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1By Guru's Grace, I have obtained the sublime essence of the Lord; I have received the wealth of the Naam and the nine treasures. ||1||Pause||

2Those whose karma and Dharma - whose actions and faith - are in the True Name of the True Lord

3I am forever a sacrifice to them.

4Those who are imbued with the Lord are accepted and respected.

5In their company, the supreme wealth is obtained. ||2||

6Blessed is that bride, who has obtained the Lord as her Husband.

7She is imbued with the Lord, and she reflects upon the Word of His Shabad.

8She saves herself, and saves her family and friends as well.

9She serves the True Guru, and contemplates the essence of reality. ||3||

10The True Name is my social status and honor.

11The love of the Truth is my karma and Dharma - my faith and my actions, and my self-control.

12O Nanak, one who is forgiven by the Lord is not called to account.

13The One Lord erases duality. ||4||14||

14Aasaa, First Mehla:

15Some come, and after they come, they go.

16Some are imbued with the Lord; they remain absorbed in Him.

17Some find no place of rest at all, on the earth or in the sky.

18Those who do not meditate on the Name of the Lord are the most unfortunate. ||1||

19From the Perfect Guru, the way to salvation is obtained.

20This world is a terrifying ocean of poison; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the Lord helps us cross over. ||1||Pause||

21Those, whom God unites with Himself,

22cannot be crushed by death.

23The beloved Gurmukhs remain immaculately pure,

24like the lotus in the water, which remains untouched. ||2||

25Tell me: who should we call good or bad?

26Behold the Lord God; the truth is revealed to the Gurmukh.

27I speak the Unspoken Speech of the Lord, contemplating the Guru's Teachings.

28I join the Sangat, the Guru's Congregation, and I find God's limits. ||3||

29The Shaastras, the Vedas, the Simritees and all their many secrets;

30bathing at the sixty-eight holy places of pilgrimage - all this is found by enshrining the sublime essence of the Lord in the heart.

31The Gurmukhs are immaculately pure; no filth sticks to them.

32O Nanak, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, abides in the heart, by the greatest pre-ordained destiny. ||4||15||

33Aasaa, First Mehla:

34Bowing down, again and again, I fall at the Feet of my Guru; through Him, I have seen the Lord, the Divine Self, within.

35Through contemplation and meditation, the Lord dwells within the heart; see this, and understand. ||1||

36So speak the Lord's Name, which shall emancipate you.

37By Guru's Grace, the jewel of the Lord is found; ignorance is dispelled, and the Divine Light shines forth. ||1||Pause||

38By merely saying it with the tongue, one's bonds are not broken, and egotism and doubt do not depart from within.

39But when one meets the True Guru, egotism departs, and then, one realizes his destiny. ||2||

40The Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is sweet and dear to His devotees; it is the ocean of peace - enshrine it within the heart.

41The Lover of His devotees, the Life of the World, the Lord bestows the Guru's Teachings upon the intellect, and one is emancipated. ||3||

42One who dies fighting against his own stubborn mind finds God, and the desires of the mind are quieted.

43O Nanak, if the Life of the World bestows His Mercy, one is intuitively attuned to the Love of the Lord. ||4||16||

44Aasaa, First Mehla:

45Unto whom do they speak? Unto whom do they preach? Who understands? Let them understand themselves.

46Who do they teach? Through study, they come to realize the Lord's Glorious Virtues. Through the Shabad, the Word of the True Guru, they come to dwell in contentment. ||1||