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1One who praises You obtains everything; You bestow Your Mercy upon him, O Immaculate Lord.

2He alone is a true banker and trader, who loads the merchandise of the wealth of the Your Name, O Lord.

3O Saints, let everyone praise the Lord, who has destroyed the pile of the love of duality. ||16||

4Shalok:

5Kabeer, the world is dying - dying to death, but no one knows how to truly die.

6Whoever dies, let him die such a death, that he does not have to die again. ||1||

7Third Mehla:

8What do I know? How will I die? What sort of death will it be?

9If I do not forget the Lord Master from my mind, then my death will be easy.

10The world is terrified of death; everyone longs to live.

11By Guru's Grace, one who dies while yet alive, understands the Lord's Will.

12O Nanak, one who dies such a death, lives forever. ||2||

13Pauree:

14When the Lord Master Himself becomes merciful, the Lord Himself causes His Name to be chanted.

15He Himself causes us to meet the True Guru, and blesses us with peace. His servant is pleasing to the Lord.

16He Himself preserves the honor of His servants; He causes others to fall at the feet of His devotees.

17The Righteous Judge of Dharma is a creation of the Lord; he does not approach the humble servant of the Lord.

18One who is dear to the Lord, is dear to all; so many others come and go in vain. ||17||

19Shalok, Third Mehla:

20The entire world roams around, chanting, ""Raam, Raam, Lord, Lord"", but the Lord cannot be obtained like this.

21He is inaccessible, unfathomable and so very great; He is unweighable, and cannot be weighed.

22No one can evaluate Him; He cannot be purchased at any price.

23Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, His mystery is known; in this way, He comes to dwell in the mind.

24O Nanak, He Himself is infinite; by Guru's Grace, He is known to be permeating and pervading everywhere.

25He Himself comes to blend, and having blended, remains blended. ||1||

26Third Mehla:

27O my soul, this is the wealth of the Naam; through it, comes peace, forever and ever.

28It never brings any loss; through it, one earns profits forever.

29Eating and spending it, it never decreases; He continues to give, forever and ever.

30One who has no skepticism at all never suffers humiliation.

31O Nanak, the Gurmukh obtains the Name of the Lord, when the Lord bestows His Glance of Grace. ||2||

32Pauree:

33He Himself is deep within all hearts, and He Himself is outside them.

34He Himself is prevailing unmanifest, and He Himself is manifest.

35For thirty-six ages, He created the darkness, abiding in the void.

36There were no Vedas, Puraanas or Shaastras there; only the Lord Himself existed.

37He Himself sat in the absolute trance, withdrawn from everything.

38Only He Himself knows His state; He Himself is the unfathomable ocean. ||18||

39Shalok, Third Mehla:

40In egotism, the world is dead; it dies and dies, again and again.