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1Gauree, First Mehla:

2By Guru's Grace, one comes to understand, and then, the account is settled.

3In each and every heart is the Name of the Immaculate Lord; He is my Lord and Master. ||1||

4Without the Word of the Guru's Shabad, no one is emancipated. See this, and reflect upon it.

5Even though you may perform hundreds of thousands of rituals, without the Guru, there is only darkness. ||1||Pause||

6What can you say, to one who is blind and without wisdom?

7Without the Guru, the Path cannot be seen. How can anyone proceed? ||2||

8He calls the counterfeit genuine, and does not know the value of the genuine.

9The blind man is known as an appraiser; this Dark Age of Kali Yuga is so strange! ||3||

10The sleeper is said to be awake, and those who are awake are like sleepers.

11The living are said to be dead, and no one mourns for those who have died. ||4||

12One who is coming is said to be going, and one who is gone is said to have come.

13That which belongs to others, he calls his own, but he has no liking for that which is his. ||5||

14That which is sweet is said to be bitter, and the bitter is said to be sweet.

15One who is imbued with the Lord's Love is slandered - this is what I have seen in this Dark Age of Kali Yuga. ||6||

16He serves the maid, and does not see his Lord and Master.

17Churning the water in the pond, no butter is produced. ||7||

18One who understands the meaning of this verse is my Guru.

19O Nanak, one who knows his own self, is infinite and incomparable. ||8||

20He Himself is All-pervading; He Himself misleads the people.

21By Guru's Grace, one comes to understand, that God is contained in all. ||9||2||18||

22Raag Gauree Gwaarayree, Third Mehla, Ashtpadheeyaa:

23One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

24The pollution of the mind is the love of duality.

25Deluded by doubt, people come and go in reincarnation. ||1||

26The pollution of the self-willed manmukhs will never go away,

27as long as they do not dwell on the Shabad, and the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

28All the created beings are contaminated by emotional attachment;

29they die and are reborn, only to die over and over again. ||2||

30Fire, air and water are polluted.

31The food which is eaten is polluted. ||3||

32The actions of those who do not worship the Lord are polluted.

33Attuned to the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the mind becomes immaculate. ||4||

34Serving the True Guru, pollution is eradicated,

35and then, one does not suffer death and rebirth, or get devoured by death. ||5||

36You may study and examine the Shaastras and the Simritees,

37but without the Name, no one is liberated. ||6||

38Throughout the four ages, the Naam is the ultimate; reflect upon the Word of the Shabad.

39In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, only the Gurmukhs cross over. ||7||

40The True Lord does not die; He does not come or go.

41O Nanak, the Gurmukh remains absorbed in the Lord. ||8||1||

42Gauree, Third Mehla:

43Selfless service is the support of the breath of life of the Gurmukh.

44Keep the Dear Lord enshrined in your heart.

45The Gurmukh is honored in the Court of the True Lord. ||1||

46O Pandit, O religious scholar, read about the Lord, and renounce your corrupt ways.

47The Gurmukh crosses over the terrifying world-ocean. ||1||Pause||