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O Nanak, when someone dies in the Word of the Shabad, the mind is pleased and appeased. True is the reputation of those who are true. ||33||

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Emotional attachment to Maya is a treacherous ocean of pain and poison, which cannot be crossed.

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Screaming, "Mine, mine!", they rot and die; they pass their lives in egotism.

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The self-willed manmukhs are in limbo, neither on this side, nor the other; they are stuck in the middle.

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They act as they are pre-destined; they cannot do anything else.

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Following the Guru's Teachings, the jewel of spiritual wisdom abides in the mind, and then God is easily seen in all.

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O Nanak, the very fortunate ones embark on the Boat of the True Guru; they are carried across the terrifying world-ocean. ||34||

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Without the True Guru, there is no giver who can bestow the Support of the Lord's Name.

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By Guru's Grace, the Name comes to dwell in the mind; keep it enshrined in your heart.

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The fire of desire is extinguished, and one finds satisfaction, through the Love of the Name of the Lord.

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O Nanak, the Gurmukh finds the Lord, when He showers His Mercy. ||35||

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Without the Shabad, the world is so insane, that it cannot even be described.

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Those who are protected by the Lord are saved; they remain lovingly attuned to the Word of the Shabad.

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O Nanak, the Creator who made this making knows everything. ||36||

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The Pandits, the religious scholars, have grown weary of making fire-offerings and sacrifices, making pilgrimages to all the sacred shrines, and reading the Puraanas.

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But they cannot get rid of the poison of emotional attachment to Maya; they continue to come and go in egotism.

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Meeting with the True Guru, one's filth is washed off, meditating on the Lord, the Primal Being, the All-knowing One.

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Servant Nanak is forever a sacrifice to those who serve their Lord God. ||37||

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Mortals give great thought to Maya and emotional attachment; they harbor great hopes, in greed and corruption.

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The self-willed manmukhs do not become steady and stable; they die and are gone in an instant.

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Only those who are blessed with great good fortune meet the True Guru, and leave behind their egotism and corruption.

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Chanting the Name of the Lord, they find peace; servant Nanak contemplates the Word of the Shabad. ||38||

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Without the True Guru, there is no devotional worship, and no love of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

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Servant Nanak worships and adores the Naam, with love and affection for the Guru. ||39||

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Do not trust greedy people, if you can avoid doing so.

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At the very last moment, they will deceive you there, where no one will be able to lend a helping hand.

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Whoever associates with the self-willed manmukhs, will have his face blackened and dirtied.

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Black are the faces of those greedy people; they lose their lives, and leave in disgrace.

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O Lord, let me join the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation; may the Name of the Lord God abide in my mind.

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The filth and pollution of birth and death is washed away, O servant Nanak, singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||40||

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Whatever is pre-destined by the Lord God Creator, cannot be erased.

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Body and soul are all His. The Sovereign Lord King cherishes all.

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The gossipers and slanderers shall remain hungry and die, rolling in the dust; their hands cannot reach anywhere.

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Outwardly, they do all the proper deeds, but they are hypocrites; in their minds and hearts, they practice deception and fraud.

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Whatever is planted in the farm of the body, shall come and stand before them in the end.

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