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1and wandering around at places of pilgrimage, the disease is not taken away.

2Without the Naam, how can one find peace? ||4||

3No matter how much he tries, he cannot control his semen and seed.

4His mind wavers, and he falls into hell.

5Bound and gagged in the City of Death, he is tortured.

6Without the Name, his soul cries out in agony. ||5||

7The many Siddhas and seekers, silent sages and demi-gods

8cannot satisfy themselves by practicing restraint through Hatha Yoga.

9One who contemplates the Word of the Shabad, and serves the Guru

10- his mind and body become immaculate, and his egotistical pride is obliterated. ||6||

11Blessed with Your Grace, I obtain the True Name.

12I remain in Your Sanctuary, in loving devotion.

13Love for Your devotional worship has welled up within me.

14As Gurmukh, I chant and meditate on the Lord's Name. ||7||

15When one is rid of egotism and pride, his mind is drenched in the Lord's Love.

16Practicing fraud and hypocrisy, he does not find God.

17Without the Word of the Guru's Shabad, he cannot find the Lord's Door.

18O Nanak, the Gurmukh contemplates the essence of reality. ||8||6||

19Raamkalee, First Mehla:

20As you come, so will you leave, you fool; as you were born, so will you die.

21As you enjoy pleasures, so will you suffer pain. Forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, you will fall into the terrifying world-ocean. ||1||

22Gazing upon your body and wealth, you are so proud.

23Your love for gold and sexual pleasures increases; why have you forgotten the Naam, and why do you wander in doubt? ||1||Pause||

24You do not practice truth, abstinence, self-discipline or humility; the ghost within your skeleton has turned to dry wood.

25You have not practiced charity, donations, cleansing baths or austerities. Without the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, your life has gone in vain. ||2||

26Attached to greed, you have forgotten the Naam. Coming and going, your life has been ruined.

27When the Messenger of Death grabs you by your hair, you will be punished. You are unconscious, and have fallen into Death's mouth. ||3||

28Day and night, you jealously slander others; in your heart, you have neither the Naam, nor compassion for all.

29Without the Word of the Guru's Shabad, you will not find salvation or honor. Without the Lord's Name, you shall go to hell. ||4||

30In an instant, you change into various costumes, like a juggler; you are entangled in emotional attachment and sin.

31You gaze here and there upon the expanse of Maya; you are intoxicated with attachment to Maya. ||5||

32You act in corruption, and put on ostentatious shows, but without awareness of the Shabad, you have fallen into confusion.

33You suffer great pain from the disease of egotism. Following the Guru's Teachings, you shall be rid of this disease. ||6||

34Seeing peace and wealth come to him, the faithless cynic become proud in his mind.

35But He who owns this body and wealth, takes them back again, and then the mortal feels anxiety and pain deep within. ||7||

36At the very last instant, nothing goes along with you; all is visible only by His Mercy.

37God is our Primal and Infinite Lord; enshrining the Lord's Name in the heart, one crosses over. ||8||

38You weep for the dead, but who hears you weeping? The dead have fallen to the serpent in the terrifying world-ocean.

39Gazing upon his family, wealth, household and mansions, the faithless cynic is entangled in worthless worldly affairs. ||9||