1423 : 484
Without the Lord's Name, all is pain. Attachment to Maya is agonizingly painful.

1423 : 485
O Nanak, the Gurmukh comes to see, that attachment to Maya separates all from the Lord. ||17||

1423 : 486
The Gurmukh obeys the Order of her Husband Lord God; through the Hukam of His Command, she finds peace.

1423 : 487
In His Will, she serves; in His Will, she worship and adores Him.

1423 : 488
In His Will, she merges in absorption. His Will is her fast, vow, purity and self-discipline; through it, she obtains the fruits of her mind's desires.

1423 : 489
She is always and forever the happy, pure soul-bride, who realizes His Will; she serves the True Guru, inspired by loving absorption.

1423 : 490
O Nanak, those upon whom the Lord showers His Mercy, are merged and immersed in His Will. ||18||

1423 : 491
The wretched, self-willed manmukhs do not realize His Will; they continually act in ego.

1423 : 492
By ritualistic fasts, vows, purities, self-disciplines and worship ceremonies, they still cannot get rid of their hypocrisy and doubt.

1423 : 493
Inwardly, they are impure, pierced through by attachment to Maya; they are like elephants, who throw dirt all over themselves right after their bath.

1423 : 494
They do not even think of the One who created them. Without thinking of Him, they cannot find peace.

1423 : 495
O Nanak, the Primal Creator has made the drama of the Universe; all act as they are pre-ordained. ||19||

1423 : 496
The Gurmukh has faith; his mind is contented and satisfied. Night and day, he serves the Lord, absorbed in Him.

1423 : 497
The Guru, the True Guru, is within; all worship and adore Him. Everyone comes to see the Blessed Vision of His Darshan.

1423 : 498
So believe in the True Guru, the supreme sublime Contemplator. Meeting with Him, hunger and thirst are completely relieved.

1423 : 499
I am forever a sacrifice to my Guru, who leads me to meet the True Lord God.

1423 : 500
O Nanak, those who come and fall at the Feet of the Guru are blessed with the karma of Truth. ||20||

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1423 : 501
That Beloved, with whom I am in love, that Friend of mine is with me.

1423 : 502
I wander around inside and outside, but I always keep Him enshrined within my heart. ||21||

1423 : 503
Those who meditate on the Lord single-mindedly, with one-pointed concentration, link their consciousness to the True Guru.

1423 : 504
They are rid of pain, hunger, and the great illness of egotism; lovingly attuned to the Lord, they become free of pain.

1423 : 505
They sing His Praises, and chant His Praises; in His Glorious Praises, they sleep in absorption.

1423 : 506
O Nanak, through the Perfect Guru, they come to meet God with intuitive peace and poise. ||22||

1423 : 507
The self-willed manmukhs are emotionally attached to Maya; they are not in love with the Naam.

1423 : 508
They practice falsehood, gather falsehood, and eat the food of falsehood.

1423 : 509
Gathering the poisonous wealth and property of Maya, they die; in the end, they are all reduced to ashes.

1423 : 510
They perform religious rituals of purity and self-discipline, but they are filled with greed, evil and corruption.

1423 : 511
O Nanak, the actions of the self-willed manmukhs are not accepted; in the Court of the Lord, they are miserable. ||23||

1423 : 512
Among all Ragas, that one is sublime, O Siblings of Destiny, by which the Lord comes to abide in the mind.

1423 : 513
Those Ragas which are in the Sound-current of the Naad are totally true; their value cannot be expressed.

1423 : 514
Those Ragas which are not in the Sound-current of the Naad - by these, the Lord's Will cannot be understood.

1423 : 515
O Nanak, they alone are right, who understand the Will of the True Guru.

1423 : 516
Everything happens as He wills. ||24||

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