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1Shalok, Third Mehla:

2In the flames of egotism, he is burnt to death; he wanders in doubt and the love of duality.

3The Perfect True Guru saves him, making him His own.

4This world is burning; through the Sublime Word of the Guru's Shabad, this comes to be seen.

5Those who are attuned to the Shabad are cooled and soothed; O Nanak, they practice Truth. ||1||

6Third Mehla:

7Service to the True Guru is fruitful and rewarding; blessed and acceptable is such a life.

8Those who do not forget the True Guru, in life and in death, are truly wise people.

9Their families are saved, and they are approved by the Lord.

10The Gurmukhs are approved in death as in life, while the self-willed manmukhs continue the cycle of birth and death.

11O Nanak, they are not described as dead, who are absorbed in the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||2||

12Pauree:

13Serve the Immaculate Lord God, and meditate on the Lord's Name.

14Join the Society of the Holy Saints, and be absorbed in the Lord's Name.

15O Lord, glorious and great is service to You; I am so foolish

16- please, commit me to it. I am Your servant and slave; command me, according to Your Will.

17As Gurmukh, I shall serve You, as Guru has instructed me. ||2||

18Shalok, Third Mehla:

19He acts according to pre-ordained destiny, written by the Creator Himself.

20Emotional attachment has drugged him, and he has forgotten the Lord, the treasure of virtue.

21Don't think that he is alive in the world - he is dead, through the love of duality.

22Those who do not meditate on the Lord, as Gurmukh, are not permitted to sit near the Lord.

23They suffer the most horrible pain and suffering, and neither their sons nor their wives go along with them.

24Their faces are blackened among men, and they sigh in deep regret.

25No one places any reliance in the self-willed manmukhs; trust in them is lost.

26O Nanak, the Gurmukhs live in absolute peace; the Naam, the Name of the Lord, abides within them. ||1||

27Third Mehla:

28They alone are relatives, and they alone are friends, who, as Gurmukh, join together in love.

29Night and day, they act according to the True Guru's Will; they remain absorbed in the True Name.

30Those who are attached to the love of duality are not called friends; they practice egotism and corruption.

31The self-willed manmukhs are selfish; they cannot resolve anyone's affairs.

32O Nanak, they act according to their pre-ordained destiny; no one can erase it. ||2||

33Pauree:

34You Yourself created the world, and You Yourself arranged the play of it.

35You Yourself created the three qualities, and fostered emotional attachment to Maya.

36He is called to account for his deeds done in egotism; he continues coming and going in reincarnation.

37The Guru instructs those whom the Lord Himself blesses with Grace.

38I am a sacrifice to my Guru; forever and ever, I am a sacrifice to Him. ||3||

39Shalok, Third Mehla:

40The love of Maya is enticing; without teeth, it has eaten up the world.

41The self-willed manmukhs are eaten away, while the Gurmukhs are saved; they focus their consciousness on the True Name.

42Without the Name, the world wanders around insane; the Gurmukhs come to see this.