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Prabhaatee, Ashtapadees, First Mehl, Bibhaas:

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

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The insanity of duality has driven the mind insane.

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In false greed, life is wasting away.

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Duality clings to the mind; it cannot be restrained.

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The True Guru saves us, implanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord within. ||1||

1342 : 614
Without subduing the mind, Maya cannot be subdued.

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The One who created this, He alone understands. Contemplating the Word of the Shabad, one is carried across the terrifying world-ocean. ||1||Pause||

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Gathering the wealth of Maya, kings become proud and arrogant.

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But this Maya that they love so much shall not go along with them in the end.

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There are so many colors and flavors of attachment to Maya.

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Except for the Name, no one has any friend or companion. ||2||

1342 : 620
According to one's own mind, one sees the minds of others.

1342 : 621
According to one's desires, one's condition is determined.

1342 : 622
According to one's actions, one is focused and tuned in.

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Seeking the advice of the True Guru, one finds the home of peace and poise. ||3||

1342 : 624
In music and song, the mind is caught by the love of duality.

1342 : 625
Filled with deception deep within, one suffers in terrible pain.

1342 : 626
Meeting with the True Guru, one is blessed with clear understanding,

1342 : 627
and remains lovingly attuned to the True Name. ||4||

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Through the True Word of the Shabad, one practices Truth.

1342 : 629
He sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord, through the True Word of His Bani.

1342 : 630
He dwells in the home of his own heart deep within, and obtains the immortal status.

1342 : 631
Then, he is blessed with honor in the Court of the True Lord. ||5||

1342 : 632
Without serving the Guru, there is no devotional worship,

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even though one may make all sorts of efforts.

1342 : 634
If one eradicates egotism and selfishness through the Shabad,

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the Immaculate Naam comes to abide in the mind. ||6||

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In this world, the practice of the Shabad is the most excellent occupation.

1342 : 637
Without the Shabad, everything else is the darkness of emotional attachment.

1342 : 638
Through the Shabad, the Naam is enshrined within the heart.

1342 : 639
Through the Shabad, one obtains clear understanding and the door of salvation. ||7||

1342 : 640
There is no other Creator except the All-seeing Lord God.

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The True Lord Himself is Infinite and Incomparably Beautiful.

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Through the Lord's Name, one obtains the most sublime and exalted state.

1342 : 643
O Nanak, how rare are those humble beings, who seek and find the Lord. ||8||1||

1342 : 644
Prabhaatee, First Mehl:

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Emotional attachment to Maya is spread out all over the world.

1342 : 646
Seeing a beautiful woman, the man is overcome with sexual desire.

1342 : 647
His love for his children and gold steadily increases.

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He sees everything as his own, but he does not own the One Lord. ||1||

1342 : 649
I meditate as I chant on such a mala,

1342 : 650
that I rise above pleasure and pain; I attain the most wondrous devotional worship of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

1342 : 651
O Treasure of Virtue, Your limits cannot be found.

1342 : 652
Through the True Word of the Shabad, I am absorbed into You.

1342 : 653
You Yourself created the comings and goings of reincarnation.

1342 : 654
They alone are devotees, who focus their consciousness on You. ||2||

1342 : 655
Spiritual wisdom and meditation on the Lord, the Lord of Nirvaanaa

1342 : 656
- without meeting the True Guru, no one knows this.

1342 : 657
The Lord's Light fills the sacred pools of all beings.

1342 : 658
I am a sacrifice to the Embodiment of Bliss. ||3||

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Through the Guru's Teachings, one achieves loving devotional worship.

1342 : 660
The Shabad burns away egotism from within.

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