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1The Perfect Guru has fashioned His perfect fashion.

2O Nanak, the Lord's devotees are blessed with glorious greatness. ||4||24||

3Aasaa, Fifth Mehla:

4I have shaped this mind in the mold of the Guru's Word.

5Beholding the Blessed Vision of the Guru's Darshan, I have gathered the wealth of the Lord. ||1||

6O sublime understanding, come, enter into my mind,

7that I may meditate and sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe, and love so dearly the Lord's Name. ||1||Pause||

8I am satisfied and satiated by the True Name.

9My cleansing bath at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage is the dust of the Saints. ||2||

10I recognize that the One Creator is contained in all.

11Joining the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, my understanding is refined. ||3||

12I have become the servant of all; I have renounced my ego and pride.

13The Guru has given this gift to Nanak. ||4||25||

14Aasaa, Fifth Mehla:

15My intellect has been enlightened, and my understanding is perfect.

16Thus my evil-mindedness, which kept me far from Him, has been removed. ||1||

17Such are the Teachings which I have received from the Guru;

18while I was drowning in the pitch black well, I was saved, O my Siblings of Destiny. ||1||Pause||

19The Guru is the boat to cross over the totally unfathomable ocean of fire; He is treasure of jewels. ||2||

20This ocean of Maya is dark and treacherous.

21The Perfect Guru has revealed the way to cross over it. ||3||

22I do not have the ability to chant or practice intense meditation.

23Guru Nanak seeks Your Sanctuary. ||4||26||

24Aasaa, Fifth Mehla, Thi-Padhay:

25One who drinks in the Lord's sublime essence is forever imbued with it,

26while other essences wear off in an instant.

27Intoxicated with the Lord's sublime essence, the mind is forever in ecstasy.

28Other essences bring only anxiety. ||1||

29One who drinks in the Lord's sublime essence, is intoxicated and enraptured;

30all other essences have no effect. ||1||Pause||

31The value of the Lord's sublime essence cannot be described.

32The Lord's sublime essence permeates the homes of the Holy.

33One may spend thousands and millions, but it cannot be purchased.

34He alone obtains it, who is so pre-ordained. ||2||

35Tasting it, Nanak is wonder-struck.

36Through the Guru, Nanak has obtained this taste.

37Here and hereafter, it does not leave him.

38Nanak is imbued and enraptured with the Lord's subtle essence. ||3||27||

39Aasaa, Fifth Mehla:

40If she renounces and eliminates her sexual desire, anger, greed and attachment, and her evil-mindedness and self-conceit as well;

41and if, becoming humble, she serves Him, then she becomes dear to her Beloved's Heart. ||1||

42Listen, O beautiful soul-bride: By the Word of the Holy Saint, you shall be saved.

43Your pain, hunger and doubt shall vanish, and you shall obtain peace, O happy soul-bride. ||1||Pause||

44Washing the Guru's feet, and serving Him, the soul is sanctified, and the thirst for sin is quenched.

45If you become the slave of the slave of the Lord's slaves, then you shall obtain honor in the Court of the Lord. ||2||

46This is right conduct, and this is the correct lifestyle, to obey the Command of the Lord's Will; this is your devotional worship.

47One who practices this Mantra, O Nanak, swims across the terrifying world-ocean. ||3||28||