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1Overcoming my egotism and quieting the desires within my mind, I have come to realize the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||4||

2God automatically does the work of those who love the Name of the Lord.

3By Guru's Grace, he ever dwells in their minds, and He resolves all their affairs.

4Whoever challenges them is destroyed; they have the Lord God as their Savior. ||5||

5Without serving the True Guru, no one finds the Lord; the self-willed manmukhs die crying out in pain.

6They come and go, and find no place of rest; in pain and suffering, they perish.

7But one who becomes Gurmukh drinks in the Ambrosial Nectar, and is easily absorbed in the True Name. ||6||

8Without serving the True Guru, one cannot escape reincarnation, even by performing numerous rituals.

9Those who read the Vedas, and argue and debate without the Lord, lose their honor.

10True is the True Guru, and True is the Word of His Bani; in the Guru's Sanctuary, one is saved. ||7||

11Those whose minds are filled with the Lord are judged as true in the Court of the Lord; they are hailed as true in the True Court.

12Their praises echo throughout the ages, and no one can erase them.

13Nanak is forever a sacrifice to those who enshrine the Lord within their hearts. ||8||1||

14Sorat'h, Third Mehla, Dho-Thukay:

15He Himself forgives the worthless, O Siblings of Destiny; He commits them to the service of the True Guru.

16Service to the True Guru is sublime, O Siblings of Destiny; through it, one's consciousness is attached to the Lord's Name. ||1||

17The Dear Lord forgives, and unites with Himself.

18I am a sinner, totally without virtue, O Siblings of Destiny; the Perfect True Guru has blended me. ||Pause||

19So many, so many sinners have been forgiven, O beloved one, by contemplating the True Word of the Shabad.

20They got on board the boat of the True Guru, who carried them across the terrifying world-ocean, O Siblings of Destiny. ||2||

21I have been transformed from rusty iron into gold, O Siblings of Destiny, united in Union with the Guru, the Philosopher's Stone.

22Eliminating my self-conceit, the Name has come to dwell within my mind, O Siblings of Destiny; my light has merged in the Light. ||3||

23I am a sacrifice, I am a sacrifice, O Siblings of Destiny, I am forever a sacrifice to my True Guru.

24He has given me the treasure of the Naam; O Siblings of Destiny, through the Guru's Teachings, I am absorbed in celestial bliss. ||4||

25Without the Guru, celestial peace is not produced, O Siblings of Destiny; go and ask the spiritual teachers about this.

26Serve the True Guru forever, O Siblings of Destiny, and eradicate self-conceit from within. ||5||

27Under Guru's Instruction, the Fear of God is produced, O Siblings of Destiny; true and excellent are the deeds done in the Fear of God.

28Then, one is blessed with the treasure of the Lord's Love, O Siblings of Destiny, and the Support of the True Name. ||6||

29I fall at the feet of those who serve their True Guru, O Siblings of Destiny.

30I have fulfilled my life, O Siblings of Destiny, and my family has been saved as well. ||7||

31The True Word of the Guru's Bani, and the True Word of the Shabad, O Siblings of Destiny, are obtained only by Guru's Grace.

32O Nanak, with the Name of the Lord abiding in one's mind, no obstacles stand in one's way, O Siblings of Destiny. ||8||2||