851 : 2300
The ignorant self-willed manmukhs are blind. They are born, only to die again, and continue coming and going.

851 : 2301
Their affairs are not resolved, and in the end, they depart, regretting and repenting.

851 : 2302
One who is blessed with the Lord's Grace, meets the True Guru; he alone meditates on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

851 : 2303
Imbued with the Naam, the humble servants of the Lord find a lasting peace; servant Nanak is a sacrifice to them. ||1||

851 : 2304
Third Mehl:

851 : 2305
Hope and desire entice the world; they entice the whole universe.

851 : 2306
Everyone, and all that has been created, is under the domination of Death.

851 : 2307
By the Hukam of the Lord's Command, Death seizes the mortal; he alone is saved, whom the Creator Lord forgives.

851 : 2308
O Nanak, by Guru's Grace, this mortal swims across, if he abandons his ego.

851 : 2309
Conquer hope and desire, and remain unattached; contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||2||

851 : 2310
Pauree:

851 : 2311
Wherever I go in this world, I see the Lord there.

851 : 2312
In the world hereafter as well, the Lord, the True Judge Himself, is pervading and permeating everywhere.

851 : 2313
The faces of the false are cursed, while the true devotees are blessed with glorious greatness.

851 : 2314
True is the Lord and Master, and true is His justice. The heads of the slanderers are covered with ashes.

851 : 2315
Servant Nanak worships the True Lord in adoration; as Gurmukh, he finds peace. ||5||

851 : 2316
Shalok, Third Mehl:

851 : 2317
By perfect destiny, one finds the True Guru, if the Lord God grants forgiveness.

851 : 2318
Of all efforts, the best effort is to attain the Lord's Name.

Continued...

851 : 2319
It brings a cooling, soothing tranquility deep within the heart, and eternal peace.

851 : 2320
Then, one eats and wears the Ambrosial Nectar; O Nanak, through the Name, comes glorious greatness. ||1||

851 : 2321
Third Mehl:

851 : 2322
O mind, listening to the Guru's Teachings, you shall obtain the treasure of virtue.

851 : 2323
The Giver of peace shall dwell in your mind; you shall be rid of egotism and pride.

851 : 2324
O Nanak, by His Grace, one is blessed with the Ambrosial Nectar of the treasure of virtue. ||2||

851 : 2325
Pauree:

851 : 2326
The kings, emperors, rulers, lords, nobles and chiefs, are all created by the Lord.

851 : 2327
Whatever the Lord causes them to do, they do; they are all beggars, dependent on the Lord.

851 : 2328
Such is God, the Lord of all; He is on the True Guru's side. All castes and social classes, the four sources of creation, and the whole universe are slaves of the True Guru; God makes them work for Him.

851 : 2329
See the glorious greatness of serving the Lord, O Saints of the Lord; He has conquered and driven all the enemies and evil-doers out of the body-village.

851 : 2330
The Lord, Har, Har, is Merciful to His humble devotees; granting His Grace, the Lord Himself protects and preserves them. ||6||

851 : 2331
Shalok, Third Mehl:

851 : 2332
Fraud and hypocrisy within bring constant pain; the self-willed manmukh does not practice meditation.

851 : 2333
Suffering in pain, he does his deeds; he is immersed in pain, and he shall suffer in pain hereafter.

851 : 2334
By his karma, he meets the True Guru, and then, he is lovingly attuned to the True Name.

851 : 2335
O Nanak, he is naturally at peace; doubt and fear run away and leave him. ||1||

851 : 2336
Third Mehl:

851 : 2337
The Gurmukh is in love with the Lord forever. The Name of the Lord is pleasing to his mind.

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