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1Serving the Guru, eternal peace is obtained, by those whom the Lord inspires to obey the Hukam of His Command. ||7||

2Gold and silver, and all metals, mix with dust in the end

3Without the Name, nothing goes along with you; the True Guru has imparted this understanding.

4O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Naam are immaculate and pure; they remain merged in the Truth. ||8||5||

5Maaroo, First Mehla:

6The Order is issued, and he cannot remain; the permit to stay has been torn up.

7This mind is tied to its faults; it suffers terrible pain in its body.

8The Perfect Guru forgives all the mistakes of the beggar at His Door. ||1||

9How can he stay here? He must get up and depart. Contemplate the Word of the Shabad, and understand this.

10He alone is united, whom You, O Lord, unite. Such is the Primal Command of the Infinite Lord. ||1||Pause||

11As You keep me, I remain; whatever You give me, I eat.

12As You lead me, I follow, with the Ambrosial Name in my mouth.

13All glorious greatness rests in the hands of my Lord and Master; my mind yearns to unite with You. ||2||

14Why should anyone praise any other created being? That Lord acts and sees.

15The One who created me, abides within my mind; there is no other at all.

16So praise that True Lord, and you shall be blessed with true honor. ||3||

17The Pandit, the religious scholar, reads, but does not reach the Lord; he is totally entangled in worldly affairs.

18He keeps the company of both virtue and vice, tormented by hunger and the Messenger of Death.

19One who is protected by the Perfect Lord, forgets separation and fear. ||4||

20They alone are perfect, O Siblings of Destiny, whose honor is certified.

21Perfect is the intellect of the Perfect Lord. True is His glorious greatness.

22His gifts never run short, although those who receive may grow weary of receiving. ||5||

23Searching the salty sea, one finds the pearl.

24It looks beautiful for a few days, but in the end, it is eaten away by dust.

25If one serves the Guru, the ocean of Truth, the gifts one receives never run short. ||6||

26They alone are pure, who are pleasing to my God; all others are soiled with filth.

27The filthy become pure, when they meet with the Guru, the Philosopher's Stone.

28Who can estimate the value of the color of the true jewel? ||7||

29Wearing religious robes, the Lord is not obtained, nor is He obtained by giving donations at sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

30Go and ask the readers of the Vedas; without faith, the world is cheated.

31O Nanak, he alone values the jewel, who is blessed with the spiritual wisdom of the Perfect Guru. ||8||6||

32Maaroo, Fifth Mehla:

33The self-willed manmukh, in a fit of passion, abandons his home, and is ruined; then, he spies on the homes of others.

34He neglects his household duties, and does not meet with the True Guru; he is caught in the whirlpool of evil-mindedness.

35Wandering in foreign lands and reading scriptures, he grows weary, and his thirsty desires only increase.

36His perishable body does not remember the Word of the Shabad; like a beast, he fills his belly. ||1||

37O Baba, this is the way of life of the Sannyaasi, the renunciate.

38Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, he is to enshrine love for the One Lord. Imbued with Your Name, Lord, he remains satisfied and fulfilled. ||1||Pause||

39He dyes his robes with saffron dye, and wearing these robes, he goes out begging.

40Tearing his robes, he makes a patched coat, and puts the money in his wallet.

41From house to house he goes begging, and tries to teach the world; but his mind is blind, and so he loses his honor.

42He is deluded by doubt, and does not remember the Word of the Shabad. He loses his life in the gamble. ||2||