851
:
2300
The ignorant self-willed manmukhs are blind. They are born, only to die again, and continue coming and going.
851
:
2301
Their affairs are not resolved, and in the end, they depart, regretting and repenting.
851
:
2302
One who is blessed with the Lord's Grace, meets the True Guru; he alone meditates on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.
851
:
2303
Imbued with the Naam, the humble servants of the Lord find a lasting peace; servant Nanak is a sacrifice to them. ||1||
851
:
2304
Third Mehl:
851
:
2305
Hope and desire entice the world; they entice the whole universe.
851
:
2306
Everyone, and all that has been created, is under the domination of Death.
851
:
2307
By the Hukam of the Lord's Command, Death seizes the mortal; he alone is saved, whom the Creator Lord forgives.
851
:
2308
O Nanak, by Guru's Grace, this mortal swims across, if he abandons his ego.
851
:
2309
Conquer hope and desire, and remain unattached; contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||2||
851
:
2310
Pauree:
851
:
2311
Wherever I go in this world, I see the Lord there.
851
:
2312
In the world hereafter as well, the Lord, the True Judge Himself, is pervading and permeating everywhere.
851
:
2313
The faces of the false are cursed, while the true devotees are blessed with glorious greatness.
851
:
2314
True is the Lord and Master, and true is His justice. The heads of the slanderers are covered with ashes.
851
:
2315
Servant Nanak worships the True Lord in adoration; as Gurmukh, he finds peace. ||5||
851
:
2316
Shalok, Third Mehl:
851
:
2317
By perfect destiny, one finds the True Guru, if the Lord God grants forgiveness.
851
:
2318
Of all efforts, the best effort is to attain the Lord's Name.
851
:
2319
It brings a cooling, soothing tranquility deep within the heart, and eternal peace.
851
:
2320
Then, one eats and wears the Ambrosial Nectar; O Nanak, through the Name, comes glorious greatness. ||1||
851
:
2321
Third Mehl:
851
:
2322
O mind, listening to the Guru's Teachings, you shall obtain the treasure of virtue.
851
:
2323
The Giver of peace shall dwell in your mind; you shall be rid of egotism and pride.
851
:
2324
O Nanak, by His Grace, one is blessed with the Ambrosial Nectar of the treasure of virtue. ||2||
851
:
2325
Pauree:
851
:
2326
The kings, emperors, rulers, lords, nobles and chiefs, are all created by the Lord.
851
:
2327
Whatever the Lord causes them to do, they do; they are all beggars, dependent on the Lord.
851
:
2328
Such is God, the Lord of all; He is on the True Guru's side. All castes and social classes, the four sources of creation, and the whole universe are slaves of the True Guru; God makes them work for Him.
851
:
2329
See the glorious greatness of serving the Lord, O Saints of the Lord; He has conquered and driven all the enemies and evil-doers out of the body-village.
851
:
2330
The Lord, Har, Har, is Merciful to His humble devotees; granting His Grace, the Lord Himself protects and preserves them. ||6||
851
:
2331
Shalok, Third Mehl:
851
:
2332
Fraud and hypocrisy within bring constant pain; the self-willed manmukh does not practice meditation.
851
:
2333
Suffering in pain, he does his deeds; he is immersed in pain, and he shall suffer in pain hereafter.
851
:
2334
By his karma, he meets the True Guru, and then, he is lovingly attuned to the True Name.
851
:
2335
O Nanak, he is naturally at peace; doubt and fear run away and leave him. ||1||
851
:
2336
Third Mehl:
851
:
2337
The Gurmukh is in love with the Lord forever. The Name of the Lord is pleasing to his mind.