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1Shalok, Third Mehla:

2He alone knows God, and he alone is a Brahmin, who walks in harmony with the Will of the True Guru.

3One whose heart is filled with the Lord, is freed of egotism and disease.

4He chants the Lord's Praises, gathers virtue, and his light merges into the Light.

5How rare are those Brahmins who, in this age, come to know God, by lovingly focusing their consciousness on Him.

6O Nanak, those who are blessed by the Lord's Glance of Grace, remain lovingly attuned to the Name of the True Lord. ||1||

7Third Mehla:

8One who does not serve the True Guru, and who does not love the Word of the Shabad,

9earns the very painful disease of egotism; he is so very selfish.

10Acting stubborn-mindedly, he is reincarnated over and over again.

11The birth of the Gurmukh is fruitful and auspicious. The Lord unites him with Himself.

12O Nanak, when the Merciful Lord grants His Mercy, one obtains the wealth of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||2||

13Pauree:

14All glorious greatness is in the Name of the Lord; as Gurmukh, meditate on the Lord.

15One obtains all that he asks for, if he keeps his consciousness focused on the Lord.

16If he tells the secrets of his soul to the True Guru, then he finds absolute peace.

17When the Perfect Guru bestows the Lord's Teachings, then all hunger departs.

18One who is blessed with such pre-ordained destiny, sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||3||

19Shalok, Third Mehla:

20No one goes away empty-handed from the True Guru; He unites me in Union with my God.

21Fruitful is the Blessed Vision of the Darshan of the True Guru; through it, one obtains whatever fruitful rewards he desires.

22The Word of the Guru's Shabad is Ambrosial Nectar. It banishes all hunger and thirst.

23Drinking in the sublime essence of the Lord brings contentment; the True Lord comes to dwell in the mind.

24Meditating on the True Lord, the status of immortality is obtained; the Unstruck Word of the Shabad vibrates and resounds.

25The True Lord is pervading in the ten directions; through the Guru, this is intuitively known.

26O Nanak, those humble beings who have the Truth deep within, are never hidden, even if others try to hide them. ||1||

27Third Mehla:

28Serving the Guru, one finds the Lord, when the Lord blesses him with His Glance of Grace.

29Human beings become angels, when the Lord blesses them with true devotional worship.

30Conquering egotism, they are blended with the Lord; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they are purified.

31O Nanak, they remain merged with the Lord; they are blessed with the glorious greatness of the Naam. ||2||

32Pauree:

33Within the Guru, the True Guru, is the glorious greatness of the Name. The Creator Lord Himself has magnified it.

34All His servants and Sikhs live by gazing, gazing upon it. It is pleasing to their hearts deep within.

35The slanderers and evil-doers cannot see this glorious greatness; they do not appreciate the goodness of others.

36What can be achieved by anyone babbling? The Guru is in love with the True Lord.

37That which is pleasing to the Creator Lord, increases day by day, while all the people babble uselessly. ||4||

38Shalok, Third Mehla:

39Cursed are the hopes in the love of duality; they tie the consciousness to love and attachment to Maya.

40One who forsakes the peace of the Lord in exchange for straw, and forgets the Naam, suffers in pain.