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1Give up all your clever tricks and devices,

2and hold tight to the Feet of the Saints. ||2||

3The One, who holds all creatures in His Hands,

4is never separated from them; He is with them all.

5Abandon your clever devices, and grasp hold of His Support.

6In an instant, you shall be saved. ||3||

7Know that He is always near at hand.

8Accept the Order of God as True.

9Through the Guru's Teachings, eradicate selfishness and conceit.

10O Nanak, chant and meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||4||4||73||

11Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehla:

12The Guru's Word is eternal and everlasting.

13The Guru's Word cuts away the noose of Death.

14The Guru's Word is always with the soul.

15Through the Guru's Word, one is immersed in the Love of the Lord. ||1||

16Whatever the Guru gives, is useful to the mind.

17Whatever the Saint does - accept that as True. ||1||Pause||

18The Guru's Word is infallible and unchanging.

19Through the Guru's Word, doubt and prejudice are dispelled.

20The Guru's Word never goes away;

21through the Guru's Word, we sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||2||

22The Guru's Word accompanies the soul.

23The Guru's Word is the Master of the masterless.

24The Guru's Word saves one from falling into hell.

25Through the Guru's Word, the tongue savors the Ambrosial Nectar. ||3||

26The Guru's Word is revealed in the world.

27Through the Guru's Word, no one suffers defeat.

28O Nanak, the True Guru is always kind and compassionate, unto those whom the Lord Himself has blessed with His Mercy. ||4||5||74||

29Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehla:

30He makes jewels out of the dust,

31and He managed to preserve you in the womb.

32He has given you fame and greatness;

33meditate on that God, twenty-four hours a day. ||1||

34O Lord, I seek the dust of the feet of the Holy.

35Meeting the Guru, I meditate on my Lord and Master. ||1||Pause||

36He transformed me, the fool, into a fine speaker,

37and He made the unconscious become conscious;

38by His Grace, I have obtained the nine treasures.

39May I never forget that God from my mind. ||2||

40He has given a home to the homeless;

41He has given honor to the dishonored.

42He has fulfilled all desires;

43remember Him in meditation, day and night, with every breath and every morsel of food. ||3||

44By His Grace, the bonds of Maya are cut away.

45By Guru's Grace, the bitter poison has become Ambrosial Nectar.

46Says Nanak, I cannot do anything;

47I praise the Lord, the Protector. ||4||6||75||

48Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehla:

49In His Sanctuary, there is no fear or sorrow.

50Without Him, nothing at all can be done.

51I have renounced clever tricks, power and intellectual corruption.

52God is the Protector of His servant. ||1||

53Meditate, O my mind, on the Lord, Raam, Raam, with love.

54Within your home, and beyond it, He is always with you. ||1||Pause||

55Keep His Support in your mind.