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You believed that this body was permanent, but it shall turn to dust.

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Why don't you chant the Name of the Lord, you shameless fool? ||1||

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Let devotional worship of the Lord enter into your heart, and abandon the intellectualism of your mind.

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O Servant Nanak, this is the way to live in the world. ||2||4||

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One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred. Image Of The Undying. Beyond Birth. Self-Existent. By Guru's Grace:

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Shalok Sehskritee, First Mehl:

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You study the scriptures, say your prayers and argue;

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you worship stones and sit like a crane, pretending to meditate.

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You speak lies and well-ornamented falsehood,

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and recite your daily prayers three times a day.

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The mala is around your neck, and the sacred tilak mark is on your forehead.

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You wear two loin cloths, and keep your head covered.

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If you know God and the nature of karma,

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you know that all these rituals and beliefs are useless.

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Says Nanak, meditate on the Lord with faith.

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Without the True Guru, no one finds the Way. ||1||

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The mortal's life is fruitless, as long as he does not know God.

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Only a few, by Guru's Grace, cross over the world-ocean.

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The Creator, the Cause of causes, is All-powerful. Thus speaks Nanak, after deep deliberation.

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The Creation is under the control of the Creator. By His Power, He sustains and supports it. ||2||

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The Shabad is Yoga, the Shabad is spiritual wisdom; the Shabad is the Vedas for the Brahmin.

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The Shabad is heroic bravery for the Khshaatriya; the Shabad is service to others for the Soodra.

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The Shabad for all is the Shabad, the Word of the One God, for one who knows this secret.

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Nanak is the slave of the Divine, Immaculate Lord. ||3||

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The One Lord is the Divinity of all divinities. He is the Divinity of the soul.

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Nanak is the slave of that one who knows the Secrets of the soul and the Supreme Lord God. He is the Divine Immaculate Lord Himself. ||4||

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Shalok Sehskritee , Fifth Mehl:

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One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred. Image Of The Undying. Beyond Birth. Self-Existent. By Guru's Grace:

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Who is the mother, and who is the father? Who is the son, and what is the pleasure of marriage?

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Who is the brother, friend, companion and relative? Who is emotionally attached to the family?

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Who is restlessly attached to beauty? It leaves, as soon as we see it.

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Only the meditative remembrance of God remains with us. O Nanak, it brings the blessings of the Saints, the sons of the Imperishable Lord. ||1||

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