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-155This opportunity shall not come again! || 1 || Pause || I say to you, O my body: listen to my advice! You slander, and then praise others; you indulge in lies and gossip. You gaze upon the wives of others, O my soul; you steal and commit evil deeds. But when the swan departs, you shall remain behind, like an abandoned woman. || 2 || O body, you are living in a dream! What good deeds have you done? When I stole something by deception, then my mind was pleased. I have no honor in this world, and I shall find no shelter in the world hereafter. My life has been lost, wasted in vain! || 3 || I am totally miserable! O Baba Nanak, no one cares for me at all! || 1 || Pause || Turkish horses, gold, silver and loads of gorgeous clothes - none of these shall go with you, O Nanak. They are lost and left behind, you fool! I have tasted all the sugar candy and sweets, but Your Name alone is Ambrosial Nectar. || 4 || Digging deep foundations, the walls are constructed, but in the end, the buildings return to heaps of dust. People gather and hoard their possessions, and give nothing to anyone else - the poor fools think that everything is theirs. Riches do not remain with anyone - not even the golden palaces of Sri Lanka. || 5 || Listen, you foolish and ignorant mind - only His Will prevails. || 1 || Pause || My Banker is the Great Lord and Master. I am only His petty merchant. This soul and body all are His. He Himself kills, and brings back to life. || 6 || 1 || 13 || GAUREE CHAYTEE, FIRST MEHL: There are five of them, but I am all alone. How can I protect my hearth and home, O my mind? They are beating and plundering me over and over again; unto whom can I complain? || 1 || Chant the Name of the Supreme Lord, O my mind. Otherwise, in the world hereafter, you will have to face the awesome and cruel army of Death. || 1 || Pause || God has erected the temple of the body; He has placed the nine doors, and the soul-bride sits within. She enjoys the sweet play again and again, while the five demons are plundering her. || 2 || In this way, the temple is being demolished; the body is being plundered, and the soul-bride, left all alone, is captured. Death strikes her down with his rod, the shackles are placed around her neck, and now the five have left. || 3 || The wife yearns for gold and silver, and her friends, the senses, yearn for good food. O Nanak, she commits sins for their sake; she shall go, bound and gagged, to the City of Death. || 4 || 2 || 14 || GAUREE CHAYTEE, FIRST MEHL: Let your ear-rings be those ear-rings which pierce deep within your heart. Let your body be your patched coat. Let the five passions be disciples under your control, O begging Yogi, and make this mind your walking stick. || 1 || Thus you shall find the Way of Yoga. There is only the One Word of the Shabad; everything else shall pass away. Let this be the fruits and roots of your mind's diet. || 1 || Pause || Some try to find the Guru by shaving their heads at the Ganges, but I have made the Guru my Ganges. The Saving Grace of the three worlds is the Practicing hypocrisy and attaching your mind to
One Lord and Master, but those in darkness do not remember Him. || 2 || worldly objects, your doubt shall never depart.
| SR No. | 034116 |
| Book Title | Guru Granth Sahib |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Singh Sahib Singh Khalsa |
| Publisher | Singh Sahib Singh Khalsa |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 1431 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 5 MB |