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1Day and night, they are in love with the True Word of the Shabad. They obtain their home in the Ocean of the Lord. ||5||

2The self-willed manmukhs shall always be filthy cranes, smeared with the filth of ego.

3They may bathe, but their filth is not removed.

4One who dies while yet alive, and contemplates the Word of the Guru's Shabad, is rid of this filth of ego. ||6||

5The Priceless Jewel is found, in the home of one's own being,

6when one listens to the Shabad, the Word of the Perfect True Guru.

7By Guru's Grace, the darkness of spiritual ignorance is dispelled; I have come to recognize the Divine Light within my own heart. ||7||

8The Lord Himself creates, and He Himself beholds.

9Serving the True Guru, one becomes acceptable.

10O Nanak, the Naam dwells deep within the heart; by Guru's Grace, it is obtained. ||8||31||32||

11Maajh, Third Mehla:

12The whole world is engrossed in emotional attachment to Maya.

13Those who are controlled by the three qualities are attached to Maya.

14By Guru's Grace, a few come to understand; they center their consciousness in the fourth state. ||1||

15I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who burn away their emotional attachment to Maya, through the Shabad.

16Those who burn away this attachment to Maya, and focus their consciousness on the Lord are honored in the True Court, and the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. ||1||Pause||

17The source, the root, of the gods and goddesses is Maya.

18For them, the Simritees and the Shaastras were composed.

19Sexual desire and anger are diffused throughout the universe. Coming and going, people suffer in pain. ||2||

20The jewel of spiritual wisdom was placed within the universe.

21By Guru's Grace, it is enshrined within the mind.

22Celibacy, chastity, self-discipline and the practice of truthfulness are obtained from the Perfect Guru, by meditating on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||3||

23In this world of her parents' home, the soul-bride has been deluded by doubt.

24Attached to duality, she later comes to regret it.

25She forfeits both this world and the next, and even in her dreams, she does not find peace. ||4||

26The soul-bride who remembers her Husband Lord in this world,

27by Guru's Grace, sees Him close at hand.

28She remains intuitively attuned to the Love of her Beloved; she makes the Word of His Shabad her decoration. ||5||

29Blessed and fruitful is the coming of those who find the True Guru;

30through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they burn their love of duality.

31The One Lord is permeating and pervading deep within the heart. Joining the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, they sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||6||

32Those who do not serve the True Guru-why did they even come into this world?

33Cursed are their lives; they have uselessly wasted this human life.

34The self-willed manmukhs do not remember the Naam. Without the Naam, they suffer in terrible pain. ||7||

35The One who created the Universe, He alone knows it.

36He unites with Himself those who realize the Shabad.

37O Nanak, they alone receive the Naam, upon whose foreheads such pre-ordained destiny is recorded. ||8||1||32||33||

38Maajh, Fourth Mehla:

39The Primal Being is Himself remote and beyond.

40He Himself establishes, and having established, He disestablishes.

41The One Lord is pervading in all; those who become Gurmukh are honored. ||1||

42I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Formless Lord.