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1One whose heart is filled with the Name shall have no fear on the path of death.

2He shall obtain salvation, and his intellect shall be enlightened; he will find his place in the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.

3Neither wealth, nor household, nor youth, nor power shall go along with you.

4In the Society of the Saints, meditate in remembrance on the Lord. This alone shall be of use to you.

5There will be no burning at all, when He Himself takes away your fever.

6O Nanak, the Lord Himself cherishes us; He is our Mother and Father. ||32||

7Shalok:

8They have grown weary, struggling in all sorts of ways; but they are not satisfied, and their thirst is not quenched.

9Gathering in and hoarding what they can, the faithless cynics die, O Nanak, but the wealth of Maya does not go with them in the end. ||1||

10Pauree:

11T'HAT'HA: Nothing is permanent - why do you stretch out your feet?

12You commit so many fraudulent and deceitful actions as you chase after Maya.

13You work to fill up your bag, you fool, and then you fall down exhausted.

14But this shall be of no use to you at all at that very last instant.

15You shall find stability only by vibrating upon the Lord of the Universe, and accepting the Teachings of the Saints.

16Embrace love for the One Lord forever - this is true love!

17He is the Doer, the Cause of causes. All ways and means are in His Hands alone.

18Whatever You attach me to, to that I am attached; O Nanak, I am just a helpless creature. ||33||

19Shalok:

20His slaves have gazed upon the One Lord, the Giver of everything.

21They continue to contemplate Him with each and every breath; O Nanak, the Blessed Vision of His Darshan is their Support. ||1||

22Pauree:

23DADDA: The One Lord is the Great Giver; He is the Giver to all.

24There is no limit to His Giving. His countless warehouses are filled to overflowing.

25The Great Giver is alive forever.

26O foolish mind, why have you forgotten Him?

27No one is at fault, my friend.

28God created the bondage of emotional attachment to Maya.

29He Himself removes the pains of the Gurmukh; O Nanak, he is fulfilled. ||34||

30Shalok:

31O my soul, grasp the Support of the One Lord; give up your hopes in others.

32O Nanak, meditating on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, your affairs shall be resolved. ||1||

33Pauree:

34DHADHA: The mind's wanderings cease, when one comes to dwell in the Society of the Saints.

35If the Lord is Merciful from the very beginning, then one's mind is enlightened.

36Those who have the true wealth are the true bankers.

37The Lord, Har, Har, is their wealth, and they trade in His Name.

38Patience, glory and honor come to those

39who listen to the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

40That Gurmukh whose heart remains merged with the Lord,

41O Nanak, obtains glorious greatness. ||35||

42Shalok:

43O Nanak, one who chants the Naam, and meditates on the Naam with love inwardly and outwardly,

44receives the Teachings from the Perfect Guru; he joins the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, and does not fall into hell. ||1||

45Pauree:

46NANNA: Those whose minds and bodies are filled with the Naam, the Name of the Lord, shall not fall into hell.

47Those Gurmukhs who chant the treasure of the Naam,

48are not destroyed by the poison of Maya.

49Those who have been given the Mantra of the Naam by the Guru, shall not be turned away.