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Through the Naam, glorious greatness is obtained; he alone obtains it, whose mind is filled with the Lord. ||2||

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Meeting the True Guru, the fruitful rewards are obtained. This true lifestyle beings sublime peace.

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Those humble beings who are attached to the Lord are immaculate; they enshrine love for the Lord's Name. ||3||

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If I obtain the dust of their feet, I apply it to my forehead. They meditate on the Perfect True Guru.

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O Nanak, this dust is obtained only by perfect destiny. They focus their consciousness on the Lord's Name. ||4||3||13||

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Bhairao, Third Mehl:

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That humble being who contemplates the Word of the Shabad is true; the True Lord is within his heart.

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If someone performs true devotional worship day and night, then his body will not feel pain. ||1||

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Everyone calls him, "Devotee, devotee."

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But without serving the True Guru, devotional worship is not obtained. Only through perfect destiny does one meet God. ||1||Pause||

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The self-willed manmukhs lose their capital, and still, they demand profits. How can they earn any profit?

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The Messenger of Death is always hovering above their heads. In the love of duality, they lose their honor. ||2||

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Trying on all sorts of religious robes, they wander around day and night, but the disease of their egotism is not cured.

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Reading and studying, they argue and debate; attached to Maya, they lose their awareness. ||3||

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Those who serve the True Guru are blessed with the supreme status; through the Naam, they are blessed with glorious greatness.

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O Nanak, those whose minds are filled with the Naam, are honored in the Court of the True Lord. ||4||4||14||

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Bhairao, Third Mehl:

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The self-willed manmukh cannot escape false hope. In the love of duality, he is ruined.

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His belly is like a river - it is never filled up. He is consumed by the fire of desire. ||1||

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Eternally blissful are those who are imbued with the sublime essence of the Lord.

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The Naam, the Name of the Lord, fills their hearts, and duality runs away from their minds. Drinking in the Ambrosial Nectar of the Lord, Har, Har, they are satisfied. ||1||Pause||

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The Supreme Lord God Himself created the Universe; He links each and every person to their tasks.

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He Himself created love and attachment to Maya; He Himself attaches the mortals to duality. ||2||

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If there were any other, then I would speak to him; all will be merged in You.

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The Gurmukh contemplates the essence of spiritual wisdom; his light merges into the Light. ||3||

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God is True, Forever True, and all His Creation is True.

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O Nanak, the True Guru has given me this understanding; the True Name brings emancipation. ||4||5||15||

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Bhairao, Third Mehl:

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In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, those who do not realize the Lord are goblins. In the Golden Age of Sat Yuga, the supreme soul-swans contemplated the Lord.

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In the Silver Age of Dwaapur Yuga, and the Brass Age of Traytaa Yuga, mankind prevailed, but only a rare few subdued their egos. ||1||

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In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, glorious greatness is obtained through the Lord's Name.

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In each and every age, the Gurmukhs know the One Lord; without the Name, liberation is not attained. ||1||Pause||

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The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is revealed in the heart of the True Lord's humble servant. It dwells in the mind of the Gurmukh.

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Those who are lovingly focused on the Lord's Name save themselves; they save all their ancestors as well. ||2||

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My Lord God is the Giver of virtue. The Word of the Shabad burns away all faults and demerits.

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