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1In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, no one is interested in good karma, or Dharmic faith.

2This Dark Age was born in the house of evil.

3O Nanak, without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, no one is liberated. ||4||10||30||

4Gauree, Third Mehla, Gwaarayree:

5True is the Lord King, True is His Royal Command.

6Those whose minds are attuned to the True, Carefree Lord enter the True Mansion of His Presence, and merge in the True Name. ||1||

7Listen, O my mind: contemplate the Word of the Shabad.

8Chant the Lord's Name, and cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ||1||Pause||

9In doubt he comes, and in doubt he goes.

10This world is born out of the love of duality.

11The self-willed manmukh does not remember the Lord; he continues coming and going in reincarnation. ||2||

12Does he himself go astray, or does God lead him astray?

13This soul is enjoined to the service of someone else.

14It earns only terrible pain, and this life is lost in vain. ||3||

15Granting His Grace, He leads us to meet the True Guru.

16Remembering the One Name, doubt is cast out from within.

17O Nanak, chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the nine treasures of the Name are obtained. ||4||11||31||

18Gauree Gwaarayree, Third Mehla:

19Go and ask the Gurmukhs, who meditate on the Lord.

20Serving the Guru, the mind is satisfied.

21Those who earn the Lord's Name are wealthy.

22Through the Perfect Guru, understanding is obtained. ||1||

23Chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, O my Siblings of Destiny.

24The Gurmukhs serve the Lord, and so they are accepted. ||1||Pause||

25Those who recognize the self - their minds become pure.

26They become Jivan-mukta, liberated while yet alive, and they find the Lord.

27Singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, the intellect becomes pure and sublime,

28and they are easily and intuitively absorbed in the Lord. ||2||

29In the love of duality, no one can serve the Lord.

30In egotism and Maya, they are eating toxic poison.

31They are emotionally attached to their children, family and home.

32The blind, self-willed manmukhs come and go in reincarnation. ||3||

33Those, unto whom the Lord bestows His Name, worship Him night and day, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

34How rare are those who understand the Guru's Teachings!

35O Nanak, they are absorbed in the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||4||12||32||

36Gauree Gwaarayree, Third Mehla:

37The Guru's service has been performed throughout the four ages.

38Very few are those perfect ones who do this good deed.

39The wealth of the Lord's Name is inexhaustible; it shall never be exhausted.

40In this world, it brings a constant peace, and at the Lord's Gate, it brings honor. ||1||

41O my mind, have no doubt about this.

42Those Gurmukhs who serve, drink in the Ambrosial Nectar. ||1||Pause||

43Those who serve the True Guru are the greatest people of the world.

44They save themselves, and they redeem all their generations as well.

45They keep the Name of the Lord clasped tightly to their hearts.

46Attuned to the Naam, they cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ||2||

47Serving the True Guru, the mind becomes humble forever.

48Egotism is subdued, and the heart-lotus blossoms forth.

49The Unstruck Melody vibrates, as they dwell within the home of the self.

50Attuned to the Naam, they remain detached within their own home. ||3||

51Serving the True Guru, their words are true.

52Throughout the ages, the devotees chant and repeat these words.

53Night and day, they meditate on the Lord, the Sustainer of the Earth.