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1The Ambrosial Name of the Lord is the ocean of peace.

2The beggar begs for it; O Lord, please bless him, in Your kindness.

3True, True is the Lord; the Lord is forever True; the True Lord is pleasing to my mind. ||2||

4The nine holes pour out filth.

5Chanting the Lord's Name, they are all purified and sanctified.

6When my Lord and Master is totally pleased, He leads the mortal to meditate in remembrance on the Lord, and then his filth is taken away. ||3||

7Attachment to Maya is terribly treacherous.

8How can one cross over the difficult world-ocean?

9The True Lord bestows the boat of the True Guru; meditating on the Lord, Har, Har, one is carried across. ||4||

10You are everywhere; all are Yours.

11Whatever You do, God, that alone comes to pass.

12Poor servant Nanak sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord; as it pleases the Lord, He bestows His approval. ||5||1||7||

13Maaroo, Fourth Mehla:

14Chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, O my mind.

15The Lord shall eradicate all your sins.

16Treasure the Lord's wealth, and gather in the Lord's wealth; when you depart in the end, the Lord shall go along with you as your only friend and companion. ||1||

17He alone meditates on the Lord, unto whom He grants His Grace.

18He continually chants the Lord's Chant; meditating on the Lord, one finds peace.

19By Guru's Grace, the sublime essence of the Lord is obtained. Meditating on the Lord, Har, Har, one is carried across. ||1||Pause||

20The fearless, formless Lord - the Name is Truth.

21To chant it is the most sublime and exalted activity in this world.

22Doing so, the Messenger of Death, the evil enemy, is killed. Death does not even approach the Lord's servant. ||2||

23One whose mind is satisfied with the Lord

24that servant is known throughout the four ages, in all four directions.

25If some sinner speaks evil of him, the Messenger of Death chews him up. ||3||

26The One Pure Creator Lord is in all.

27He stages all His wondrous plays, and watches them.

28Who can kill that person, whom the Lord has saved? The Creator Lord Himself delivers him. ||4||

29I chant the Name of the Creator Lord, night and day.

30He saves all His servants and devotees.

31Consult the eighteen Puraanas and the four Vedas; O servant Nanak, only the Naam, the Name of the Lord, will deliver you. ||5||2||8||

32Maaroo, Fifth Mehla, Second House:

33One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

34The earth, the Akaashic ethers and the stars abide in the Fear of God. The almighty Order of the Lord is over the heads of all.

35Wind, water and fire abide in the Fear of God; poor Indra abides in the Fear of God as well. ||1||

36I have heard one thing, that the One Lord alone is fearless.

37He alone is at peace, and he alone is embellished forever, who meets with the Guru, and sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

38The embodied and the divine beings abide in the Fear of God. The Siddhas and seekers die in the Fear of God.

39The 8.4 millions species of beings die and die, being born over and over again. They are consigned to reincarnation. ||2||