1425 : 548
Shalok, Fifth Mehl:

1425 : 549
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

1425 : 550
They alone are imbued with the Lord, who do not turn their faces away from Him - they realize Him.

1425 : 551
The false, immature lovers do not know the way of love, and so they fall. ||1||

1425 : 552
Without my Master, I will burn my silk and satin clothes in the fire.

1425 : 553
Even rolling in the dust, I look beautiful, O Nanak, if my Husband Lord is with me. ||2||

1425 : 554
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, I worship and adore the Naam, with love and balanced detachment.

1425 : 555
When the five enemies are overcome, O Nanak, this musical measure of Raga MAAROO becomes frtuiful. ||3||

1425 : 556
When I have the One Lord, I have tens of thousands. Otherwise, people like me beg from door to door.

1425 : 557
O Brahmin, your life has passed away uselessly; you have forgotten the One who created you. ||4||

1425 : 558
In Raga Sorat'h, drink in this sublime essence, which never loses its taste.

1425 : 559
O Nanak, singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord's Name, one's reputation is immaculate in the Court of the Lord. ||5||

1425 : 560
No one can kill those whom God Himself protects.

1425 : 561
The treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is within them. They cherish His Glorious Virtues forever.

1425 : 562
They take the Support of the One, the Inaccessible Lord; they enshrine God in their mind and body.

1425 : 563
They are imbued with the Love of the Infinite Lord, and no one can wipe it away.

1425 : 564
The Gurmukhs sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord; they obtain the most excellent celestial peace and poise.

1425 : 565
O Nanak, they enshrine the treasure of the Naam in their hearts. ||6||

1425 : 566
Whatever God does, accept that as good; leave behind all other judgements.

1425 : 567
He shall cast His Glance of Grace, and attach you to Himself.

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1425 : 568
Instruct yourself with the Teachings, and doubt will depart from within.

1425 : 569
Everyone does that which is pre-ordained by destiny.

1425 : 570
Everything is under His control; there is no other place at all.

1425 : 571
Nanak is in peace and bliss, accepting the Will of God. ||7||

1425 : 572
Those who meditate in remembrance on the Perfect Guru, are exalted and uplifted.

1425 : 573
O Nanak, dwelling on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, all affairs are resolved. ||8||

1425 : 574
The sinners act, and generate bad karma, and then they weep and wail.

1425 : 575
O Nanak, just as the churning stick churns the butter, so does the Righteous Judge of Dharma churn them. ||9||

1425 : 576
Meditating on the Naam, O friend, the treasure of life is won.

1425 : 577
O Nanak, speaking in Righteousness, one's world becomes sanctified. ||10||

1425 : 578
I am stuck in an evil place, trusting the sweet words of an evil advisor.

1425 : 579
O Nanak, they alone are saved, who have such good destiny inscribed upon their foreheads. ||11||

1425 : 580
They alone sleep and dream in peace, who are imbued with the Love of their Husband Lord.

1425 : 581
Those who have been separated from the Love of their Master, scream and cry twenty-four hours a day. ||12||

1425 : 582
Millions are asleep, in the false illusion of Maya.

1425 : 583
O Nanak, they alone are awake and aware, who chant the Naam with their tongues. ||13||

1425 : 584
Seeing the mirage, the optical illusion, the people are confused and deluded.

1425 : 585
Those who worship and adore the True Lord, O Nanak, their minds and bodies are beautiful. ||14||

1425 : 586
The All-powerful Supreme Lord God, the Infinite Primal Being, is the Saving Grace of sinners.

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