638 : 1718
Overcoming my egotism and quieting the desires within my mind, I have come to realize the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||4||

638 : 1719
God automatically does the work of those who love the Name of the Lord.

638 : 1720
By Guru's Grace, he ever dwells in their minds, and He resolves all their affairs.

638 : 1721
Whoever challenges them is destroyed; they have the Lord God as their Savior. ||5||

638 : 1722
Without serving the True Guru, no one finds the Lord; the self-willed manmukhs die crying out in pain.

638 : 1723
They come and go, and find no place of rest; in pain and suffering, they perish.

638 : 1724
But one who becomes Gurmukh drinks in the Ambrosial Nectar, and is easily absorbed in the True Name. ||6||

638 : 1725
Without serving the True Guru, one cannot escape reincarnation, even by performing numerous rituals.

638 : 1726
Those who read the Vedas, and argue and debate without the Lord, lose their honor.

638 : 1727
True is the True Guru, and True is the Word of His Bani; in the Guru's Sanctuary, one is saved. ||7||

638 : 1728
Those whose minds are filled with the Lord are judged as true in the Court of the Lord; they are hailed as true in the True Court.

638 : 1729
Their praises echo throughout the ages, and no one can erase them.

638 : 1730
Nanak is forever a sacrifice to those who enshrine the Lord within their hearts. ||8||1||

638 : 1731
Sorat'h, Third Mehl, Du-Tukas:

638 : 1732
He Himself forgives the worthless, O Siblings of Destiny; He commits them to the service of the True Guru.

638 : 1733
Service to the True Guru is sublime, O Siblings of Destiny; through it, one's consciousness is attached to the Lord's Name. ||1||

Continued...

638 : 1734
The Dear Lord forgives, and unites with Himself.

638 : 1735
I am a sinner, totally without virtue, O Siblings of Destiny; the Perfect True Guru has blended me. ||Pause||

638 : 1736
So many, so many sinners have been forgiven, O beloved one, by contemplating the True Word of the Shabad.

638 : 1737
They got on board the boat of the True Guru, who carried them across the terrifying world-ocean, O Siblings of Destiny. ||2||

638 : 1738
I have been transformed from rusty iron into gold, O Siblings of Destiny, united in Union with the Guru, the Philosopher's Stone.

638 : 1739
Eliminating my self-conceit, the Name has come to dwell within my mind, O Siblings of Destiny; my light has merged in the Light. ||3||

638 : 1740
I am a sacrifice, I am a sacrifice, O Siblings of Destiny, I am forever a sacrifice to my True Guru.

638 : 1741
He has given me the treasure of the Naam; O Siblings of Destiny, through the Guru's Teachings, I am absorbed in celestial bliss. ||4||

638 : 1742
Without the Guru, celestial peace is not produced, O Siblings of Destiny; go and ask the spiritual teachers about this.

638 : 1743
Serve the True Guru forever, O Siblings of Destiny, and eradicate self-conceit from within. ||5||

638 : 1744
Under Guru's Instruction, the Fear of God is produced, O Siblings of Destiny; true and excellent are the deeds done in the Fear of God.

638 : 1745
Then, one is blessed with the treasure of the Lord's Love, O Siblings of Destiny, and the Support of the True Name. ||6||

638 : 1746
I fall at the feet of those who serve their True Guru, O Siblings of Destiny.

638 : 1747
I have fulfilled my life, O Siblings of Destiny, and my family has been saved as well. ||7||

638 : 1748
The True Word of the Guru's Bani, and the True Word of the Shabad, O Siblings of Destiny, are obtained only by Guru's Grace.

638 : 1749
O Nanak, with the Name of the Lord abiding in one's mind, no obstacles stand in one's way, O Siblings of Destiny. ||8||2||

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