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1One who sees the One and Only Lord with his eyes - his hands shall not get muddy and dirty.

2O Nanak, the Gurmukhs are saved; the Guru has surrounded the ocean with the embankment of Truth. ||8||

3If you wish to put out the fire, then look for water; without the Guru, the ocean of water is not found.

4You shall continue to wander lost in reincarnation through birth and death, even if you do thousands of other deeds.

5But you shall not be taxed by the Messenger of Death, if you walk in harmony with the Will of the True Guru.

6O Nanak, the immaculate, immortal status is obtained, and the Guru will unite you in the Lord's Union. ||9||

7The crow rubs and washes itself in the mud puddle.

8Its mind and body are polluted with its own mistakes and demerits, and its beak is filled with dirt.

9The swan in the pool associated with the crow, not knowing that it was evil.

10Such is the love of the faithless cynic; understand this, O spiritually wise ones, through love and devotion.

11So proclaim the victory of the Society of the Saints, and act as Gurmukh.

12Immaculate and pure is that cleansing bath, O Nanak, at the sacred shrine of the Guru's river. ||10||

13What should I account as the rewards of this human life, if one does not feel love and devotion to the Lord?

14Wearing clothes and eating food is useless, if the mind is filled with the love of duality.

15Seeing and hearing is false, if one speaks lies.

16O Nanak, praise the Naam, the Name of the Lord; everything else is coming and going in egotism. ||11||

17The Saints are few and far between; everything else in the world is just a pompous show. ||12||

18O Nanak, one who is struck by the Lord dies instantaneously; the power to live is lost.

19If someone dies by such a stroke, then he is accepted.

20He alone is struck, who is struck by the Lord; after such a stroke, he is approved.

21The arrow of love, shot by the All-knowing Lord, cannot be pulled out. ||13||

22Who can wash the unbaked clay pot?

23Joining the five elements together, the Lord made a false cover.

24When it pleases Him, He makes it right.

25The supreme light shines forth, and the celestial song vibrates and resounds. ||14||

26Those who are totally blind in their minds, do not have the integrity to keep their word.

27With their blind minds, and their upside-down heart-lotus, they look totally ugly.

28Some know how to speak and understand what they are told. Those people are wise and good-looking.

29Some do not know the Sound-current of the Naad, spiritual wisdom or the joy of song. They do not even understand good and bad.

30Some have no idea of perfection, wisdom or understanding; they know nothing about the mystery of the Word.

31O Nanak, those people are really donkeys; they have no virtue or merit, but still, they are very proud. ||15||

32He alone is a Brahmin, who knows God.

33He chants and meditates, and practices austerity and good deeds.

34He keeps to the Dharma, with faith, humility and contentment.

35Breaking his bonds, he is liberated.

36Such a Brahmin is worthy of being worshipped. ||16||

37He alone is a Kh'shaatriyaa, who is a hero in good deeds.

38He uses his body to give in charity;

39he understands his farm, and plants the seeds of generosity.

40Such a Kh'shaatriyaa is accepted in the Court of the Lord.

41Whoever practices greed, possessiveness and falsehood,

42shall receive the fruits of his own labors. ||17||

43Do not heat your body like a furnace, or burn your bones like firewood.

44What have your head and feet done wrong? See your Husband Lord within yourself. ||18||