low social class becomes a selfless servant,

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O Nanak, he shall wear shoes of honor. ||4||1||6||

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Malaar, First Mehl:

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The pain of separation - this is the hungry pain I feel.

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Another pain is the attack of the Messenger of Death.

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Another pain is the disease consuming my body.

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O foolish doctor, don't give me medicine. ||1||

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O foolish doctor, don't give me medicine.

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The pain persists, and the body continues to suffer.

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Your medicine has no effect on me. ||1||Pause||

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Forgetting his Lord and Master, the mortal enjoys sensual pleasures;

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then, disease rises up in his body.

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The blind mortal receives his punishment.

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O foolish doctor, don't give me medicine. ||2||

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The value of sandalwood lies in its fragrance.

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The value of the human lasts only as long as the breath in the body.

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When the breath is taken away, the body crumbles into dust.

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After that, no one takes any food. ||3||

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The mortal's body is golden, and the soul-swan is immaculate and pure,

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if even a tiny particle of the Immaculate Naam is within.

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All pain and disease are eradicated.

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O Nanak, the mortal is saved through the True Name. ||4||2||7||

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Malaar, First Mehl:

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Pain is the poison. The Lord's Name is the antidote.

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Grind it up in the mortar of contentment, with the pestle of charitable giving.

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