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1You shall obtain your pre-ordained destiny.

2God is the Giver of pain and pleasure.

3Abandon others, and think of Him alone.

4Whatever He does - take comfort in that.

5Why do you wander around, you ignorant fool?

6What things did you bring with you?

7You cling to worldly pleasures like a greedy moth.

8Dwell upon the Lord's Name in your heart.

9O Nanak, thus you shall return to your home with honor. ||4||

10This merchandise, which you have come to obtain

11the Lord's Name is obtained in the home of the Saints.

12Renounce your egotistical pride, and with your mind, purchase the Lord's Name - measure it out within your heart.

13Load up this merchandise, and set out with the Saints.

14Give up other corrupt entanglements.

15"Blessed, blessed", everyone will call you,

16and your face shall be radiant in the Court of the Lord.

17In this trade, only a few are trading.

18Nanak is forever a sacrifice to them. ||5||

19Wash the feet of the Holy, and drink in this water.

20Dedicate your soul to the Holy.

21Take your cleansing bath in the dust of the feet of the Holy.

22To the Holy, make your life a sacrifice.

23Service to the Holy is obtained by great good fortune.

24In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, the Kirtan of the Lord's Praise is sung.

25From all sorts of dangers, the Saint saves us.

26Singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, we taste the ambrosial essence.

27Seeking the Protection of the Saints, we have come to their door.

28All comforts, O Nanak, are so obtained. ||6||

29He infuses life back into the dead.

30He gives food to the hungry.

31All treasures are within His Glance of Grace.

32People obtain that which they are pre-ordained to receive.

33All things are His; He is the Doer of all.

34Other than Him, there has never been any other, and there shall never be.

35Meditate on Him forever and ever, day and night.

36This way of life is exalted and immaculate.

37One whom the Lord, in His Grace, blesses with His Name

38- O Nanak, that person becomes immaculate and pure. ||7||

39One who has faith in the Guru in his mind

40comes to dwell upon the Lord God.

41He is acclaimed as a devotee, a humble devotee throughout the three worlds.

42The One Lord is in his heart.

43True are his actions; true are his ways.

44True is his heart; Truth is what he speaks with his mouth.

45True is his vision; true is his form.

46He distributes Truth and he spreads Truth.

47One who recognizes the Supreme Lord God as True

48- O Nanak, that humble being is absorbed into the True One. ||8||15||

49Shalok:

50He has no form, no shape, no color; God is beyond the three qualities.

51They alone understand Him, O Nanak, with whom He is pleased. ||1||

52Ashtapadee:

53Keep the Immortal Lord God enshrined within your mind.

54Renounce your love and attachment to people.

55Beyond Him, there is nothing at all.

56The One Lord is pervading among all.

57He Himself is All-seeing; He Himself is All-knowing,

58Unfathomable, Profound, Deep and All-knowing.

59He is the Supreme Lord God, the Transcendent Lord, the Lord of the Universe,

60the Treasure of mercy, compassion and forgiveness.

61To fall at the Feet of Your Holy Beings