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1Pauree:

2He created both sides; Shiva dwells within Shakti (the soul dwells within the material universe).

3Through the material universe of Shakti, no one has ever found the Lord; they continue to be born and die in reincarnation.

4Serving the Guru, peace is found, meditating on the Lord with every breath and morsel of food.

5Searching and looking through the Simritees and the Shaastras, I have found that the most sublime person is the slave of the Lord.

6O Nanak, without the Naam, nothing is permanent and stable; I am a sacrifice to the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||10||

7Shalok, Third Mehla:

8I might become a Pandit, a religious scholar, or an astrologer, and recite the four Vedas with my mouth;

9I might be worshipped throughout the nine regions of the earth for my wisdom and thought;

10let me not forget the Word of Truth, that no one can touch my sacred cooking square.

11Such cooking squares are false, O Nanak; only the One Lord is True. ||1||

12Third Mehla:

13He Himself creates and He Himself acts; He bestows His Glance of Grace.

14He Himself grants glorious greatness; says Nanak, He is the True Lord. ||2||

15Pauree:

16Only death is painful; I cannot conceive of anything else as painful.

17It is unstoppable; it stalks and pervades the world, and fights with the sinners.

18Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, one is immersed in the Lord. Meditating on the Lord, one comes to realize the Lord.

19He alone is emancipated in the Sanctuary of the Lord, who struggles with his own mind.

20One who contemplates and meditates on the Lord in his mind, succeeds in the Court of the Lord. ||11||

21Shalok, First Mehla:

22Submit to the Will of the Lord Commander; in His Court, only Truth is accepted.

23Your Lord and Master shall call you to account; do not go astray on beholding the world.

24One who keeps watch over his heart, and keeps his heart pure, is a dervish, a saintly devotee.

25Love and affection, O Nanak, are in the accounts placed before the Creator. ||1||

26First Mehla:

27One who is unattached like the bumble bee, sees the Lord of the world everywhere.

28The diamond of his mind is pierced through with the Diamond of the Lord's Name; O Nanak, his neck is embellished with it. ||2||

29Pauree:

30The self-willed manmukhs are afflicted by death; they cling to Maya in emotional attachment.

31In an instant, they are thrown to the ground and killed; in the love of duality, they are deluded.

32This opportunity shall not come into their hands again; they are beaten by the Messenger of Death with his stick.

33But Death's stick does not even strike those who remain awake and aware in the Love of the Lord.

34All are Yours, and cling to You; only You can save them. ||12||

35Shalok, First Mehla:

36See the imperishable Lord everywhere; attachment to wealth brings only great pain.

37Loaded with dust, you have to cross over the world-ocean; you are not carrying the profit and capital of the Name with you. ||1||

38First Mehla:

39My capital is Your True Name, O Lord; this wealth is inexhaustible and infinite.

40O Nanak, this merchandise is immaculate; blessed is the banker who trades in it. ||2||

41First Mehla:

42Know and enjoy the primal, eternal Love of the Great Lord and Master.

43Blessed with the Naam, O Nanak, you shall strike down the Messenger of Death, and push his face to the ground. ||3||

44Pauree:

45He Himself has embellished the body, and placed the nine treasures of the Naam within it.

46He confuses some in doubt; fruitless are their actions.

47Some, as Gurmukh, realize their Lord, the Supreme Soul.

48Some listen to the Lord, and obey Him; sublime and exalted are their actions.

49Love for the Lord wells up deep within, singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord's Name. ||13||

50Shalok, First Mehla: