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1But to the subtle image of the Immaculate Name, they apply the form of a body.

2In the minds of the virtuous, contentment is produced, thinking about their giving.

3They give and give, but ask a thousand-fold more, and hope that the world will honor them.

4The thieves, adulterers, perjurers, evil-doers and sinners

5- after using up what good karma they had, they depart; have they done any good deeds here at all?

6There are beings and creatures in the water and on the land, in the worlds and universes, form upon form.

7Whatever they say, You know; You care for them all.

8O Nanak, the hunger of the devotees is to praise You; the True Name is their only support.

9They live in eternal bliss, day and night; they are the dust of the feet of the virtuous. ||1||

10First Mehla:

11The clay of the Muslim's grave becomes clay for the potter's wheel.

12Pots and bricks are fashioned from it, and it cries out as it burns.

13The poor clay burns, burns and weeps, as the fiery coals fall upon it.

14O Nanak, the Creator created the creation; the Creator Lord alone knows. ||2||

15Pauree:

16Without the True Guru, no one has obtained the Lord; without the True Guru, no one has obtained the Lord.

17He has placed Himself within the True Guru; revealing Himself, He declares this openly.

18Meeting the True Guru, eternal liberation is obtained; He has banished attachment from within.

19This is the highest thought, that one's consciousness is attached to the True Lord.

20Thus the Lord of the World, the Great Giver is obtained. ||6||

21Shalok, First Mehla:

22In ego they come, and in ego they go.

23In ego they are born, and in ego they die.

24In ego they give, and in ego they take.

25In ego they earn, and in ego they lose.

26In ego they become truthful or false.

27In ego they reflect on virtue and sin.

28In ego they go to heaven or hell.

29In ego they laugh, and in ego they weep.

30In ego they become dirty, and in ego they are washed clean.

31In ego they lose social status and class.

32In ego they are ignorant, and in ego they are wise.

33They do not know the value of salvation and liberation.

34In ego they love Maya, and in ego they are kept in darkness by it.

35Living in ego, mortal beings are created.

36When one understands ego, then the Lord's gate is known.

37Without spiritual wisdom, they babble and argue.

38O Nanak, by the Lord's Command, destiny is recorded.

39As the Lord sees us, so are we seen. ||1||

40Second Mehla:

41This is the nature of ego, that people perform their actions in ego.

42This is the bondage of ego, that time and time again, they are reborn.

43Where does ego come from? How can it be removed?

44This ego exists by the Lord's Order; people wander according to their past actions.

45Ego is a chronic disease, but it contains its own cure as well.

46If the Lord grants His Grace, one acts according to the Teachings of the Guru's Shabad.

47Nanak says, listen, people: in this way, troubles depart. ||2||

48Pauree:

49Those who serve are content. They meditate on the Truest of the True.