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1Without the True Guru, no one finds the Lord; anyone can try and see.

2By the Lord's Grace, the True Guru is found, and then the Lord is met with intuitive ease.

3The self-willed manmukh is deluded by doubt; without good destiny, the Lord's wealth is not obtained. ||5||

4The three dispositions are completely distracting; people read and study and contemplate them.

5Those people are never liberated; they do not find the Door of Salvation.

6Without the True Guru, they are never released from bondage; they do not embrace love for the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||6||

7The Pandits, the religious scholars, and the silent sages, reading and studying the Vedas, have grown weary.

8They do not even think of the Lord's Name; they do not dwell in the home of their own inner being.

9The Messenger of Death hovers over their heads; they are ruined by the deceit within themselves. ||7||

10Everyone longs for the Name of the Lord; without good destiny, it is not obtained.

11When the Lord bestows His Glance of Grace, the mortal meets the True Guru, and the Lord's Name comes to dwell within the mind.

12O Nanak, through the Name, honor wells up, and the mortal remains immersed in the Lord. ||8||2||

13Malaar, Third Mehla, Ashtpadheeyaa, Second House:

14One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

15When the Lord shows His Mercy, He enjoins the mortal to work for the Guru.

16His pains are taken away, and the Lord's Name comes to dwell within.

17True deliverance comes by focusing one's consciousness on the True Lord.

18Listen to the Shabad, and the Word of the Guru's Bani. ||1||

19O my mind, serve the Lord, Har, Har, the true treasure.

20By Guru's Grace, the wealth of the Lord is obtained. Night and day, focus your meditation on the Lord. ||1||Pause||

21The soul-bride who adorns herself without her Husband Lord,

22is ill-mannered and vile, wasted away into ruin.

23This is the useless way of life of the self-willed manmukh.

24Forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, he performs all sorts of empty rituals. ||2||

25The bride who is Gurmukh is beautifully embellished.

26Through the Word of the Shabad, she enshrines her Husband Lord within her heart.

27She realizes the One Lord, and subdues her ego.

28That soul-bride is virtuous and noble. ||3||

29Without the Guru, the Giver, no one finds the Lord.

30The greedy self-willed manmukh is attracted and engrossed in duality.

31Only a few spiritual teachers realize this,

32that without meeting the Guru, liberation is not obtained. ||4||

33Everyone tells the stories told by others.

34Without subduing the mind, devotional worship does not come.

35When the intellect achieves spiritual wisdom, the heart-lotus blossoms forth.

36The Naam, the Name of the Lord, comes to abide in that heart. ||5||

37In egotism, everyone can pretend to worship God with devotion.

38But this does not soften the mind, and it does not bring peace.

39By speaking and preaching, the mortal only shows off his self-conceit.

40His devotional worship is useless, and his life is a total waste. ||6||

41They alone are devotees, who are pleasing to the Mind of the True Guru.

42Night and day, they remain lovingly attuned to the Name.

43They behold the Naam, the Name of the Lord, ever-present, near at hand.