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1O my mind, meditate, vibrate on the Lord, and all sins will be eradicated.

2The Guru has enshried the Lord, Har, Har, within my heart; I place my head on the Guru's Path. ||1||Pause||

3Whoever tells me the stories of my Lord God, I would cut my mind into slices, and dedicate it to him.

4The Perfect Guru has united me with the Lord, my Friend; I have sold myself at each and every store for the Guru's Word. ||1||

5One may give donations in charity at Prayaag, and cut the body in two at Benares,

6but without the Lord's Name, no one attains liberation, even though one may give away huge amounts of gold. ||2||

7When one follows the Guru's Teachings, and sings the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises, the doors of the mind, held shut by deception, are thrown open again.

8The three qualities are shattered, doubt and fear run away, and the clay pot of public opinion is broken. ||3||

9They alone find the Perfect Guru in this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, upon whose foreheads such pre-ordained destiny is inscribed.

10Servant Nanak drinks in the Ambrosial Nectar; all his hunger and thirst are quenched. ||4||6||

11Set of Six Hymns 1||

12Maalee Gauraa, Fifth Mehla:

13One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

14O mind, true peace comes from serving the Lord.

15Other services are false, and as punishment for them, the Messenger of Death bashes in one's head. ||1||Pause||

16They alone join the Sangat, the Congregation, upon whose forehead such destiny is inscribed.

17They are carried across the terrifying world-ocean by the Saints of the Infinite, Primal Lord God. ||1||

18Serve forever at the feet of the Holy; renounce greed, emotional attachment and corruption.

19Abandon all other hopes, and rest your hopes in the One Formless Lord. ||2||

20Some are faithless cynics, deluded by doubt; without the Guru, there is only pitch darkness.

21Whatever is pre-ordained, comes to pass; no one can erase it. ||3||

22The beauty of the Lord of the Universe is profound and unfathomable; the Names of the Infinite Lord are immunerable.

23Blessed, blessed are those humble beings, O Nanak, who enshrine the Lord's Name in their hearts. ||4||1||

24Maalee Gauraa, Fifth Mehla:

25I humbly bow to the Name of the Lord.

26Chanting it, one is saved. ||1||Pause||

27Meditating on Him in remembrance, conflicts are ended.

28Meditating on Him, one's bonds are untied.

29Meditating on Him, the fool becomes wise.

30Meditating on Him, one's ancestors are saved. ||1||

31Meditating on Him, fear and pain are taken away.

32Meditating on Him, misfortune is avoided.

33Meditating on Him, sins are erased.

34Meditating on Him, agony is ended. ||2||

35Meditating on Him, the heart blossoms forth.

36Meditating on Him, Maya becomes one's slave.

37Meditating on Him, one is blessed with the treasures of wealth.

38Meditating on Him, one crosses over in the end. ||3||

39The Name of the Lord is the Purifier of sinners.

40It saves millions of devotees.

41I am meek; I seek the Sanctuary of the slaves of the Lord's slaves.

42Nanak lays his forehead on the feet of the Saints. ||4||2||

43Maalee Gauraa, Fifth Mehla:

44This is the sort of helper the Name of the Lord is.

45Meditating in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, one's affairs are perfectly resolved. ||1||Pause||

46It is like a boat to a drowning man.