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1True is the Banker, and True are His traders. The false ones cannot remain there.

2They do not love the Truth - they are consumed by their pain. ||18||

3The world wanders around in the filth of egotism; it dies, and is re-born, over and again.

4He acts in accordance with the karma of his past actions, which no one can erase. ||19||

5But if he joins the Society of the Saints, then he comes to embrace love for the Truth.

6Praising the True Lord with a truthful mind, he becomes true in the Court of the True Lord. ||20||

7The Teachings of the Perfect Guru are perfect; meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, day and night.

8Egotism and self-conceit are terrible diseases; tranquility and stillness come from within. ||21||

9I praise my Guru; bowing down to Him again and again, I fall at His Feet.

10I place my body and mind in offering unto Him, eradicating self-conceit from within. ||22||

11Indecision leads to ruin; focus your attention on the One Lord.

12Renounce egotism and self-conceit, and remain merged in Truth. ||23||

13Those who meet with the True Guru are my Siblings of Destiny; they are committed to the True Word of the Shabad.

14Those who merge with the True Lord shall not be separated again; they are judged to be True in the Court of the Lord. ||24||

15They are my Siblings of Destiny, and they are my friends, who serve the True Lord.

16They sell off their sins and demerits like straw, and enter into the partnership of virtue. ||25||

17In the partnership of virtue, peace wells up, and they perform true devotional worship service.

18They deal in Truth, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, and they earn the profit of the Naam. ||26||

19Gold and silver may be earned by committing sins, but they will not go with you when you die.

20Nothing will go with you in the end, except the Name; all are plundered by the Messenger of Death. ||27||

21The Lord's Name is the nourishment of the mind; cherish it, and preserve it carefully within your heart.

22This nourishment is inexhaustible; it is always with the Gurmukhs. ||28||

23O mind, if you forget the Primal Lord, you shall depart, having lost your honor.

24This world is engrossed in the love of duality; follow the Guru's Teachings, and meditate on the True Lord. ||29||

25The Lord's value cannot be estimated; the Lord's Praises cannot be written down.

26When one's mind and body are attuned to the Word of the Guru's Shabad, one remains merged in the Lord. ||30||

27My Husband Lord is playful; He has imbued me with His Love, with natural ease.

28The soul-bride is imbued with His Love, when her Husband Lord merges her into His Being. ||31||

29Even those who have been separated for so very long, are reunited with Him, when they serve the True Guru.

30The nine treasures of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, are deep within the nucleus of the self; consuming them, they are still never exhausted. Chant the Glorious Praises of the Lord, with natural ease. ||32||

31They are not born, and they do not die; they do not suffer in pain.

32Those who are protected by the Guru are saved. They celebrate with the Lord. ||33||

33Those who are united with the Lord, the True Friend, are not separated again; night and day, they remain blended with Him.

34In this world, only a rare few are known, O Nanak, to have obtained the True Lord. ||34||1||3||

35Soohee, Third Mehla:

36The Dear Lord is subtle and inaccessible; how can we ever meet Him?

37Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, doubt is dispelled, and the Carefree Lord comes to abide in the mind. ||1||

38The Gurmukhs chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.