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1Egotism binds people in bondage, and causes them to wander around lost.

2O Nanak, peace is obtained through devotional worship of the Lord. ||8||13||

3Gauree, First Mehla:

4First, Brahma entered the house of Death.

5Brahma entered the lotus, and searched the nether regions, but he did not find the end of it.

6He did not accept the Lord's Order - he was deluded by doubt. ||1||

7Whoever is created, shall be destroyed by Death.

8But I am protected by the Lord; I contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||1||Pause||

9All the gods and goddesses are enticed by Maya.

10Death cannot be avoided, without serving the Guru.

11That Lord is Imperishable, Invisible and Inscrutable. ||2||

12The sultans, emperors and kings shall not remain.

13Forgetting the Name, they shall endure the pain of death.

14My only Support is the Naam, the Name of the Lord; as He keeps me, I survive. ||3||

15The leaders and kings shall not remain.

16The bankers shall die, after accumulating their wealth and money.

17Grant me, O Lord, the wealth of Your Ambrosial Naam. ||4||

18The people, rulers, leaders and chiefs

19none of them shall be able to remain in the world.

20Death is inevitable; it strikes the heads of the false. ||5||

21Only the One Lord, the Truest of the True, is permanent.

22He who created and fashioned everything, shall destroy it.

23One who becomes Gurmukh and meditates on the Lord is honored. ||6||

24The Qazis, Shaykhs and Fakeers in religious robes

25call themselves great; but through their egotism, their bodies are suffering in pain.

26Death does not spare them, without the Support of the True Guru. ||7||

27The trap of Death is hanging over their tongues and eyes.

28Death is over their ears, when they hear talk of evil.

29Without the Shabad, they are plundered, day and night. ||8||

30Death cannot touch those whose hearts are filled with the True Name of the Lord, and who sing the Glories of God.

31O Nanak, the Gurmukh is absorbed in the Word of the Shabad. ||9||14||

32Gauree, First Mehla:

33They speak the Truth - not an iota of falsehood.

34The Gurmukhs walk in the Way of the Lord's Command.

35They remain unattached, in the Sanctuary of the True Lord. ||1||

36They dwell in their true home, and Death does not touch them.

37The self-willed manmukhs come and go, in the pain of emotional attachment. ||1||Pause||

38So, drink deeply of this Nectar, and speak the Unspoken Speech.

39Dwelling in the home of your own being within, you shall find the home of intuitive peace.

40One who is imbued with the Lord's sublime essence, is said to experience this peace. ||2||

41Following the Guru's Teachings, one becomes perfectly stable, and never wavers.

42Following the Guru's Teachings, one intuitively chants the Name of the True Lord.

43Drinking in this Ambrosial Nectar, and churning it, the essential reality is discerned. ||3||

44Beholding the True Guru, I have received His Teachings.

45I have offered my mind and body, after searching deep within my own being.

46I have come to realize the value of understanding my own soul. ||4||

47The Naam, the Name of the Immaculate Lord, is the most excellent and sublime food.

48The pure swan-souls see the True Light of the Infinite Lord.

49Wherever I look, I see the One and Only Lord. ||5||

50One who remains pure and unblemished and practices only true deeds,

51obtains the supreme status, serving at the Guru's Feet.

52The mind is reconciliated with the mind, and the ego's wandering ways come to an end. ||6||

53In this way, who - who has not been saved?

54The Lord's Praises have saved His Saints and devotees.