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1Great is the greatness of the Guru, who meditates on the Lord within.

2By His Pleasure, the Lord has bestowed this upon the Perfect True Guru; it is not diminished one bit by anyone's efforts.

3The True Lord and Master is on the side of the True Guru; and so, all those who oppose Him waste away to death in anger, envy and conflict.

4The Lord, the Creator, blackens the faces of the slanderers, and increases the glory of the Guru.

5As the slanderers spread their slander, so does the Guru's glory increase day by day.

6Servant Nanak worships the Lord, who makes everyone fall at His Feet. ||1||

7Fourth Mehla:

8One who enters into a calculated relationship with the True Guru loses everything, this world and the next.

9He grinds his teeth continually and foams at the mouth; screaming in anger, he perishes.

10He continually chases after Maya and wealth, but even his own wealth flies away.

11What shall he earn, and what shall he eat? Within his heart, there is only cynicism and pain.

12One who hates the One who has no hatred, shall bear the load of all the sins of the world on his head.

13He shall find no shelter here or hereafter; his mouth blisters with the slander in his heart.

14If gold comes into his hands, it turns to dust.

15But if he should come again to the Sanctuary of the Guru, then even his past sins shall be forgiven.

16Servant Nanak meditates on the Naam, night and day. Remembering the Lord in meditation, wickedness and sins are erased. ||2||

17Pauree:

18You are the Truest of the True; Your Regal Court is the most exalted of all.

19Those who meditate on You, O True Lord, serve the Truth; O True Lord, they take pride in You.

20Within them is the Truth; their faces are radiant, and they speak the Truth. O True Lord, You are their strength.

21Those who, as Gurmukh, praise You are Your devotees; they have the insignia and the banner of the Shabad, the True Word of God.

22I am truly a sacrifice, forever devoted to those who serve the True Lord. ||13||

23Shalok, Fourth Mehla:

24Those who were cursed by the Perfect True Guru, from the very beginning, are even now cursed by the True Guru.

25Even though they may have a great longing to associate with the Guru, the Creator does not allow it.

26They shall not find shelter in the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation; in the Sangat, the Guru has proclaimed this.

27Whoever goes out to meet them now, will be destroyed by the tyrant, the Messenger of Death.

28Those who were condemned by Guru Nanak were declared counterfeit by Guru Angad as well.

29The Guru of the third generation thought, ""What lies in the hands of these poor people?""

30The Guru of the fourth generation saved all these slanderers and evil-doers.

31If any son or Sikh serves the True Guru, then all of his affairs will be resolved.

32He obtains the fruits of his desires - children, wealth, property, union with the Lord and emancipation.

33All treasures are in the True Guru, who has enshrined the Lord within the heart.

34He alone obtains the Perfect True Guru, on whose forehead such blessed destiny is pre-ordained.

35Servant Nanak begs for the dust of the feet of those GurSikhs who love the Lord, their Friend. ||1||