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1The Lord, the Giver of peace, shall dwell in your mind, and your egotism and pride shall depart.

2O Nanak, when the Lord bestows His Glance of Grace, then, night and day, one centers his meditation on the Lord. ||2||

3Pauree:

4The Gurmukh is totally truthful, content and pure.

5Deception and wickedness have departed from within him, and he easily conquers his mind.

6There, the Divine Light and the essence of bliss are manifest, and ignorance is eliminated.

7Night and day, he sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and manifests the excellence of the Lord.

8The One Lord is the Giver of all; the Lord alone is our friend. ||9||

9Shalok, Third Mehla:

10One who understands God, who lovingly centers his mind on the Lord night and day, is called a Brahmin.

11Consulting the True Guru, he practices Truth and self-restraint, and he is rid of the disease of ego.

12He sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and gathers in His Praises; his light is blended with the Light.

13In this world, one who knows God is very rare; eradicating ego, he is absorbed in God.

14O Nanak, meeting him, peace is obtained; night and day, he meditates on the Lord's Name. ||1||

15Third Mehla:

16Within the ignorant self-willed manmukh is deception; with his tongue, he speaks lies.

17Practicing deception, he does not please the Lord God, who always sees and hears with natural ease.

18In the love of duality, he goes to instruct the world, but he is engrossed in the poison of Maya and attachment to pleasure.

19By doing so, he suffers in constant pain; he is born and then dies, and comes and goes again and again.

20His doubts do not leave him at all, and he rots away in manure.

21One, unto whom my Lord Master shows His Mercy, listens to the Guru's Teachings.

22He meditates on the Lord's Name, and sings the Lord's Name; in the end, the Lord's Name will deliver him. ||2||

23Pauree:

24Those who obey the Hukam of the Lord's Command, are the perfect persons in the world.

25They serve their Lord Master, and reflect upon the Perfect Word of the Shabad.

26They serve the Lord, and love the True Word of the Shabad.

27They attain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence, as they eradicate egotism from within.

28O Nanak, the Gurmukhs remain united with Him, chanting the Name of the Lord, and enshrining it within their hearts. ||10||

29Shalok, Third Mehla:

30The Gurmukh meditates on the Lord; the celestial sound-current resounds within him, and he focuses his consciousness on the True Name.

31The Gurmukh remains imbued with the Lord's Love, night and day; his mind is pleased with the Name of the Lord.

32The Gurmukh beholds the Lord, the Gurmukh speaks of the Lord, and the Gurmukh naturally loves the Lord.

33O Nanak, the Gurmukh attains spiritual wisdom, and the pitch-black darkness of ignorance is dispelled.

34One who is blessed by the Perfect Lord's Grace - as Gurmukh, he meditates on the Lord's Name. ||1||

35Third Mehla:

36Those who do not serve the True Guru do not embrace love for the Word of the Shabad.

37They do not meditate on the Celestial Naam, the Name of the Lord - why did they even bother to come into the world?

38Time and time again, they are reincarnated, and they rot away forever in manure.

39They are attached to false greed; they are not on this shore, nor on the one beyond.