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742 Nanak begs for the dust of the Saints. ॥4॥17॥23॥ SOOHEE, FIFTH MEHL: Gazing upon the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan, I live. My karma is perfect, O my God. ॥1॥ Please, listen to this prayer, O my God. Please bless me with Your Name, and make me Your chaylaa, Your disciple. ॥1॥ Pause॥ Please keep me under Your Protection, O God, O Great Giver. By Guru’s Grace, a few people understand this. ॥2॥ Please hear my prayer, O God, my Friend. May Your Lotus Feet abide within my consciousness. ॥3॥ Nanak makes one prayer: may I never forget You, O perfect treasure of virtue. ॥4॥18॥24॥ SOOHEE, FIFTH MEHL: He is my friend, companion, child, relative and sibling. Wherever I look, I see the Lord as my companion and helper. ॥1॥ The Lord’s Name is my social status, my honor and wealth. He is my pleasure, poise, bliss and peace. ॥1॥ Pause॥ I have strapped on the armor of meditation on the Supreme Lord God. It cannot be pierced, even by millions of weapons. ॥2॥ The Sanctuary of the Lord’s Feet is my fortress and battlement. The Messenger of Death, the torturer, cannot demolish it. ॥3॥ Slave Nanak is forever a sacrifice to the selfless servants and Saints of the Sovereign Lord, the Destroyer of ego. ॥4॥19॥25॥ SOOHEE, FIFTH MEHL: Where the Glorious Praises of God, the Lord of the world are continually sung, there is bliss, joy, happiness and peace. ॥1॥ Come, O my companions — let us go and enjoy God. Let us fall at the feet of the holy, humble beings. ॥1॥ Pause॥ I pray for the dust of the feet of the humble. It shall wash away the sinful residues of countless incarnations. ॥2॥ I dedicate my mind, body, breath of life and soul to God. Remembering the Lord in meditation, I have eradicated pride and emotional attachment. ॥3॥ O Lord, O Merciful to the meek, please give me faith and confidence, so that slave Nanak may remain absorbed in Your Sanctuary. ॥4॥20॥26॥ SOOHEE, FIFTH MEHL: The city of heaven is where the Saints dwell. They enshrine the Lotus Feet of God within their hearts. ॥1॥ Listen, O my mind and body, and let me show you the way to find peace, so that you may eat and enjoy the various delicacies of the Lord॥1॥ Pause॥ Taste the Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, within your mind. Its taste is wondrous — it cannot be described. ॥2॥ Your greed shall die, and your thirst shall be quenched. The humble beings seek the Sanctuary of the Supreme Lord God. ॥3॥ The Lord dispels the fears and attachments of countless incarnations. God has showered His Mercy and Grace upon slave Nanak. ॥4॥21॥27॥ SOOHEE, FIFTH MEHL: God covers the many shortcomings of His slaves. Granting His Mercy, God makes them His own. ॥1॥ You emancipate Your humble servant, and rescue him from the noose of the world, which is just a dream. ॥1॥ Pause॥ Even huge mountains of sin and corruption are removed in an instant by the Merciful Lord. ॥2॥ Sorrow, disease and the most terrible calamities are removed by meditating on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ॥3॥