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1My treasure-house is overflowing with rubies and jewels;

2I meditate on the Formless Lord, and so they never run short.

3How rare is that humble being, who drinks in the Ambrosial Nectar of the Word of the Shabad.

4O Nanak, he attains the state of highest dignity. ||2||41||92||

5Aasaa, Seventh House, Fifth Mehla:

6Meditate continually on the Name of the Lord within your heart.

7Thus you shall save all your companions and associates. ||1||

8My Guru is always with me, near at hand.

9Meditating, meditating in remembrance on Him, I cherish Him forever. ||1||Pause||

10Your actions seem so sweet to me.

11Nanak begs for the treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||2||42||93||

12Aasaa, Fifth Mehla:

13The world is saved by the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

14The Name of the Lord is the Support of the mind. ||1||

15The Saints worship and adore the Lotus Feet of the Divine Guru;

16they love the Beloved Lord. ||1||Pause||

17She who has such good destiny written upon her forehead,

18says Nanak, is blessed with the eternal happy marriage with the Lord. ||2||43||94||

19Aasaa, Fifth Mehla:

20The Order of my Husband Lord seems so sweet to me.

21My Husband Lord has driven out the one who was my rival.

22My Beloved Husband has decorated me, His happy soul-bride.

23He has quieted the burning thirst of my mind. ||1||

24It is good that I submitted to the Will of my Beloved Lord.

25I have realized celestial peace and poise within this home of mine. ||Pause||

26I am the hand-maiden, the attendant of my Beloved Lord.

27He is eternal and imperishable, inaccessible and infinite.

28Holding the fan, sitting at His Feet, I wave it over my Beloved.

29The five demons who tortured me have run away. ||2||

30I am not from a noble family, and I am not beautiful.

31What do I know? Why am I pleasing to my Beloved?

32I am a poor orphan, destitute and dishonored.

33My Husband took me in, and made me His queen. ||3||

34When I saw my Beloved's face before me,

35I became so happy and peaceful; my married life was blessed.

36Says Nanak, my desires are fulfilled.

37The True Guru has united me with God, the treasure of excellence. ||4||1||95||

38Aasaa, Fifth Mehla:

39A frown creases her forehead, and her look is evil.

40Her speech is bitter, and her tongue is rude.

41She is always hungry, and she believes her Husband to be far away. ||1||

42Such is Maya, the woman, which the One Lord has created.

43She is devouring the whole world, but the Guru has saved me, O my Siblings of Destiny. ||Pause||

44Administering her poisons, she has overcome the whole world.

45She has bewitched Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.

46Only those Gurmukhs who are attuned to the Naam are blessed. ||2||

47Performing fasts, religious observances and atonements, the mortals have grown weary.

48They wander over the entire planet, on pilgrimages to the banks of sacred rivers.

49But they alone are saved, who seek the Sanctuary of the True Guru. ||3||

50Attached to Maya, the whole world is in bondage.

51The foolish self-willed manmukhs are consumed by their egotism.

52Taking me by the arm, Guru Nanak has saved me. ||4||2||96||

53Aasaa, Fifth Mehla:

54Everything is painful, when one forgets the Lord Master.

55Here and hereafter, such a mortal is useless. ||1||

56The Saints are satisfied, meditating on the Lord, Har, Har.