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1Gond:

2Blessed is the Lord of the World. Blessed is the Divine Guru.

3Blessed is that grain, by which the heart-lotus of the hungry blossoms forth.

4Blessed are those Saints, who know this.

5Meeting with them, one meets the Lord, the Sustainer of the World. ||1||

6This grain comes from the Primal Lord God.

7One chants the Naam, the Name of the Lord, only when he tastes this grain. ||1||Pause||

8Meditate on the Naam, and meditate on this grain.

9Mixed with water, its taste becomes sublime.

10One who abstains from this grain,

11loses his honor in the three worlds. ||2||

12One who discards this grain, is practicing hypocrisy.

13She is neither a happy soul-bride, nor a widow.

14Those who claim in this world that they live on milk alone,

15secretly eat whole loads of food. ||3||

16Without this grain, time does not pass in peace.

17Forsaking this grain, one does not meet the Lord of the World.

18Says Kabeer, this I know:

19blessed is that grain, which brings faith in the Lord and Master to the mind. ||4||8||11||

20Raag Gond, The Word Of Naam Dayv Jee, First House:

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

22The ritual sacrifice of horses,

23giving one's weight in gold to charities,

24and ceremonial cleansing baths -||1||

25These are not equal to singing the Praises of the Lord's Name.

26Meditate on your Lord, you lazy man! ||1||Pause||

27Offering sweet rice at Gaya,

28living on the river banks at Benares,

29reciting the four Vedas by heart;||2||

30Completing all religious rituals,

31restraining sexual passion by the spiritual wisdom given by the Guru,

32and performing the six rituals;||3||

33Expounding on Shiva and Shakti

34O man, renounce and abandon all these things.

35Meditate, meditate in remembrance on the Lord of the Universe.

36Meditate, O Naam Dayv, and cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ||4||1||

37Gond:

38The deer is lured by the sound of the hunter's bell;

39it loses its life, but it cannot stop thinking about it. ||1||

40In the same way, I look upon my Lord.

41I will not abandon my Lord, and turn my thoughts to another. ||1||Pause||

42As the fisherman looks upon the fish,

43and the goldsmith looks upon the gold he fashions;||2||

44As the man driven by sex looks upon another man's wife,

45and the gambler looks upon the throwing of the dice -||3||

46In the same way, wherever Naam Dayv looks, he sees the Lord.

47Naam Dayv meditates continuously on the Feet of the Lord. ||4||2||

48Gond:

49Carry me across, O Lord, carry me across.

50I am ignorant, and I do not know how to swim. O my Beloved Father, please give me Your arm. ||1||Pause||

51I have been transformed from a mortal being into an angel, in an instant; the True Guru has taught me this.

52Born of human flesh, I have conquered the heavens; such is the medicine I was given. ||1||

53Please place me where You placed Dhroo and Naarad, O my Master.

54With the Support of Your Name, so many have been saved; this is Naam Dayv's understanding. ||2||3||