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1You shall earn profit and suffer no loss, and in the Court of the Lord you shall be honored.

2Those who gather in the riches of the Lord's Name are truly wealthy, and very blessed.

3So, when standing up and sitting down, vibrate upon the Lord, and cherish the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

4O Nanak, evil-mindedness is eradicated, when the Supreme Lord God comes to dwell in the mind. ||2||

5Shalok:

6The world is in the grip of the three qualities; only a few attain the fourth state of absorption.

7O Nanak, the Saints are pure and immaculate; the Lord abides within their minds. ||3||

8Pauree:

9The third day of the lunar cycle: Those who are bound by the three qualities gather poison as their fruit; now they are good, and now they are bad.

10They wander endlessly in heaven and hell, until death annihilates them.

11In pleasure and pain and worldly cynicism, they pass their lives acting in ego.

12They do not know the One who created them; they think up all sorts of schemes and plans.

13Their minds and bodies are distracted by pleasure and pain, and their fever never departs.

14They do not realize the glorious radiance of the Supreme Lord God, the Perfect Lord and Master.

15So many are being drowned in emotional attachment and doubt; they dwell in the most horrible hell.

16Please bless me with Your Mercy, God, and save me! Nanak places his hopes in You. ||3||

17Shalok:

18One who renounces egotistical pride is intelligent, wise and refined.

19The four cardinal blessings, and the eight spiritual powers of the Siddhas are obtained, O Nanak, by meditating, vibrating on the Lord's Name. ||4||

20Pauree:

21The fourth day of the lunar cycle: Listening to the four Vedas, and contemplating the essence of reality, I have come to realize

22that the treasure of all joy and comfort is found in sublime meditation on the Lord's Name.

23One is saved from hell, suffering is destroyed, countless pains depart,

24death is overcome, and one escapes the Messenger of Death, by absorption in the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises.

25Fear departs, and one savors the Ambrosial Nectar, imbued with the Love of the Formless Lord.

26Pain, poverty and impurity are removed, with the Support of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

27The angels, the seers and the silent sages search for the Ocean of peace, the Sustainer of the world.

28The mind becomes pure, and one's face is radiant, O Nanak, when one becomes the dust of the feet of the Holy. ||4||

29Shalok:

30The five evil passions dwell in the mind of one who is engrossed in Maya.

31In the Saadh Sangat, one becomes pure, O Nanak, imbued with the Love of God. ||5||

32Pauree:

33The fifth day of the lunar cycle: They are the self-elect, the most distinguished, who know the true nature of the world.

34The many colors and scents of flowers - all worldly deceptions are transitory and false.

35People do not see, and they do not understand; they do not reflect upon anything.

36The world is pierced through with attachment to tastes and pleasures, engrossed in ignorance.

37Those who perform empty religious rituals will be born, only to die again. They wander through endless incarnations.

38They do not meditate in remembrance on the Creator Lord; their minds do not understand.

39By loving devotion to the Lord God, you shall not be polluted by Maya at all.

40O Nanak, how rare are those, who are not engrossed in worldly entanglements. ||5||

41Shalok:

42The six Shaastras proclaim Him to be the greatest; He has no end or limitation.

43The devotees look beauteous, O Nanak, when they sing the Glories of God at His Door. ||6||

44Pauree:

45The sixth day of the lunar cycle: The six Shaastras say, and countless Simritees assert,