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1Involved in worldly affairs, he wastes his life in vain; the peace-giving Lord does not come to abide in his mind.

2O Nanak, they alone obtain the Name, who have such pre-ordained destiny. ||1||

3Third Mehla:

4The home within is filled with Ambrosial Nectar, but the self-willed manmukh does not get to taste it.

5He is like the deer, who does not recognize its own musk-scent; it wanders around, deluded by doubt.

6The manmukh forsakes the Ambrosial Nectar, and instead gathers poison; the Creator Himself has fooled him.

7How rare are the Gurmukhs, who obtain this understanding; they behold the Lord God within themselves.

8Their minds and bodies are cooled and soothed, and their tongues enjoy the sublime taste of the Lord.

9Through the Word of the Shabad, the Name wells up; through the Shabad, we are united in the Lord's Union.

10Without the Shabad, the whole world is insane, and it loses its life in vain.

11The Shabad alone is Ambrosial Nectar; O Nanak, the Gurmukhs obtain it. ||2||

12Pauree:

13The Lord God is inaccessible; tell me, how can we find Him?

14He has no form or feature, and He cannot be seen; tell me, how can we meditate on Him?

15The Lord is formless, immaculate and inaccessible; which of His Virtues should we speak of and sing?

16They alone walk on the Lord's Path, whom the Lord Himself instructs.

17The Perfect Guru has revealed Him to me; serving the Guru, He is found. ||4||

18Shalok, Third Mehla:

19It is as if my body has been crushed in the oil-press, without yielding even a drop of blood;

20it is as if my soul has been cut apart into pieces for the sake of the Love of the True Lord;

21O Nanak, still, night and day, my Union with the Lord is not broken. ||1||

22Third Mehla:

23My Friend is so full of joy and love; He colors my mind with the color of His Love,

24like the fabric which is treated to retain the color of the dye.

25O Nanak, this color does not depart, and no other color can be imparted to this fabric. ||2||

26Pauree:

27The Lord Himself is pervading everywhere; the Lord Himself causes us to chant His Name.

28The Lord Himself created the creation; He commits all to their tasks.

29He engages some in devotional worship, and others, He causes to stray.

30He places some on the Path, while He leads others into the wilderness.

31Servant Nanak meditates on the Naam, the Name of the Lord; as Gurmukh, he sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||5||

32Shalok, Third Mehla:

33Service to the True Guru is fruitful and rewarding, if one performs it with his mind focused on it.

34The fruits of the mind's desires are obtained, and egotism departs from within.

35His bonds are broken, and he is liberated; he remains absorbed in the True Lord.

36It is so difficult to obtain the Naam in this world; it comes to dwell in the mind of the Gurmukh.

37O Nanak, I am a sacrifice to one who serves his True Guru. ||1||

38Third Mehla:

39The mind of the self-willed manmukh is so very stubborn; it is stuck in the love of duality.

40He does not find peace, even in dreams; he passes his life in misery and suffering.

41The Pandits have grown weary of going door to door, reading and reciting their scriptures; the Siddhas have gone into their trances of Samaadhi.

42This mind cannot be controlled; they are tired of performing religious rituals.

43The impersonators have grown weary of wearing false costumes, and bathing at the sixty-eight sacred shrines.