In music and song, the mind is caught by the love of duality.

Filled with deception deep within, one suffers in terrible pain.

Meeting with the True Guru, one is blessed with clear understanding,

and remains lovingly attuned to the True Name. ||4||

Through the True Word of the Shabad, one practices Truth.

He sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord, through the True Word of His Bani.

He dwells in the home of his own heart deep within, and obtains the immortal status.

Then, he is blessed with honor in the Court of the True Lord. ||5||

Without serving the Guru, there is no devotional worship,

even though one may make all sorts of efforts.

If one eradicates egotism and selfishness through the Shabad,

the Immaculate Naam comes to abide in the mind. ||6||

In this world, the practice of the Shabad is the most excellent occupation.

Without the Shabad, everything else is the darkness of emotional attachment.

Through the Shabad, the Naam is enshrined within the heart.

Through the Shabad, one obtains clear understanding and the door of salvation. ||7||

There is no other Creator except the All-seeing Lord God.

The True Lord Himself is Infinite and Incomparably Beautiful.

Through the Lord's Name, one obtains the most sublime and exalted state.

O Nanak, how rare are those humble beings, who seek and find the Lord. ||8||1||

Prabhaatee, First Mehl:

Emotional attachment to Maya is spread out all over the world.

Seeing a beautiful woman, the man is overcome with sexual desire.

His love for his children and gold steadily increases.

He sees everything as his own, but he does not own the One Lord. ||1||

I meditate as I chant on such a mala,

that I rise above pleasure and pain; I attain the most wondrous devotional worship of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

O Treasure of Virtue, Your limits cannot be found.

Through the True Word of the Shabad, I am absorbed into You.

You Yourself created the comings and goings of reincarnation.

They alone are devotees, who focus their consciousness on You. ||2||

Spiritual wisdom and meditation on the Lord, the Lord of Nirvaanaa

- without meeting the True Guru, no one knows this.

The Lord's Light fills the sacred pools of all beings.

I am a sacrifice to the Embodiment of Bliss. ||3||

Through the Guru's Teachings, one achieves loving devotional worship.

The Shabad burns away egotism from within.

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The wandering mind is restrained and held in its place.

The True Name is enshrined in the mind. ||4||

The exciting and intoxicating worldly plays come to an end,

for those who accept the Guru's Teachings, and become lovingly attuned to the One Lord.

Seeing this, the fire in the water is extinguished.