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1Those who are committed to the Naam, see the world as merely a temporary pasture.

2Sexual desire and anger are broken, like a jar of poison.

3Without the merchandise of the Name, the house of the body and the store of the mind are empty.

4Meeting the Guru, the hard and heavy doors are opened. ||4||

5One meets the Holy Saint only through perfect destiny.

6The Lord's perfect people rejoice in the Truth.

7Surrendering their minds and bodies, they find the Lord with intuitive ease.

8Nanak falls at their feet. ||5||6||

9Gauree, First Mehla:

10The conscious mind is engrossed in sexual desire, anger and Maya.

11The conscious mind is awake only to falsehood, corruption and attachment.

12It gathers in the assets of sin and greed.

13So swim across the river of life, O my mind, with the Sacred Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||

14Waaho! Waaho! - Great! Great is my True Lord! I seek Your All-powerful Support.

15I am a sinner - You alone are pure. ||1||Pause||

16Fire and water join together, and the breath roars in its fury!

17The tongue and the sex organs each seek to taste.

18The eyes which look upon corruption do not know the Love and the Fear of God.

19Conquering self-conceit, one obtains the Name. ||2||

20One who dies in the Word of the Shabad, shall never again have to die.

21Without such a death, how can one attain perfection?

22The mind is engrossed in deception, treachery and duality.

23Whatever the Immortal Lord does, comes to pass. ||3||

24So get aboard that boat when your turn comes.

25Those who fail to embark upon that boat shall be beaten in the Court of the Lord.

26Blessed is that Gurdwara, the Guru's Gate, where the Praises of the True Lord are sung.

27O Nanak, the One Creator Lord is pervading hearth and home. ||4||7||

28Gauree, First Mehla:

29The inverted heart-lotus has been turned upright, through reflective meditation on God.

30From the Sky of the Tenth Gate, the Ambrosial Nectar trickles down.

31The Lord Himself is pervading the three worlds. ||1||

32O my mind, do not give in to doubt.

33When the mind surrenders to the Name, it drinks in the essence of Ambrosial Nectar. ||1||Pause||

34So win the game of life; let your mind surrender and accept death.

35When the self dies, the individual mind comes to know the Supreme Mind.

36As the inner vision is awakened, one comes to know one's own home, deep within the self. ||2||

37The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is austerity, chastity and cleansing baths at sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

38What good are ostentatious displays?

39The All-pervading Lord is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts. ||3||

40If I had faith in someone else, then I would go to that one's house.

41But where should I go, to beg? There is no other place for me.

42O Nanak, through the Guru's Teachings, I am intuitively absorbed in the Lord. ||4||8||

43Gauree, First Mehla:

44Meeting the True Guru, we are shown the way to die.

45Remaining alive in this death brings joy deep within.

46Overcoming egotistical pride, the Tenth Gate is found. ||1||

47Death is pre-ordained - no one who comes can remain here.

48So chant and meditate on the Lord, and remain in the Sanctuary of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

49Meeting the True Guru, duality is dispelled.

50The heart-lotus blossoms forth, and the mind is attached to the Lord God.

51One who remains dead while yet alive obtains the greatest happiness hereafter. ||2||

52Meeting the True Guru, one becomes truthful, chaste and pure.

53Climbing up the steps of the Guru's Path, one becomes the highest of the high.

54When the Lord grants His Mercy, the fear of death is conquered. ||3||

55Uniting in Guru's Union, we are absorbed in His Loving Embrace.

56Granting His Grace, He reveals the Mansion of His Presence, within the home of the self.

57O Nanak, conquering egotism, we are absorbed into the Lord. ||4||9||