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330 I have not taken the Lord’s Name as my Support. ॥1॥ Pause॥ Says Kabeer, I have searched the skies, and have not seen another, equal to the Lord. ॥2॥34॥ GAUREE, KABEER JEE: That head which was once embellished with the finest turban — upon that head, the crow now cleans his beak. ॥1॥ What pride should we take in this body and wealth? Why not hold tight to the Lord’s Name instead? ॥1॥ Pause॥ Says Kabeer, listen, O my mind: this may be your fate as well! ॥2॥35॥ THIRTY-FIVE STEPS OF GAUREE GWAARAYREE. ॥RAAG GAUREE GWAARAYREE, ASHTAPADEES OF KABEER JEE:ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU:People beg for pleasure, but pain comes instead. I would rather not beg for that pleasure. ॥1॥ People are involved in corruption, but still, they hope for pleasure. How will they find their home in the Sovereign Lord King? ॥1॥ Pause॥ Even Shiva and Brahma are afraid of this pleasure, but I have judged that pleasure to be true. ॥2॥ Even sages like Sanak and Naarad, and the thousand-headed serpent, did not see the mind within the body. ॥3॥ Anyone can search for this mind, O Siblings of Destiny. When it escapes from the body, where does the mind go? ॥4॥ By Guru’s Grace, Jai Dayv and Naam Dayv came to know this, through loving devotional worship of the Lord. ॥5॥ This mind does not come or go. One whose doubt is dispelled, knows the Truth. ॥6॥ This mind has no form or outline. By God’s Command it was created; understanding God’s Command, it will be absorbed into Him again. ॥7॥ Does anyone know the secret of this mind? This mind shall merge into the Lord, the Giver of peace and pleasure. ॥8॥ There is One Soul, and it pervades all bodies. Kabeer dwells upon this Mind. ॥9॥1॥36॥ GAUREE GWAARAYREE: Those who are awake to the One Name, day and night — many of them have become Siddhas — perfect spiritual beings — with their consciousness attuned to the Lord. ॥1॥ Pause॥ The seekers, the Siddhas and the silent sages have all lost the game. The One Name is the wish-fulfilling Elysian Tree, which saves them and carries them across. ॥1॥ Those who are rejuvenated by the Lord, do not belong to any other. Says Kabeer, they realize the Name of the Lord. ॥2॥37॥ GAUREE AND ALSO SORAT’H: O shameless being, don’t you feel ashamed? You have forsaken the Lord — now where will you go? Unto whom will you turn? ॥1॥ Pause॥ One whose Lord and Master is the highest and most exalted — it is not proper for him to go to the house of another. ॥1॥ That Lord and Master is pervading everywhere. The Lord is always with us; He is never far away. ॥2॥ Even Maya takes to the Sanctuary of His Lotus Feet. Tell me, what is there which is not in His home? ॥3॥ Everyone speaks of Him; He is All-powerful. He is His Own Master; He is the Giver. ॥4॥ Says Kabeer, he alone is perfect in this world, in whose heart there is none other than the Lord. ॥5॥38॥