920 : 2023
Says Nanak, listen, O Saints: such a Sikh turns toward the Guru with sincere faith, and becomes sunmukh. ||21||

920 : 2024
One who turns away from the Guru, and becomes baymukh - without the True Guru, he shall not find liberation.

920 : 2025
He shall not find liberation anywhere else either; go and ask the wise ones about this.

920 : 2026
He shall wander through countless incarnations; without the True Guru, he shall not find liberation.

920 : 2027
But liberation is attained, when one is attached to the feet of the True Guru, chanting the Word of the Shabad.

920 : 2028
Says Nanak, contemplate this and see, that without the True Guru, there is no liberation. ||22||

920 : 2029
Come, O beloved Sikhs of the True Guru, and sing the True Word of His Bani.

920 : 2030
Sing the Guru's Bani, the supreme Word of Words.

920 : 2031
Those who are blessed by the Lord's Glance of Grace - their hearts are imbued with this Bani.

920 : 2032
Drink in this Ambrosial Nectar, and remain in the Lord's Love forever; meditate on the Lord, the Sustainer of the world.

920 : 2033
Says Nanak, sing this True Bani forever. ||23||

920 : 2034
Without the True Guru, other songs are false.

920 : 2035
The songs are false without the True Guru; all other songs are false.

920 : 2036
The speakers are false, and the listeners are false; those who speak and recite are false.

920 : 2037
They may continually chant, 'Har, Har' with their tongues, but they do not know what they are saying.

920 : 2038
Their consciousness is lured by Maya; they are just reciting mechanically.

920 : 2039
Says Nanak, without the True Guru, other songs are false. ||24||

920 : 2040
The Word of the Guru's Shabad is a jewel, studded with diamonds.

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920 : 2041
The mind which is attached to this jewel, merges into the Shabad.

920 : 2042
One whose mind is attuned to the Shabad, enshrines love for the True Lord.

920 : 2043
He Himself is the diamond, and He Himself is the jewel; one who is blessed, understands its value.

920 : 2044
Says Nanak, the Shabad is a jewel, studded with diamonds. ||25||

920 : 2045
He Himself created Shiva and Shakti, mind and matter; the Creator subjects them to His Command.

920 : 2046
Enforcing His Order, He Himself sees all. How rare are those who, as Gurmukh, come to know Him.

920 : 2047
They break their bonds, and attain liberation; they enshrine the Shabad within their minds.

920 : 2048
Those whom the Lord Himself makes Gurmukh, lovingly focus their consciousness on the One Lord.

920 : 2049
Says Nanak, He Himself is the Creator; He Himself reveals the Hukam of His Command. ||26||

920 : 2050
The Simritees and the Shaastras discriminate between good and evil, but they do not know the true essence of reality.

920 : 2051
They do not know the true essence of reality without the Guru; they do not know the true essence of reality.

920 : 2052
The world is asleep in the three modes and doubt; it passes the night of its life sleeping.

920 : 2053
Those humble beings remain awake and aware, within whose minds, by Guru's Grace, the Lord abides; they chant the Ambrosial Word of the Guru's Bani.

920 : 2054
Says Nanak, they alone obtain the essence of reality, who night and day remain lovingly absorbed in the Lord; they pass the night of their life awake and aware. ||27||

920 : 2055
He nourished us in the mother's womb; why forget Him from the mind?

920 : 2056
Why forget from the mind such a Great Giver, who gave us sustenance in the fire of the womb?

920 : 2057
Nothing can harm one, whom the Lord inspires to embrace His Love.

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