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1Without the Guru, the fire within is not quenched; and outside, the fire still burns.

2Without serving the Guru, there is no devotional worship. How can anyone, by himself, know the Lord?

3Slandering others, one lives in hell; within him is hazy darkness.

4Wandering to the eixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage, he is ruined. How can the filth of sin be washed away? ||3||

5He sifts through the dust, and applies ashes to his body, but he is searching for the path of Maya's wealth.

6Inwardly and outwardly, he does not know the One Lord; if someone tells him the Truth, he grows angry.

7He reads the scriptures, but tells lies; such is the intellect of one who has no guru.

8Without chanting the Naam, how can he find peace? Without the Name, how can he look good? ||4||

9Some shave their heads, some keep their hair in matted tangles; some keep it in braids, while some keep silent, filled with egotistical pride.

10Their minds waver and wander in ten directions, without loving devotion and enlightenment of the soul.

11They abandon the Ambrosial Nectar, and drink the deadly poison, driven mad by Maya.

12Past actions cannot be erased; without understanding the Hukam of the Lord's Command, they become beasts. ||5||

13With bowl in hand, wearing his patched coat, great desires well up in his mind.

14Abandoning his own wife, he is engrossed in sexual desire; his thoughts are on the wives of others.

15He teaches and preaches, but does not contemplate the Shabad; he is bought and sold on the street.

16With poison within, he pretends to be free of doubt; he is ruined and humiliated by the Messenger of Death. ||6||

17He alone is a Sannyaasi, who serves the True Guru, and removes his self-conceit from within.

18He does not ask for clothes or food; without asking, he accepts whatever he receives.

19He does not speak empty words; he gathers in the wealth of tolerance, and burns away his anger with the Naam.

20Blessed is such a householder, Sannyaasi and Yogi, who focuses his consciousness on the Lord's feet. ||7||

21Amidst hope, the Sannyaasi remains unmoved by hope; he remains lovingly focused on the One Lord.

22He drinks in the sublime essence of the Lord, and so finds peace and tranquility; in the home of his own being, he remains absorbed in the deep trance of meditation.

23His mind does not waver; as Gurmukh, he understands. He restrains it from wandering out.

24Following the Guru's Teachings, he searches the home of his body, and obtains the wealth of the Naam. ||8||

25Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are exalted, imbued with contemplative meditation on the Naam.

26The sources of creation, speech, the heavens and the underworld, all beings and creatures, are infused with Your Light.

27All comforts and liberation are found in the Naam, and the vibrations of the Guru's Bani; I have enshrined the True Name within my heart.

28Without the Naam, no one is saved; O Nanak, with the Truth, cross over to the other side. ||9||7||

29Maaroo, First Mehla:

30Through the union of mother and father, the fetus is formed. The egg and sperm join together to make the body.

31Upside-down within the womb, it lovingly dwells on the Lord; God provides for it, and gives it nourishment there. ||1||

32How can he cross over the terrifying world-ocean?

33The Gurmukh obtains the Immaculate Naam, the Name of the Lord; the unbearable load of sins is removed. ||1||Pause||

34I have forgotten Your Virtues, Lord; I am insane - what can I do now?

35You are the Merciful Giver, above the heads of all. Day and night, You give gifts, and take care of all. ||2||

36One is born to achieve the four great objectives of life. The spirit has taken up its home in the material world.