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1The True Guru meets with those upon whose foreheads such blessed destiny is recorded. ||7||

2Shalok, Third Mehla:

3They alone worship the Lord, who remain dead while yet alive; the Gurmukhs worship the Lord continually.

4The Lord blesses them with the treasure of devotional worship, which no one can destroy.

5They obtain the treasure of virtue, the One True Lord, within their minds.

6O Nanak, the Gurmukhs remain united with the Lord; they shall never be separated again. ||1||

7Third Mehla:

8He does not serve the True Guru; how can he reflect upon the Lord?

9He does not appreciate the value of the Shabad; the fool wanders in corruption and sin.

10The blind and ignorant perform all sorts of ritualistic actions; they are in love with duality.

11Those who take unjustified pride in themselves, are punished and humiliated by the Messenger of Death.

12O Nanak, who else is there to ask? The Lord Himself is the Forgiver. ||2||

13Pauree:

14You, O Creator, know all things; all beings belong to You.

15Those who are pleasing to You, You unite with Yourself; what can the poor creatures do?

16You are all-powerful, the Cause of causes, the True Creator Lord.

17Only those unite with you, Beloved Lord, whom you approve and who meditate on Guru's Word.

18I am a sacrifice to my True Guru, who has allowed me to see my unseen Lord. ||8||

19Shalok, Third Mehla:

20He is the Assayer of jewels; He contemplates the jewel.

21He is ignorant and totally blind - he does not appreciate the value of the jewel.

22The Jewel is the Word of the Guru's Shabad; the Knower alone knows it.

23The fools take pride in themselves, and are ruined in birth and death.

24O Nanak, he alone obtains the jewel, who, as Gurmukh, enshrines love for it.

25Chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, forever and ever, make the Name of the Lord your daily occupation.

26If the Lord shows His Mercy, then I keep Him enshrined within my heart. ||1||

27Third Mehla:

28They do not serve the True Guru, and they do not embrace love for the Lord's Name.

29Do not even think that they are alive - the Creator Lord Himself has killed them.

30Egotism is such a terrible disease; in the love of duality, they do their deeds.

31O Nanak, the self-willed manmukhs are in a living death; forgetting the Lord, they suffer in pain. ||2||

32Pauree:

33Let all bow in reverence, to that humble being whose heart is pure within.

34I am a sacrifice to that humble being whose mind is filled with the treasure of the Naam.

35He has a discriminating intellect; he meditates on the Name of the Lord.

36That True Guru is a friend to all; everyone is dear to Him.

37The Lord, the Supreme Soul, is pervading everywhere; reflect upon the wisdom of the Guru's Teachings. ||9||

38Shalok, Third Mehla:

39Without serving the True Guru, the soul is in the bondage of deeds done in ego.

40Without serving the True Guru, one finds no place of rest; he dies, and is reincarnated, and continues coming and going.

41Without serving the True Guru, one's speech is vapid and insipid; the Naam, the Name of the Lord, does not abide in his mind.