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Says Nanak, their good fortune is perfect, if they enshrine the Lord's Feet within their minds. ||4||90||159||
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Gauree, Fifth Mehl: The Lord's servant does not associate with the faithless cynic. One is in the clutches of vice, while the other is in love with the Lord. ||1||Pause||
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It would be like an imaginary rider on a decorated horse, or a eunuch caressing a woman. ||1||
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Keep the Support of the Lord's Feet in your heart, and you shall be saved from the cycle of birth and death. ||1||Pause||
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Pure is that body, in which sin does not arise. In the Love of the Lord is pure glory. ||2||
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In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, corruption is eradicated. This is the greatest blessing of all. ||3||
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As the wife is delighted upon beholding her husband, so does the Lord's humble servant live by chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||
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All other pleasures look like ashes; without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the world is fruitless. ||1||
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He Himself rescues us from the deep dark well. Wondrous and Glorious are the Praises of the Lord of the Universe. ||2||
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In the woods and meadows, and throughout the three worlds, the Sustainer of the Universe is pervading. The Expansive Lord God is Merciful to all beings. ||3||
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