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1Only those who taste it know its sweet taste, like the mute, who eats the candy, and only smiles.

2How can I describe the indescribable, O Siblings of Destiny? I shall follow His Will forever.

3If one meets with the Guru, the Generous Giver, then he understands; those who have no Guru cannot understand this.

4As the Lord causes us to act, so do we act, O Siblings of Destiny. What other clever tricks can anyone try? ||6||

5Some are deluded by doubt, while others are imbued with devotional worship; Your play is infinite and endless.

6As You engage them, they receive the fruits of their rewards; You alone are the One who issues Your Commands.

7I would serve You, if anything were my own; my soul and body are Yours.

8One who meets with the True Guru, by His Grace, takes the Support of the Ambrosial Naam. ||7||

9He dwells in the heavenly realms, and his virtues radiantly shine forth; meditation and spiritual wisdom are found in virtue.

10The Naam is pleasing to his mind; he speaks it, and causes others to speak it as well. He speaks the essential essence of wisdom.

11The Word of the Shabad is his Guru and spiritual teacher, profound and unfathomable; without the Shabad, the world is insane.

12He is a perfect renunciate, naturally at ease, O Nanak, whose mind is pleased with the True Lord. ||8||1||

13Sorat'h, First Mehla, Thi-Thukay:

14Hope and desire are entrapments, O Siblings of Destiny. Religious rituals and ceremonies are traps.

15Because of good and bad deeds, one is born into the world, O Siblings of Destiny; forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, he is ruined.

16This Maya is the enticer of the world, O Siblings of Destiny; all such actions are corrupt. ||1||

17Listen, O ritualistic Pandit:

18that religious ritual which produces happiness, O Siblings of Destiny, is contemplation of the essence of the soul. ||Pause||

19You may stand and recite the Shaastras and the Vedas, O Siblings of Destiny, but these are just worldly actions.

20Filth cannot be washed away by hypocrisy, O Siblings of Destiny; the filth of corruption and sin is within you.

21This is how the spider is destroyed, O Siblings of Destiny, by falling head-long in its own web. ||2||

22So many are destroyed by their own evil-mindedness, O Siblings of Destiny; in the love of duality, they are ruined.

23Without the True Guru, the Name is not obtained, O Siblings of Destiny; without the Name, doubt does not depart.

24If one serves the True Guru, then he obtains peace, O Siblings of Destiny; his comings and goings are ended. ||3||

25True celestial peace comes from the Guru, O Siblings of Destiny; the immaculate mind is absorbed into the True Lord.

26One who serves the Guru, understands, O Siblings of Destiny; without the Guru, the way is not found.

27What can anyone do, with greed within? O Siblings of Destiny, by telling lies, they eat poison. ||4||

28O Pandit, by churning cream, butter is produced.

29By churning water, you shall only see water, O Siblings of Destiny; this world is like that.

30Without the Guru, he is ruined by doubt, O Siblings of Destiny; the unseen Divine Lord is in each and every heart. ||5||

31This world is like a thread of cotton, O Siblings of Destiny, which Maya has tied on all ten sides.

32Without the Guru, the knots cannot be untied, O Siblings of Destiny; I am so tired of religious rituals.

33This world is deluded by doubt, O Siblings of Destiny; no one can say anything about it. ||6||

34Meeting with the Guru, the Fear of God comes to abide in the mind; to die in the Fear of God is one's true destiny.

35In the Court of the Lord, the Naam is far superior to ritualistic cleansing baths, charity and good deeds, O Siblings of Destiny.