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1Those who die in the Shabad and subdue their own minds, obtain the door of liberation. ||3||

2They erase their sins, and eliminate their anger;

3they keep the Guru's Shabad clasped tightly to their hearts.

4Those who are attuned to Truth, remain balanced and detached forever. Subduing their egotism, they are united with the Lord. ||4||

5Deep within the nucleus of the self is the jewel; we receive it only if the Lord inspires us to receive it.

6The mind is bound by the three dispositions-the three modes of Maya.

7Reading and reciting, the Pandits, the religious scholars, and the silent sages have grown weary, but they have not found the supreme essence of the fourth state. ||5||

8The Lord Himself dyes us in the color of His Love.

9Only those who are steeped in the Word of the Guru's Shabad are so imbued with His Love.

10Imbued with the most beautiful color of the Lord's Love, they sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, with great pleasure and joy. ||6||

11To the Gurmukh, the True Lord is wealth, miraculous spiritual powers and strict self-discipline.

12Through the spiritual wisdom of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the Gurmukh is liberated.

13The Gurmukh practices Truth, and is absorbed in the Truest of the True. ||7||

14The Gurmukh realizes that the Lord alone creates, and having created, He destroys.

15To the Gurmukh, the Lord Himself is social class, status and all honor.

16O Nanak, the Gurmukhs meditate on the Naam; through the Naam, they merge in the Naam. ||8||12||13||

17Maajh, Third Mehla:

18Creation and destruction happen through the Word of the Shabad.

19Through the Shabad, creation happens again.

20The Gurmukh knows that the True Lord is all-pervading. The Gurmukh understands creation and merger. ||1||

21I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who enshrine the Perfect Guru within their minds.

22From the Guru comes peace and tranquility; worship Him with devotion, day and night. Chanting His Glorious Praises, merge into the Glorious Lord. ||1||Pause||

23The Gurmukh sees the Lord on the earth, and the Gurmukh sees Him in the water.

24The Gurmukh sees Him in wind and fire; such is the wonder of His Play.

25One who has no Guru, dies over and over again, only to be re-born. One who has no Guru continues coming and going in reincarnation. ||2||

26The One Creator has set this play in motion.

27In the frame of the human body, He has placed all things.

28Those few who are pierced through by the Word of the Shabad, obtain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. He calls them into His Wondrous Palace. ||3||

29True is the Banker, and true are His traders.

30They purchase Truth, with infinite love for the Guru.

31They deal in Truth, and they practice Truth. They earn Truth, and only Truth. ||4||

32Without investment capital, how can anyone acquire merchandise?

33The self-willed manmukhs have all gone astray.

34Without true wealth, everyone goes empty-handed; going empty-handed, they suffer in pain. ||5||

35Some deal in Truth, through love of the Guru's Shabad.

36They save themselves, and save all their ancestors as well.

37Very auspicious is the coming of those who meet their Beloved and find peace. ||6||

38Deep within the self is the secret, but the fool looks for it outside.

39The blind self-willed manmukhs wander around like demons;

40but where the secret is, there, they do not find it. The manmukhs are deluded by doubt. ||7||

41He Himself calls us, and bestows the Word of the Shabad.

42The soul-bride finds intuitive peace and poise in the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.

43O Nanak, she obtains the glorious greatness of the Naam; she hears it again and again, and she meditates on it. ||8||13||14||

44Maajh, Third Mehla:

45The True Guru has imparted the True Teachings.