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1Contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad, and be rid of your ego.

2True Yoga shall come to dwell in your mind. ||8||

3He blessed you with body and soul, but you do not even think of Him.

4You fool! Visiting graves and cremation grounds is not Yoga. ||9||

5Nanak chants the sublime, glorious Bani of the Word.

6Understand it, and appreciate it. ||10||5||

7Basant, First Mehla:

8In duality and evil-mindedness, the mortal acts blindly.

9The self-willed manmukh wanders, lost in the darkness. ||1||

10The blind man follows blind advice.

11Unless one takes the Guru's Way, his doubt is not dispelled. ||1||Pause||

12The manmukh is blind; he does not like the Guru's Teachings.

13He has become a beast; he cannot get rid of his egotistical pride. ||2||

14God created 8.4 million species of beings.

15My Lord and Master, by the Pleasure of His Will, creates and destroys them. ||3||

16All are deluded and confused, without the Word of the Shabad and good conduct.

17He alone is instructed in this, who is blessed by the Guru, the Creator. ||4||

18The Guru's servants are pleasing to our Lord and Master.

19The Lord forgives them, and they no longer fear the Messenger of Death. ||5||

20Those who love the One Lord with all their heart

21- He dispels their doubts and unites them with Himself. ||6||

22God is Independent, Endless and Infinite.

23The Creator Lord is pleased with Truth. ||7||

24O Nanak, the Guru instructs the mistaken soul.

25He implants the Truth within him, and shows him the One Lord. ||8||6||

26Basant, First Mehla:

27He Himself is the bumble bee, the fruit and the vine.

28He Himself unites us with the Sangat - the Congregation, and the Guru, our Best Friend. ||1||

29O bumble bee, suck in that fragrance,

30which causes the trees to flower, and the woods to grow lush foliage. ||1||Pause||

31He Himself is Lakshmi, and He Himself is her husband.

32He established the world by Word of His Shabad, and He Himself ravishes it. ||2||

33He Himself is the calf, the cow and the milk.

34He Himself is the Support of the body-mansion. ||3||

35He Himself is the Deed, and He Himself is the Doer.

36As Gurmukh, He contemplates Himself. ||4||

37You create the creation, and gaze upon it, O Creator Lord.

38You give Your Support to the uncounted beings and creatures. ||5||

39You are the Profound, Unfathomable Ocean of Virtue.

40You are the Unknowable, the Immaculate, the most Sublime Jewel. ||6||

41You Yourself are the Creator, with the Potency to create.

42You are the Independent Ruler, whose people are at peace. ||7||

43Nanak is satisfied with the subtle taste of the Lord's Name.

44Without the Beloved Lord and Master, life is meaningless. ||8||7||

45Basant Hindol, First Mehla, Second House:

46One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

47The nine regions, the seven continents, the fourteen worlds, the three qualities and the four ages - You established them all through the four sources of creation, and You seated them in Your mansions.

48He placed the four lamps, one by one, into the hands of the four ages. ||1||

49O Merciful Lord, Destroyer of demons, Lord of Lakshmi, such is Your Power - Your Shakti. ||1||Pause||

50Your army is the fire in the home of each and every heart. And Dharma - righteous living is the ruling chieftain.

51The earth is Your great cooking pot; Your beings receive their portions only once. Destiny is Your gate-keeper. ||2||

52But the mortal becomes unsatisfied, and begs for more; his fickle mind brings him disgrace.