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1This whole world is the child of Maya.

2I bow in submission to God, my Protector from the very beginning of time.

3He was in the beginning, He has been throughout the ages, He is now, and He shall always be.

4He is unlimited, and capable of doing everything. ||11||

5The Tenth Day: Meditate on the Naam, give to charity, and purify yourself.

6Night and day, bathe in spiritual wisdom and the Glorious Virtues of the True Lord.

7Truth cannot be polluted; doubt and fear run away from it.

8The flimsy thread breaks in an instant.

9Know that the world is just like this thread.

10Your consciousness shall become steady and stable, enjoying the Love of the True Lord. ||12||

11The Eleventh Day: Enshrine the One Lord within your heart.

12Eradicate cruelty, egotism and emotional attachment.

13Earn the fruitful rewards, by observing the fast of knowing your own self.

14One who is engrossed in hypocrisy, does not see the true essence.

15The Lord is immaculate, self-sustaining and unattached.

16The Pure, True Lord cannot be polluted. ||13||

17Wherever I look, I see the One Lord there.

18He created the other beings, of many and various kinds.

19Eating only fruits, one loses the fruits of life.

20Eating only delicacies of various sorts, one loses the true taste.

21In fraud and greed, people are engrossed and entangled.

22The Gurmukh is emancipated, practicing Truth. ||14||

23The Twelfth Day: One whose mind is not attached to the twelve signs,

24remains awake day and night, and never sleeps.

25He remains awake and aware, lovingly centered on the Lord.

26With faith in the Guru, he is not consumed by death.

27Those who become detached, and conquer the five enemies

28- prays Nanak, they are lovingly absorbed in the Lord. ||15||

29The Twelfth Day: Know, and practice, compassion and charity.

30Bring your out-going mind back home.

31Observe the fast of remaining free of desire.

32Chant the unchanted Chant of the Naam with your mouth.

33Know that the One Lord is contained in the three worlds.

34Purity and self-discipline are all contained in knowing the Truth. ||16||

35The Thirteenth Day: He is like a tree on the sea-shore.

36But his roots can become immortal, if his mind is attuned to the Lord's Love.

37Then, he will not die of fear or anxiety, and he will never drown.

38Without the Fear of God, he drowns and dies, and loses his honor.

39With the Fear of God in his heart, and his heart in the Fear of God, he knows God.

40He sits on the throne, and becomes pleasing to the Mind of the True Lord. ||17||

41The Fourteenth Day: One who enters into the fourth state,

42overcomes time, and the three qualities of raajas, taamas and satva.

43Then the sun enters into the house of the moon,

44and one knows the value of the technology of Yoga.

45He remains lovingly focused on God, who is permeating the fourteen worlds, the nether regions of the underworld, the galaxies and solar systems. ||18||

46Amaavas - The Night of the New Moon: The moon is hidden in the sky.

47O wise one, understand and contemplate the Word of the Shabad.

48The moon in the sky illuminates the three worlds.

49Creating the creation, the Creator beholds it.

50One who sees, through the Guru, merges into Him.

51The self-willed manmukhs are deluded, coming and going in reincarnation. ||19||

52One who establishes his home within his own heart, obtains the most beautiful, permanent place.

53One comes to understand his own self, when he finds the True Guru.

54Wherever there is hope, there is destruction and desolation.

55The bowl of duality and selfishness breaks.

56Prays Nanak, I am the slave of that one, who remains detached amidst the traps of attachment. ||20||1||