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1He Himself creates, establishes and beholds all, by the Pleasure of His Will.

2My friends are happy in the Love of the Lord; they nurture love for their Beloved. ||5||

3If a blind man is made the leader, how will he know the way?

4He is impaired, and his understanding is inadequate; how will he know the way?

5How can he follow the path and reach the Mansion of the Lord's Presence? Blind is the understanding of the blind.

6Without the Lord's Name, they cannot see anything; the blind are drowned in worldly entanglements.

7Day and night, the Divine Light shines forth and joy wells up, when the Word of the Guru's Shabad abides in the mind.

8With your palms pressed together, pray to the Guru to show you the way. ||6||

9If the man becomes a stranger to God, then all the world becomes a stranger to him.

10Unto whom should I tie up and give the bundle of my pains?

11The whole world is overflowing with pain and suffering; who can know the state of my inner self?

12Comings and goings are terrible and dreadful; there is no end to the rounds of reincarnation.

13Without the Naam, he is vacant and sad; he does not listen to the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

14If the mind becomes a stranger to God, then all the world becomes a stranger to him. ||7||

15One who finds the Guru's Mansion within the home of his own being, merges in the All-pervading Lord.

16The sevadar performs selfless service when he is pleased, and confirmed in the True Word of the Shabad.

17Confirmed in the Shabad, with her being softened by devotion, the bride dwells in the Mansion of the Lord's Presence, deep within her being.

18The Creator Himself creates; God Himself, in the end, is endless.

19Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the mortal is united, and then embellished; the unstruck melody of the sound current resounds.

20One who finds the Guru's Mansion within the home of his own being, merges in the All-pervading Lord. ||8||

21Why praise that which is created? Praise instead the One who created it and watches over it.

22His value cannot be estimated, no matter how much one may wish.

23He alone can estimate the Lord's value, whom the Lord Himself causes to know. He is not mistaken; He does not make mistakes.

24He alone celebrates victory, who is pleasing to You, through the Invaluable Word of the Guru's Shabad.

25I am lowly and abject - I offer my prayer; may I never forsake the True Name, O Sibling of Destiny.

26O Nanak, the One who created the creation, watches over it; He alone bestows understanding. ||9||2||5||

27Raag Soohee, Chhant, Third Mehla, Second House:

28One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

29Meditate on the Lord, and find peace and pleasure.

30As Gurmukh, obtain the Lord's fruitful rewards.

31As Gurmukh, obtain the fruit of the Lord, and meditate on the Lord's Name; the pains of countless lifetimes shall be erased.

32I am a sacrifice to my Guru, who has arranged and resolved all my affairs.

33The Lord God will bestow His Grace, if you meditate on the Lord; O humble servant of the Lord, you shall obtain the fruit of peace.

34Says Nanak, listen O humble Sibling of Destiny: meditate on the Lord, and find peace and pleasure. ||1||

35Hearing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, I am intuitively drenched with His Love.

36Under Guru's Instruction, I meditate intuitively on the Naam.

37Those who have such pre-ordained destiny, meet the Guru, and their fears of birth and death leave them.