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

2Gauree, Baavan Akhree ~ The 52 Letters, Fifth Mehla:

3Shalok:

4The Divine Guru is my mother, the Divine Guru is my father; the Divine Guru is my Transcendent Lord and Master.

5The Divine Guru is my companion, the Destroyer of ignorance; the Divine Guru is my relative and brother.

6The Divine Guru is the Giver, the Teacher of the Lord's Name. The Divine Guru is the Mantra which never fails.

7The Divine Guru is the Image of peace, truth and wisdom. The Divine Guru is the Philosopher's Stone - touching it, one is transformed.

8The Divine Guru is the sacred shrine of pilgrimage, and the pool of divine ambrosia; bathing in the Guru's wisdom, one experiences the Infinite.

9The Divine Guru is the Creator, and the Destroyer of all sins; the Divine Guru is the Purifier of sinners.

10The Divine Guru existed at the primal beginning, throughout the ages, in each and every age. The Divine Guru is the Mantra of the Lord's Name; chanting it, one is saved.

11O God, please be merciful to me, that I may be with the Divine Guru; I am a foolish sinner, but holding onto Him, I am carried across.

12The Divine Guru is the True Guru, the Supreme Lord God, the Transcendent Lord; Nanak bows in humble reverence to the Lord, the Divine Guru. ||1||

13Shalok:

14He Himself acts, and causes others to act; He Himself can do everything.

15O Nanak, the One Lord is pervading everywhere; there has never been any other, and there never shall be. ||1||

16Pauree:

17ONG: I humbly bow in reverence to the One Universal Creator, to the Holy True Guru.

18In the beginning, in the middle, and in the end, He is the Formless Lord.

19He Himself is in the absolute state of primal meditation; He Himself is in the seat of peace.

20He Himself listens to His Own Praises.

21He Himself created Himself.

22He is His Own Father, He is His Own Mother.

23He Himself is subtle and etheric; He Himself is manifest and obvious.

24O Nanak, His wondrous play cannot be understood. ||1||

25O God, Merciful to the meek, please be kind to me,

26that my mind might become the dust of the feet of Your Saints. ||Pause||

27Shalok:

28He Himself is formless, and also formed; the One Lord is without attributes, and also with attributes.

29Describe the One Lord as One, and Only One; O Nanak, He is the One, and the many. ||1||

30Pauree:

31ONG: The One Universal Creator created the Creation through the Word of the Primal Guru.

32He strung it upon His one thread.

33He created the diverse expanse of the three qualities.

34From formless, He appeared as form.

35The Creator has created the creation of all sorts.

36The attachment of the mind has led to birth and death.

37He Himself is above both, untouched and unaffected.

38O Nanak, He has no end or limitation. ||2||

39Shalok:

40Those who gather Truth, and the riches of the Lord's Name, are rich and very fortunate.

41O Nanak, truthfulness and purity are obtained from Saints such as these. ||1||

42Pauree:

43SASSA: True, True, True is that Lord.

44No one is separate from the True Primal Lord.

45They alone enter the Lord's Sanctuary, whom the Lord inspires to enter.

46Meditating, meditating in remembrance, they sing and preach the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

47Doubt and skepticism do not affect them at all.

48They behold the manifest glory of the Lord.

49They are the Holy Saints - they reach this destination.

50Nanak is forever a sacrifice to them. ||3||

51Shalok:

52Why are you crying out for riches and wealth? All this emotional attachment to Maya is false.