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1- this is the longing of Nanak's mind. ||1||

2The one who fulfills wishes and gives us Sanctuary.

3That which He has written, comes to pass.

4He destroys and creates in the blink of an eye.

5No one else knows the mystery of His ways.

6He is the embodiment of ecstasy and everlasting joy.

7I have heard that all things are in His home.

8Among kings, He is the King; among yogis, He is the Yogi.

9Among ascetics, He is the Ascetic; among householders, He is the Consummator.

10By the constant practice of meditation, His devotee finds peace.

11O Nanak, no one has found the limits of that Supreme Being. ||2||

12There is no limit to His play.

13All the demigods have grown weary of searching for it.

14What does the son know of his father's birth?

15All are strung upon His string.

16He bestows good sense, spiritual wisdom and meditation on His humble servants and slaves who meditate on the Naam.

17He leads some astray in the three qualities;

18they are born and die, coming and going over and over again.

19The high and the low are His places.

20As He inspires us to know Him, O Nanak, so is He known. ||3||

21Many are His forms; many are His colors.

22Many are the appearances which He assumes, and yet He is still the One.

23In so many ways, He has extended Himself.

24The Eternal Lord God is the One, the Creator.

25He performs His many plays in an instant.

26The Perfect Lord is pervading all places.

27In so many ways, He created the creation.

28He alone can estimate His worth.

29All hearts are His, and all places are His.

30Nanak lives by chanting, chanting the Name of the Lord. ||4||

31The Naam is the Support of all creatures.

32The Naam is the Support of the earth and solar systems.

33The Naam is the Support of the Simritees, the Vedas and the Puraanas.

34The Naam is the Support by which we hear of spiritual wisdom and meditation.

35The Naam is the Support of the Akaashic ethers and the nether regions.

36The Naam is the Support of all bodies.

37The Naam is the Support of all worlds and realms.

38Associating with the Naam, listening to it with the ears, one is saved.

39Those whom the Lord mercifully attaches to His Naam

40- O Nanak, in the fourth state, those humble servants attain salvation. ||5||

41His form is true, and true is His place.

42His personality is true - He alone is supreme.

43His acts are true, and true is His Word.

44The True Lord is permeating all.

45True are His actions; His creation is true.

46His root is true, and true is what originates from it.

47True is His lifestyle, the purest of the pure.

48All goes well for those who know Him.

49The True Name of God is the Giver of peace.

50Nanak has obtained true faith from the Guru. ||6||

51True are the Teachings, and the Instructions of the Holy.

52True are those into whose hearts He enters.

53One who knows and loves the Truth

54chanting the Naam, he obtains salvation.

55He Himself is True, and all that He has made is true.

56He Himself knows His own state and condition.