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1So much sin and corruption comes from this pride. ||1||Pause||

2Everyone says that there are four castes, four social classes.

3They all emanate from the drop of God's Seed. ||2||

4The entire universe is made of the same clay.

5The Potter has shaped it into all sorts of vessels. ||3||

6The five elements join together, to make up the form of the human body.

7Who can say which is less, and which is more? ||4||

8Says Nanak, this soul is bound by its actions.

9Without meeting the True Guru, it is not liberated. ||5||1||

10Bhairao, Third Mehla:

11The Yogis, the householders, the Pandits, the religious scholars, and the beggars in religious robes

12- they are all asleep in egotism. ||1||

13They are asleep, intoxicated with the wine of Maya.

14Only those who remain awake and aware are not robbed. ||1||Pause||

15One who has met the True Guru, remains awake and aware.

16Such a person overpowers the five thieves. ||2||

17One who contemplates the essence of reality remains awake and aware.

18He kills his self-conceit, and does not kill anyone else. ||3||

19One who knows the One Lord remains awake and aware.

20He abandons the service of others, and realizes the essence of reality. ||4||

21Of the four castes, whoever remains awake and aware

22is released from birth and death. ||5||

23Says Nanak, that humble being remains awake and aware,

24who applies the ointment of spiritual wisdom to his eyes. ||6||2||

25Bhairao, Third Mehla:

26Whoever the Lord keeps in His Sanctuary,

27is attached to the Truth, and receives the fruit of Truth. ||1||

28O mortal, unto whom will you complain?

29The Hukam of the Lord's Command is pervasive; by the Hukam of His Command, all things happen. ||1||Pause||

30This Creation was established by You.

31In an instant You destroy it, and You create it again without a moment's delay. ||2||

32By His Grace, He has staged this Play.

33By the Guru's Merciful Grace, I have obtained the supreme status. ||3||

34Says Nanak, He alone kills and revives.

35Understand this well - do not be confused by doubt. ||4||3||

36Bhairao, Third Mehla:

37I am the bride; the Creator is my Husband Lord.

38As He inspires me, I adorn myself. ||1||

39When it pleases Him, He enjoys me.

40I am joined, body and mind, to my True Lord and Master. ||1||Pause||

41How can anyone praise or slander anyone else?

42The One Lord Himself is pervading and permeating all. ||2||

43By Guru's Grace, I am attracted by His Love.

44I shall meet with my Merciful Lord, and vibrate the Panch Shabad, the Five Primal Sounds. ||3||

45Prays Nanak, what can anyone do?

46He alone meets with the Lord, whom the Lord Himself meets. ||4||4||

47Bhairao, Third Mehla:

48He alone is a silent sage, who subdues his mind's duality.

49Subduing his duality, he contemplates God. ||1||

50Let each person examine his own mind, O Siblings of Destiny.

51Examine your mind, and you shall obtain the nine treasures of the Naam. ||1||Pause||

52The Creator created the world, upon the foundation of worldly love and attachment.

53Attaching it to possessiveness, He has led it into confusion with doubt. ||2||

54From this Mind come all bodies, and the breath of life.

55By mental contemplation, the mortal realizes the Hukam of the Lord's Command, and merges in Him. ||3||