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1One who meets the True Guru finds peace.

2He enshrines the Name of the Lord in his mind.

3O Nanak, when the Lord grants His Grace, He is obtained.

4He becomes free of hope and fear, and burns away his ego with the Word of the Shabad. ||2||

5Pauree:

6Your devotees are pleasing to Your Mind, Lord. They look beautiful at Your door, singing Your Praises.

7O Nanak, those who are denied Your Grace, find no shelter at Your Door; they continue wandering.

8Some do not understand their origins, and without cause, they display their self-conceit.

9I am the Lord's minstrel, of low social status; others call themselves high caste.

10I seek those who meditate on You. ||9||

11Shalok, First Mehla:

12False is the king, false are the subjects; false is the whole world.

13False is the mansion, false are the skyscrapers; false are those who live in them.

14False is gold, and false is silver; false are those who wear them.

15False is the body, false are the clothes; false is incomparable beauty.

16False is the husband, false is the wife; they mourn and waste away.

17The false ones love falsehood, and forget their Creator.

18With whom should I become friends, if all the world shall pass away?

19False is sweetness, false is honey; through falsehood, boat-loads of men have drowned.

20Nanak speaks this prayer: without You, Lord, everything is totally false. ||1||

21First Mehla:

22One knows the Truth only when the Truth is in his heart.

23The filth of falsehood departs, and the body is washed clean.

24One knows the Truth only when he bears love to the True Lord.

25Hearing the Name, the mind is enraptured; then, he attains the gate of salvation.

26One knows the Truth only when he knows the true way of life.

27Preparing the field of the body, he plants the Seed of the Creator.

28One knows the Truth only when he receives true instruction.

29Showing mercy to other beings, he makes donations to charities.

30One knows the Truth only when he dwells in the sacred shrine of pilgrimage of his own soul.

31He sits and receives instruction from the True Guru, and lives in accordance with His Will.

32Truth is the medicine for all; it removes and washes away our sins.

33Nanak speaks this prayer to those who have Truth in their laps. ||2||

34Pauree:

35The gift I seek is the dust of the feet of the Saints; if I were to obtain it, I would apply it to my forehead.

36Renounce false greed, and meditate single-mindedly on the unseen Lord.

37As are the actions we commit, so are the rewards we receive.

38If it is so pre-ordained, then one obtains the dust of the feet of the Saints.

39But through small-mindedness, we forfeit the merits of selfless service. ||10||

40Shalok, First Mehla:

41There is a famine of Truth; falsehood prevails, and the blackness of the Dark Age of Kali Yuga has turned men into demons.

42Those who planted their seed have departed with honor; now, how can the shattered seed sprout?

43If the seed is whole, and it is the proper season, then the seed will sprout.

44O Nanak, without treatment, the raw fabric cannot be dyed.

45In the Fear of God it is bleached white, if the treatment of modesty is applied to the cloth of the body.

46O Nanak, if one is imbued with devotional worship, his reputation is not false. ||1||

47First Mehla:

48Greed and sin are the king and prime minister; falsehood is the treasurer.

49Sexual desire, the chief advisor, is summoned and consulted; they all sit together and contemplate their plans.