1012 : 916
Serving the Guru, eternal peace is obtained, by those whom the Lord inspires to obey the Hukam of His Command. ||7||

1012 : 917
Gold and silver, and all metals, mix with dust in the end

1012 : 918
Without the Name, nothing goes along with you; the True Guru has imparted this understanding.

1012 : 919
O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Naam are immaculate and pure; they remain merged in the Truth. ||8||5||

1012 : 920
Maaroo, First Mehl:

1012 : 921
The Order is issued, and he cannot remain; the permit to stay has been torn up.

1012 : 922
This mind is tied to its faults; it suffers terrible pain in its body.

1012 : 923
The Perfect Guru forgives all the mistakes of the beggar at His Door. ||1||

1012 : 924
How can he stay here? He must get up and depart. Contemplate the Word of the Shabad, and understand this.

1012 : 925
He alone is united, whom You, O Lord, unite. Such is the Primal Command of the Infinite Lord. ||1||Pause||

1012 : 926
As You keep me, I remain; whatever You give me, I eat.

1012 : 927
As You lead me, I follow, with the Ambrosial Name in my mouth.

1012 : 928
All glorious greatness rests in the hands of my Lord and Master; my mind yearns to unite with You. ||2||

1012 : 929
Why should anyone praise any other created being? That Lord acts and sees.

1012 : 930
The One who created me, abides within my mind; there is no other at all.

1012 : 931
So praise that True Lord, and you shall be blessed with true honor. ||3||

1012 : 932
The Pandit, the religious scholar, reads, but does not reach the Lord; he is totally entangled in worldly affairs.

1012 : 933
He keeps the company of both virtue and vice, tormented by hunger and the Messenger of Death.

1012 : 934
One who is protected by the Perfect Lord, forgets separation and fear. ||4||

1012 : 935
They alone are perfect, O Siblings of Destiny, whose honor is certified.

1012 : 936
Perfect is the intellect of the Perfect Lord. True is His glorious greatness.

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1012 : 937
His gifts never run short, although those who receive may grow weary of receiving. ||5||

1012 : 938
Searching the salty sea, one finds the pearl.

1012 : 939
It looks beautiful for a few days, but in the end, it is eaten away by dust.

1012 : 940
If one serves the Guru, the ocean of Truth, the gifts one receives never run short. ||6||

1012 : 941
They alone are pure, who are pleasing to my God; all others are soiled with filth.

1012 : 942
The filthy become pure, when they meet with the Guru, the Philosopher's Stone.

1012 : 943
Who can estimate the value of the color of the true jewel? ||7||

1012 : 944
Wearing religious robes, the Lord is not obtained, nor is He obtained by giving donations at sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

1012 : 945
Go and ask the readers of the Vedas; without faith, the world is cheated.

1012 : 946
O Nanak, he alone values the jewel, who is blessed with the spiritual wisdom of the Perfect Guru. ||8||6||

1012 : 947
Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

1012 : 948
The self-willed manmukh, in a fit of passion, abandons his home, and is ruined; then, he spies on the homes of others.

1012 : 949
He neglects his household duties, and does not meet with the True Guru; he is caught in the whirlpool of evil-mindedness.

1012 : 950
Wandering in foreign lands and reading scriptures, he grows weary, and his thirsty desires only increase.

1012 : 951
His perishable body does not remember the Word of the Shabad; like a beast, he fills his belly. ||1||

1012 : 952
O Baba, this is the way of life of the Sannyaasi, the renunciate.

1012 : 953
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, he is to enshrine love for the One Lord. Imbued with Your Name, Lord, he remains satisfied and fulfilled. ||1||Pause||

1012 : 954
He dyes his robes with saffron dye, and wearing these robes, he goes out begging.

1012 : 955
Tearing his robes, he makes a patched coat, and puts the money in his wallet.

1012 : 956
From house to house he goes begging, and tries to teach the world; but his mind is blind, and so he loses his honor.

1012 : 957
He is deluded by doubt, and does not remember the Word of the Shabad. He loses his life in the gamble. ||2||

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