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Those who die in the Shabad and subdue their own minds, obtain the door of liberation. ||3||

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They erase their sins, and eliminate their anger;

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they keep the Guru's Shabad clasped tightly to their hearts.

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Those who are attuned to Truth, remain balanced and detached forever. Subduing their egotism, they are united with the Lord. ||4||

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Deep within the nucleus of the self is the jewel; we receive it only if the Lord inspires us to receive it.

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The mind is bound by the three dispositions-the three modes of Maya.

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Reading and reciting, the Pandits, the religious scholars, and the silent sages have grown weary, but they have not found the supreme essence of the fourth state. ||5||

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The Lord Himself dyes us in the color of His Love.

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Only those who are steeped in the Word of the Guru's Shabad are so imbued with His Love.

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Imbued with the most beautiful color of the Lord's Love, they sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, with great pleasure and joy. ||6||

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To the Gurmukh, the True Lord is wealth, miraculous spiritual powers and strict self-discipline.

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Through the spiritual wisdom of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the Gurmukh is liberated.

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The Gurmukh practices Truth, and is absorbed in the Truest of the True. ||7||

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The Gurmukh realizes that the Lord alone creates, and having created, He destroys.

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To the Gurmukh, the Lord Himself is social class, status and all honor.

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O Nanak, the Gurmukhs meditate on the Naam; through the Naam, they merge in the Naam. ||8||12||13||

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Maajh, Third Mehl:

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Creation and destruction happen through the Word of the Shabad.

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Through the Shabad, creation happens again.

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The Gurmukh knows that the True Lord is all-pervading. The Gurmukh understands creation and merger. ||1||

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I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who enshrine the Perfect Guru within their minds.

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From the Guru comes peace and tranquility; worship Him with devotion, day and night. Chanting His Glorious Praises, merge into the Glorious Lord. ||1||Pause||

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The Gurmukh sees the Lord on the earth, and the Gurmukh sees Him in the water.

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The Gurmukh sees Him in wind and fire; such is the wonder of His Play.

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One who has no Guru, dies over and over again, only to be re-born. One who has no Guru continues coming and going in reincarnation. ||2||

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The One Creator has set this play in motion.

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In the frame of the human body, He has placed all things.

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Those few who are pierced through by the Word of the Shabad, obtain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. He calls them into His Wondrous Palace. ||3||

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True is the Banker, and true are His traders.

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They purchase Truth, with infinite love for the Guru.

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They deal in Truth, and they practice Truth. They earn Truth, and only Truth. ||4||

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Without investment capital, how can anyone acquire merchandise?

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The self-willed manmukhs have all gone astray.

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Without true wealth, everyone goes empty-handed; going empty-handed, they suffer in pain. ||5||

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Some deal in Truth, through love of the Guru's Shabad.

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They save themselves, and save all their ancestors as well.

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Very auspicious is the coming of those who meet their Beloved and find peace. ||6||

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Deep within the self is the secret, but the fool looks for it outside.

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The blind self-willed manmukhs wander around like demons;

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but where the secret is, there, they do not find it. The manmukhs are deluded by doubt. ||7||

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He Himself calls us, and bestows the Word of the Shabad.

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The soul-bride finds intuitive peace and poise in the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.

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O Nanak, she obtains the glorious greatness of the Naam; she hears it again and again, and she meditates on it. ||8||13||14||

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Maajh, Third Mehl:

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The True Guru has imparted the True Teachings.

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