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1They alone meet the Lord, the Lord God, their Lord and Master, whose love for the Lord is pre-ordained.

2Servant Nanak meditates on the Naam, the Name of the Lord; through the Word of the Guru's Teachings, chant it consciously with your mind. ||1||

3Fourth Mehla:

4Seek the Lord God, your Best Friend; by great good fortune, He comes to dwell with the very fortunate ones.

5Through the Perfect Guru, He is revealed, O Nanak, and one is lovingly attuned to the Lord. ||2||

6Pauree:

7Blessed, blessed, beauteous and fruitful is that moment, when service to the Lord becomes pleasing to the mind.

8So proclaim the story of the Lord, O my GurSikhs; speak the Unspoken Speech of my Lord God.

9How can I attain Him? How can I see Him? My Lord God is All-knowing and All-seeing.

10Through the Word of the Guru's Teachings, the Lord reveals Himself; we merge in absorption in the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

11Nanak is a sacrifice unto those who meditate on the Lord of Nirvaanaa. ||10||

12Shalok, Fourth Mehla:

13One's eyes are anointed by the Lord God, when the Guru bestows the ointment of spiritual wisdom.

14I have found God, my Best Friend; servant Nanak is intuitively absorbed into the Lord. ||1||

15Fourth Mehla:

16The Gurmukh is filled with peace and tranquility deep within. His mind and body are absorbed in the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

17He thinks of the Naam, and reads the Naam; he remains lovingly attuned to the Naam.

18He obtains the Treasure of the Naam, and is rid of anxiety.

19Meeting with the True Guru, the Naam wells up, and all hunger and thirst depart.

20O Nanak, one who is imbued with the Naam, gathers the Naam in his lap. ||2||

21Pauree:

22You Yourself created the world, and You Yourself control it.

23Some are self-willed manmukhs - they lose. Others are united with the Guru - they win.

24The Name of the Lord, the Lord God is Sublime. The fortunate ones chant it, through the Word of the Guru's Teachings.

25All pain and poverty are taken away, when the Guru bestows the Lord's Name.

26Let everyone serve the Enticing Enticer of the Mind, the Enticer of the World, who created the world, and controls it all. ||11||

27Shalok, Fourth Mehla:

28The disease of egotism is deep within the mind; the self-willed manmukhs and the evil beings are deluded by doubt.

29O Nanak, the disease is cured only by meeting with the True Guru, the Holy Friend. ||1||

30Fourth Mehla:

31My mind and body are embellished and exalted, when I behold the Lord with my eyes.

32O Nanak, meeting with that God, I live, hearing His Voice. ||2||

33Pauree:

34The Creator is the Lord of the World, the Master of the Universe, the Infinite Primal Immeasurable Being.

35Meditate on the Lord's Name, O my GurSikhs; the Lord is Sublime, the Lord's Name is Invaluable.

36Those who meditate on Him in their hearts, day and night, merge with the Lord - there is no doubt about it.

37By great good fortune, they join the Sangat, the Holy Congregation, and speak the Word of the Guru, the Perfect True Guru.

38Let everyone meditate on the Lord, the Lord, the All-pervading Lord, by which all disputes and conflicts with Death are ended. ||12||

39Shalok, Fourth Mehla:

40The humble servant of the Lord chants the Name, Har, Har. The foolish idiot shoots arrows at him.

41O Nanak, the humble servant of the Lord is saved by the Love of the Lord. The arrow is turned around, and kills the one who shot it. ||1||