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197 With God’s Lotus Feet abiding in the heart, all suffering comes to an end. ॥2॥ The One Lord is my hope, honor, power and wealth. Within my mind is the Support of the True Banker. ॥3॥ I am the poorest and most helpless servant of the Holy. O Nanak, giving me His Hand, God has protected me. ॥4॥85॥154॥ GAUREE, FIFTH MEHL: Taking my cleansing bath in the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, I have been purified. Its reward surpasses the giving of charity at millions of solar eclipses. ॥1॥ Pause॥ With the Lord’s Feet abiding in the heart, the sinful mistakes of countless incarnations are removed. ॥1॥ I have obtained the reward of the Kirtan of the Lord’s Praises, in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. I no longer have to gaze upon the way of death. ॥2॥ In thought, word and deed, seek the Support of the Lord of the Universe; thus you shall be saved from the poisonous world-ocean. ॥3॥ Granting His Grace, God has made me His Own. Nanak chants and meditates on the Chant of the Lord’s Name. ॥4॥86॥155॥ GAUREE, FIFTH MEHL: Seek the Sanctuary of those who have come to know the Lord. Your mind and body shall become cool and peaceful, imbued with the Feet of the Lord. ॥1॥ If God, the Destroyer of fear, does not dwell within your mind, you shall spend countless incarnations in fear and dread. ॥1॥ Pause॥ Those who have the Lord’s Name dwelling within their hearts have all their desires and tasks fulfilled. ॥2॥ Birth, old age and death are in His Power, so remember that All-powerful Lord with each breath and morsel of food. ॥3॥ The One God is my Intimate, Best Friend and Companion. The Naam, the Name of my Lord and Master, is Nanak’s only Support. ॥4॥87॥156॥ GAUREE, FIFTH MEHL: When they are out and about, they keep Him enshrined in their hearts; returning home, the Lord of the Universe is still with them. ॥1॥ The Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is the Companion of His Saints. Their minds and bodies are imbued with the Love of the Lord. ॥1॥ Pause॥ By Guru’s Grace, one crosses over the world-ocean; the sinful mistakes of countless incarnations are all washed away. ॥2॥ Honor and intuitive awareness are acquired through the Name of the Lord God. The Teachings of the Perfect Guru are immaculate and pure. ॥3॥ Within your heart, meditate on the His Lotus Feet. Nanak lives by beholding the Lord’s Expansive Power. ॥4॥88॥157॥ GAUREE, FIFTH MEHL: Blessed is this place, where the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe are sung. God Himself bestows peace and pleasure. ॥1॥ Pause॥ Misfortune occurs where the Lord is not remembered in meditation. There are millions of joys where the Glorious Praises of the Lord are sung. ॥1॥ Forgetting the Lord, all sorts of pains and diseases come. Serving God, the Messenger of Death will not even approach you. ॥2॥ Very blessed, stable and sublime is that place, where the Name of God alone is chanted. ॥3॥ Wherever I go, my Lord and Master is with me. Nanak has met the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts. ॥4॥89॥158॥ GAUREE, FIFTH MEHL: That mortal who meditates on the Lord of the Universe, whether educated or uneducated, obtains the state of supreme dignity. ॥1॥ In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, meditate on the Lord of the World. Without the Name, wealth and property are false. ॥1॥ Pause॥