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1Shalok:

2Acting in egotism, selfishness and conceit, the foolish, ignorant, faithless cynic wastes his life.

3He dies in agony, like one dying of thirst; O Nanak, this is because of the deeds he has done. ||1||

4Pauree:

5RARRA: Conflict is eliminated in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy;

6meditate in adoration on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the essence of karma and Dharma.

7When the Beautiful Lord abides within the heart,

8conflict is erased and ended.

9The foolish, faithless cynic picks arguments

10his heart is filled with corruption and egotistical intellect.

11RARRA: For the Gurmukh, conflict is eliminated in an instant, O Nanak, through the Teachings. ||47||

12Shalok:

13O mind, grasp the Support of the Holy Saint; give up your clever arguments.

14One who has the Guru's Teachings within his mind, O Nanak, has good destiny inscribed upon his forehead. ||1||

15Pauree:

16SASSA: I have now entered Your Sanctuary, Lord; I am so tired of reciting the Shaastras, the Simritees and the Vedas.

17I searched and searched and searched, and now I have come to realize,

18that without meditating on the Lord, there is no emancipation.

19With each and every breath, I make mistakes.

20You are All-powerful, endless and infinite.

21I seek Your Sanctuary - please save me, Merciful Lord!

22Nanak is Your child, O Lord of the World. ||48||

23Shalok:

24When selfishness and conceit are erased, peace comes, and the mind and body are healed.

25O Nanak, then He comes to be seen - the One who is worthy of praise. ||1||

26Pauree:

27KHAKHA: Praise and extol Him on High,

28who fills the empty to over-flowing in an instant.

29When the mortal being becomes totally humble,

30then he meditates night and day on God, the Detached Lord of Nirvaanaa.

31If it pleases the Will of our Lord and Master, then He blesses us with peace.

32Such is the Infinite, Supreme Lord God.

33He forgives countless sins in an instant.

34O Nanak, our Lord and Master is merciful forever. ||49||

35Shalok:

36I speak the Truth - listen, O my mind: take to the Sanctuary of the Sovereign Lord King.

37Give up all your clever tricks, O Nanak, and He shall absorb you into Himself. ||1||

38Pauree:

39SASSA: Give up your clever tricks, you ignorant fool!

40God is not pleased with clever tricks and commands.

41You may practice a thousand forms of cleverness,

42but not even one will go along with you in the end.

43Meditate on that Lord, that Lord, day and night.

44O soul, He alone shall go along with you.

45Those whom the Lord Himself commits to the service of the Holy,

46O Nanak, are not afflicted by suffering. ||50||

47Shalok:

48Chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, and keeping it in your mind, you shall find peace.

49O Nanak, the Lord is pervading everywhere; He is contained in all spaces and interspaces. ||1||

50Pauree:

51Behold! The Lord God is totally pervading each and every heart.

52Forever and ever, the Guru's wisdom has been the Destroyer of pain.

53Quieting the ego, ecstasy is obtained. Where the ego does not exist, God Himself is there.

54The pain of birth and death is removed, by the power of the Society of the Saints.

55He becomes kind to those who lovingly enshrine the Name of the Merciful Lord within their hearts, in the Society of the Saints.