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1Without pre-ordained destiny, understanding is not attained; talking and babbling, one wastes his life away.

2Wherever you go and sit, speak well, and write the Word of the Shabad in your consciousness.

3Why bother to wash the body which is polluted by falsehood? ||1||

4When I have spoken, I spoke as You made me speak.

5The Ambrosial Name of the Lord is pleasing to my mind.

6The Naam, the Name of the Lord, seems so sweet to my mind; it has destroyed the dwelling of pain.

7Peace came to dwell in my mind, when You gave the Order.

8It is Yours to bestow Your Grace, and it is mine to speak this prayer; You created Yourself.

9When I have spoken, I spoke as You made me speak. ||2||

10The Lord and Master gives them their turn, according to the deeds they have done.

11Do not speak ill of others, or get involved in arguments.

12Do not get into arguments with the Lord, or you shall ruin yourself.

13If you challenge the One, with whom you must abide, you will cry in the end.

14Be satisfied with what God gives you; tell your mind not to complain uselessly.

15The Lord and Master gives them their turn, according to the deeds they have done. ||3||

16He Himself created all, and He blesses then with His Glance of Grace.

17No one asks for that which is bitter; everyone asks for sweets.

18Let everyone ask for sweets, and behold, it is as the Lord wills.

19Giving donations to charity, and performing various religious rituals are not equal to the contemplation of the Naam.

20O Nanak, those who are blessed with the Naam have had such good karma pre-ordained.

21He Himself created all, and He blesses them with His Glance of Grace. ||4||1||

22Wadahans, First Mehla:

23Show mercy to me, that I may chant Your Name.

24You Yourself created all, and You are pervading among all.

25You Yourself are pervading among all, and You link them to their tasks.

26Some, You have made kings, while others go about begging.

27You have made greed and emotional attachment seem sweet; they are deluded by this delusion.

28Be ever merciful to me; only then can I chant Your Name. ||1||

29Your Name is True, and ever pleasing to my mind.

30My pains are dispelled, and I am permeated with peace.

31The angels, the mortals and the silent sages sing of You.

32The angels, the mortals and the silent sages sing of You; they are pleasing to Your Mind.

33Enticed by Maya, they do not remember the Lord, and they waste away their lives in vain.

34Some fools and idiots never think of the Lord; whoever has come, shall have to go.

35Your Name is True, and ever pleasing to my mind. ||2||

36Beauteous is Your time, O Lord; the Bani of Your Word is Ambrosial Nectar.

37Your servants serve You with love; these mortals are attached to Your essence.

38Those mortals are attached to Your essence, who are blessed with the Ambrosial Name.

39Those who are imbued with Your Name, prosper more and more, day by day.

40Some do not practice good deeds, or live righteously; nor do they practice self-restraint. They do not realize the One Lord.

41Ever beauteous is Your time, O Lord; the Bani of Your Word is Ambrosial Nectar. ||3||

42I am a sacrifice to the True Name.