85 : 2797
O Nanak, the Gurmukhs are saved, by contemplating the True Name. ||1||

85 : 2798
First Mehl:

85 : 2799
We are good at talking, but our actions are bad.

85 : 2800
Mentally, we are impure and black, but outwardly, we appear white.

85 : 2801
We imitate those who stand and serve at the Lord's Door.

85 : 2802
They are attuned to the Love of their Husband Lord, and they experience the pleasure of His Love.

85 : 2803
They remain powerless, even while they have power; they remain humble and meek.

85 : 2804
O Nanak, our lives become profitable if we associate with them. ||2||

85 : 2805
Pauree:

85 : 2806
You Yourself are the water, You Yourself are the fish, and You Yourself are the net.

85 : 2807
You Yourself cast the net, and You Yourself are the bait.

85 : 2808
You Yourself are the lotus, unaffected and still brightly-colored in hundreds of feet of water.

85 : 2809
You Yourself liberate those who think of You for even an instant.

85 : 2810
O Lord, nothing is beyond You. I am delighted to behold You, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||7||

85 : 2811
Shalok, Third Mehl:

85 : 2812
One who does not know the Hukam of the Lord's Command cries out in terrible pain.

85 : 2813
She is filled with deception, and she cannot sleep in peace.

85 : 2814
But if the soul-bride follows the Will of her Lord and Master, she shall be honored in her own home, and called to the Mansion of His Presence.

85 : 2815
O Nanak, by His Mercy, this understanding is obtained.

85 : 2816
By Guru's Grace, she is absorbed into the True One. ||1||

85 : 2817
Third Mehl:

85 : 2818
O self-willed manmukh, devoid of the Naam, do not be misled upon beholding the color of the safflower.

Continued...

85 : 2819
Its color lasts for only a few days-it is worthless!

85 : 2820
Attached to duality, the foolish, blind and stupid people waste away and die.

85 : 2821
Like worms, they live in manure, and in it, they die over and over again.

85 : 2822
O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Naam are dyed in the color of truth; they take on the intuitive peace and poise of the Guru.

85 : 2823
The color of devotional worship does not fade away; they remain intuitively absorbed in the Lord. ||2||

85 : 2824
Pauree:

85 : 2825
You created the entire universe, and You Yourself bring sustenance to it.

85 : 2826
Some eat and survive by practicing fraud and deceit; from their mouths they drop falsehood and lies.

85 : 2827
As it pleases You, You assign them their tasks.

85 : 2828
Some understand Truthfulness; they are given the inexhaustible treasure.

85 : 2829
Those who eat by remembering the Lord are prosperous, while those who do not remember Him stretch out their hands in need. ||8||

85 : 2830
Shalok, Third Mehl:

85 : 2831
The Pandits, the religious scholars, constantly read and recite the Vedas, for the sake of the love of Maya.

85 : 2832
In the love of duality, the foolish people have forgotten the Lord's Name; they shall receive their punishment.

85 : 2833
They never think of the One who gave them body and soul, who provides sustenance to all.

85 : 2834
The noose of death shall not be cut away from their necks; they shall come and go in reincarnation over and over again.

85 : 2835
The blind, self-willed manmukhs do not understand anything. They do what they are pre-ordained to do.

85 : 2836
Through perfect destiny, they meet the True Guru, the Giver of peace, and the Naam comes to abide in the mind.

85 : 2837
They enjoy peace, they wear peace, and they pass their lives in the peace of peace.

85 : 2838
O Nanak, they do not forget the Naam from the mind; they are honored in the Court of the Lord. ||1||

85 : 2839
Third Mehl:

85 : 2840
Serving the True Guru, peace is obtained. The True Name is the Treasure of Excellence.

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