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You bless them with Your Love. || 2 || You are the Great Giver; You are so very Wise. There is no other like You. You are my All-powerful Lord and Master; I do not know how to worship You. || 3 || Your Mansion is imperceptible, O my Beloved; it is so difficult to accept Your Will. Says Nanak, I have collapsed at Your Door, Lord. I am foolish and ignorant - please save me! || 4 || 2 || 20 || BASANT HINDOL, FIFTH MEHL: The mortal does not know the Primal Lord God; he does not understand hmself. He is engrossed in doubt and egotism. || 1 || My Father is the Supreme Lord God, my Master. I am unworthy, but please save me anyway. || 1 || Pause || Creation and destruction come only from God; this is what the Lord's humble servants believe. || 2 || Only those who are imbued with God's Name are judged to be peaceful in this Dark Age of Kali Yuga. || 3 || It is the Guru's Word that carries us across; Nanak cannot think of any other way. || 4 || 3 || 21 ||
RAAG BASANT HINDOL, NINTH MEHL:
ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU:
O Holy Saints, know that this body is false. The Lord who dwells within it - recognize that He alone is real. || 1 || Pause || The wealth of this world is only a dream; why are you so proud of it? None of it shall go along with you in the end; why do you cling to it? || 1 || Leave behind both praise and slander; enshrine the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises within your heart. O servant Nanak, the One Primal Being, the Lord God, is totally permeating everywhere. || 2 || 1 || BASANT, NINTH MEHL: The heart of the sinner is filled with unfulfilled sexual desire. He cannot control his fickle mind. || 1 || Pause || The Yogis, wandering ascetics and renunciates - this net is cast over them all. || 1 || Those who contemplate the Name of the Lord cross over the terrifying world-ocean. || 2 || Servant Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of the Lord. Please bestow the blessing of Your Name, that he may continue to sing Your Glorious Praises. || 3 || 2 || BASANT, NINTH MEHL: O mother, I have gathered the wealth of the Lord's Name. My mind has stopped its wanderings, and now, it has come to rest. || 1 || Pause || Attachment to Maya has run away from my body, and immaculate spiritual wisdom has welled up within me. Greed and attachment cannot even touch me; I have grasped hold of devotional worship of the Lord. || 1 || The cynicism of countless lifetimes has been eradicated, since I obtained the jewel of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. My mind was rid of all its desires, and I was absorbed in the peace of my own inner being. || 2 || That person, unto whom the Merciful Lord shows compassion, sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe. Says Nanak, this wealth is gathered only by the Gurmukh. || 3 || 3 || BASANT, NINTH MEHL: O my mind, how can you forget the Lord's Name? When the body perishes, you shall have to deal with the Messenger of Death. || 1 || Pause || This world is just a hill of smoke.
