The Langar - the Kitchen of the Guru's Shabad has been opened, and its supplies never run short.
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Whatever His Master gave, He spent; He distributed it all to be eaten.
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The Praises of the Master were sung, and the Divine Light descended from the heavens to the earth.
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Gazing upon You, O True King, the filth of countless past lives is washed away.
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The Guru gave the True Command; why should we hesitate to proclaim this?
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His sons did not obey His Word; they turned their backs on Him as Guru.
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These evil-hearted ones became rebellious; they carry loads of sin on their backs.
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Whatever the Guru said, Lehna did, and so he was installed on the throne.
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Who has lost, and who has won? ||2||
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He who did the work, is accepted as Guru; so which is better - the thistle or the rice?
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The Righteous Judge of Dharma considered the arguments and made the decision.
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Whatever the True Guru says, the True Lord does; it comes to pass instantaneously.
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Guru Angad was proclaimed, and the True Creator confirmed it.
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Nanak merely changed his body; He still sits on the throne, with hundreds of branches reaching out.
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Standing at His door, His followers serve Him; by this service, their rust is scraped off.
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He is the Dervish - the Saint, at the door of His Lord and Master; He loves the True Name, and the Bani of the Guru's Word.
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Balwand says that Khivi, the Guru's wife, is a noble woman, who gives soothing, leafy shade to all.
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She distributes the bounty of the Guru's Langar; the kheer - the rice pudding and ghee, is like sweet ambrosia.
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The faces of the Guru's Sikhs are radiant and bright; the self-willed manmukhs are pale, like straw.
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The Master gave His approval, when Angad exerted Himself heroically.
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Such is the Husband of mother Khivi; He sustains the world. ||3||
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It is as if the Guru made the Ganges flow in the opposite direction, and the world wonders: what has he done?
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Nanak, the Lord, the Lord of the World, spoke the words out loud.
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Making the mountain his churning stick, and the snake-king his churning string, He has churned the Word of the Shabad.
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From it, He extracted the fourteen jewels, and illuminated the world.
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He revealed such creative power, and touched such greatness.
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He raised the royal canopy to wave over the head of Lehna, and raised His glory to the skies.
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His Light merged into the Light, and He blended Him into Himself.
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Guru Nanak tested His Sikhs and His sons, and everyone saw what happened.
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When Lehna alone was found to be pure, then He was set on the throne. ||4||
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Then, the True Guru, the son of Pheru, came to dwell at Khadoor.
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Meditation, austerities and self-discipline rest with You, while the others are filled with excessive pride.
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Greed ruins mankind, like the green algae in the water.
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In the Guru's Court, the Divine Light shines in its creative power.
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You are the cooling peace, whose depth cannot be found.
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You are overflowing with the nine treasures, and the treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
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Whoever slanders You will be totally ruined and destroyed.
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People of the world can see only what is near at hand, but You can see far beyond.
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Then the True Guru, the son of Pheru, came to dwell at Khadoor. ||5||
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