59 : 1791
Our Lord and Master is Unweighable; He cannot be weighed. He cannot be found merely by talking. ||5||

59 : 1792
The merchants and the traders have come; their profits are pre-ordained.

59 : 1793
Those who practice Truth reap the profits, abiding in the Will of God.

59 : 1794
With the Merchandise of Truth, they meet the Guru, who does not have a trace of greed. ||6||

59 : 1795
As Gurmukh, they are weighed and measured, in the balance and the scales of Truth.

59 : 1796
The enticements of hope and desire are quieted by the Guru, whose Word is True.

59 : 1797
He Himself weighs with the scale; perfect is the weighing of the Perfect One. ||7||

59 : 1798
No one is saved by mere talk and speech, nor by reading loads of books.

59 : 1799
The body does not obtain purity without loving devotion to the Lord.

59 : 1800
O Nanak, never forget the Naam; the Guru shall unite us with the Creator. ||8||9||

59 : 1801
Siree Raag, First Mehl:

59 : 1802
Meeting the Perfect True Guru, we find the jewel of meditative reflection.

59 : 1803
Surrendering our minds to our Guru, we find universal love.

59 : 1804
We find the wealth of liberation, and our demerits are erased. ||1||

59 : 1805
O Siblings of Destiny, without the Guru, there is no spiritual wisdom.

59 : 1806
Go and ask Brahma, Naarad and Vyaas, the writer of the Vedas. ||1||Pause||

59 : 1807
Know that from the vibration of the Word, we obtain spiritual wisdom and meditation. Through it, we speak the Unspoken.

59 : 1808
He is the fruit-bearing Tree, luxuriantly green with abundant shade.

59 : 1809
The rubies, jewels and emeralds are in the Guru's Treasury. ||2||

59 : 1810
From the Guru's Treasury, we receive the Love of the Immaculate Naam, the Name of the Lord.

59 : 1811
We gather in the True Merchandise, through the Perfect Grace of the Infinite.

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59 : 1812
The True Guru is the Giver of peace, the Dispeller of pain, the Destroyer of demons. ||3||

59 : 1813
The terrifying world-ocean is difficult and dreadful; there is no shore on this side or the one beyond.

59 : 1814
There is no boat, no raft, no oars and no boatman.

59 : 1815
The True Guru is the only boat on this terrifying ocean. His Glance of Grace carries us across. ||4||

59 : 1816
If I forget my Beloved, even for an instant, suffering overtakes me and peace departs.

59 : 1817
Let that tongue be burnt in flames, which does not chant the Naam with love.

59 : 1818
When the pitcher of the body bursts, there is terrible pain; those who are caught by the Minister of Death regret and repent. ||5||

59 : 1819
Crying out, "Mine! Mine!", they have departed, but their bodies, their wealth, and their wives did not go with them.

59 : 1820
Without the Name, wealth is useless; deceived by wealth, they have lost their way.

59 : 1821
So serve the True Lord; become Gurmukh, and speak the Unspoken. ||6||

59 : 1822
Coming and going, people wander through reincarnation; they act according to their past actions.

59 : 1823
How can one's pre-ordained destiny be erased? It is written in accordance with the Lord's Will.

59 : 1824
Without the Name of the Lord, no one can be saved. Through the Guru's Teachings, we are united in His Union. ||7||

59 : 1825
Without Him, I have no one to call my own. My soul and my breath of life belong to Him.

59 : 1826
May my egotism and possessiveness be burnt to ashes, and my greed and egotistical pride consigned to the fire.

59 : 1827
O Nanak, contemplating the Shabad, the Treasure of Excellence is obtained. ||8||10||

59 : 1828
Siree Raag, First Mehl:

59 : 1829
O mind, love the Lord, as the lotus loves the water.

59 : 1830
Tossed about by the waves, it still blossoms with love.

59 : 1831
In the water, the creatures are created; outside of the water they die. ||1||

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