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1When the True Lord and Master abides in one's mind, O Nanak, all sins are dispelled. ||2||

2Pauree:

3Millions of sins are totally erased, by meditating on the Lord's Name.

4The fruits of one's heart's desires are obtained, by singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

5The fear of birth and death is eradicated, and one's eternal, unchanging true home is obtained.

6If it is so pre-ordained, one is absorbed in the Lord's lotus feet.

7Bless me with Your mercy, God - please preserve and save me! Nanak is a sacrifice to You. ||5||

8Shalok:

9They are involved in their beautiful houses, and the pleasures of the mind's desires.

10They never remember the Lord in meditation; O Nanak, they are like maggots in manure. ||1||

11They are engrossed in ostentatious displays, lovingly attached to all their possessions.

12That body which forgets the Lord, O Nanak, shall be reduced to ashes. ||2||

13Pauree:

14He may enjoy a beautiful bed, countless pleasures and all sorts of enjoyments.

15He may possess mansions of gold, studded with pearls and rubies, plastered with fragrant sandalwood oil.

16He may relish in the pleasures of his mind's desires, and have no anxiety at all.

17But if he does not remember God, he is like a maggot in manure.

18Without the Lord's Name, there is no peace at all. How can the mind be comforted? ||6||

19Shalok:

20One who loves the Lord's lotus feet searches for Him in the ten directions.

21He renounces the deceptive illusion of Maya, and joins the blissful form of the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||1||

22The Lord is in my mind, and with my mouth I chant His Name; I seek Him in all the lands of the world.

23O Nanak, all ostentatious displays are false; hearing the Praises of the True Lord, I live. ||2||

24Pauree:

25He dwells in a broken-down shack, in tattered clothes,

26with no social status, no honor and no respect; he wanders in the wilderness,

27with no friend or lover, without wealth, beauty, relatives or relations.

28Even so, he is the king of the whole world, if his mind is imbued with the Lord's Name.

29With the dust of his feet, men are redeemed, because God is very pleased with him. ||7||

30Shalok:

31The various sorts of pleasures, powers, joys, beauty, canopies, cooling fans and thrones to sit on

32- the foolish, ignorant and blind are engrossed in these things. O Nanak, desire for Maya is just a dream. ||1||

33In a dream, he enjoys all sorts of pleasures, and emotional attachment seems so sweet.

34O Nanak, without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the beauty of Maya's illusion is fake. ||2||

35Pauree:

36The fool attaches his consciousness to the dream.

37When he awakes, he forgets the power, pleasures and enjoyments, and he is sad.

38He passes his life chasing after worldly affairs.

39His works are not completed, because he is enticed by Maya.

40What can the poor helpless creature do? The Lord Himself has deluded him. ||8||

41Shalok:

42They may live in heavenly realms, and conquer the nine regions of the world,

43but if they forget the Lord of the world, O Nanak, they are just wanderers in the wilderness. ||1||

44In the midst of millions of games and entertainments, the Lord's Name does not come to their minds.

45O Nanak, their home is like a wilderness, in the depths of hell. ||2||

46Pauree:

47He sees the terrible, awful wilderness as a city.

48Gazing upon the false objects, he believes them to be real.