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1Shalok, Fifth Mehla:

2The Bani of the Guru's Word is Ambrosial Nectar; its taste is sweet. The Name of the Lord is Ambrosial Nectar.

3Meditate in remembrance on the Lord in your mind, body and heart; twenty-four hours a day, sing His Glorious Praises.

4Listen to these Teachings, O Sikhs of the Guru. This is the true purpose of life.

5This priceless human life will be made fruitful; embrace love for the Lord in your mind.

6Celestial peace and absolute bliss come when one meditates on God - suffering is dispelled.

7O Nanak, chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, peace wells up, and one obtains a place in the Court of the Lord. ||1||

8Fifth Mehla:

9O Nanak, meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord; this is the Teaching imparted by the Perfect Guru.

10In the Lord's Will, they practice meditation, austerity and self-discipline; in the Lord's Will, they are released.

11In the Lord's Will, they are made to wander in reincarnation; in the Lord's Will, they are forgiven.

12In the Lord's Will, pain and pleasure are experienced; in the Lord's Will, actions are performed.

13In the Lord's Will, clay is fashioned into form; in the Lord's Will, His Light is infused into it.

14In the Lord's Will, enjoyments are enjoyed; in the Lord's Will, these enjoyments are denied.

15In the Lord's Will, they are incarnated in heaven and hell; in the Lord's Will, they fall to the ground.

16In the Lord's Will, they are committed to His devotional worship and Praise; O Nanak, how rare are these! ||2||

17Pauree:

18Hearing, hearing of the glorious greatness of the True Name, I live.

19Even ignorant beasts and goblins can be saved, in an instant.

20Day and night, chant the Name, forever and ever.

21The most horrible thirst and hunger is satisfied through Your Name, O Lord.

22Disease, sorrow and pain run away, when the Name dwells within the mind.

23He alone attains his Beloved, who loves the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

24The worlds and solar systems are saved by the Infinite Lord.

25Your glory is Yours alone, O my Beloved True Lord. ||12||

26Shalok, Fifth Mehla:

27I abandoned and lost my Beloved Friend, O Nanak; I was fooled by the transitory color of the safflower, which fades away.

28I did not know Your value, O my Friend; without You, I am not worth even half a shell. ||1||

29Fifth Mehla:

30My mother-in-law is my enemy, O Nanak; my father-in-law is argumentative and my brother-in-law burns me at every step.

31They can all just play in the dust, when You are my Friend, O Lord. ||2||

32Pauree:

33You relieve the pains of those, within whose consciousness You dwell, O Lord.

34Those, within whose consciousness You dwell, never lose.

35One who meets the Perfect Guru will surely be saved.

36One who is attached to Truth, contemplates Truth.

37One, into whose hands the treasure comes, stops searching.

38He alone is known as a devotee, who loves the One Lord.

39He is the dust under the feet of all; he is the lover of the Lord's feet.

40Everything is Your wonderful play; the whole creation is Yours. ||13||

41Shalok, Fifth Mehla:

42I have totally discarded praise and slander, O Nanak; I have forsaken and abandoned everything.

43I have seen that all relationships are false, and so I have grasped hold of the hem of Your robe, Lord. ||1||

44Fifth Mehla:

45I wandered and wandered and went crazy, O Nanak, in countless foreign lands and pathways.

46But then, I slept in peace and comfort, when I met the Guru, and found my Friend. ||2||