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1Without the Lord's Name, all is pain. Attachment to Maya is agonizingly painful.

2O Nanak, the Gurmukh comes to see, that attachment to Maya separates all from the Lord. ||17||

3The Gurmukh obeys the Order of her Husband Lord God; through the Hukam of His Command, she finds peace.

4In His Will, she serves; in His Will, she worship and adores Him.

5In His Will, she merges in absorption. His Will is her fast, vow, purity and self-discipline; through it, she obtains the fruits of her mind's desires.

6She is always and forever the happy, pure soul-bride, who realizes His Will; she serves the True Guru, inspired by loving absorption.

7O Nanak, those upon whom the Lord showers His Mercy, are merged and immersed in His Will. ||18||

8The wretched, self-willed manmukhs do not realize His Will; they continually act in ego.

9By ritualistic fasts, vows, purities, self-disciplines and worship ceremonies, they still cannot get rid of their hypocrisy and doubt.

10Inwardly, they are impure, pierced through by attachment to Maya; they are like elephants, who throw dirt all over themselves right after their bath.

11They do not even think of the One who created them. Without thinking of Him, they cannot find peace.

12O Nanak, the Primal Creator has made the drama of the Universe; all act as they are pre-ordained. ||19||

13The Gurmukh has faith; his mind is contented and satisfied. Night and day, he serves the Lord, absorbed in Him.

14The Guru, the True Guru, is within; all worship and adore Him. Everyone comes to see the Blessed Vision of His Darshan.

15So believe in the True Guru, the supreme sublime Contemplator. Meeting with Him, hunger and thirst are completely relieved.

16I am forever a sacrifice to my Guru, who leads me to meet the True Lord God.

17O Nanak, those who come and fall at the Feet of the Guru are blessed with the karma of Truth. ||20||

18That Beloved, with whom I am in love, that Friend of mine is with me.

19I wander around inside and outside, but I always keep Him enshrined within my heart. ||21||

20Those who meditate on the Lord single-mindedly, with one-pointed concentration, link their consciousness to the True Guru.

21They are rid of pain, hunger, and the great illness of egotism; lovingly attuned to the Lord, they become free of pain.

22They sing His Praises, and chant His Praises; in His Glorious Praises, they sleep in absorption.

23O Nanak, through the Perfect Guru, they come to meet God with intuitive peace and poise. ||22||

24The self-willed manmukhs are emotionally attached to Maya; they are not in love with the Naam.

25They practice falsehood, gather falsehood, and eat the food of falsehood.

26Gathering the poisonous wealth and property of Maya, they die; in the end, they are all reduced to ashes.

27They perform religious rituals of purity and self-discipline, but they are filled with greed, evil and corruption.

28O Nanak, the actions of the self-willed manmukhs are not accepted; in the Court of the Lord, they are miserable. ||23||

29Among all Ragas, that one is sublime, O Siblings of Destiny, by which the Lord comes to abide in the mind.

30Those Ragas which are in the Sound-current of the Naad are totally true; their value cannot be expressed.

31Those Ragas which are not in the Sound-current of the Naad - by these, the Lord's Will cannot be understood.

32O Nanak, they alone are right, who understand the Will of the True Guru.

33Everything happens as He wills. ||24||