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My Lord God is Self-existent and Independent. What does He need to eat to be satisfied?

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Whoever walks in harmony with the Will of the True Guru, and sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord, is pleasing to Him.

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Blessed, blessed are they, in this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, O Nanak, who walk in harmony with the Will of the True Guru. ||12||

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Those who do not serve the True Guru, and do not keep the Shabad enshrined in their hearts

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- cursed are their lives. Why did they even come into the world?

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If one follows the Guru's Teachings, and keeps the Fear of God in his mind, then he is lovingly attuned to the sublime essence of the Lord.

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By his primal destiny, he obtains the Name; O Nanak, he is carried across. ||13||

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The world wanders lost in emotional attachment to Maya; it does not realize that its own home is being plundered.

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The self-willed manmukh is blind in the world; his mind is lured away by sexual desire and anger.

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With the sword of spiritual wisdom, kill the five demons. Remain awake and aware to the Guru's Teachings.

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The Jewel of the Naam is revealed, and the mind and body are purified.

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Those who lack the Naam wander around lost, with their noses cut off; without the Name, they sit and cry.

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O Nanak, no one can erase that which is pre-ordained by the Creator Lord. ||14||

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The Gurmukhs earn the wealth of the Lord, contemplating the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

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They receive the wealth of the Naam; their treasures are overflowing.

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Through the Word of the Guru's Bani, they utter the Glorious Praises of the Lord, whose end and limitations cannot be found.

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O Nanak, the Creator is the Doer of all; the Creator Lord beholds all. ||15||

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Within the Gurmukh is intuitive peace and poise; his mind ascends to the Tenth Plane of the Akaashic Ethers.

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No one is sleepy or hungry there; they dwell in the peace of the Ambrosial Name of the Lord.

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O Nanak, pain and pleasure do not afflict anyone, where the Light of the Lord, the Supreme Soul, illuminates. ||16||

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All have come, wearing the robes of sexual desire and anger.

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Some are born, and some pass away. They come and go according to the Hukam of the Lord's Command.

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Their comings and goings in reincarnation do not end; they are imbued with the love of duality.

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Bound in bondage, they are made to wander, and they cannot do anything about it. ||17||

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Those, upon whom the Lord showers His Mercy, come and meet the True Guru.

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Meeting with the True Guru, they turn away from the world; they remain dead while still alive, with intuitive peace and poise.

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O Nanak, the devotees are imbued with the Lord; they are absorbed in the Name of the Lord. ||18||

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The intellect of the self-willed manmukh is fickle; he is very tricky and clever within.

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Whatever he has done, and all that he does, is useless. Not even an iota of it is acceptable.

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The charity and generosity he pretends to give will be judged by the Righteous Judge of Dharma.

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Without the True Guru, the Messenger of Death does not leave the mortal alone; he is ruined by the love of duality.

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Youth slips away imperceptibly, old age comes, and then he dies.

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The mortal is caught in love and emotional attachment to children and spouse, but none of them will be his helper and support in the end.

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Whoever serves the True Guru finds peace; the Name comes to abide in the mind.

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O Nanak, great and very fortunate are those who, as Gurmukh, are absorbed in the Naam. ||19||

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The self-willed manmukhs do not even think of the Name; without the Name, they cry in pain.

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