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1You are the Great Giver; I am Your slave.

2Please be merciful and bless me with Your Ambrosial Naam, and the jewel, the lamp of the Guru's spiritual wisdom. ||6||

3From the union of the five elements, this body was made.

4Finding the Lord, the Supreme Soul, peace is established.

5The good karma of past actions brings fruitful rewards, and man is blessed with the jewel of the Lord's Name. ||7||

6His mind does not feel any hunger or thirst.

7He knows the Immaculate Lord to be everywhere, in each and every heart.

8Imbued with the Lord's Ambrosial essence, he becomes a pure, detached renunciate; he is lovingly absorbed in the Guru's Teachings. ||8||

9Whoever does the deeds of the soul, day and night,

10sees the immaculate Divine Light deep within.

11Enraptured with the delightful essence of the Shabad, the source of nectar, my tongue plays the sweet music of the flute. ||9||

12He alone plays the sweet music of this flute,

13who knows the three worlds.

14O Nanak, know this, through the Guru's Teachings, and lovingly focus yourself on the Lord's Name. ||10||

15Rare are those beings in this world,

16who contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad, and remain detached.

17They save themselves, and save all their associates and ancestors; fruitful is their birth and coming into this world. ||11||

18He alone knows the home of his own heart, and the door to the temple,

19who obtains perfect understanding from the Guru.

20In the body-fortress is the palace; God is the True Master of this Palace. The True Lord established His True Throne there. ||12||

21The fourteen realms and the two lamps are the witnesses.

22The Lord's servants, the self-elect, do not taste the poison of corruption.

23Deep within, is the priceless, incomparable commodity; meeting with the Guru, the wealth of the Lord is obtained. ||13||

24He alone sits on the throne, who is worthy of the throne.

25Following the Guru's Teachings, he subdues the five demons, and becomes the Lord's foot soldier.

26He has existed from the very beginning of time and throughout the ages; He exists here and now, and will always exist. Meditating on Him, skepticism and doubt are dispelled. ||14||

27The Lord of the Throne is greeted and worshipped day and night.

28This true glorious greatness comes to those who love the Guru's Teachings.

29O Nanak, meditate on the Lord, and swim across the river; they find the Lord, their best friend, in the end. ||15||1||18||

30Maaroo, First Mehla:

31Gather in the wealth of the Lord, O humble Siblings of Destiny.

32Serve the True Guru, and remain in His Sanctuary.

33This wealth cannot be stolen; the celestial melody of the Shabad wells up and keeps us awake and aware. ||1||

34You are the One Universal Creator, the Immaculate King.

35You Yourself arrange and resolve the affairs of Your humble servant.

36You are immortal, immovable, infinite and priceless; O Lord, Your place is beautiful and eternal. ||2||

37In the body-village, the most sublime place,

38the supremely noble people dwell.

39Above them is the Immaculate Lord, the One Universal Creator; they are lovingly absorbed in the profound, primal state of Samaadhi. ||3||

40There are nine gates to the body-village;

41the Creator Lord fashioned them for each and every person.

42Within the Tenth Gate, dwells the Primal Lord, detached and unequalled. The unknowable reveals Himself. ||4||

43The Primal Lord cannot be held to account; True is His Celestial Court.

44The Hukam of His Command is in effect; True is His Insignia.

45O Nanak, search and examine your own home, and you shall find the Supreme Soul, and the Name of the Lord. ||5||