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1By His Mercy, He has made me His own, and the imperishable Lord has come to dwell within my mind. ||2||

2No misfortune afflicts one who is protected by the True Guru.

3The Lotus Feet of God come to abide within his heart, and he savors the sublime essence of the Lord's Ambrosial Nectar. ||3||

4So, as a servant, serve your God, who fulfills your mind's desires.

5Slave Nanak is a sacrifice to the Perfect Lord, who has protected and preserved his honor. ||4||14||25||

6Sorat'h, Fifth Mehla:

7Infatuated with the darkness of emotional attachment to Maya, he does not know the Lord, the Great Giver.

8The Lord created his body and fashioned his soul, but he claims that his power is his own. ||1||

9O foolish mind, God, your Lord and Master is watching over you.

10Whatever you do, He knows; nothing can remain concealed from Him. ||Pause||

11You are intoxicated with the tastes of the tongue, with greed and pride; countless sins spring from these.

12You wandered in pain through countless incarnations, weighed down by the chains of egotism. ||2||

13Behind closed doors, hidden by many screens, the man takes his pleasure with another man's wife.

14When Chitr and Gupt, the celestial accountants of the conscious and subconscious, call for your account, who will screen you then? ||3||

15O Perfect Lord, Merciful to the meek, Destroyer of pain, without You, I have no shelter at all.

16Please, lift me up out of the world-ocean; O God, I have come to Your Sanctuary. ||4||15||26||

17Sorat'h, Fifth Mehla:

18The Supreme Lord God has become my helper and friend; His sermon and the Kirtan of His Praises have brought me peace.

19Chant the Word of the Perfect Guru's Bani, and be ever in bliss, O mortal. ||1||

20Remember the True Lord in meditation, O Siblings of Destiny.

21In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, eternal peace is obtained, and the Lord is never forgotten. ||Pause||

22Your Name, O Transcendent Lord, is Ambrosial Nectar; whoever meditates on it, lives.

23One who is blessed with God's Grace - that humble servant becomes immaculate and pure. ||2||

24Obstacles are removed, and all pains are eliminated; my mind is attached to the Guru's feet.

25Singing the Glorious Praises of the immovable and imperishable Lord, one remains awake to the Lord's Love, day and night. ||3||

26He obtains the fruits of his mind's desires, listening to the comforting sermon of the Lord.

27In the beginning, in the middle, and in the end, God is Nanak's best friend. ||4||16||27||

28Sorat'h, Fifth Mehla, Panch-Padhay:

29May my emotional attachment, my sense of mine and yours, and my self-conceit be dispelled. ||1||

30O Saints, show me such a way,

31by which my egotism and pride might be eliminated. ||1||Pause||

32I see the Supreme Lord God in all beings, and I am the dust of all. ||2||

33I see God always with me, and the wall of doubt has been shattered. ||3||

34The medicine of the Naam, and the Immaculate Water of Ambrosial Nectar, are obtained through the Guru's Gate. ||4||

35Says Nanak, one who has such pre-ordained destiny inscribed upon his forehead, meets with the Guru, and his diseases are cured. ||5||17||28||