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196 All medicines and remedies, mantras and tantras are nothing more than ashes. Enshrine the Creator Lord within your heart. ॥3॥ Renounce all your doubts, and vibrate upon the Supreme Lord God. Says Nanak, this path of Dharma is eternal and unchanging. ॥4॥80॥149॥ GAUREE, FIFTH MEHL: The Lord bestowed His Mercy, and led me to meet the Guru. By His power, no disease afflicts me. ॥1॥ Remembering the Lord, I cross over the terrifying world-ocean. In the Sanctuary of the spiritual warrior, the account books of the Messenger of Death are torn up. ॥1॥ Pause॥ The True Guru has given me the Mantra of the Lord’s Name. By this Support, my affairs have been resolved. ॥2॥ Meditation, self-discipline, self-control and perfect greatness were obtained when the Merciful Lord, the Guru, became my Help and Support. ॥3॥ The Guru has dispelled pride, emotional attachment and superstition. Nanak sees the Supreme Lord God pervading everywhere. ॥4॥81॥150॥ GAUREE, FIFTH MEHL: The blind beggar is better off than the vicious king. Overcome by pain, the blind man invokes the Lord’s Name. ॥1॥ You are the glorious greatness of Your slave. The intoxication of Maya leads the others to hell. ॥1॥ Pause॥ Gripped by disease, they invoke the Name. But those who are intoxicated with vice shall find no home, no place of rest. ॥2॥ One who is in love with the Lord’s Lotus Feet, does not think of any other comforts. ॥3॥ Forever and ever, meditate on God, your Lord and Master. O Nanak, meet with the Lord, the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts. ॥4॥82॥151॥ GAUREE, FIFTH MEHL: Twenty-four hours a day, the highway robbers are my companions. Granting His Grace, God has driven them away. ॥1॥ Everyone should dwell on the Sweet Name of such a Lord. God is overflowing with all power. ॥1॥ Pause॥ The worldocean is burning hot! In an instant, God saves us, and carries us across. ॥2॥ There are so many bonds, they cannot be broken. Remembering the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the fruit of liberation is obtained. ॥3॥ By clever devices, nothing is accomplished. Grant Your Grace to Nanak, that he may sing the Glories of God. ॥4॥83॥152॥ GAUREE, FIFTH MEHL: Those who obtain the wealth of the Lord’s Name move freely in the world; all their affairs are resolved. ॥1॥ By great good fortune, the Kirtan of the Lord’s Praises are sung. O Supreme Lord God, as You give, so do I receive. ॥1॥ Pause॥ Enshrine the Lord’s Feet within your heart. Get aboard this boat, and cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ॥2॥ Everyone who joins the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, obtains eternal peace; pain does not afflict them any longer. ॥3॥ With loving devotional worship, meditate on the treasure of excellence. O Nanak, you shall be honored in the Court of the Lord. ॥4॥84॥153॥ GAUREE, FIFTH MEHL: The Lord, our Friend, is totally pervading the water, the land and the skies. Doubts are dispelled by continually singing the Lord’s Glorious Praises. ॥1॥ While rising up, and while lying down in sleep, the Lord is always with you, watching over you. Remembering Him in meditation, the fear of Death departs. ॥1॥ Pause॥