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One who sees the One and Only Lord with his eyes - his hands shall not get muddy and dirty.

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O Nanak, the Gurmukhs are saved; the Guru has surrounded the ocean with the embankment of Truth. ||8||

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If you wish to put out the fire, then look for water; without the Guru, the ocean of water is not found.

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You shall continue to wander lost in reincarnation through birth and death, even if you do thousands of other deeds.

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But you shall not be taxed by the Messenger of Death, if you walk in harmony with the Will of the True Guru.

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O Nanak, the immaculate, immortal status is obtained, and the Guru will unite you in the Lord's Union. ||9||

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The crow rubs and washes itself in the mud puddle.

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Its mind and body are polluted with its own mistakes and demerits, and its beak is filled with dirt.

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The swan in the pool associated with the crow, not knowing that it was evil.

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Such is the love of the faithless cynic; understand this, O spiritually wise ones, through love and devotion.

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So proclaim the victory of the Society of the Saints, and act as Gurmukh.

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Immaculate and pure is that cleansing bath, O Nanak, at the sacred shrine of the Guru's river. ||10||

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What should I account as the rewards of this human life, if one does not feel love and devotion to the Lord?

1411 : 46
Wearing clothes and eating food is useless, if the mind is filled with the love of duality.

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Seeing and hearing is false, if one speaks lies.

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O Nanak, praise the Naam, the Name of the Lord; everything else is coming and going in egotism. ||11||

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The Saints are few and far between; everything else in the world is just a pompous show. ||12||

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O Nanak, one who is struck by the Lord dies instantaneously; the power to live is lost.

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If someone dies by such a stroke, then he is accepted.

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He alone is struck, who is struck by the Lord; after such a stroke, he is approved.

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The arrow of love, shot by the All-knowing Lord, cannot be pulled out. ||13||

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Who can wash the unbaked clay pot?

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Joining the five elements together, the Lord made a false cover.

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When it pleases Him, He makes it right.

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The supreme light shines forth, and the celestial song vibrates and resounds. ||14||

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Those who are totally blind in their minds, do not have the integrity to keep their word.

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With their blind minds, and their upside-down heart-lotus, they look totally ugly.

1411 : 60
Some know how to speak and understand what they are told. Those people are wise and good-looking.

1411 : 61
Some do not know the Sound-current of the Naad, spiritual wisdom or the joy of song. They do not even understand good and bad.

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Some have no idea of perfection, wisdom or understanding; they know nothing about the mystery of the Word.

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O Nanak, those people are really donkeys; they have no virtue or merit, but still, they are very proud. ||15||

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He alone is a Brahmin, who knows God.

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He chants and meditates, and practices austerity and good deeds.

1411 : 66
He keeps to the Dharma, with faith, humility and contentment.

1411 : 67
Breaking his bonds, he is liberated.

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Such a Brahmin is worthy of being worshipped. ||16||

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He alone is a Kh'shaatriyaa, who is a hero in good deeds.

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He uses his body to give in charity;

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he understands his farm, and plants the seeds of generosity.

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Such a Kh'shaatriyaa is accepted in the Court of the Lord.

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Whoever practices greed, possessiveness and falsehood,

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shall receive the fruits of his own labors. ||17||

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Do not heat your body like a furnace, or burn your bones like firewood.

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What have your head and feet done wrong? See your Husband Lord within yourself. ||18||

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