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1Some wander naked day and night and never sleep.

2Some burn their limbs in fire, damaging and ruining themselves.

3Without the Name, the body is reduced to ashes; what good is it to speak and cry then?

4Those who serve the True Guru, are embellished and exalted in the Court of their Lord and Master. ||15||

5Shalok, Third Mehla:

6The rainbird chirps in the ambrosial hours of the morning before the dawn; its prayers are heard in the Court of the Lord.

7The order is issued to the clouds, to let the rains of mercy shower down.

8I am a sacrifice to those who enshrine the True Lord within their hearts.

9O Nanak, through the Name, all are rejuvenated, contemplating the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||1||

10Third Mehla:

11O rainbird, this is not the way to quench your thirst, even though you may cry out a hundred times.

12By God's Grace, the True Guru is found; by His Grace, love wells up.

13O Nanak, when the Lord and Master abides in the mind, corruption and evil leave from within. ||2||

14Pauree:

15Some are Jains, wasting their time in the wilderness; by their pre-ordained destiny, they are ruined.

16The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is not on their lips; they do not bathe at sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

17They pull out their hair with their hands, instead of shaving.

18They remain unclean day and night; they do not love the Word of the Shabad.

19They have no status, no honor, and no good karma. They waste away their lives in vain.

20Their minds are false and impure; that which they eat is impure and defiled.

21Without the Shabad, no one achieves a lifestyle of good conduct.

22The Gurmukh is absorbed in the True Lord God, the Universal Creator. ||16||

23Shalok, Third Mehla:

24In the month of Saawan, the bride is happy, contemplating the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

25O Nanak, she is a happy soul-bride forever; her love for the Guru is unlimited. ||1||

26Third Mehla:

27In Saawan, she who has no virtue is burned, in attachment and love of duality.

28O Nanak, she does not appreciate the value of her Husband Lord; all her decorations are worthless. ||2||

29Pauree:

30The True, Unseen, Mysterious Lord is not won over by stubbornness.

31Some sing according to traditional ragas, but the Lord is not pleased by these ragas.

32Some dance and dance and keep the beat, but they do not worship Him with devotion.

33Some refuse to eat; what can be done with these fools?

34Thirst and desire have greatly increased; nothing brings satisfaction.

35Some are tied down by rituals; they hassle themselves to death.

36In this world, profit comes by drinking in the Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam.

37The Gurmukhs gather in loving devotional worship of the Lord. ||17||

38Shalok, Third Mehla:

39Those Gurmukhs who sing in the Raga of Malaar - their minds and bodies become cool and calm.

40Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they realize the One, the One True Lord.

41Their minds and bodies are true; they obey the True Lord, and they are known as true.

42True devotional worship is deep within them; they are automatically blessed with honor.

43In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, there is utter darkness; the self-willed manmukh cannot find the way.

44O Nanak, very blessed are those Gurmukhs, unto whom the Lord is revealed. ||1||

45Third Mehla:

46The clouds rain down mercifully, and joy wells up in the minds of the people.

47I am forever a sacrifice to the One, by whose Command the clouds burst forth with rain.