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1The Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is within the True Guru.

2Following the Guru's Teachings, one meditates on the Immaculate Naam, the Pure and Holy Naam.

3The Ambrosial Word of His Bani is the true essence. It comes to abide in the mind of the Gurmukh.

4The heart-lotus blossoms forth, and one's light merges in the Light.

5O Nanak, they alone meet with the True Guru, who have such pre-ordained destiny inscribed upon their foreheads. ||25||

6Within the self-willed manmukhs is the fire of desire; their hunger does not depart.

7Emotional attachments to relatives are totally false; they remain engrossed in falsehood.

8Night and day, they are troubled by anxiety; bound to anxiety, they depart.

9Their comings and goings in reincarnation never end; they do their deeds in egotism.

10But in the Guru's Sanctuary, they are saved, O Nanak, and set free. ||26||

11The True Guru meditates on the Lord, the Primal Being. The Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, loves the True Guru.

12Those who join the Sat Sangat, and serve the True Guru - the Guru unites them in the Lord's Union.

13This world, this universe, is a terrifying ocean. On the Boat of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the Guru carries us across.

14The Sikhs of the Guru accept and obey the Lord's Will; the Perfect Guru carries them across.

15O Lord, please bless me with the dust of the feet of the Guru's Sikhs. I am a sinner - please save me.

16Those who have such pre-ordained destiny written upon their foreheads by the Lord God, come to meet Guru Nanak.

17The Messenger of Death is beaten and driven away; we are saved in the Court of the Lord.

18Blessed and celebrated are the Sikhs of the Guru; in His Pleasure, the Lord unites them in His Union. ||27||

19The Perfect Guru has implanted the Lord's Name within me; it has dispelled my doubts from within.

20Singing the Kirtan of the Praises of the Lord's Name, the Lord's path is illuminated and shown to His Sikhs.

21Conquering my egotism, I remain lovingly attuned to the One Lord; the Naam, the Name of the Lord, dwells within me.

22I follow the Guru's Teachings, and so the Messenger of Death cannot even see me; I am immersed in the True Name.

23The Creator Himself is All-pervading; as He pleases, He links us to His Name.

24Servant Nanak lives, chanting the Name. Without the Name, he dies in an instant. ||28||

25Within the minds of the faithless cynics is the disease of egotism; these evil people wander around lost, deluded by doubt.

26O Nanak, this disease is eradicated only by meeting with the True Guru, the Holy Friend. ||29||

27Following the Guru's Teachings, chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

28Attracted by the Lord's Love, day and night, the body-robe is imbued with the Lord's Love.

29I have not found any being like the Lord, although I have searched and looked all over the world.

30The Guru, the True Guru, has implanted the Naam within; now, my mind does not waver or wander anywhere else.

31Servant Nanak is the slave of the Lord, the slave of the slaves of the Guru, the True Guru. ||30||