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873 GOND: Blessed is the Lord of the World. Blessed is the Divine Guru. Blessed is that grain, by which the heart-lotus of the hungry blossoms forth. Blessed are those Saints, who know this. Meeting with them, one meets the Lord, the Sustainer of the World. ॥1॥ This grain comes from the Primal Lord God. One chants the Naam, the Name of the Lord, only when he tastes this grain. ॥1॥ Pause॥ Meditate on the Naam, and meditate on this grain. Mixed with water, its taste becomes sublime. One who abstains from this grain, loses his honor in the three worlds. ॥2॥ One who discards this grain, is practicing hypocrisy. She is neither a happy soul-bride, nor a widow. Those who claim in this world that they live on milk alone, secretly eat whole loads of food. ॥3॥ Without this grain, time does not pass in peace. Forsaking this grain, one does not meet the Lord of the World. Says Kabeer, this I know: blessed is that grain, which brings faith in the Lord and Master to the mind. ॥4॥8॥11॥ RAAG GOND, THE WORD OF NAAM DAYV JEE, FIRST HOUSE:ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU: The ritual sacrifice of horses, giving one’s weight in gold to charities, and ceremonial cleansing baths —॥1॥ These are not equal to singing the Praises of the Lord’s Name. Meditate on your Lord, you lazy man! ॥1॥ Pause॥ Offering sweet rice at Gaya, living on the river banks at Benares, reciting the four Vedas by heart;॥2॥ Completing all religious rituals, restraining sexual passion by the spiritual wisdom given by the Guru, and performing the six rituals;॥3॥ Expounding on Shiva and Shakti — O man, renounce and abandon all these things. Meditate, meditate in remembrance on the Lord of the Universe. Meditate, O Naam Dayv, and cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ॥4॥1॥ GOND: The deer is lured by the sound of the hunter’s bell; it loses its life, but it cannot stop thinking about it. ॥1॥ In the same way, I look upon my Lord. I will not abandon my Lord, and turn my thoughts to another. ॥1॥ Pause॥ As the fisherman looks upon the fish, and the goldsmith looks upon the gold he fashions;॥2॥ As the man driven by sex looks upon another man’s wife, and the gambler looks upon the throwing of the dice —॥3॥ In the same way, wherever Naam Dayv looks, he sees the Lord. Naam Dayv meditates continuously on the Feet of the Lord. ॥4॥2॥ GOND: Carry me across, O Lord, carry me across. I am ignorant, and I do not know how to swim. O my Beloved Father, please give me Your arm. ॥1॥ Pause॥ I have been transformed from a mortal being into an angel, in an instant; the True Guru has taught me this. Born of human flesh, I have conquered the heavens; such is the medicine I was given. ॥1॥ Please place me where You placed Dhroo and Naarad, O my Master. With the Support of Your Name, so many have been saved; this is Naam Dayv’s understanding. ॥2॥3॥