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1But they cannot even see what is behind them. What a strange lotus pose this is! ||2||

2The K'shatriyas have abandoned their religion, and have adopted a foreign language.

3The whole world has been reduced to the same social status; the state of righteousness and Dharma has been lost. ||3||

4They analyze eight chapters of (Panini's) grammar and the Puraanas. They study the Vedas,

5but without the Lord's Name, no one is liberated; so says Nanak, the Lord's slave. ||4||1||6||8||

6Dhanaasaree, First Mehla, Aartee:

7One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

8In the bowl of the sky, the sun and moon are the lamps; the stars in the constellations are the pearls.

9The fragrance of sandalwood is the incense, the wind is the fan, and all the vegetation are flowers in offering to You, O Luminous Lord. ||1||

10What a beautiful lamp-lit worship service this is! O Destroyer of fear, this is Your Aartee, Your worship service.

11The sound current of the Shabad is the sounding of the temple drums. ||1||Pause||

12Thousands are Your eyes, and yet You have no eyes. Thousands are Your forms, and yet You have not even one form.

13Thousands are Your lotus feet, and yet You have no feet. Without a nose, thousands are Your noses. I am enchanted with Your play! ||2||

14The Divine Light is within everyone; You are that Light.

15Yours is that Light which shines within everyone.

16By the Guru's Teachings, this Divine Light is revealed.

17That which pleases the Lord is the true worship service. ||3||

18My soul is enticed by the honey-sweet lotus feet of the Lord; night and day, I thirst for them.

19Bless Nanak, the thirsty song-bird, with the water of Your Mercy, that he may come to dwell in Your Name. ||4||1||7||9||

20Dhanaasaree, Third Mehla, Second House, Chau-Padhay:

21One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

22This wealth is inexhaustible. It shall never be exhausted, and it shall never be lost.

23The Perfect True Guru has revealed it to me.

24I am forever a sacrifice to my True Guru.

25By Guru's Grace, I have enshrined the Lord within my mind. ||1||

26They alone are wealthy, who lovingly attune themselves to the Lord's Name.

27The Perfect Guru has revealed to me the Lord's treasure; by the Lord's Grace, it has come to abide in my mind. ||Pause||

28He is rid of his demerits, and his heart is permeated with merit and virtue.

29By Guru's Grace, he naturally dwells in celestial peace.

30True is the Word of the Perfect Guru's Bani.

31They bring peace to the mind, and celestial peace is absorbed within. ||2||

32O my humble Siblings of Destiny, behold this strange and wonderful thing:

33duality is overcome, and the Lord dwells within his mind.

34The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is priceless; it cannot be taken.

35By Guru's Grace, it comes to abide in the mind. ||3||

36He is the One God, abiding within all.

37Through the Guru's Teachings, He is revealed in the heart.

38One who intuitively knows and realizes God,