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1The Gurmukh knows the spiritual wisdom of the One Lord. Night and day, he chants the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||13||

2He may read the Vedas, but he does not realize the Lord's Name.

3For the sake of Maya, he reads and recites and argues.

4The ignorant and blind person is filled with filth within. How can he cross over the impassable world-ocean? ||14||

5He voices all the controversies of the Vedas,

6but his inner being is not saturated or satisfied, and he does not realize the Word of the Shabad.

7The Vedas tell all about virtue and vice, but only the Gurmukh drinks in the Ambrosial Nectar. ||15||

8The One True Lord is all by Himself.

9There is no one else except Him.

10O Nanak, true is the mind of one who is attuned to the Naam; he speaks Truth, and nothing but Truth. ||16||6||

11Maaroo, Third Mehla:

12The True Lord has established the Throne of Truth.

13He dwells in His own home deep within the self, where there is no emotional attachment to Maya.

14The True Lord dwells deep within the nucleus of the Gurmukh's heart forever; his actions are excellent. ||1||

15True is his merchandise, and true is his trade.

16There is no doubt within him, and no expanse of duality.

17He has earned the true wealth, which is never exhausted. How few are those who contemplate this, and understand. ||2||

18They alone are attached to the True Name, whom the Lord Himself attaches.

19The Word of the Shabad is deep within the nucleus of the self; good fortune is recorded upon their foreheads.

20Through the True Word of the Shabad, they sing the True Praises of the Lord; they are attuned to contemplative meditation on the Shabad. ||3||

21I praise the True Lord, the Truest of the True.

22I see the One Lord, and no other.

23The Guru's Teachings are the ladder to reach the highest of the high. the jewel of spiritual wisdom conquers egotism. ||4||

24Emotional attachment to Maya is burnt away by the Word of the Shabad.

25The True One comes to dwell in the mind, when it pleases You, O Lord.

26True are all the actions of the truthful; the thirst of egotism is subdued. ||5||

27All by Himself, God created emotional attachment to Maya.

28How rare are those who, as Gurmukh, realize the Lord.

29One who becomes Gurmukh practices Truth; true and excellent are his actions. ||6||

30He does those deeds which are pleasing to my God;

31through the Shabad, he burns away egotism and the thirst of desire.

32Following the Guru's Teachings, he remains forever cool and calm deep within; he conquers and subdues his ego. ||7||

33Those who are attached to the Truth are pleased with everything.

34They are embellished with the True Word of the Shabad.

35Those who are true in this world, are true in the Court of the Lord. The Merciful Lord adorns them with His Mercy. ||8||

36Those who are attached to duality, and not the Truth,

37are trapped in emotional attachment to Maya; they totally suffer in pain.

38Without the Guru, they do not understand pain and pleasure; attached to Maya, they suffer in terrible pain. ||9||

39Those whose minds are pleased with the True Word of the Shabad

40act according to pre-ordained destiny.

41They serve the True Lord, and meditate on the True Lord; they are imbued with contemplative meditation on the True Lord. ||10||

42Service to the Guru seems sweet to them.

43Night and day, they are intuitively immersed in celestial peace.

44Chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, their minds become immaculate; they love to serve the Guru. ||11||

45Those humble beings are at peace, whom the True Guru attaches to the Truth.

46He Himself, in His Will, merges them into Himself.

47Those humble beings, whom the True Guru protects, are saved. The rest are ruined through emotional attachment to Maya. ||12||