590 : 1236
O Nanak, without serving the True Guru, they are bound and beaten in the City of Death; they arise and depart with blackened faces. ||1||

590 : 1237
First Mehl:

590 : 1238
Burn away those rituals which lead you to forget the Beloved Lord.

590 : 1239
O Nanak, sublime is that love, which preserves my honor with my Lord Master. ||2||

590 : 1240
Pauree:

590 : 1241
Serve the One Lord, the Great Giver; meditate on the One Lord.

590 : 1242
Beg from the One Lord, the Great Giver, and you shall obtain your heart's desires.

590 : 1243
But if you beg from another, then you shall be shamed and destroyed.

590 : 1244
One who serves the Lord obtains the fruits of his rewards; all of his hunger is satisfied.

590 : 1245
Nanak is a sacrifice to those, who night and day, meditate within their hearts on the Name of the Lord. ||10||

590 : 1246
Shalok, Third Mehl:

590 : 1247
He Himself is pleased with His humble devotees; my Beloved Lord attaches them to Himself.

590 : 1248
The Lord blesses His humble devotees with royalty; He fashions the true crown upon their heads.

590 : 1249
They are always at peace, and immaculately pure; they perform service for the True Guru.

590 : 1250
They are not said to be kings, who die in conflict, and then enter again the cycle of reincarnation.

590 : 1251
O Nanak, without the Name of the Lord, they wander about with their noses cut off in disgrace; they get no respect at all. ||1||

590 : 1252
Third Mehl:

590 : 1253
Hearing the teachings, he does not appreciate them, as long as he is not Gurmukh, attached to the Word of the Shabad.

590 : 1254
Serving the True Guru, the Naam comes to abide in the mind, and doubts and fears run away.

Continued...

590 : 1255
As he knows the True Guru, so he is transformed, and then, he lovingly focuses his consciousness on the Naam.

590 : 1256
O Nanak, through the Naam, the Name of the Lord, greatness is obtained; he shall be resplendent in the Court of the Lord hereafter. ||2||

590 : 1257
Pauree:

590 : 1258
The minds of the Gursikhs are filled with the love of the Lord; they come and worship the Guru.

590 : 1259
They trade lovingly in the Lord's Name, and depart after earning the profit of the Lord's Name.

590 : 1260
The faces of the Gursikhs are radiant; in the Court of the Lord, they are approved.

590 : 1261
The Guru, the True Guru, is the treasure of the Lord's Name; how very fortunate are the Sikhs who share in this treasure of virtue.

590 : 1262
I am a sacrifice to those Gursikhs who, sitting and standing, meditate on the Lord's Name. ||11||

590 : 1263
Shalok, Third Mehl:

590 : 1264
O Nanak, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is the treasure, which the Gurmukhs obtain.

590 : 1265
The self-willed manmukhs are blind; they do not realize that it is within their own home. They die barking and crying. ||1||

590 : 1266
Third Mehl:

590 : 1267
That body is golden and immaculate, which is attached to the True Name of the True Lord.

590 : 1268
The Gurmukh obtains the Pure Light of the Luminous Lord, and his doubts and fears run away.

590 : 1269
O Nanak, the Gurmukhs find lasting peace; night and day, they remain detached, while in the Love of the Lord. ||2||

590 : 1270
Pauree:

590 : 1271
Blessed, blessed are those Gursikhs, who, with their ears, listen to the Guru's Teachings about the Lord.

590 : 1272
The Guru, the True Guru, implants the Naam within them, and their egotism and duality are silenced.

590 : 1273
There is no friend, other than the Name of the Lord; the Lord's humble servants reflect upon this and see.

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