Enshrine the True One in your heart; this is the most excellent action.

All other hypocritical actions and devotions bring only ruin. ||6||

When one is rid of duality, then he realizes the Word of the Shabad.

Inside and out, he knows the One Lord.

This is the most Excellent Wisdom of the Shabad.

Ashes fall on the heads of those who are in duality. ||7||

To praise the Lord through the Guru's Teachings is the most excellent action.

In the Society of the Saints, contemplate the Glories of God and His spiritual wisdom.

Whoever subdues his mind, knows the state of being dead while yet alive.

O Nanak, by His Grace, the Gracious Lord is realized. ||8||3||

Section 34 - Raag Prabhaatee - Part 018

Prabhaatee, First Mehl, Dakhnee:

Ahalyaa was the wife of Gautam the seer. Seeing her, Indra was enticed.

When he received a thousand marks of disgrace on his body, then he felt regret in his mind. ||1||

O Siblings of Destiny, no one knowingly makes mistakes.

He alone is mistaken, whom the Lord Himself makes so. He alone understands, whom the Lord causes to understand. ||1||Pause||

Harichand, the king and ruler of his land, did not appreciate the value of his pre-ordained destiny.

If he had known that it was a mistake, he would not have made such a show of giving in charity, and he would not have been sold in the market. ||2||

The Lord took the form of a dwarf, and asked for some land.

If Bal the king has recognized Him, he would not have been deceived, and sent to the underworld. ||3||

Vyaas taught and warned the king Janmayjaa not to do three things.

But he performed the sacred feast and killed eighteen Brahmins; the record of one's past deeds cannot be erased. ||4||

I do not try to calculate the account; I accept the Hukam of God's Command. I speak with intuitive love and respect.

No matter what happens, I will praise the Lord. It is all Your Glorious Greatness, O Lord. ||5||

The Gurmukh remains detached; filth never attaches itself to him. He remains forever in God's Sanctuary.

The foolish self-willed manmukh does not think of the future; he is overtaken by pain, and then he regrets. ||6||

The Creator who created this creation acts, and causes all to act.

O Lord, egotistical pride does not depart from the soul. Falling into egotistical pride, one is ruined. ||7||

Everyone makes mistakes; only the Creator does not make mistakes.

O Nanak, salvation comes through the True Name. By Guru's Grace, one is released. ||8||4||

Prabhaatee, First Mehl:

To chant and listen to the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is my Support.

Worthless entanglements are ended and gone.

The self-willed manmukh, caught in duality, loses his honor.

Except for the Name, I have no other at all. ||1||