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1Second Mehla:

2Why praise the created being? Praise the One who created all.

3O Nanak, there is no other Giver, except the One Lord.

4Praise the Creator Lord, who created the creation.

5Praise the Great Giver, who gives sustenence to all.

6O Nanak, the treasure of the Eternal Lord is over-flowing.

7Praise and honor the One, who has no end or limitation. ||2||

8Pauree:

9The Name of the Lord is a treasure. Serving it, peace is obtained.

10I chant the Name of the Immaculate Lord, so that I may go home with honor.

11The Word of the Gurmukh is the Naam; I enshrine the Naam within my heart.

12The bird of the intellect comes under one's control, by meditating on the True Guru.

13O Nanak, if the Lord becomes merciful, the mortal lovingly tunes in to the Naam. ||4||

14Shalok, Second Mehla:

15How can we speak of Him? Only He knows Himself.

16His decree cannot be challenged; He is our Supreme Lord and Master.

17By His Decree, even kings, nobles and commanders must step down.

18Whatever is pleasing to His Will, O Nanak, is a good deed.

19By His Decree, we walk; nothing rests in our hands.

20When the Order comes from our Lord and Master, all must rise up and take to the road.

21As His Decree is issued, so is His Command obeyed.

22Those who are sent, come, O Nanak; when they are called back, they depart and go. ||1||

23Second Mehla:

24Those whom the Lord blesses with His Praises, are the true keepers of the treasure.

25Those who are blessed with the key - they alone receive the treasure.

26That treasure, from which virtue wells up - that treasure is approved.

27Those who are blessed by His Glance of Grace, O Nanak, bear the Insignia of the Naam. ||2||

28Pauree:

29The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is immaculate and pure; hearing it, peace is obtained.

30Listening and hearing, It is enshrined in the mind; how rare is that humble being who realizes it.

31Sitting down and standing up, I shall never forget Him, the Truest of the true.

32His devotees have the Support of His Name; in His Name, they find peace.

33O Nanak, He permeates and pervades mind and body; He is the Lord, the Guru's Word. ||5||

34Shalok, First Mehla:

35O Nanak, the weight is weighed out, when the soul is placed on the scale.

36Nothing is equal to speaking of the One, who perfectly unites us with the Perfect Lord.

37To call Him glorious and great carries such a heavy weight.

38Other intellectualisms are lightweight; other words are lightweight as well.

39The weight of the earth, water and mountains

40- how can the goldsmith weigh it on the scale?

41What weights can balance the scale?

42O Nanak, when questioned, the answer is given.

43The blind fool is running around, leading the blind.

44The more they say, the more they expose themselves. ||1||

45First Mehla:

46It is difficult to chant it; it is difficult to listen to it. It cannot be chanted with the mouth.

47Some speak with their mouths and chant the Word of the Shabad - the low and the high, day and night.

48If He were something, then He would be visible. His form and state cannot be seen.

49The Creator Lord does all deeds; He is established in the hearts of the high and the low.