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1The wandering mind is restrained and held in its place.

2The True Name is enshrined in the mind. ||4||

3The exciting and intoxicating worldly plays come to an end,

4for those who accept the Guru's Teachings, and become lovingly attuned to the One Lord.

5Seeing this, the fire in the water is extinguished.

6They alone realize this, who are blessed by great good fortune. ||5||

7Serving the True Guru, doubt is dispelled.

8Those who are lovingly attuned to the True Lord remain awake and aware night and day.

9They know the One Lord, and no other.

10Serving the Giver of peace, they become immaculate. ||6||

11Selfless service and intuitive awareness come by reflecting upon the Word of the Shabad.

12Chanting, intensive meditation and austere self-discipline come by subduing the ego.

13One becomes Jivan-mukta - liberated while yet alive, by listening to the Shabad.

14Living a truthful way of life, one finds true peace. ||7||

15The Giver of peace is the Eradicator of pain.

16I cannot conceive of serving any other.

17I place my body, mind and wealth in offering before Him.

18Says Nanak, I have tasted the supreme, sublime Essence of the Lord. ||8||2||

19Prabhaatee, First Mehla:

20You may perform exercises of inner purification, and fire up the furnace of the Kundalini, inhaling and exhaling and holding the breath.

21Without the True Guru, you will not understand; deluded by doubt, you shall drown and die.

22The spiritually blind are filled with filth and pollution; they may wash, but the filth within shall never depart.

23Without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, all their actions are useless, like the magician who deceives through illuions. ||1||

24The merits of the six religious rituals are obtained through the Immaculate Naam.

25You, O Lord, are the Ocean of virtue; I am so unworthy. ||1||Pause||

26Running around chasing the entanglements of Maya is an evil-minded act of corruption.

27The fool makes a show of his self-conceit; he does not know how to behave.

28The self-willed manmukh is enticed by his desires for Maya; his words are useless and empty.

29The ritual cleansings of the sinner are fradulent; his rituals and decorations are useless and empty. ||2||

30False is the wisdom of the mind; its actions inspire useless disputes.

31The false are filled with egotism; they do not obtain the sublime taste of their Lord and Master.

32Without the Name, whatever else they do is tasteless and insipid.

33Associating with their enemies, they are plundered and ruined. Their speech is poison, and their lives are useless. ||3||

34Do not be deluded by doubt; do not invite your own death.

35Serve the True Guru, and you shall be at peace forever.

36Without the True Guru, no one is liberated.

37They come and go in reincarnation; they die, only to be reborn and die again. ||4||

38This body wanders, caught in the three dispositions.

39It is afflicted by sorrow and suffering.

40So serve the One who has no mother or father.

41Desire and selfishness shall depart from within. ||5||

42Wherever I look, I see Him.

43Without meeting the True Guru, no one is liberated.

44Enshrine the True One in your heart; this is the most excellent action.

45All other hypocritical actions and devotions bring only ruin. ||6||

46When one is rid of duality, then he realizes the Word of the Shabad.

47Inside and out, he knows the One Lord.

48This is the most Excellent Wisdom of the Shabad.

49Ashes fall on the heads of those who are in duality. ||7||

50To praise the Lord through the Guru's Teachings is the most excellent action.

51In the Society of the Saints, contemplate the Glories of God and His spiritual wisdom.

52Whoever subdues his mind, knows the state of being dead while yet alive.

53O Nanak, by His Grace, the Gracious Lord is realized. ||8||3||