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1As long as there is the breath of life, meditate on the True Lord.

2You shall receive the profit of singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and find peace. ||1||Pause||

3True is Your Service; bless me with it, O Merciful Lord.

4I live by praising You; You are my Anchor and Support. ||2||

5I am Your servant, the gate-keeper at Your Gate; You alone know my pain.

6How wonderful is Your devotional worship! It removes all pains. ||3||

7The Gurmukhs know that by chanting the Naam, they shall dwell in His Court, in His Presence.

8True and acceptable is that time, when one recognizes the Word of the Shabad. ||4||

9Those who practice Truth, contentment and love, obtain the supplies of the Lord's Name.

10So banish corruption from your mind, and the True One will grant you Truth. ||5||

11The True Lord inspires true love in the truthful.

12He Himself administers justice, as it pleases His Will. ||6||

13True is the gift of the True, Compassionate Lord.

14Day and night, I serve the One whose Name is priceless. ||7||

15You are so sublime, and I am so lowly, but I am called Your slave.

16Please, shower Nanak with Your Glance of Grace, that he, the separated one, may merge with You again, O Lord. ||8||21||

17Aasaa, First Mehla:

18How can coming and going, the cycle of reincarnation be ended? And how can one meet the Lord?

19The pain of birth and death is so great, in constant skepticism and duality. ||1||

20Without the Name, what is life? Cleverness is detestable and cursed.

21One who does not serve the Holy True Guru, is not pleased by devotion to the Lord. ||1||Pause||

22Coming and going is ended only when one finds the True Guru.

23He gives the wealth and capital of the Lord's Name, and false doubt is destroyed. ||2||

24Joining the humble Saintly beings, let us sing the blessed, blessed Praises of the Lord.

25The Primal Lord, the Infinite, is obtained by the Gurmukh. ||3||

26The drama of the world is staged like the show of a buffoon.

27For an instant, for a moment, the show is seen, but it disappears in no time at all. ||4||

28The game of chance is played on the board of egotism, with the pieces of falsehood and ego.

29The whole world loses; he alone wins, who reflects upon the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||5||

30As is the cane in the hand of the blind man, so is the Lord's Name for me.

31The Lord's Name is my Support, night and day and morning. ||6||

32As You keep me, Lord, I live; the Lord's Name is my only Support.

33It is my only comfort in the end; the gate of salvation is found by His humble servants. ||7||

34The pain of birth and death is removed, by chanting and meditating on the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

35O Nanak, one who does not forget the Naam, is saved by the Perfect Guru. ||8||22||

36Aasaa, Third Mehla, Ashtpadheeyaa, Second House:

37One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

38The Shaastras, the Vedas and the Simritees are contained in the ocean of Your Name; the River Ganges is held in Your Feet.

39The intellect can understand the world of the three modes, but You, O Primal Lord, are totally astounding. ||1||

40Servant Nanak meditates on His Feet, and chants the Ambrosial Word of His Bani. ||1||Pause||

41Three hundred thirty million gods are Your servants. You bestow wealth, and the supernatural powers of the Siddhas; You are the Support of the breath of life.