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1You Yourself establish and disestablish; through the Word of Your Shabad, You elevate and exalt. ||5||

2When the body rolls in the dust, it is not known where the soul has gone.

3He Himself is permeating and pervading; this is wonderful and amazing! ||6||

4You are not far away, God; You know everything.

5The Gurmukh sees You ever-present; You are deep within the nucleus of our inner self. ||7||

6Please, bless me with a home in Your Name; may my inner self be at peace.

7May slave Nanak sing Your Glorious Praises; O True Guru, please share the Teachings with me. ||8||3||5||

8Raag Soohee, Third Mehla, First House, Ashtpadheeyaa:

9One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

10Everything comes from the Naam, the Name of the Lord; without the True Guru, the Naam is not experienced.

11The Word of the Guru's Shabad is the sweetest and most sublime essence, but without tasting it, its flavor cannot be experienced.

12He wastes this human life in exchange for a mere shell; he does not understand his own self.

13But, if he becomes Gurmukh, then he comes to know the One Lord, and the disease of egotism does not afflict him. ||1||

14I am a sacrifice to my Guru, who has lovingly attached me to the True Lord.

15Concentrating on the Word of the Shabad, the soul is illumined and enlightened. I remain absorbed in celestial ecstasy. ||1||Pause||

16The Gurmukh sings the Praises of the Lord; the Gurmukh understands. The Gurmukh contemplates the Word of the Shabad.

17Body and soul are totally rejuvenated through the Guru; the Gurmukh's affairs are resolved in his favor.

18The blind self-willed manmukh acts blindly, and earns only poison in this world.

19Enticed by Maya, he suffers in constant pain, without the most Beloved Guru. ||2||

20He alone is a selfless servant, who serves the True Guru, and walks in harmony with the True Guru's Will.

21The True Shabad, the Word of God, is the True Praise of God; enshrine the True Lord within your mind.

22The Gurmukh speaks the True Word of Gurbani, and egotism departs from within.

23He Himself is the Giver, and True are His actions. He proclaims the True Word of the Shabad. ||3||

24The Gurmukh works, and the Gurmukh earns; the Gurmukh inspires others to chant the Naam.

25He is forever unattached, imbued with the Love of the True Lord, intuitively in harmony with the Guru.

26The self-willed manmukh always tells lies; he plants the seeds of poison, and eats only poison.

27He is bound and gagged by the Messenger of Death, and burnt in the fire of desire; who can save him, except the Guru? ||4||

28True is that place of pilgrimage, where one bathes in the pool of Truth, and achieves self-realization as Gurmukh. The Gurmukh understands his own self.

29The Lord has shown that the Word of the Guru's Shabad is the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage; bathing in it, filth is washed away.

30True and Immaculate is the True Word of His Shabad; no filth touches or clings to Him.

31True Praise, True Devotional Praise, is obtained from the Perfect Guru. ||5||

32Body, mind, everything belongs to the Lord; but the evil-minded ones cannot even say this.

33If such is the Hukam of the Lord's Command, then one becomes pure and spotless, and the ego is taken away from within.

34I have intuitively tasted the Guru's Teachings, and the fire of my desire has been quenched.

35Attuned to the Word of the Guru's Shabad, one is naturally intoxicated, merging imperceptibly into the Lord. ||6||