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1He Himself forgives, and implants the Truth. The mind and body are then attuned to the True Lord. ||11||

2Within the polluted mind and body is the Light of the Infinite Lord.

3One who understands the Guru's Teachings, contemplates this.

4Conquering egotism, the mind becomes immaculate forever; with his tongue, he serves the Lord, the Giver of peace. ||12||

5In the fortress of the body there are many shops and bazaars;

6within them is the Naam, the Name of the utterly infinite Lord.

7In His Court, one is embellished forever with the Word of the Guru's Shabad; he conquers egotism and realizes the Lord. ||13||

8The jewel is priceless, inaccessible and infinite.

9How can the poor wretch estimate its worth?

10Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, it is weighed, and so the Shabad is realized deep within. ||14||

11The great volumes of the Simritees and the Shaastras only extend the extension of attachment to Maya.

12The fools read them, but do not understand the Word of the Shabad. How rare are those who, as Gurmukh, understand. ||15||

13The Creator Himself acts, and causes all to act.

14Through the True Word of His Bani, Truth is implanted deep within.

15O Nanak, through the Naam, one is blessed with glorious greatness, and throughout the ages, the One Lord is known. ||16||9||

16Maaroo, Third Mehla:

17Serve the True Creator Lord.

18The Word of the Shabad is the Destroyer of pain.

19He is inaccessible and unfathomable; He cannot be evaluated. He Himself is inaccessible and immeasurable. ||1||

20The True Lord Himself makes Truth pervasive.

21He attaches some humble beings to the Truth.

22They serve the True Lord and practice Truth; through the Name, they are absorbed in the True Lord. ||2||

23The Primal Lord unites His devotees in His Union.

24He attaches them to true devotional worship.

25One who sings forever the Glorious Praises of the Lord, through the True Word of His Bani, earns the profit of this life. ||3||

26The Gurmukh trades, and understands his own self.

27He knows no other than the One Lord.

28True is the banker, and True are His traders, who buy the merchandise of the Naam. ||4||

29He Himself fashions and creates the Universe.

30He inspires a few to realize the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

31Those humble beings who serve the True Guru are true. He snaps the noose of death from around their necks. ||5||

32He destroys, creates, embellishes and fashions all beings,

33and attaches them to duality, attachment and Maya.

34The self-willed manmukhs wander around forever, acting blindly. Death has strung his noose around their necks. ||6||

35He Himself forgives, and enjoins us to serve the Guru.

36Through the Guru's Teachings, the Naam comes to dwell within the mind.

37Night and day, meditate on the Naam, the Name of the True Lord, and earn the profit of the Naam in this world. ||7||

38He Himself is True, and True is His Name.

39The Gurmukh bestows it, and enshrines it within the mind.

40Noble and exalted are those, within whose mind the Lord abides. Their heads are free of strife. ||8||

41He is inaccessible and unfathomable; His value cannot be appraised.

42By Guru's Grace, He dwells within the mind.

43No one calls that person to account, who praises the Word of the Shabad, the Giver of virtue. ||9||

44Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva serve Him.

45Even they cannot find the limits of the unseen, unknowable Lord.

46Those who are blessed by Your Glance of Grace, become Gurmukh, and comprehend the incomprehensible. ||10||