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1The six Shaastras may be read to a fool,

2but it is like the wind blowing in the ten directions. ||3||

3It is like threshing a crop without any corn - nothing is gained.

4In the same way, no benefit comes from the faithless cynic. ||4||

5As the Lord attaches them, so are all attached.

6Says Nanak, God has formed such a form. ||5||5||

7Bhairao, Fifth Mehla:

8He created the soul, the breath of life and the body.

9He created all beings, and knows their pains. ||1||

10The Guru, the Lord of the Universe, is the Helper of the soul.

11Here and herafter, He always provides shade. ||1||Pause||

12Worship and adoration of God is the pure way of life.

13In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, the love of duality vanishes. ||2||

14Friends, well-wishers and wealth will not support you.

15Blessed, blessed is my Lord. ||3||

16Nanak utters the Ambrosial Bani of the Lord.

17Except the One Lord, he does not know any other at all. ||4||6||

18Bhairao, Fifth Mehla:

19The Lord is in front of me, and the Lord is behind me.

20My Beloved Lord, the Source of Nectar, is in the middle as well. ||1||

21God is my Shaastra and my favorable omen.

22In His Home and Mansion, I find peace, poise and bliss. ||1||Pause||

23Chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, with my tongue, and hearing it with my ears, I live.

24Meditating, meditating in remembrance on God, I have become eternal, permanent and stable. ||2||

25The pains of countless lifetimes have been erased.

26The Unstruck Sound-current of the Shabad, the Word of God, vibrates in the Court of the Lord. ||3||

27Granting His Grace, God has blended me with Himself.

28Nanak has entered the Sanctuary of God. ||4||7||

29Bhairao, Fifth Mehla:

30It brings millions of desires to fulfillment.

31On the Path of Death, It will go with you and help you. ||1||

32The Naam, the Name of the Lord of the Universe, is the holy water of the Ganges.

33Whoever meditates on it, is saved; drinking it in, the mortal does not wander in reincarnation again. ||1||Pause||

34It is my worship, meditation, austerity and cleansing bath.

35Meditating in remembrance on the Naam, I have become free of desire. ||2||

36It is my domain and empire, wealth, mansion and court.

37Meditating in remembrance on the Naam brings perfect conduct. ||3||

38Slave Nanak has deliberated, and has come to this conclusion:

39Without the Lord's Name, everything is false and worthless, like ashes. ||4||8||

40Bhairao, Fifth Mehla:

41The poison had absolutely no harmful effect.

42But the wicked Brahmin died in pain. ||1||

43The Supreme Lord God Himself has saved His humble servant.

44The sinner died through the Power of the Guru. ||1||Pause||

45The humble servant of the Lord and Master meditates on Him.

46He Himself has destroyed the ignorant sinner. ||2||

47God is the Mother, the Father and the Protector of His slave.

48The face of the slanderer, here and hereafter, is blackened. ||3||

49The Transcendent Lord has heard the prayer of servant Nanak.

50The filthy sinner lost hope and died. ||4||9||

51Bhairao, Fifth Mehla:

52Excellent, excellent, excellent, excellent, excellent is Your Name.

53False, false, false, false is pride in the world. ||1||Pause||

54The glorious vision of Your slaves, O Infinite Lord, is wonderful and beauteous.