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1Without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, O Nanak, all are reduced to dust. ||1||

2Pauree:

3DHADHA: The dust of the feet of the Saints is sacred.

4Blessed are those whose minds are filled with this longing.

5They do not seek wealth, and they do not desire paradise.

6They are immersed in the deep love of their Beloved, and the dust of the feet of the Holy.

7How can worldly affairs affect those who do not abandon the One Lord, and who go nowhere else?

8One whose heart is filled with God's Name,

9O Nanak, is a perfect spiritual being of God. ||4||

10Shalok:

11By all sorts of religious robes, knowledge, meditation and stubborn-mindedness, no one has ever met God.

12Says Nanak, those upon whom God showers His Mercy, are devotees of spiritual wisdom. ||1||

13Pauree:

14NGANGA: Spiritual wisdom is not obtained by mere words of mouth.

15It is not obtained through the various debates of the Shaastras and scriptures.

16They alone are spiritually wise, whose minds are firmly fixed on the Lord.

17Hearing and telling stories, no one attains Yoga.

18They alone are spiritually wise, who remain firmly committed to the Lord's Command.

19Heat and cold are all the same to them.

20The true people of spiritual wisdom are the Gurmukhs, who contemplate the essence of reality;

21O Nanak, the Lord showers His Mercy upon them. ||5||

22Shalok:

23Those who have come into the world without understanding are like animals and beasts.

24O Nanak, those who become Gurmukh understand; upon their foreheads is such pre-ordained destiny. ||1||

25Pauree:

26They have come into this world to meditate on the One Lord.

27But ever since their birth, they have been enticed by the fascination of Maya.

28Upside-down in the chamber of the womb, they performed intense meditation.

29They remembered God in meditation with each and every breath.

30But now, they are entangled in things which they must leave behind.

31They forget the Great Giver from their minds.

32O Nanak, those upon whom the Lord showers His Mercy, do not forget Him, here or hereafter. ||6||

33Shalok:

34By His Command, we come, and by His Command, we go; no one is beyond His Command.

35Coming and going in reincarnation is ended, O Nanak, for those whose minds are filled with the Lord. ||1||

36Pauree:

37This soul has lived in many wombs.

38Enticed by sweet attachment, it has been trapped in reincarnation.

39This Maya has subjugated beings through the three qualities.

40Maya has infused attachment to itself in each and every heart.

41O friend, tell me some way,

42by which I may swim across this treacherous ocean of Maya.

43The Lord showers His Mercy, and leads us to join the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation.

44O Nanak, Maya does not even come near. ||7||

45Shalok:

46God Himself causes one to perform good and bad actions.

47The beast indulges in egotism, selfishness and conceit; O Nanak, without the Lord, what can anyone do? ||1||

48Pauree:

49The One Lord Himself is the Cause of all actions.

50He Himself distributes sins and noble acts.

51In this age, people are attached as the Lord attaches them.

52They receive that which the Lord Himself gives.

53No one knows His limits.

54Whatever He does, comes to pass.

55From the One, the entire expanse of the Universe emanated.

56O Nanak, He Himself is our Saving Grace. ||8||

57Shalok:

58Man remains engrossed in women and playful pleasures; the tumult of his passion is like the dye of the safflower, which fades away all too soon.

59O Nanak, seek God's Sanctuary, and your selfishness and conceit shall be taken away. ||1||