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1Raag Gauree Gwaarayree, First Mehla, Chau-Padhay & Dho-Padhay:

2One 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:

3The Fear of God is overpowering, and so very heavy,

4while the intellect is lightweight, as is the speech one speaks.

5So place the Fear of God upon your head, and bear that weight;

6by the Grace of the Merciful Lord, contemplate the Guru. ||1||

7Without the Fear of God, no one crosses over the world-ocean.

8This Fear of God adorns the Love of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

9The fire of fear within the body is burnt away by the Fear of God.

10Through this Fear of God, we are adorned with the Word of the Shabad.

11Without the Fear of God, all that is fashioned is false.

12Useless is the mold, and useless are the hammer-strokes on the mold. ||2||

13The desire for the worldly drama arises in the intellect,

14but even with thousands of clever mental tricks, the heat of the Fear of God does not come into play.

15O Nanak, the speech of the self-willed manmukh is just wind.

16His words are worthless and empty, like the wind. ||3||1||

17Gauree, First Mehla:

18Place the Fear of God within the home of your heart; with this Fear of God in your heart, all other fears shall be frightened away.

19What sort of fear is that, which frightens other fears?

20Without You, I have other place of rest at all.

21Whatever happens is all according to Your Will. ||1||

22Be afraid, if you have any fear, other than the Fear of God.

23Afraid of fear, and living in fear, the mind is held in tumult. ||1||Pause||

24The soul does not die; it does not drown, and it does not swim across.

25The One who created everything does everything.

26By the Hukam of His Command we come, and by the Hukam of His Command we go.

27Before and after, His Command is pervading. ||2||

28Cruelty, attachment, desire and egotism

29there is great hunger in these, like the raging torrent of a wild stream.

30Let the Fear of God be your food, drink and support.

31Without doing this, the fools simply die. ||3||

32If anyone really has anyone else - how rare is that person!

33All are Yours - You are the Lord of all.

34All beings and creatures, wealth and property belong to Him.

35O Nanak, it is so difficult to describe and contemplate Him. ||4||2||

36Gauree, First Mehla:

37Let wisdom be your mother, and contentment your father.

38Let Truth be your brother - these are your best relatives. ||1||

39He has been described, but He cannot be described at all.

40Your All-pervading creative nature cannot be estimated. ||1||Pause||