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1Nanak has come to the Sanctuary of the Guru, and is saved. The Guru, the Lord, is his Protector. ||30||

2Shalok, Third Mehla:

3Reading and writing, the Pandits engage in debates and disputes; they are attached to the flavors of Maya.

4In the love of duality, they forget the Naam. Those foolish mortals shall receive their punishment.

5They do not serve the One who created them, who gives sustenance to all.

6The noose of Death around their necks is not cut off; they come and go in reincarnation, over and over again.

7The True Guru comes and meets those who have such pre-ordained destiny.

8Night and day, they meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord; O Nanak, they merge into the True Lord. ||1||

9Third Mehla:

10Those Gurmukhs who fall at His Feet deal with the True Lord and serve the True Lord.

11O Nanak, those who walk in harmony with the Guru's Will are intuitively absorbed in the True Lord. ||2||

12Pauree:

13In hope, there is very great pain; the self-willed manmukh focuses his consciousness on it.

14The Gurmukhs become desireless, and attain supreme peace.

15In the midst of their household, they remain detached; they are lovingly attuned to the Detached Lord.

16Sorrow and separation do not cling to them at all. They are pleased with the Lord's Will.

17O Nanak, they remain forever immersed in the Primal Lord, who blends them with Himself. ||31||

18Shalok, Third Mehla:

19Why keep what is held in trust for another? Giving it back, peace is found.

20The Word of the Guru's Shabad rests in the Guru; it does not appear through anyone else.

21The blind man finds a jewel, and goes from house to house selling it.

22But they cannot appraise it, and they do not offer him even half a shell for it.

23If he cannot appraise it himself, then he should have it appraised by an appraiser.

24If he focuses his consciousness, then he obtains the true object, and he is blessed with the nine treasures.

25The wealth is within the house, while the world is dying of hunger. Without the True Guru, no one has a clue.

26When the cooling and soothing Shabad comes to dwell in the mind and body, there is no sorrow or separation there.

27The object belongs to someone else, but the fool is proud of it, and shows his shallow nature.

28O Nanak, without understanding, no one obtains it; they come and go in reincarnation, over and over again. ||1||

29Third Mehla:

30My mind is in ecstasy; I have met my Beloved Lord. My beloved friends, the Saints, are delighted.

31Those who are united with the Primal Lord shall never be separated again. The Creator has united them with Himself.

32The Shabad permeates my inner being, and I have found the Guru; all my sorrows are dispelled.

33I praise forever the Lord, the Giver of peace; I keep Him enshrined deep within my heart.

34How can the self-willed manmukh gossip about those who are embellished and exalted in the True Word of the Shabad?

35My Beloved Himself preserves the honor of those who have come to the Guru's Door seeking Sanctuary.

36O Nanak, the Gurmukhs are filled with joy; their faces are radiant in the Court of the Lord. ||2||

37Pauree:

38The husband and wife are very much in love; joining together, their love increases.

39Gazing on his children and his wife, the man is pleased and attached to Maya.

40Stealing the wealth of his own country and other lands, he brings it home and feeds them.