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1You believed that this body was permanent, but it shall turn to dust.

2Why don't you chant the Name of the Lord, you shameless fool? ||1||

3Let devotional worship of the Lord enter into your heart, and abandon the intellectualism of your mind.

4O Servant Nanak, this is the way to live in the world. ||2||4||

5One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred. Image Of The Undying. Beyond Birth. Self-Existent. By Guru's Grace:

6Shalok Sehskritee, First Mehla:

7You study the scriptures, say your prayers and argue;

8you worship stones and sit like a crane, pretending to meditate.

9You speak lies and well-ornamented falsehood,

10and recite your daily prayers three times a day.

11The mala is around your neck, and the sacred tilak mark is on your forehead.

12You wear two loin cloths, and keep your head covered.

13If you know God and the nature of karma,

14you know that all these rituals and beliefs are useless.

15Says Nanak, meditate on the Lord with faith.

16Without the True Guru, no one finds the Way. ||1||

17The mortal's life is fruitless, as long as he does not know God.

18Only a few, by Guru's Grace, cross over the world-ocean.

19The Creator, the Cause of causes, is All-powerful. Thus speaks Nanak, after deep deliberation.

20The Creation is under the control of the Creator. By His Power, He sustains and supports it. ||2||

21The Shabad is Yoga, the Shabad is spiritual wisdom; the Shabad is the Vedas for the Brahmin.

22The Shabad is heroic bravery for the Khshaatriya; the Shabad is service to others for the Soodra.

23The Shabad for all is the Shabad, the Word of the One God, for one who knows this secret.

24Nanak is the slave of the Divine, Immaculate Lord. ||3||

25The One Lord is the Divinity of all divinities. He is the Divinity of the soul.

26Nanak is the slave of that one who knows the Secrets of the soul and the Supreme Lord God. He is the Divine Immaculate Lord Himself. ||4||

27Shalok Sehskritee , Fifth Mehla:

28One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred. Image Of The Undying. Beyond Birth. Self-Existent. By Guru's Grace:

29Who is the mother, and who is the father? Who is the son, and what is the pleasure of marriage?

30Who is the brother, friend, companion and relative? Who is emotionally attached to the family?

31Who is restlessly attached to beauty? It leaves, as soon as we see it.

32Only the meditative remembrance of God remains with us. O Nanak, it brings the blessings of the Saints, the sons of the Imperishable Lord. ||1||