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1Nanak: grant me the Gift of Your Name, Lord, that I may string it and keep it within my heart. ||55||

2Shalok:

3The Divine Guru is our mother, the Divine Guru is our father; the Divine Guru is our Lord and Master, the Transcendent Lord.

4The Divine Guru is my companion, the Destroyer of ignorance; the Divine Guru is my relative and brother.

5The Divine Guru is the Giver, the Teacher of the Lord's Name. The Divine Guru is the Mantra which never fails.

6The Divine Guru is the image of peace, truth and wisdom. The Divine Guru is the Philosopher's Stone - touching it, one is transformed.

7The Divine Guru is the sacred shrine of pilgrimage, and the pool of divine nectar; bathing in the Guru's wisdom, one experiences the Infinite.

8The Divine Guru is the Creator, and the Destroyer of all sins; the Divine Guru is the Purifier of sinners.

9The Divine Guru existed in the very 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.

10O God, please be merciful to me, that I may be with the Divine Guru; I am a foolish sinner, but holding onto Him, I will be carried across.

11The 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||

12Read this Shalok at the beginning, and at the end. ||

13Gauree Sukhmani, Fifth Mehla,

14Shalok:

15One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

16I bow to the Primal Guru.

17I bow to the Guru of the ages.

18I bow to the True Guru.

19I bow to the Great, Divine Guru. ||1||

20Ashtapadee:

21Meditate, meditate, meditate in remembrance of Him, and find peace.

22Worry and anguish shall be dispelled from your body.

23Remember in praise the One who pervades the whole Universe.

24His Name is chanted by countless people, in so many ways.

25The Vedas, the Puraanas and the Simritees, the purest of utterances,

26were created from the One Word of the Name of the Lord.

27That one, in whose soul the One Lord dwells

28the praises of his glory cannot be recounted.

29Those who yearn only for the blessing of Your Darshan

30- Nanak: save me along with them! ||1||

31Sukhmani: Peace of Mind, the Nectar of the Name of God.

32The minds of the devotees abide in a joyful peace. ||Pause||

33Remembering God, one does not have to enter into the womb again.

34Remembering God, the pain of death is dispelled.

35Remembering God, death is eliminated.

36Remembering God, one's enemies are repelled.

37Remembering God, no obstacles are met.

38Remembering God, one remains awake and aware, night and day.

39Remembering God, one is not touched by fear.

40Remembering God, one does not suffer sorrow.

41The meditative remembrance of God is in the Company of the Holy.

42All treasures, O Nanak, are in the Love of the Lord. ||2||

43In the remembrance of God are wealth, miraculous spiritual powers and the nine treasures.

44In the remembrance of God are knowledge, meditation and the essence of wisdom.

45In the remembrance of God are chanting, intense meditation and devotional worship.

46In the remembrance of God, duality is removed.

47In the remembrance of God are purifying baths at sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

48In the remembrance of God, one attains honor in the Court of the Lord.

49In the remembrance of God, one becomes good.

50In the remembrance of God, one flowers in fruition.

51They alone remember Him in meditation, whom He inspires to meditate.