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1Prabhaatee, Ashtpadheeyaa, First Mehla, Bibhaas:

2One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

3The insanity of duality has driven the mind insane.

4In false greed, life is wasting away.

5Duality clings to the mind; it cannot be restrained.

6The True Guru saves us, implanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord within. ||1||

7Without subduing the mind, Maya cannot be subdued.

8The One who created this, He alone understands. Contemplating the Word of the Shabad, one is carried across the terrifying world-ocean. ||1||Pause||

9Gathering the wealth of Maya, kings become proud and arrogant.

10But this Maya that they love so much shall not go along with them in the end.

11There are so many colors and flavors of attachment to Maya.

12Except for the Name, no one has any friend or companion. ||2||

13According to one's own mind, one sees the minds of others.

14According to one's desires, one's condition is determined.

15According to one's actions, one is focused and tuned in.

16Seeking the advice of the True Guru, one finds the home of peace and poise. ||3||

17In music and song, the mind is caught by the love of duality.

18Filled with deception deep within, one suffers in terrible pain.

19Meeting with the True Guru, one is blessed with clear understanding,

20and remains lovingly attuned to the True Name. ||4||

21Through the True Word of the Shabad, one practices Truth.

22He sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord, through the True Word of His Bani.

23He dwells in the home of his own heart deep within, and obtains the immortal status.

24Then, he is blessed with honor in the Court of the True Lord. ||5||

25Without serving the Guru, there is no devotional worship,

26even though one may make all sorts of efforts.

27If one eradicates egotism and selfishness through the Shabad,

28the Immaculate Naam comes to abide in the mind. ||6||

29In this world, the practice of the Shabad is the most excellent occupation.

30Without the Shabad, everything else is the darkness of emotional attachment.

31Through the Shabad, the Naam is enshrined within the heart.

32Through the Shabad, one obtains clear understanding and the door of salvation. ||7||

33There is no other Creator except the All-seeing Lord God.

34The True Lord Himself is Infinite and Incomparably Beautiful.

35Through the Lord's Name, one obtains the most sublime and exalted state.

36O Nanak, how rare are those humble beings, who seek and find the Lord. ||8||1||

37Prabhaatee, First Mehla:

38Emotional attachment to Maya is spread out all over the world.

39Seeing a beautiful woman, the man is overcome with sexual desire.

40His love for his children and gold steadily increases.

41He sees everything as his own, but he does not own the One Lord. ||1||

42I meditate as I chant on such a mala,

43that I rise above pleasure and pain; I attain the most wondrous devotional worship of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

44O Treasure of Virtue, Your limits cannot be found.

45Through the True Word of the Shabad, I am absorbed into You.

46You Yourself created the comings and goings of reincarnation.

47They alone are devotees, who focus their consciousness on You. ||2||

48Spiritual wisdom and meditation on the Lord, the Lord of Nirvaanaa

49- without meeting the True Guru, no one knows this.

50The Lord's Light fills the sacred pools of all beings.

51I am a sacrifice to the Embodiment of Bliss. ||3||

52Through the Guru's Teachings, one achieves loving devotional worship.

53The Shabad burns away egotism from within.