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1In doubt and emotional attachment, this person understands nothing; with this leash, these feet are tied up. ||2||

2What did this person do, when he did not exist?

3When the Immaculate and Formless Lord God was all alone, He did everything by Himself. ||3||

4He alone knows His actions; He created this creation.

5Says Nanak, the Lord Himself is the Doer. The True Guru has dispelled my doubts. ||4||5||163||

6Gauree Maalaa, Fifth Mehla:

7Without the Lord, other actions are useless.

8Meditative chants, intense deep meditation, austere self-discipline and rituals - these are plundered in this world. ||1||Pause||

9Fasting, daily rituals, and austere self-discipline - those who keep the practice of these, are rewarded with less than a shell.

10Hereafter, the way is different, O Siblings of Destiny. There, these things are of no use at all. ||1||

11Those who bathe at sacred shrines of pilgrimage, and wander over the earth, find no place of rest hereafter.

12There, these are of no use at all. By these things, they only please other people. ||2||

13Reciting the four Vedas from memory, they do not obtain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence hereafter.

14Those who do not understand the One Pure Word, utter total nonsense. ||3||

15Nanak voices this opinion: those who practice it, swim across.

16Serve the Guru, and meditate on the Naam; renounce the egotistical pride from your mind. ||4||6||164||

17Gauree Maalaa, Fifth Mehla:

18O Lord, I chant Your Name, Har, Har, Har.

19I cannot do anything by myself, O Lord and Master. As You keep me, so I remain. ||1||Pause||

20What can the mere mortal do? What is in the hands of this poor creature?

21As You attach us, so we are attached, O my Perfect Lord and Master. ||1||

22Take pity on me, O Great Giver of all, that I may enshrine love for Your Form alone.

23Nanak offers this prayer to the Lord, that he may chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||2||7||165||

24Raag Gauree Maajh, Fifth Mehla:

25One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

26O Merciful to the meek, O Dear Lord King,

27You have engaged millions of people in Your Service.

28You are the Lover of Your devotees; this is Your Nature.

29You are totally pervading all places. ||1||

30How can I behold my Beloved? What is that way of life?

31Become the slave of the Saints, and serve at their feet.

32I dedicate this soul; I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice to them.

33Bowing low, I fall at the Feet of the Lord. ||2||

34The Pandits, the religious scholars, study the books of the Vedas.

35Some become renunciates, and bathe at sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

36Some sing tunes and melodies and songs.

37But I meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Fearless Lord. ||3||

38My Lord and Master has become merciful to me.

39I was a sinner, and I have been sanctified, taking to the Guru's Feet.