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1Meeting with them, love for God is embraced. ||1||

2By Guru's Grace, bliss is obtained.

3Meditating upon Him in remembrance, the mind is illumined; his state and condition cannot be described. ||1||Pause||

4Fasts, religious vows, cleansing baths, and worship to Him;

5listening to the Vedas, Puraanas, and Shaastras.

6Extremely pure is he, and immaculate is his place,

7who meditates upon the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, in the Saadh Sangat. ||2||

8That humble being becomes renowned all over the world.

9Even sinners are purified, by the dust of his feet.

10One who has met the Lord, the Lord our King,

11his condition and state cannot be described. ||3||

12Twenty-four hours a day, with palms pressed together, I meditate;

13I yearn to obtain the Blessed Vision of the Darshan of those Holy Saints.

14Merge me, the poor one, with You, O Lord;

15Nanak has come to Your Sanctuary. ||4||38||89||

16Aasaa, Fifth Mehla:

17Twenty-four hours a day, he takes his cleansing bath in water;

18he makes continual offerings to the Lord; he is a true man of wisdom.

19He never leaves anything uselessly.

20Again and again, he falls at the Lord's Feet. ||1||

21Such is the Saalagraam, the stone idol, which I serve;

22such is my worship, flower-offerings and divine adoration as well. ||1||Pause||

23His bell resounds to the four corners of the world.

24His seat is forever in heaven.

25His chauri, his fly-brush, waves over all.

26His incense is ever-fragrant. ||2||

27He is treasured in each and every heart.

28The Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, is His Eternal Court.

29His Aartee, his lamp-lit worship service, is the Kirtan of His Praises, which brings lasting bliss.

30His Greatness is so beautiful, and ever limitless. ||3||

31He alone obtains it, who is so pre-ordained;

32he takes to the Sanctuary of the Saints' Feet.

33I hold in my hands the Saalagraam of the Lord.

34Says Nanak, the Guru has given me this Gift. ||4||39||90||

35Aasaa, Fifth Mehla, Panch-Pada:

36That highway, upon which the water-carrier is plundered

37- that way is far removed from the Saints. ||1||

38The True Guru has spoken the Truth.

39Your Name, O Lord, is the Way to Salvation; the road of the Messenger of Death is far away. ||1||Pause||

40That place, where the greedy toll-collector dwells

41- that path remains far removed from the Lord's humble servant. ||2||

42There, where so very many caravans of men are caught,

43the Holy Saints remain with the Supreme Lord. ||3||

44Chitra and Gupat, the recording angels of the conscious and the unconscious, write the accounts of all mortal beings,

45but they cannot even see the Lord's humble devotees. ||4||

46Says Nanak, one whose True Guru is Perfect

47- the unblown bugles of ecstasy vibrate for him. ||5||40||91||

48Aasaa, Fifth Mehla, Du-Pada 1:

49In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, the Naam is learned;

50all desires and tasks are fulfilled.

51My thirst has been quenched, and I am satiated with the Lord's Praise.

52I live by chanting and meditating upon the Lord, the Sustainer of the earth. ||1||

53I have entered the Sanctuary of the Creator, the Cause of all causes.

54By Guru's Grace, I have entered the home of celestial bliss. Darkness is dispelled, and the moon of wisdom has risen. ||1||Pause||