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Without the True Guru, no one finds the Lord; anyone can try and see.

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By the Lord's Grace, the True Guru is found, and then the Lord is met with intuitive ease.

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The self-willed manmukh is deluded by doubt; without good destiny, the Lord's wealth is not obtained. ||5||

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The three dispositions are completely distracting; people read and study and contemplate them.

1277 : 888
Those people are never liberated; they do not find the Door of Salvation.

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Without the True Guru, they are never released from bondage; they do not embrace love for the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||6||

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The Pandits, the religious scholars, and the silent sages, reading and studying the Vedas, have grown weary.

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They do not even think of the Lord's Name; they do not dwell in the home of their own inner being.

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The Messenger of Death hovers over their heads; they are ruined by the deceit within themselves. ||7||

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Everyone longs for the Name of the Lord; without good destiny, it is not obtained.

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When the Lord bestows His Glance of Grace, the mortal meets the True Guru, and the Lord's Name comes to dwell within the mind.

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O Nanak, through the Name, honor wells up, and the mortal remains immersed in the Lord. ||8||2||

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Malaar, Third Mehl, Ashtapadees, Second House:

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One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

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When the Lord shows His Mercy, He enjoins the mortal to work for the Guru.

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His pains are taken away, and the Lord's Name comes to dwell within.

1277 : 900
True deliverance comes by focusing one's consciousness on the True Lord.

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Listen to the Shabad, and the Word of the Guru's Bani. ||1||

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O my mind, serve the Lord, Har, Har, the true treasure.

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By Guru's Grace, the wealth of the Lord is obtained. Night and day, focus your meditation on the Lord. ||1||Pause||

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The soul-bride who adorns herself without her Husband Lord,

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is ill-mannered and vile, wasted away into ruin.

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This is the useless way of life of the self-willed manmukh.

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Forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, he performs all sorts of empty rituals. ||2||

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The bride who is Gurmukh is beautifully embellished.

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Through the Word of the Shabad, she enshrines her Husband Lord within her heart.

1277 : 910
She realizes the One Lord, and subdues her ego.

1277 : 911
That soul-bride is virtuous and noble. ||3||

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Without the Guru, the Giver, no one finds the Lord.

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The greedy self-willed manmukh is attracted and engrossed in duality.

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Only a few spiritual teachers realize this,

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that without meeting the Guru, liberation is not obtained. ||4||

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Everyone tells the stories told by others.

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Without subduing the mind, devotional worship does not come.

1277 : 918
When the intellect achieves spiritual wisdom, the heart-lotus blossoms forth.

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The Naam, the Name of the Lord, comes to abide in that heart. ||5||

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In egotism, everyone can pretend to worship God with devotion.

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But this does not soften the mind, and it does not bring peace.

1277 : 922
By speaking and preaching, the mortal only shows off his self-conceit.

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His devotional worship is useless, and his life is a total waste. ||6||

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They alone are devotees, who are pleasing to the Mind of the True Guru.

1277 : 925
Night and day, they remain lovingly attuned to the Name.

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They behold the Naam, the Name of the Lord, ever-present, near at hand.