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1The self-willed manmukh is emotionally attached to Maya - he has no love for the Naam.

2He practices falsehood, gathers in falsehood, and makes falsehood his sustenance.

3He collects the poisonous wealth of Maya, and then dies; in the end, it is all reduced to ashes.

4He practices religious rituals, purity and austere self-discipline, but within, there is greed and corruption.

5O Nanak, whatever the self-willed manmukh does, is not acceptable; in the Court of the Lord, he is dishonored. ||2||

6Pauree:

7He Himself created the four sources of creation, and He Himself fashioned speech; He Himself formed the worlds and solar systems.

8He Himself is the ocean, and He Himself is the sea; He Himself puts the pearls in it.

9By His Grace, the Lord enables the Gurmukh to find these pearls.

10He Himself is the terrifying world-ocean, and He Himself is the boat; He Himself is the boatman, and He Himself ferries us across.

11The Creator Himself acts, and causes us to act; no one else can equal You, Lord. ||9||

12Shalok, Third Mehla:

13Fruitful is service to the True Guru, if one does so with a sincere mind.

14The treasure of the Naam, is obtained, and the mind comes to be free of anxiety.

15The pains of birth and death are eradicated, and the mind is rid of egotism and self-conceit.

16One achieves the ultimate state, and remains absorbed in the True Lord.

17O Nanak, the True Guru comes and meets those who have such pre-ordained destiny. ||1||

18Third Mehla:

19The True Guru is imbued with the Naam, the Name of the Lord; He is the boat in this Dark Age of Kali Yuga.

20One who becomes Gurmukh crosses over; the True Lord dwells within him.

21He remembers the Naam, he gathers in the Naam, and he obtains honor through the Naam.

22Nanak has found the True Guru; by His Grace, the Name is obtained. ||2||

23Pauree:

24He Himself is the Philosopher's Stone, He Himself is the metal, and He Himself is transformed into gold.

25He Himself is the Lord and Master, He Himself is the servant, and He Himself is the Destroyer of sins.

26He Himself enjoys every heart; the Lord Master Himself is the basis of all illusion.

27He Himself is the discerning one, and He Himself is the Knower of all; He Himself breaks the bonds of the Gurmukhs.

28Servant Nanak is not satisfied by merely praising You, O Creator Lord; You are the Great Giver of peace. ||10||

29Shalok, Fourth Mehla:

30Without serving the True Guru, the deeds which are done are only chains binding the soul.

31Without serving the True Guru, they find no place of rest. They die, only to be born again - they continue coming and going.

32Without serving the True Guru, their speech is insipid. They do not enshrine the Naam, the Name of the Lord, in the mind.

33O Nanak, without serving the True Guru, they are bound and gagged, and beaten in the City of Death; they depart with blackened faces. ||1||

34Third Mehla:

35Some wait upon and serve the True Guru; they embrace love for the Lord's Name.

36O Nanak, they reform their lives, and redeem their generations as well. ||2||

37Pauree:

38He Himself is the school, He Himself is the teacher, and He Himself brings the students to be taught.

39He Himself is the father, He Himself is the mother, and He Himself makes the children wise.

40In one place, He teaches them to read and understand everything, while in another place, He Himself makes them ignorant.

41Some, You summon to the Mansion of Your Presence within, when they are pleasing to Your Mind, O True Lord.