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1God Himself bestows wisdom; meditate on the Name of the Lord.

2By great good fortune, one meets the True Guru, who places the Ambrosial Nectar in the mouth.

3When egotism and duality are eradicated, one intuitively merges in peace.

4He Himself is All-pervading; He Himself links us to His Name. ||2||

5The self-willed manmukhs, in their arrogant pride, do not find God; they are so ignorant and foolish!

6They do not serve the True Guru, and in the end, they regret and repent, over and over again.

7They are cast into the womb to be reincarnated, and within the womb, they rot.

8As it pleases my Creator Lord, the self-willed manmukhs wander around lost. ||3||

9My Lord God inscribed the full pre-ordained destiny upon the forehead.

10When one meets the Great and Courageous Guru, one meditates on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

11The Lord's Name is my mother and father; the Lord is my relative and brother.

12O Lord, Har, Har, please forgive me and unite me with Yourself. Servant Nanak is a lowly worm. ||4||3||17||37||

13Gauree Bairaagan, Third Mehla:

14From the True Guru, I obtained spiritual wisdom; I contemplate the Lord's essence.

15My polluted intellect was enlightened by chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

16The distinction between Shiva and Shakti - mind and matter - has been destroyed, and the darkness has been dispelled.

17The Lord's Name is loved by those, upon whose foreheads such pre-ordained destiny was written. ||1||

18How can the Lord be obtained, O Saints? Seeing Him, my life is sustained.

19Without the Lord, I cannot live, even for an instant. Unite me with the Guru, so that I may drink in the sublime essence of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

20I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and I listen to them daily; the Lord, Har, Har, has emancipated me.

21I have obtained the Lord's essence from the Guru; my mind and body are drenched with it.

22Blessed, blessed is the Guru, the True Being, who has blessed me with devotional worship of the Lord.

23From the Guru, I have obtained the Lord; I have made Him my Guru. ||2||

24The Sovereign Lord is the Giver of virtue. I am worthless and without virtue.

25The sinners sink like stones; through the Guru's Teachings, the Lord carries us across.

26You are the Giver of virtue, O Immaculate Lord; I am worthless and without virtue.

27I have entered Your Sanctuary, Lord; please save me, as You have saved the idiots and fools. ||3||

28Eternal celestial bliss comes through the Guru's Teachings, by meditating continually on the Lord, Har, Har.

29I have obtained the Lord God as my Best Friend, within the home of my own self. I sing the Songs of Joy.

30Please shower me with Your Mercy, O Lord God, that I may meditate on Your Name, Har, Har.

31Servant Nanak begs for the dust of the feet of those who have found the True Guru. ||4||4||18||38||

32Gauree Gwaarayree, Fourth Mehla, Chau-Padhay:

33One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

34The Pandit - the religious scholar - recites the Shaastras and the Simritees;

35the Yogi cries out, ""Gorakh, Gorakh"".

36But I am just a fool - I just chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||1||

37I do not know what my condition shall be, Lord.

38O my mind, vibrate and meditate on the Name of the Lord. You shall cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ||1||Pause||