949 : 3276
Following the Guru's Teachings, one's heart is illumined, and the darkness is dispelled.

949 : 3277
By the Hukam of His Command, He creates everything; He pervades and permeates all the woods and meadows.

949 : 3278
He Himself is everything; the Gurmukh constantly chants the Lord's Name.

949 : 3279
Through the Shabad, understanding comes; the True Lord Himself inspires us to understand. ||5||

949 : 3280
Shalok, Third Mehl:

949 : 3281
He is not called a renunciate, whose consciousness is filled with doubt.

949 : 3282
Donations to him bring proportionate rewards.

949 : 3283
He hungers for the supreme status of the Fearless, Immaculate Lord;

949 : 3284
O Nanak, how rare are those who offer him this food. ||1||

949 : 3285
Third Mehl:

949 : 3286
They are not called renunciates, who take food in the homes of others.

949 : 3287
For the sake of their bellies, they wear various religious robes.

949 : 3288
They alone are renunciates, O Nanak, who enter into their own souls.

949 : 3289
They seek and find their Husband Lord; they dwell within the home of their own inner self. ||2||

949 : 3290
Pauree:

949 : 3291
They sky and the earth are separate, but the True Lord supports them from within.

949 : 3292
True are all those homes and gates, within which the True Name is enshrined.

949 : 3293
The Hukam of the True Lord's Command is effective everywhere. The Gurmukh merges in the True Lord.

949 : 3294
He Himself is True, and True is His throne. Seated upon it, He administers true justice.

949 : 3295
The Truest of the True is all-pervading everywhere; the Gurmukh sees the unseen. ||6||

949 : 3296
Shalok, Third Mehl:

949 : 3297
In the world-ocean, the Infinite Lord abides. The false come and go in reincarnation.

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949 : 3298
One who walks according to his own will, suffers terrible punishment.

949 : 3299
All things are in the world-ocean, but they are obtained only by the karma of good actions.

949 : 3300
O Nanak, he alone obtains the nine treasures, who walks in the Will of the Lord. ||1||

949 : 3301
Third Mehl:

949 : 3302
One who intuitively serves the True Guru, loses his life in egotism.

949 : 3303
His tongue does not taste the sublime essence of the Lord, and his heart-lotus does not blossom forth.

949 : 3304
The self-willed manmukh eats poison and dies; he is ruined by love and attachment to Maya.

949 : 3305
Without the Name of the One Lord, his life is cursed, and his home is cursed as well.

949 : 3306
When God Himself bestows His Glance of Grace, then one becomes the slave of His slaves.

949 : 3307
And then, night and day, he serves the True Guru, and never leaves His side.

949 : 3308
As the lotus flower floats unaffected in the water, so does he remain detached in his own household.

949 : 3309
O servant Nanak, the Lord acts, and inspires everyone to act, according to the Pleasure of His Will. He is the treasure of virtue. ||2||

949 : 3310
Pauree:

949 : 3311
For thirty-six ages, there was utter darkness. Then, the Lord revealed Himself.

949 : 3312
He Himself created the entire universe. He Himself blessed it with understanding.

949 : 3313
He created the Simritees and the Shaastras; He calculates the accounts of virtue and vice.

949 : 3314
He alone understands, whom the Lord inspires to understand and to be pleased with the True Word of the Shabad.

949 : 3315
He Himself is all-pervading; He Himself forgives, and unites with Himself. ||7||

949 : 3316
Shalok, Third Mehl:

949 : 3317
This body is all blood; without blood, the body cannot exist.

949 : 3318
Those who are attuned to their Lord - their bodies are not filled with the blood of greed.

949 : 3319
In the Fear of God, the body becomes thin, and the blood of greed passes out of the body.

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