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|Remembering Him in meditation, salvation is attained; vibrate and meditate on Him, O my friend.}}

|Says Nanak, listen, mind: your life is passing away! ((10))}}

|Your body is made up of the five elements; you are clever and wise - know this well.}}

|Believe it - you shall merge once again into the One, O Nanak, from whom you originated. ((11))}}

|The Dear Lord abides in each and every heart; the Saints proclaim this as true.}}

|Says Nanak, meditate and vibrate upon Him, and you shall cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ((12))}}

|One who is not touched by pleasure or pain, greed, emotional attachment and egotistical pride -}}

|says Nanak, listen, mind: he is the very image of God. ((13))}}

{{g|ਉਸਤਤਿ ਨਿੰਦਿਆ ਨਾਹਿ ਜਿਹਿ ਕੰਚਨ ਲੋਹ ਸਮਾਨਿ ॥

|One who is beyond praise and slander, who looks upon gold and iron alike -}}

|says Nanak, listen, mind: know that such a person is liberated. ((14))}}

|One who is not affected by pleasure or pain, who looks upon friend and enemy alike -}}

|says Nanak, listen, mind: know that such a person is liberated. ((15))}}

{{g|ਭੈ ਕਾਹੂ ਕਉ ਦੇਤ ਨਹਿ ਨਹਿ ਭੈ ਮਾਨਤ ਆਨ ॥

|One who does not frighten anyone, and who is not afraid of anyone else -}}

|says Nanak, listen, mind: call him spiritually wise. ((16))}}

{{g|ਜਿਹਿ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਸਗਲੀ ਤਜੀ ਲੀਓ ਭੇਖ ਬੈਰਾਗ ॥

|One who has forsaken all sin and corruption, who wears the robes of neutral detachment -}}

|says Nanak, listen, mind: good destiny is written on his forehead. ((17))}}

|One who renounces Maya and possessiveness and is detached from everything -}}

|says Nanak, listen, mind: God abides in his heart. ((18))}}

|That mortal, who forsakes egotism, and realizes the Creator Lord -}}

|says Nanak, that person is liberated; O mind, know this as true. ((19))}}

|In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the Name of the Lord is the Destroyer of fear, the Eradicator of evil-mindedness.}}

|Night and day, O Nanak, whoever vibrates and meditates on the Lord's Name, sees all of his works brought to fruition. ((20))}}

|Vibrate with your tongue the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe; with your ears, hear the Lord's Name.}}

|Says Nanak, listen, man: you shall not have to go to the house of Death. ((21))}}

|That mortal who renounces possessiveness, greed, emotional attachment and egotism -}}

|says Nanak, he himself is saved, and he saves many others as well. ((22))}}

|Like a dream and a show, so is this world, you must know.}}

|None of this is true, O Nanak, without God. ((23))}}

|Night and day, for the sake of Maya, the mortal wanders constantly.}}

|Among millions, O Nanak, there is scarcely anyone, who keeps the Lord in his consciousness. ((24))}}

|As the bubbles in the water well up and disappear again,}}

|so is the universe created; says Nanak, listen, O my friend! ((25))}}

|The mortal does not remember the Lord, even for a moment; he is blinded by the wine of Maya.}}

|Says Nanak, without meditating on the Lord, he is caught by the noose of Death. ((26))}}

|If you yearn for eternal peace, then seek the Sanctuary of the Lord.}}

|Says Nanak, listen, mind: this human body is difficult to obtain. ((27))}}

{{g|ਮਾਇਆ ਕਾਰਨਿ ਧਾਵਹੀ ਮੂਰਖ ਲੋਗ ਅਜਾਨ ॥

|For the sake of Maya, the fools and ignorant people run all around.}}

|Says Nanak, without meditating on the Lord, life passes away uselessly. ((28))}}

|That mortal who meditates and vibrates upon the Lord night and day - know him to be the embodiment of the Lord.}}

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