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1Second Mehla:

2If a hundred moons were to rise, and a thousand suns appeared,

3even with such light, there would still be pitch darkness without the Guru. ||2||

4First Mehla:

5O Nanak, those who do not think of the Guru, and who think of themselves as clever,

6shall be left abandoned in the field, like the scattered sesame.

7They are abandoned in the field, says Nanak, and they have a hundred masters to please.

8The wretches bear fruit and flower, but within their bodies, they are filled with ashes. ||3||

9Pauree:

10He Himself created Himself; He Himself assumed His Name.

11Secondly, He fashioned the creation; seated within the creation, He beholds it with delight.

12You Yourself are the Giver and the Creator; by Your Pleasure, You bestow Your Mercy.

13You are the Knower of all; You give life, and take it away again with a word.

14Seated within the creation, You behold it with delight. ||1||

15Shalok, First Mehla:

16True are Your worlds, True are Your solar Systems.

17True are Your realms, True is Your creation.

18True are Your actions, and all Your deliberations.

19True is Your Command, and True is Your Court.

20True is the Command of Your Will, True is Your Order.

21True is Your Mercy, True is Your Insignia.

22Hundreds of thousands and millions call You True.

23In the True Lord is all power, in the True Lord is all might.

24True is Your Praise, True is Your Adoration.

25True is Your almighty creative power, True King.

26O Nanak, true are those who meditate on the True One.

27Those who are subject to birth and death are totally false. ||1||

28First Mehla:

29Great is His greatness, as great as His Name.

30Great is His greatness, as True is His justice.

31Great is His greatness, as permanent as His Throne.

32Great is His greatness, as He knows our utterances.

33Great is His greatness, as He understands all our affections.

34Great is His greatness, as He gives without being asked.

35Great is His greatness, as He Himself is all-in-all.

36O Nanak, His actions cannot be described.

37Whatever He has done, or will do, is all by His Own Will. ||2||

38Second Mehla:

39This world is the room of the True Lord; within it is the dwelling of the True Lord.

40By His Command, some are merged into Him, and some, by His Command, are destroyed.

41Some, by the Pleasure of His Will, are lifted up out of Maya, while others are made to dwell within it.

42No one can say who will be rescued.

43O Nanak, he alone is known as Gurmukh, unto whom the Lord reveals Himself. ||3||

44Pauree:

45O Nanak, having created the souls, the Lord installed the Righteous Judge of Dharma to read and record their accounts.

46There, only the Truth is judged true; the sinners are picked out and separated.

47The false find no place there, and they go to hell with their faces blackened.

48Those who are imbued with Your Name win, while the cheaters lose.

49The Lord installed the Righteous Judge of Dharma to read and record the accounts. ||2||

50Shalok, First Mehla:

51Wonderful is the sound current of the Naad, wonderful is the knowledge of the Vedas.

52Wonderful are the beings, wonderful are the species.

53Wonderful are the forms, wonderful are the colors.

54Wonderful are the beings who wander around naked.