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1The blind, self-willed manmukhs do not think of the Lord; they are ruined through birth and death.

2O Nanak, the Gurmukhs meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord; this is their destiny, pre-ordained by the Primal Lord God. ||2||

3Pauree:

4The Lord's Name is my food; eating the thirty-six varieties of it, I am satisfied and satiated.

5The Lord's Name is my clothing; wearing it, I shall never be naked again, and my desire to wear other clothing is gone.

6The Lord's Name is my business, the Lord's Name is my commerce; the True Guru has blessed me with its use.

7I record the account of the Lord's Name, and I shall not be subject to death again.

8Only a few, as Gurmukh, meditate on the Lord's Name; they are blessed by the Lord, and receive their pre-ordained destiny. ||17||

9Shalok, Third Mehla:

10The world is blind and ignorant; in the love of duality, it engages in actions.

11But those actions which are performed in the love of duality, cause only pain to the body.

12By Guru's Grace, peace wells up, when one acts according to the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

13He acts according to the True Word of the Guru's Bani; night and day, he meditates on the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

14O Nanak, as the Lord Himself engages him, so is he engaged; no one has any say in this matter. ||1||

15Third Mehla:

16Within the home of my own being, is the everlasting treasure of the Naam; it is a treasure house, overflowing with devotion.

17The True Guru is the Giver of the life of the soul; the Great Giver lives forever.

18Night and day, I continually sing the Kirtan of the Lord's Praise, through the Infinite Word of the Guru's Shabad.

19I recite continually the Guru's Shabads, which have been effective throughout the ages.

20This mind ever abides in peace, dealing in peace and poise.

21Deep within me is the Guru's Wisdom, the Lord's jewel, the Bringer of liberation.

22O Nanak, one who is blessed by the Lord's Glance of Grace obtains this, and is judged to be True in the Court of the Lord. ||2||

23Pauree:

24Blessed, blessed is that Sikh of the Guru, who goes and falls at the Feet of the True Guru.

25Blessed, blessed is that Sikh of the Guru, who with his mouth, utters the Name of the Lord.

26Blessed, blessed is that Sikh of the Guru, whose mind, upon hearing the Lord's Name, becomes blissful.

27Blessed, blessed is that Sikh of the Guru, who serves the True Guru, and so obtains the Lord's Name.

28I bow forever in deepest respect to that Sikh of the Guru, who walks in the Way of the Guru. ||18||

29Shalok, Third Mehla:

30No one has ever found the Lord through stubborn-mindedness. All have grown weary of performing such actions.

31Through their stubborn-mindedness, and by wearing their disguises, they are deluded; they suffer in pain from the love of duality.

32Riches and the supernatural spiritual powers of the Siddhas are all emotional attachments; through them, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, does not come to dwell in the mind.

33Serving the Guru, the mind becomes immaculately pure, and the darkness of spiritual ignorance is dispelled.

34The jewel of the Naam is revealed in the home of one's own being; O Nanak, one merges in celestial bliss. ||1||

35Third Mehla: