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1With your hands and feet, work for the Saints.

2O Nanak, this way of life is obtained by God's Grace. ||10||

3Shalok:

4Describe the Lord as the One, the One and Only. How rare are those who know the taste of this essence.

5The Glories of the Lord of the Universe cannot be known. O Nanak, He is totally amazing and wonderful! ||11||

6Pauree:

7The eleventh day of the lunar cycle: Behold the Lord, the Lord, near at hand.

8Subdue the desires of your sexual organs, and listen to the Lord's Name.

9Let your mind be content, and be kind to all beings.

10In this way, your fast will be successful.

11Keep your wandering mind restrained in one place.

12Your mind and body shall become pure, chanting the Lord's Name.

13The Supreme Lord God is pervading amongst all.

14O Nanak, sing the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises; this alone is the eternal faith of Dharma. ||11||

15Shalok:

16Evil-mindedness is eliminated, by meeting with and serving the compassionate Holy Saints.

17Nanak is merged with God; all his entanglements have come to an end. ||12||

18Pauree:

19The twelfth day of the lunar cycle: Dedicate yourself to giving charity, chanting the Naam and purification.

20Worship the Lord with devotion, and get rid of your pride.

21Drink in the Ambrosial Nectar of the Lord's Name, in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

22The mind is satisfied by lovingly singing the Kirtan of God's Praises.

23The Sweet Words of His Bani soothe everyone.

24The soul, the subtle essence of the five elements, cherishes the Nectar of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

25This faith is obtained from the Perfect Guru.

26O Nanak, dwelling upon the Lord, you shall not enter the womb of reincarnation again. ||12||

27Shalok:

28Engrossed in the three qualities, one's efforts do not succeed.

29When the Saving Grace of sinners dwells in the mind, O Nanak, then one is saved by the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||13||

30Pauree:

31The thirteenth day of the lunar cycle: The world is in the fever of the three qualities.

32It comes and goes, and is reincarnated in hell.

33Meditation on the Lord, Har, Har, does not enter into the minds of the people.

34They do not sing the Praises of God, the Ocean of peace, even for an instant.

35This body is the embodiment of pleasure and pain.

36It suffers from the chronic and incurable disease of Maya.

37By day, people practice corruption, wearing themselves out.

38And then with sleep in their eyes, they mutter in dreams.

39Forgetting the Lord, this is their condition.

40Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of God, the kind and compassionate Primal Being. ||13||

41Shalok:

42The Lord is pervading in all the four directions and the fourteen worlds.

43O Nanak, He is not seen to be lacking anything; His works are perfectly complete. ||14||

44Pauree:

45The fourteenth day of the lunar cycle: God Himself is in all four directions.

46On all worlds, His radiant glory is perfect.

47The One God is diffused in the ten directions.

48Behold God in all the earth and sky.

49In the water, on the land, in the forests and mountains, and in the nether regions of the underworld,

50the Merciful Transcendent Lord is abiding.

51The Lord God is in all mind and matter, subtle and manifest.

52O Nanak, the Gurmukh realizes God. ||14||

53Shalok:

54The soul is conquered, through the Guru's Teachings, singing the Glories of God.

55By the Grace of the Saints, fear is dispelled, O Nanak, and anxiety is ended. ||15||

56Pauree:

57The day of the new moon: My soul is at peace; the Divine Guru has blessed me with contentment.