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1That person, unto whom my Lord and Master is kind and compassionate - upon that GurSikh, the Guru's Teachings are bestowed.

2Servant Nanak begs for the dust of the feet of that GurSikh, who himself chants the Naam, and inspires others to chant it. ||2||

3Pauree:

4Those who meditate on You, O True Lord - they are very rare.

5Those who worship and adore the One Lord in their conscious minds - through their generosity, countless millions are fed.

6All meditate on You, but they alone are accepted, who are pleasing to their Lord and Master.

7Those who eat and dress without serving the True Guru die; after death, those wretched lepers are consigned to reincarnation.

8In His Sublime Presence, they talk sweetly, but behind His back, they exude poison from their mouths.

9The evil-minded are consigned to separation from the Lord. ||11||

10Shalok, Fourth Mehla:

11The faithless baymukh sent out his faithless servant, wearing a blue-black coat, filled with filth and vermin.

12No one in the world will sit near him; the self-willed manmukh fell into manure, and returned with even more filth covering him.

13The faithless baymukh was sent to slander and back-bite others, but when he went there, the faces of both he and his faithless master were blackened instead.

14It was immediately heard throughout the whole world, O Siblings of Destiny, that this faithless man, along with his servant, was kicked and beaten with shoes; in humiliation, they got up and returned to their homes.

15The faithless baymukh was not allowed to mingle with others; his wife and niece then brought him home to lie down.

16He has lost both this world and the next; he cries out continually, in hunger and thirst.

17Blessed, blessed is the Creator, the Primal Being, our Lord and Master; He Himself sits and dispenses true justice.

18One who slanders the Perfect True Guru is punished and destroyed by the True Lord.

19This Word is spoken by the One who created the whole universe. ||1||

20Fourth Mehla:

21One who has a poor beggar for a master - how can he be well-fed?

22If there is something in his master's house, he can get it; but how can he get what is not there?

23Serving him, who will be called to answer for his account? That service is painful and useless.

24O Nanak, serve the Guru, the Lord Incarnate; the Blessed Vision of His Darshan is profitable, and in the end, you shall not be called to account. ||2||

25Pauree:

26O Nanak, the Saints consider, and the four Vedas proclaim,

27that whatever the Lord's devotees utter with their mouths, shall come to pass.

28He is manifest in His cosmic workshop. All people hear of this.

29The stubborn men who fight with the Saints shall never find peace.

30The Saints seek to bless them with virtue, but they only burn in their egos.

31What can those wretched ones do, since, from the very beginning, their destiny is cursed with evil.

32Those who are struck down by the Supreme Lord God are of no use to anyone.

33Those who hate the One who has no hatred - according to the true justice of Dharma, they shall perish.

34Those who are cursed by the Saints will continue wandering aimlessly.

35When the tree is cut off at its roots, the branches wither and die. ||12||

36Shalok Fourth Mehla: