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1One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

2Raag Gauree, Ninth Mehla

3: Holy Saadhus: forsake the pride of your mind.

4Sexual desire, anger and the company of evil people - run away from them, day and night. ||1||Pause||

5One who knows that pain and pleasure are both the same, and honor and dishonor as well,

6who remains detached from joy and sorrow, realizes the true essence in the world. ||1||

7Renounce both praise and blame; seek instead the state of Nirvaanaa.

8O servant Nanak, this is such a difficult game; only a few Gurmukhs understand it! ||2||1||

9Gauree, Ninth Mehla:

10Holy Saadhus: the Lord fashioned the creation.

11One person passes away, and another thinks that he will live forever - this is a wonder beyond understanding! ||1||Pause||

12The mortal beings are held in the power of sexual desire, anger and emotional attachment; they have forgotten the Lord, the Immortal Form.

13The body is false, but they believe it to be true; it is like a dream in the night. ||1||

14Whatever is seen, shall all pass away, like the shadow of a cloud.

15O servant Nanak, one who knows the world to be unreal, dwells in the Sanctuary of the Lord. ||2||2||

16Gauree, Ninth Mehla:

17The Praise of the Lord does not come to dwell in the minds of the mortal beings.

18Day and night, they remain engrossed in Maya. Tell me, how can they sing God's Glories? ||1||Pause||

19In this way, they bind themselves to children, friends, Maya and possessiveness.

20Like the deer's delusion, this world is false; and yet, beholding it, they chase after it. ||1||

21Our Lord and Master is the source of pleasures and liberation; and yet, the fool forgets Him.

22O servant Nanak, among millions, there is scarcely anyone who attains the Lord's meditation. ||2||3||

23Gauree, Ninth Mehla:

24Holy Saadhus: this mind cannot be restrained.

25Fickle desires dwell with it, and so it cannot remain steady. ||1||Pause||

26The heart is filled with anger and violence, which cause all sense to be forgotten.

27The jewel of spiritual wisdom has been taken away from everyone; nothing can withstand it. ||1||

28The Yogis have tried everything and failed; the virtuous have grown weary of singing God's Glories.

29O servant Nanak, when the Lord becomes merciful, then every effort is successful. ||2||4||

30Gauree, Ninth Mehla:

31Holy Saadhus: sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe.

32You have obtained the priceless jewel of this human life; why are you uselessly wasting it? ||1||Pause||

33He is the Purifier of sinners, the Friend of the poor. Come, and enter the Lord's Sanctuary.

34Remembering Him, the elephant's fear was removed; so why do you forget Him? ||1||

35Renounce your egotistical pride and your emotional attachment to Maya; focus your consciousness on the Lord's meditation.

36Says Nanak, this is the path to liberation. Become Gurmukh, and attain it. ||2||5||

37Gauree, Ninth Mehla:

38O mother, if only someone would instruct my wayward mind.