1424 : 517
The Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is within the True Guru.

1424 : 518
Following the Guru's Teachings, one meditates on the Immaculate Naam, the Pure and Holy Naam.

1424 : 519
The Ambrosial Word of His Bani is the true essence. It comes to abide in the mind of the Gurmukh.

1424 : 520
The heart-lotus blossoms forth, and one's light merges in the Light.

1424 : 521
O Nanak, they alone meet with the True Guru, who have such pre-ordained destiny inscribed upon their foreheads. ||25||

1424 : 522
Within the self-willed manmukhs is the fire of desire; their hunger does not depart.

1424 : 523
Emotional attachments to relatives are totally false; they remain engrossed in falsehood.

1424 : 524
Night and day, they are troubled by anxiety; bound to anxiety, they depart.

1424 : 525
Their comings and goings in reincarnation never end; they do their deeds in egotism.

1424 : 526
But in the Guru's Sanctuary, they are saved, O Nanak, and set free. ||26||

1424 : 527
The True Guru meditates on the Lord, the Primal Being. The Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, loves the True Guru.

1424 : 528
Those who join the Sat Sangat, and serve the True Guru - the Guru unites them in the Lord's Union.

1424 : 529
This world, this universe, is a terrifying ocean. On the Boat of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the Guru carries us across.

1424 : 530
The Sikhs of the Guru accept and obey the Lord's Will; the Perfect Guru carries them across.

1424 : 531
O Lord, please bless me with the dust of the feet of the Guru's Sikhs. I am a sinner - please save me.

1424 : 532
Those who have such pre-ordained destiny written upon their foreheads by the Lord God, come to meet Guru Nanak.

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1424 : 533
The Messenger of Death is beaten and driven away; we are saved in the Court of the Lord.

1424 : 534
Blessed and celebrated are the Sikhs of the Guru; in His Pleasure, the Lord unites them in His Union. ||27||

1424 : 535
The Perfect Guru has implanted the Lord's Name within me; it has dispelled my doubts from within.

1424 : 536
Singing the Kirtan of the Praises of the Lord's Name, the Lord's path is illuminated and shown to His Sikhs.

1424 : 537
Conquering my egotism, I remain lovingly attuned to the One Lord; the Naam, the Name of the Lord, dwells within me.

1424 : 538
I follow the Guru's Teachings, and so the Messenger of Death cannot even see me; I am immersed in the True Name.

1424 : 539
The Creator Himself is All-pervading; as He pleases, He links us to His Name.

1424 : 540
Servant Nanak lives, chanting the Name. Without the Name, he dies in an instant. ||28||

1424 : 541
Within the minds of the faithless cynics is the disease of egotism; these evil people wander around lost, deluded by doubt.

1424 : 542
O Nanak, this disease is eradicated only by meeting with the True Guru, the Holy Friend. ||29||

1424 : 543
Following the Guru's Teachings, chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

1424 : 544
Attracted by the Lord's Love, day and night, the body-robe is imbued with the Lord's Love.

1424 : 545
I have not found any being like the Lord, although I have searched and looked all over the world.

1424 : 546
The Guru, the True Guru, has implanted the Naam within; now, my mind does not waver or wander anywhere else.

1424 : 547
Servant Nanak is the slave of the Lord, the slave of the slaves of the Guru, the True Guru. ||30||

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