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English translation of
Holy Guru Granth Sahib

English translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
taken from http://www.gurbanifiles.com/

Raag Bilaaval - Part 060

854 : 2407
My Lord and Master is on the side of servant Nanak. The All-powerful and All-knowing Lord God is my Best Friend.

854 : 2408
Seeing the food being distributed, everyone came and fell at the feet of the True Guru, who cleansed the minds of all of their egotistical pride. ||10||

854 : 2409
Shalok, First Mehl:

854 : 2410
One plants the seed, another harvests the crop, and still another beats the grain from the chaff.

854 : 2411
O Nanak, it is not known, who will ultimately eat the grain. ||1||

854 : 2412
First Mehl:

854 : 2413
He alone is carried across, within whose mind the Lord abides.

854 : 2414
O Nanak, that alone happens, which is pleasing to His Will. ||2||

854 : 2415
Pauree:

854 : 2416
The Merciful Supreme Lord God has carried me across the world-ocean.

854 : 2417
The compassionate perfect Guru has eradicated my doubts and fears.

854 : 2418
Unsatisfied sexual desire and unresolved anger, the horrible demons, have been totally destroyed.

854 : 2419
I have enshrined the treasure of the Ambrosial Naam within my throat and heart.

854 : 2420
O Nanak, in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, my birth and death have been adorned and redeemed. ||11||

854 : 2421
Shalok, Third Mehl:

854 : 2422
Those who forget the Naam, the Name of the Lord, are said to be false.

854 : 2423
The five thieves plunder their homes, and egotism breaks in.

854 : 2424
The faithless cynics are defrauded by their own evil-mindedness; they do not know the sublime essence of the Lord.

854 : 2425
Those who lose the Ambrosial Nectar through doubt, remain engrossed and entangled in corruption.

854 : 2426
They make friends with the wicked, and argue with the humble servants of the Lord.

854 : 2427
O Nanak, the faithless cynics are bound and gagged by the Messenger of Death, and suffer agony in hell.

854 : 2428
They act according to the karma of the actions they committed before; as the Lord keeps them, so do they live. ||1||

854 : 2429
Third Mehl:

Continued...

854 : 2430
Those who serve the True Guru, are transformed from powerless into powerful.

854 : 2431
With every breath and morsel of food, the Lord abides in their minds forever, and the Messenger of Death cannot even see them.

854 : 2432
The Name of the Lord, Har, Har, fills their hearts, and Maya is their servant.

854 : 2433
One who becomes the slave of the Lord's slaves, obtains the greatest treasure.

854 : 2434
O Nanak, I am forever a sacrifice to that one, within whose mind and body God dwells.

854 : 2435
One who has such pre-ordained destiny, he alone is in love with the humble Saints. ||2||

854 : 2436
Pauree:

854 : 2437
Whatever the Perfect True Guru says, the Transcendent Lord hears.

854 : 2438
It pervades and permeates the whole world, and it is on the mouth of each and every being.

854 : 2439
So numerous are the great glories of the Lord, they cannot even be counted.

854 : 2440
Truth, poise and bliss rest in the True Guru; the Guru bestows the jewel of Truth.

854 : 2441
O Nanak, the Supreme Lord God embellishes the Saints, who become like the True Lord. ||12||

854 : 2442
Shalok, Third Mehl:

854 : 2443
He does not understand himself; he believes the Lord God to be far away.

854 : 2444
He forgets to serve the Guru; how can his mind remain in the Lord's Presence?

854 : 2445
The self-willed manmukh wastes away his life in worthless greed and falsehood.

854 : 2446
O Nanak, the Lord forgives, and blends them with Himself; through the True Word of the Shabad, He is ever-present. ||1||

854 : 2447
Third Mehl:

854 : 2448
True is the Praise of the Lord God; the Gurmukh chants the Name of the Lord of the Universe.

854 : 2449
Praising the Naam night and day, and meditating on the Lord, the mind becomes blissful.

854 : 2450
By great good fortune, I have found the Lord, the perfect embodiment of supreme bliss.

854 : 2451
Servant Nanak praises the Naam; his mind and body shall never again be shattered. ||2||

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