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1He alone puts out this fire, who practices and lives the Guru's Shabad.

2His body and mind are cooled and soothed, and his anger is silenced; conquering egotism, he merges in the Lord. ||15||

3True is the Lord and Master, and True is His glorious greatness.

4By Guru's Grace, a rare few attain this.

5Nanak offers this one prayer: through the Naam, the Name of the Lord, may I merge in the Lord. ||16||1||23||

6Maaroo, Third Mehla:

7By Your Grace, please unite with Your devotees.

8Your devotees ever praise You, lovingly focusing on You.

9In Your Sanctuary, they are saved, O Creator Lord; You unite them in Union with Yourself. ||1||

10Sublime and exalted is devotion to the Perfect Word of the Shabad.

11Peace prevails within; they are pleasing to Your Mind.

12One whose mind and body are imbued with true devotion, focuses his consciousness on the True Lord. ||2||

13In egotism, the body is forever burning.

14When God grants His Grace, one meets the Perfect Guru.

15The Shabad dispels the spiritual ignorance within, and through the True Guru, one finds peace. ||3||

16The blind, self-willed manmukh acts blindly.

17He is in terrible trouble, and wanders in reincarnation.

18He can never snap the noose of Death, and in the end, he suffers in horrible pain. ||4||

19Through the Shabad, one's comings and goings in reincarnation are ended.

20He keeps the True Name enshrined within his heart.

21He dies in the Word of the Guru's Shabad, and conquers his mind; stilling his egotism, he merges in the Lord. ||5||

22Coming and going, the people of the world are wasting away.

23Without the True Guru, no one finds permanence and stability.

24The Shabad shines its Light deep within the self, and one dwells in peace; one's light merges into the Light. ||6||

25The five demons think of evil and corruption.

26The expanse is the manifestation of emotional attachment to Maya.

27Serving the True Guru, one is liberated, and the five demons are put under his control. ||7||

28Without the Guru, there is only the darkness of attachment.

29Over and over, time and time again, they are drowned.

30Meeting the True Guru, Truth is implanted within, and the True Name becomes pleasing to the mind. ||8||

31True is His Door, and True is His Court, His Royal Darbaar.

32The true ones serve Him, through the Beloved Word of the Shabad.

33Singing the Glorious Praises of the True Lord, in the true melody, I am immersed and absorbed in Truth. ||9||

34Deep within the home of the self, one finds the home of the Lord.

35Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, one easily, intuitively finds it.

36There, one is not afflicted with sorrow or separation; merge into the Celestial Lord with intuitive ease. ||10||

37The evil people live in the love of duality.

38They wander around, totally attached and thirsty.

39They sit in evil gatherings, and suffer in pain forever; they earn pain, nothing but pain. ||11||

40Without the True Guru, there is no Sangat, no Congregation.

41Without the Shabad, no one can cross over to the other side.

42One who intuitively chants God's Glorious Praises day and night - his light merges into the Light. ||12||

43The body is the tree; the bird of the soul dwells within it.

44It drinks in the Ambrosial Nectar, resting in the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

45It never flies away, and it does not come or go; it dwells within the home of its own self. ||13||

46Purify the body, and contemplate the Shabad.

47Remove the poisonous drug of emotional attachment, and eradicate doubt.

48The Giver of peace Himself bestows His Mercy, and unites us in Union with Himself. ||14||