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1He alone understands, whom the Lord Himself inspires to understand.

2By Guru's Grace, one serves Him. ||1||

3With the jewel of spiritual wisdom, total understanding is obtained.

4By Guru's Grace, ignorance is dispelled; one then remains wakeful, night and day, and beholds the True Lord. ||1||Pause||

5Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, attachment and pride are burnt away.

6From the Perfect Guru, true understanding is obtained.

7Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, one realizes the Lord's Presence within.

8Then, one's coming and going cease, and one becomes stable, absorbed in the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||2||

9The world is tied to birth and death.

10The unconscious, self-willed manmukh is enveloped in the darkness of Maya and emotional attachment.

11He slanders others, and practices utter falsehood.

12He is a maggot in manure, and into manure he is absorbed. ||3||

13Joining the True Congregation, the Sat Sangat, total understanding is obtained.

14Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, devotional love for the Lord is implanted.

15One who surrenders to the Lord's Will is peaceful forever.

16O Nanak, he is absorbed into the True Lord. ||4||10||49||

17Aasaa, Third Mehla, Panch-Padhay:

18One who dies in the Word of the Shabad, finds eternal bliss.

19He is united with the True Guru, the Guru, the Lord God.

20He does not die any more, and he does not come or go.

21Through the Perfect Guru, he merges with the True Lord. ||1||

22One who has the Naam, the Name of the Lord, written in his pre-ordained destiny,

23night and day, meditates forever on the Naam; he obtains the wondrous blessing of devotional love from the Perfect Guru. ||1||Pause||

24Those, whom the Lord God has blended with Himself

25their sublime state cannot be described.

26The Perfect True Guru has given the Glorious Greatness,

27of the most exalted order, and I am absorbed into the Lord's Name. ||2||

28Whatever the Lord does, He does all by Himself.

29In an instant, He establishes, and disestablishes.

30By merely speaking, talking, shouting and preaching about the Lord, even hundreds of times, the mortal is not approved. ||3||

31The Guru meets with those, who take virtue as their treasure;

32they listen to the True Word of the Guru's Bani, the Shabad.

33Pain departs, from that place where the Shabad abides.

34By the jewel of spiritual wisdom, one is easily absorbed into the True Lord. ||4||

35No other wealth is as great as the Naam.

36It is bestowed only by the True Lord.

37Through the Perfect Word of the Shabad, it abides in the mind.

38O Nanak, imbued with the Naam, peace is obtained. ||5||11||50||

39Aasaa, Third Mehla:

40One may dance and play numerous instruments;

41but this mind is blind and deaf, so for whose benefit is this speaking and preaching?

42Deep within is the fire of greed, and the dust-storm of doubt.

43The lamp of knowledge is not burning, and understanding is not obtained. ||1||

44The Gurmukh has the light of devotional worship within his heart.

45Understanding his own self, he meets God. ||1||Pause||

46The Gurmukh's dance is to embrace love for the Lord;

47to the beat of the drum, he sheds his ego from within.

48My God is True; He Himself is the Knower of all.

49Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, recognize the Creator Lord within yourself. ||2||

50The Gurmukh is filled with devotional love for the Beloved Lord.

51He intuitively reflects upon the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

52For the Gurmukh, loving devotional worship is the way to the True Lord.

53But the dances and the worship of the hypocrites bring only pain. ||3||