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1In the Fear of God and loving devotion, Nanak is exalted and enraptured, forever and ever a sacrifice to Him. ||2||4||49||

2Kaanraa, Fifth Mehla:

3The debaters debate and argue their arguments.

4The Yogis and meditators, religious and spiritual teachers roam and ramble, wandering endlessly all over the earth. ||1||Pause||

5They are egotistical, self-centered and conceited, foolish, stupid, idiotic and insane.

6Wherever they go and wander, death is always with them, forever and ever and ever and ever. ||1||

7Give up your pride and stubborn self-conceit; death, yes, death, is always close and near at hand.

8Vibrate and meditate on the Lord, Har, Haray, Haray. Says Nanak, listen you fool: without vibrating, and meditating, and dwelling on Him, your life is uselessly wasting away. ||2||5||50||12||62||

9Kaanraa, Ashtpadheeyaa, Fourth Mehla, First House:

10One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

11Chant the Name of the Lord, O mind, and find peace.

12The more you chant and meditate, the more you will be at peace; serve the True Guru, and merge in the Lord. ||1||Pause||

13Each and every instant, the humble devotees long for Him; chanting the Naam, they find peace.

14The taste of other pleasures is totally eradicated; nothing pleases them, except the Name. ||1||

15Following the Guru's Teachings, the Lord seems sweet to them; the Guru inspires them to speak sweet words.

16Through the Word of the True Guru's Bani, the Primal Lord God is revealed; so focus your consciousness on His Bani. ||2||

17Hearing the Word of the Guru's Bani, my mind has been softened and saturated with it; my mind has returned to its own home deep within.

18The Unstruck Melody resonates and resounds there continuously; the stream of nectar trickles down constantly. ||3||

19Singing the Name of the One Lord each and every instant, and following the Guru's Teachings, the mind is absorbed in the Naam.

20Listening to the Naam, the mind is pleased with the Naam, and satisfied with the Naam. ||4||

21People wear lots of bracelets, glittering with gold; they wear all sorts of fine clothes.

22But without the Naam, they are all bland and insipid. They are born, only to die again, in the cycle of reincarnation. ||5||

23The veil of Maya is a thick and heavy veil, a whirlpool which destroys one's home.

24Sins and corrupt vices are totally heavy, like rusted slag. They will not let you cross over the poisonous and treacherous world-ocean. ||6||

25Let the Fear of God and neutral detachment be the boat; the Guru is the Boatman, who carries us across in the Word of the Shabad.

26Meeting with the Lord, the Name of the Lord, merge in the Lord, the Name of the Lord. ||7||

27Attached to ignorance, people are falling asleep; attached to the Guru's spiritual wisdom, they awaken.

28O Nanak, by His Will, He makes us walk as He pleases. ||8||1||

29Kaanraa, Fourth Mehla:

30O mind, chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, and be carried across.

31Whoever chants and meditates on it is emancipated. Like Dhroo and Prahlaad, they merge in the Lord. ||1||Pause||