Nanak offers this prayer: O Lord God, please forgive me, and unite me with Yourself. ||41||
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The mortal being does not understand the comings and goings of reincarnation; he does not see the Court of the Lord.
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He is wrapped up in emotional attachment and Maya, and within his being is the darkness of ignorance.
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The sleeping person wakes, only when he is hit on the head by a heavy club.
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The Gurmukhs dwell upon the Lord; they find the door of salvation.
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O Nanak, they themselves are saved, and all their relatives are carried across as well. ||42||
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Whoever dies in the Word of the Shabad, is known to be truly dead.
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By Guru's Grace, the mortal is satisfied by the sublime essence of the Lord.
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Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, he is recognized in the Court of the Lord.
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Without the Shabad, everyone is dead.
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The self-willed manmukh dies; his life is wasted.
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Those who do not remember the Name of the Lord, shall cry in pain in the end.
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O Nanak, whatever the Creator Lord does, comes to pass. ||43||
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The Gurmukhs never grow old; within them is intuitive understanding and spiritual wisdom.
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They chant the Praises of the Lord, forever and ever; deep within, they intuitively meditate on the Lord.
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They dwell forever in blissful knowledge of the Lord; they look upon pain and pleasure as one and the same.
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They see the One Lord in all, and realize the Lord, the Supreme Soul of all. ||44||
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The self-willed manmukhs are like stupid children; they do not keep the Lord in their thoughts.
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They do all their deeds in egotism, and they must answer to the Righteous Judge of Dharma.
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The Gurmukhs are good and immaculately pure; they are embellished and exalted with the Word of the Guru's Shabad.
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Not even a tiny bit of filth sticks to them; they walk in harmony with the Will of the True Guru.
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The filth of the manmukhs is not washed away, even if they wash hundreds of times.
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O Nanak, the Gurmukhs are united with the Lord; they merge into the Guru's Being. ||45||
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How can someone do bad things, and still live with himself?
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By his own anger, he only burns himself.
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The self-willed manmukh drives himself crazy with worries and stubborn struggles.
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But those who become Gurmukh understand everything.
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O Nanak, the Gurmukh struggles with his own mind. ||46||
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Those who do not serve the True Guru, the Primal Being, and do not reflect upon the Word of the Shabad -
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do not call them human beings; they are just animals and stupid beasts.
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They have no spiritual wisdom or meditation within their beings; they are not in love with the Lord.
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The self-willed manmukhs die in evil and corruption; they die and are reborn, again and again.
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They alone live, who join with the living; enshrine the Lord, the Lord of Life, within your heart.
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O Nanak, the Gurmukhs look beautiful in that Court of the True Lord. ||47||
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The Lord built the Harimandir, the Temple of the Lord; the Lord dwells within it.
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Following the Guru's Teachings, I have found the Lord; my emotional attachment to Maya has been burnt away.
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Countless things are in the Harimandir, the Temple of the Lord; contemplate the Naam, and the nine treasures will be yours.
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Blessed is that happy soul-bride, O Nanak, who, as Gurmukh, seeks and finds the Lord.
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By great good fortune, one searches the temple of the body-fortress, and finds the Lord within the heart. ||48||
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The self-willed manmukhs wander lost in the ten directions, led by intense desire, greed and corruption.
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