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1They do not worship the Lord, the Supreme Soul; how can they find peace in duality?

2They are filled with the filth of egotism; they do not wash it away with the Word of the Shabad.

3O Nanak, without the Name, they die in their filth; they waste the priceless opportunity of this human life. ||20||

4The self-willed manmukhs are deaf and blind; they are filled with the fire of desire.

5They have no intuitive understanding of the Guru's Bani; they are not illumined with the Shabad.

6They do not know their own inner being, and they have no faith in the Guru's Word.

7The Word of the Guru's Shabad is within the being of the spiritually wise ones. They always blossom in His love.

8The Lord saves the honor of the spiritually wise ones.I am forever a sacrifice to them.

9Servant Nanak is the slave of those Gurmukhs who serve the Lord. ||21||

10The poisonous snake, the serpent of Maya, has surrounded the world with its coils, O mother!

11The antidote to this poisonous venom is the Name of the Lord; the Guru places the magic spell of the Shabad into the mouth.

12Those who are blessed with such pre-ordained destiny come and meet the True Guru.

13Meeting with the True Guru, they become immaculate, and the poison of egotism is eradicated.

14Radiant and bright are the faces of the Gurmukhs; they are honored in the Court of the Lord.

15Servant Nanak is forever a sacrifice to those who walk in harmony with the Will of the True Guru. ||22||

16The True Guru, the Primal Being, has no hatred or vengeance. His heart is constantly attuned to the Lord.

17Whoever directs hatred against the Guru, who has no hatred at all, only sets his own home on fire.

18Anger and egotism are within him night and day; he burns, and suffers constant pain.

19They babble and tell lies, and keep on barking, eating the poison of the love of duality.

20For the sake of the poison of Maya, they wander from house to house, and lose their honor.

21They are like the son of a prostitute, who does not know the name of his father.

22They do not remember the Name of the Lord, Har, Har; the Creator Himself brings them to ruin.

23The Lord showers His Mercy upon the Gurmukhs, and reunites the separated ones with Himself.

24Servant Nanak is a sacrifice to those who fall at the Feet of the True Guru. ||23||

25Those who are attached to the Naam, the Name of the Lord, are saved; without the Name, they must go to the City of Death.

26O Nanak, without the Name, they find no peace; they come and go in reincarnation with regrets. ||24||

27When anxiety and wanderings come to an end, the mind becomes happy.

28By Guru's Grace, the soul-bride understands, and then she sleeps without worry.

29Those who have such pre-ordained destiny meet with the Guru, the Lord of the Universe.

30O Nanak, they merge intuitively into the Lord, the Embodiment of Supreme Bliss. ||25||

31Those who serve their True Guru, who contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad,

32who honor and obey the Will of the True Guru, who keep the Lord's Name enshrined within their hearts,

33are honored, here and hereafter; they are dedicated to the business of the Lord's Name.

34Through the Word of the Shabad, the Gurmukhs gain recognition in that Court of the True Lord.

35The True Name is their merchandise, the True Name is their expenditure; the Love of their Beloved fills their inner beings.

36The Messenger of Death does not even approach them; the Creator Lord Himself forgives them.