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-742Nanak 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 II 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. Il 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 Il 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 ||
