1013 : 958
Without the Guru, the fire within is not quenched; and outside, the fire still burns.

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Without serving the Guru, there is no devotional worship. How can anyone, by himself, know the Lord?

1013 : 960
Slandering others, one lives in hell; within him is hazy darkness.

1013 : 961
Wandering to the eixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage, he is ruined. How can the filth of sin be washed away? ||3||

1013 : 962
He sifts through the dust, and applies ashes to his body, but he is searching for the path of Maya's wealth.

1013 : 963
Inwardly and outwardly, he does not know the One Lord; if someone tells him the Truth, he grows angry.

1013 : 964
He reads the scriptures, but tells lies; such is the intellect of one who has no guru.

1013 : 965
Without chanting the Naam, how can he find peace? Without the Name, how can he look good? ||4||

1013 : 966
Some shave their heads, some keep their hair in matted tangles; some keep it in braids, while some keep silent, filled with egotistical pride.

1013 : 967
Their minds waver and wander in ten directions, without loving devotion and enlightenment of the soul.

1013 : 968
They abandon the Ambrosial Nectar, and drink the deadly poison, driven mad by Maya.

1013 : 969
Past actions cannot be erased; without understanding the Hukam of the Lord's Command, they become beasts. ||5||

1013 : 970
With bowl in hand, wearing his patched coat, great desires well up in his mind.

1013 : 971
Abandoning his own wife, he is engrossed in sexual desire; his thoughts are on the wives of others.

1013 : 972
He teaches and preaches, but does not contemplate the Shabad; he is bought and sold on the street.

1013 : 973
With poison within, he pretends to be free of doubt; he is ruined and humiliated by the Messenger of Death. ||6||

1013 : 974
He alone is a Sannyaasi, who serves the True Guru, and removes his self-conceit from within.

1013 : 975
He does not ask for clothes or food; without asking, he accepts whatever he receives.

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1013 : 976
He does not speak empty words; he gathers in the wealth of tolerance, and burns away his anger with the Naam.

1013 : 977
Blessed is such a householder, Sannyaasi and Yogi, who focuses his consciousness on the Lord's feet. ||7||

1013 : 978
Amidst hope, the Sannyaasi remains unmoved by hope; he remains lovingly focused on the One Lord.

1013 : 979
He drinks in the sublime essence of the Lord, and so finds peace and tranquility; in the home of his own being, he remains absorbed in the deep trance of meditation.

1013 : 980
His mind does not waver; as Gurmukh, he understands. He restrains it from wandering out.

1013 : 981
Following the Guru's Teachings, he searches the home of his body, and obtains the wealth of the Naam. ||8||

1013 : 982
Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are exalted, imbued with contemplative meditation on the Naam.

1013 : 983
The sources of creation, speech, the heavens and the underworld, all beings and creatures, are infused with Your Light.

1013 : 984
All comforts and liberation are found in the Naam, and the vibrations of the Guru's Bani; I have enshrined the True Name within my heart.

1013 : 985
Without the Naam, no one is saved; O Nanak, with the Truth, cross over to the other side. ||9||7||

1013 : 986
Maaroo, First Mehl:

1013 : 987
Through the union of mother and father, the fetus is formed. The egg and sperm join together to make the body.

1013 : 988
Upside-down within the womb, it lovingly dwells on the Lord; God provides for it, and gives it nourishment there. ||1||

1013 : 989
How can he cross over the terrifying world-ocean?

1013 : 990
The Gurmukh obtains the Immaculate Naam, the Name of the Lord; the unbearable load of sins is removed. ||1||Pause||

1013 : 991
I have forgotten Your Virtues, Lord; I am insane - what can I do now?

1013 : 992
You are the Merciful Giver, above the heads of all. Day and night, You give gifts, and take care of all. ||2||

1013 : 993
One is born to achieve the four great objectives of life. The spirit has taken up its home in the material world.

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