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1His beauteous forms cannot be comprehended; what can anyone accomplish by discussing and debating? ||2||

2Throughout the ages, You are the three qualities, and the four sources of creation.

3If You show Your Mercy, then one obtains the supreme status, and speaks the Unspoken Speech. ||3||

4You are the Creator; all are created by You. What can any mortal being do?

5He alone, upon whom You shower Your Grace, is absorbed into the Truth. ||4||

6Everyone who comes and goes chants Your Name.

7When it is pleasing to Your Will, then the Gurmukh understands. Otherwise, the self-willed manmukhs wander in ignorance. ||5||

8You gave the four Vedas to Brahma, for him to read and read continually, and reflect upon.

9The wretched one does not understand His Command, and is reincarnated into heaven and hell. ||6||

10In each and every age, He creates the kings, who are sung of as His Incarnations.

11Even they have not found His limits; what can I speak of and contemplate? ||7||

12You are True, and all that You do is True. If You bless me with the Truth, I will speak on it.

13One whom You inspire to understand the Truth, is easily absorbed into the Naam. ||8||1||23||

14Aasaa, Third Mehla:

15The True Guru has dispelled my doubts.

16He has enshrined the Immaculate Name of the Lord within my mind.

17Focusing on the Word of the Shabad, I have obtained lasting peace. ||1||

18Listen, O my mind, to the essence of spiritual wisdom.

19The Great Giver knows our condition completely; the Gurmukh obtains the treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

20The great glory of meeting the True Guru is

21that it has quenched the fire of possessiveness and desire;

22imbued with peace and poise, I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||2||

23Without the Perfect Guru, no one knows the Lord.

24Attached to Maya, they are engrossed in duality.

25The Gurmukh receives the Naam, and the Bani of the Lord's Word. ||3||

26Service to the Guru is the most excellent and sublime penance of penances.

27The Dear Lord dwells in the mind, and all suffering departs.

28Then, at the Gate of the True Lord, one appears truthful. ||4||

29Serving the Guru, one comes to know the three worlds.

30Understanding his own self, he obtains the Lord.

31Through the True Word of His Bani, we enter the Mansion of His Presence. ||5||

32Serving the Guru, all of one's generations are saved.

33Keep the Immaculate Naam enshrined within your heart.

34In the Court of the True Lord, you shall be adorned with True Glory. ||6||

35How very fortunate are they, who are committed to the Guru's service.

36Night and day, they are engaged in devotional worship; the True Name is implanted within them.

37Through the Naam, all of one's generations are saved. ||7||

38Nanak chants the true thought.

39Keep the Name of the Lord enshrined within your heart.

40Imbued with devotion to the Lord, the gate of salvation is found. ||8||2||24||

41Aasaa, Third Mehla:

42Everyone lives, hoping in hope.

43Understanding His Command, one becomes free of desire.

44So many are asleep in hope.

45He alone wakes up, whom the Lord awakens. ||1||

46The True Guru has led me to understand the Naam, the Name of the Lord; without the Naam, hunger does not go away.