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1The Guru instructs His wandering Sikhs;

2if they go astray, He sets them on the right path.

3So serve the Guru, forever, day and night; He is the Destroyer of pain - He is with you as your companion. ||13||

4O mortal being, what devotional worship have you performed to the Guru?

5Even Brahma, Indra and Shiva do not know it.

6Tell me, how can the unknowable True Guru be known? He alone attains this realization, whom the Lord forgives. ||14||

7One who has love within, obtains the Blessed Vision of His Darshan.

8One who enshrines love for the Word of the Guru's Bani, meets with Him.

9Day and night, the Gurmukh sees the immaculate Divine Light everywhere; this lamp illuminates his heart. ||15||

10The food of spiritual wisdom is the supremely sweet essence.

11Whoever tastes it, sees the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan.

12Beholding His Darshan, the unattached one meets the Lord; subduing the mind's desires, he merges into the Lord. ||16||

13Those who serve the True Guru are supreme and famous.

14Deep within each and every heart, they recognize God.

15Please bless Nanak with the Lord's Praises, and the Sangat, the Congregation of the Lord's humble servants; through the True Guru, they know their Lord God. ||17||5||11||

16Maaroo, First Mehla:

17The True Lord is the Creator of the Universe.

18He established and contemplates the worldly sphere.

19He Himself created the creation, and beholds it; He is True and independent. ||1||

20He created the beings of different kinds.

21The two travellers have set out in two directions.

22Without the Perfect Guru, no one is liberated. Chanting the True Name, one profits. ||2||

23The self-willed manmukhs read and study, but they do not know the way.

24They do not understand the Naam, the Name of the Lord; they wander, deluded by doubt.

25They take bribes, and give false testimony; the noose of evil-mindedness is around their necks. ||3||

26They read the Simritees, the Shaastras and the Puraanas;

27they argue and debate, but do not know the essence of reality.

28Without the Perfect Guru, the essence of reality is not obtained. The true and pure beings walk the Path of Truth. ||4||

29All praise God and listen, and listen and speak.

30He Himself is wise, and He Himself judges the Truth.

31Those whom God blesses with His Glance of Grace become Gurmukh, and praise the Word of the Shabad. ||5||

32Many listen and listen, and speak the Guru's Bani.

33Listening and speaking, no one knows His limits.

34He alone is wise, unto whom the unseen Lord reveals Himself; he speaks the Unspoken Speech. ||6||

35At birth, the congratulations pour in;

36the ignorant sing songs of joy.

37Whoever is born, is sure to die, according to the destiny of past deeds inscribed upon his head by the Sovereign Lord King. ||7||

38Union and separation were created by my God.

39Creating the Universe, He gave it pain and pleasure.

40The Gurmukhs remain unaffected by pain and pleasure; they wear the armor of humility. ||8||

41The noble people are traders in Truth.

42They purchase the true merchandise, contemplating the Guru.

43One who has the wealth of the true commodity in his lap, is blessed with the rapture of the True Shabad. ||9||

44The false dealings lead only to loss.

45The trades of the Gurmukh are pleasing to God.

46His stock is safe, and his capital is safe and sound. The noose of Death is cut away from around his neck. ||10||