593 : 1351
The blind, self-willed manmukhs do not think of the Lord; they are ruined through birth and death.

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O Nanak, the Gurmukhs meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord; this is their destiny, pre-ordained by the Primal Lord God. ||2||

593 : 1353
Pauree:

593 : 1354
The Lord's Name is my food; eating the thirty-six varieties of it, I am satisfied and satiated.

593 : 1355
The Lord's Name is my clothing; wearing it, I shall never be naked again, and my desire to wear other clothing is gone.

593 : 1356
The Lord's Name is my business, the Lord's Name is my commerce; the True Guru has blessed me with its use.

593 : 1357
I record the account of the Lord's Name, and I shall not be subject to death again.

593 : 1358
Only a few, as Gurmukh, meditate on the Lord's Name; they are blessed by the Lord, and receive their pre-ordained destiny. ||17||

593 : 1359
Shalok, Third Mehl:

593 : 1360
The world is blind and ignorant; in the love of duality, it engages in actions.

593 : 1361
But those actions which are performed in the love of duality, cause only pain to the body.

593 : 1362
By Guru's Grace, peace wells up, when one acts according to the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

593 : 1363
He acts according to the True Word of the Guru's Bani; night and day, he meditates on the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

593 : 1364
O Nanak, as the Lord Himself engages him, so is he engaged; no one has any say in this matter. ||1||

593 : 1365
Third Mehl:

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Within the home of my own being, is the everlasting treasure of the Naam; it is a treasure house, overflowing with devotion.

593 : 1367
The True Guru is the Giver of the life of the soul; the Great Giver lives forever.

593 : 1368
Night and day, I continually sing the Kirtan of the Lord's Praise, through the Infinite Word of the Guru's Shabad.

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593 : 1369
I recite continually the Guru's Shabads, which have been effective throughout the ages.

593 : 1370
This mind ever abides in peace, dealing in peace and poise.

593 : 1371
Deep within me is the Guru's Wisdom, the Lord's jewel, the Bringer of liberation.

593 : 1372
O Nanak, one who is blessed by the Lord's Glance of Grace obtains this, and is judged to be True in the Court of the Lord. ||2||

593 : 1373
Pauree:

593 : 1374
Blessed, blessed is that Sikh of the Guru, who goes and falls at the Feet of the True Guru.

593 : 1375
Blessed, blessed is that Sikh of the Guru, who with his mouth, utters the Name of the Lord.

593 : 1376
Blessed, blessed is that Sikh of the Guru, whose mind, upon hearing the Lord's Name, becomes blissful.

593 : 1377
Blessed, blessed is that Sikh of the Guru, who serves the True Guru, and so obtains the Lord's Name.

593 : 1378
I bow forever in deepest respect to that Sikh of the Guru, who walks in the Way of the Guru. ||18||

593 : 1379
Shalok, Third Mehl:

593 : 1380
No one has ever found the Lord through stubborn-mindedness. All have grown weary of performing such actions.

593 : 1381
Through their stubborn-mindedness, and by wearing their disguises, they are deluded; they suffer in pain from the love of duality.

593 : 1382
Riches and the supernatural spiritual powers of the Siddhas are all emotional attachments; through them, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, does not come to dwell in the mind.

593 : 1383
Serving the Guru, the mind becomes immaculately pure, and the darkness of spiritual ignorance is dispelled.

593 : 1384
The jewel of the Naam is revealed in the home of one's own being; O Nanak, one merges in celestial bliss. ||1||

593 : 1385
Third Mehl:

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