67 : 2106
Without the Shabad, the world wanders lost in pain. The self-willed manmukh is consumed.

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Through the Shabad, meditate on the Naam; through the Shabad, you shall merge in Truth. ||4||

67 : 2108
The Siddhas wander around, deluded by Maya; they are not absorbed in the Samaadhi of the Lord's Sublime Love.

67 : 2109
The three worlds are permeated by Maya; they are totally covered by it.

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Without the Guru, liberation is not attained, and the double-mindedness of Maya does not go away. ||5||

67 : 2111
What is called Maya? What does Maya do?

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These beings are bound by pleasure and pain; they do their deeds in egotism.

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Without the Shabad, doubt is not dispelled, and egotism is not eliminated from within. ||6||

67 : 2114
Without love, there is no devotional worship. Without the Shabad, no one finds acceptance.

67 : 2115
Through the Shabad, egotism is conquered and subdued, and the illusion of Maya is dispelled.

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The Gurmukh obtains the Treasure of the Naam with intuitive ease. ||7||

67 : 2117
Without the Guru, one's virtues do not shine forth; without virtue, there is no devotional worship.

67 : 2118
The Lord is the Lover of His devotees; He abides within their minds. They meet that God with intuitive ease.

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O Nanak, through the Shabad, praise the Lord. By His Grace, He is obtained. ||8||4||21||

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Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

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Emotional attachment to Maya is created by my God; He Himself misleads us through illusion and doubt.

67 : 2122
The self-willed manmukhs perform their actions, but they do not understand; they waste away their lives in vain.

67 : 2123
Gurbani is the Light to illuminate this world; by His Grace, it comes to abide within the mind. ||1||

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67 : 2124
O mind, chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and find peace.

67 : 2125
Praising the Perfect Guru, you shall easily meet with that God. ||1||Pause||

67 : 2126
Doubt departs, and fear runs away, when you focus your consciousness on the Lord's Feet.

67 : 2127
The Gurmukh practices the Shabad, and the Lord comes to dwell within the mind.

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In the mansion of the home within the self, we merge in Truth, and the Messenger of Death cannot devour us. ||2||

67 : 2129
Naam Dayv the printer, and Kabeer the weaver, obtained salvation through the Perfect Guru.

67 : 2130
Those who know God and recognize His Shabad lose their ego and class consciousness.

67 : 2131
Their Banis are sung by the angelic beings, and no one can erase them, O Siblings of Destiny! ||3||

67 : 2132
The demon's son Prahlaad had not read about religious rituals or ceremonies, austerity or self-discipline; he did not know the love of duality.

67 : 2133
Upon meeting with the True Guru, he became pure; night and day, he chanted the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

67 : 2134
He read only of the One and he understood only the One Name; he knew no other at all. ||4||

67 : 2135
The followers of the six different life-styles and world-views, the Yogis and the Sanyaasees have gone astray in doubt without the Guru.

67 : 2136
If they serve the True Guru, they find the state of salvation; they enshrine the Dear Lord within their minds.

67 : 2137
They focus their consciousness on the True Bani, and their comings and goings in reincarnation are over. ||5||

67 : 2138
The Pandits, the religious scholars, read and argue and stir up controversies, but without the Guru, they are deluded by doubt.

67 : 2139
They wander around the cycle of 8.4 million reincarnations; without the Shabad, they do not attain liberation.

67 : 2140
But when they remember the Name, then they attain the state of salvation, when the True Guru unites them in Union. ||6||

67 : 2141
In the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, the Name of the Lord wells up, when the True Guru unites us in His Sublime Love.

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