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1I am unworthy and ungrateful, but He has been merciful to me.

2My mind and body have been cooled and soothed; the Ambrosial Nectar rains down in my mind.

3The Supreme Lord God, the Guru, has become kind and compassionate to me.

4Slave Nanak beholds the Lord, enraptured. ||4||10||23||

5Bhairao, Fifth Mehla:

6My True Guru is totally independent.

7My True Guru is adorned with Truth.

8My True Guru is the Giver of all.

9My True Guru is the Primal Creator Lord, the Architect of Destiny. ||1||

10There is no deity equal to the Guru.

11Whoever has good destiny inscribed on his forehead, applies himself to seva - selfless service. ||1||Pause||

12My True Guru is the Sustainer and Cherisher of all.

13My True Guru kills and revives.

14The glorious greatness of my True Guru has become manifest everywhere. ||2||

15My True Guru is the power of the powerless.

16My True Guru is my home and court.

17I am forever a sacrifice to the True Guru.

18He has shown me the path. ||3||

19One who serves the Guru is not afflicted with fear.

20One who serves the Guru does not suffer in pain.

21Nanak has studied the Simritees and the Vedas.

22There is no difference between the Supreme Lord God and the Guru. ||4||11||24||

23Bhairao, Fifth Mehla:

24Repeating the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the mortal is exalted and glorified.

25Repeating the Naam, sin is banished from the body.

26Repeating the Naam, all festivals are celebrated.

27Repeating the Naam, one is cleansed at the sixty-eight sacred shrines. ||1||

28My sacred shrine of pilgrimage is the Name of the Lord.

29The Guru has instructed me in the true essence of spiritual wisdom. ||1||Pause||

30Repeating the Naam, the mortal's pains are taken away.

31Repeating the Naam, the most ignorant people become spiritual teachers.

32Repeating the Naam, the Divine Light blazes forth.

33Repeating the Naam, one's bonds are broken. ||2||

34Repeating the Naam, the Messenger of Death does not draw near.

35Repeating the Naam, one finds peace in the Court of the Lord.

36Repeating the Naam, God gives His Approval.

37The Naam is my true wealth. ||3||

38The Guru has instructed me in these sublime teachings.

39The Kirtan of the Lord's Praises and the Naam are the Support of the mind.

40Nanak is saved through the atonement of the Naam.

41Other actions are just to please and appease the people. ||4||12||25||

42Bhairao, Fifth Mehla:

43I bow in humble worship, tens of thousands of times.

44I offer this mind as a sacrifice.

45Meditating in remembrance on Him, sufferings are erased.

46Bliss wells up, and no disease is contracted. ||1||

47Such is the diamond, the Immaculate Naam, the Name of the Lord.

48Chanting it, all works are perfectly completed. ||1||Pause||

49Beholding Him, the house of pain is demolished.

50The mind seizes the cooling, soothing, Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam.

51Millions of devotees worship His Feet.

52He is the Fulfiller of all the mind's desires. ||2||

53In an instant, He fills the empty to over-flowing.

54In an instant, He transforms the dry into green.

55In an instant, He gives the homeless a home.

56In an instant, He bestows honor on the dishonored. ||3||