28 They all show off and pretend, but the self-willed manmukhs do not understand.
28 Those Gurmukhs who are pure of heart—their service is accepted. They sing the Glorious Praise of the Lord; they read about the Lord each day.
28 O Siblings of Destiny, the Gurmukhs are honored forever. They meditate forever on the Lord, Har, Har, and they wash off the filth of egotism. || 1 || Pause ||
28 The Gurmukhs meditate on the Naam; they eradicate selfishness and conceit from within. They are pure, inwardly and outwardly; they merge into the Truest of the True. O Nanak, blessed is the coming of those who follow the Guru’s Teachings and meditate on the Lord. || 4 || 5 || 38 ||
28 Devotion to the Lord is love for the Lord. The Gurmukh reflects deeply and contemplates. Hypocrisy is not devotion—speaking words of duality leads only to misery. Those humble beings who are filled with keen understanding and meditative contemplation—even though they intermingle with others, they remain distinct. || 2 ||
28 Those who keep the Lord enshrined within their hearts are said to be the servants of the Lord. Placing mind and body in offering before the Lord, they conquer and eradicate egotism from within. Blessed and acclaimed is that Gurmukh, who shall never be defeated. || 3 ||
29 The self-willed manmukhs are polluted. They are filled with the pollution of egotism, wickedness and desire. Without the Shabad, this pollution is not washed off; through the cycle of death and rebirth, they waste away in misery. Engrossed in this transitory drama, they are not at home in either this world or the next. || 3 ||
29 For the Gurmukh, the love of the Name of the Lord is chanting, deep meditation and self-discipline. The Gurmukh meditates forever on the Name of the One Creator Lord. O Nanak, meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the Support of all beings. || 4 || 7 || 40 ||
29 O my mind, day and night, you are always full of wishful hopes. Serve the True Guru, and your emotional attachment shall be totally burnt away; remain detached within the home of your heart. || 1 || Pause ||
29 The Gurmukhs do good deeds and blossom forth; balanced and detached in the Lord, they are in ecstasy. Night and day, they perform devotional worship, day and night; subduing their ego, they are carefree. By great good fortune, I found the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation; I have found the Lord, with intuitive ease and ecstasy. || 2 ||
29 Whoever has found it, has done so in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. Through perfect good fortune, such balanced detachment is attained.
29 Within the home of your own inner being, the merchandise is obtained. All commodities are within.
30 O my mind, give up slander, egotism and arrogance. Become Gurmukh, and meditate forever on the Dear Lord, the One and Only Creator. || 1 || Pause ||
30 Through the Guru's Teachings, the heart is illuminated. Through the Shabad, the Name of the Lord is received. || 2 ||
30 In the corruption of the three qualities, there is blindness; in attachment to Maya, there is darkness. The greedy people serve others, instead of the Lord, although they loudly announce their reading of scriptures.
30 The three qualities hold people in attachment to Maya. The Gurmukh attains the fourth state of higher consciousness. Granting His Grace, God unites us with Himself.
30 O Siblings of Destiny, follow the Guru’s Teachings and dwell in truth. Practice truth, and only truth, and merge in the True Word of the Shabad. || 1 || Pause ||
30 I am a sacrifice to those who recognize the Naam, the Name of the Lord. Renouncing selfishness, I fall at their feet, and walk in harmony with His Will.
30 Seek and find such a True Guru, who shall lead you to the True Lord. Destroy your evil passions, and you shall dwell in peace. Whatever pleases the Lord comes to pass. || 3 ||
31 Discarding the Ambrosial Nectar, they greedily grab the poison; they serve others, instead of the Lord. They lose their faith, they have no understanding; night and day, they suffer in pain. The blind, self-willed manmukhs do not even think of the Lord; they are drowned to death without water. || 1 ||
31 || O mind, vibrate and meditate forever on the Lord; seek the Protection of His Sanctuary. If the Word of the Guru’s Shabad abides deep within, then you shall not forget the Lord. || 1 || Pause ||
31 : The self-willed manmukh performs religious rituals, like the unwanted bride decorating her body. Her Husband Lord does not come to her bed; day after day, she grows more and more miserable.
31 O Siblings of Destiny, meditate on the Naam with one-pointed mind. Remain united with the Society of the Saints; chant the Name of the Lord, and find peace. || 1 || Pause ||
31 She keeps her Husband Lord enshrined within her heart. Her speech is sweet, and her way of life is humble.
31 The happy and pure soul-bride is noble; she has infinite love for the Guru. || 2 ||
31 If you know that He is your Husband Lord, offer your body and mind to Him. Behave like the happy and pure soul-bride.
32 Practicing egotism, selfishness and conceit, she wanders around the world, but her wealth and property will not go with her.
32 Gazing upon their families, people are lured and trapped by emotional attachment, but none will go along with them in the end.
32 The Lord God is my Friend and Companion. God shall be my Helper and Support in the end. || 3 ||
32 Within your conscious mind, you may say anything, but without the Guru, selfishness is not removed.
32 His arrogant pride is banished from within. Standing at the Lord’s Door, the humble Saints serve Him; they find the Treasure of Excellence. || 1 ||
32 Singing His Praises through the Shabads of the Guru, we are dyed in His Color with intuitive ease. Becoming truthful, we merge with the True One; remaining blended with Him, we shall never be separated again. || 2 ||
32 One whose mind and body are imbued with the Lord’s Love gives up egotism and corruption. Day and night, the Name of the One Lord, the Fearless and Formless One, dwells within the heart. O Nanak, He blends us with Himself, through the Perfect, Infinite Word of His Shabad. || 4 || 16 || 49
33 SIREE RAAG, THIRD MEHL: The Lord of the Universe is the Treasure of Excellence; His limits cannot be found. He is not obtained by mouthing mere words, but by rooting out ego from within. Meeting the True Guru, one is permeated forever with the Fear of God, who Himself comes to dwell within the mind. || 1 ||
33 O Siblings of Destiny, one who becomes Gurmukh and understands this is very rare. To act without understanding is to lose the treasure of this human life. || 1 || Pause ||
33 Those who have tasted it, enjoy its flavor; without tasting it, they wander in doubt, lost and deceived. The True Name is the Ambrosial Nectar; no one can describe it. Drinking it in, one becomes honorable, absorbed in the Perfect Word of the Shabad. || 2 ||
33 He Himself gives, and then we receive. Nothing else can be done. The Gift is in the Hands of the Great Giver. At the Guru’s Door, in the Gurdwara, it is received. Whatever He does, comes to pass. All act according to His Will. || 3 ||
33 The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is abstinence, truthfulness, and self-restraint. Without the Name, no one becomes pure. Through perfect good fortune, the Naam comes to abide within the mind. Through the Shabad, we merge into Him. O Nanak, one who lives in intuitive peace and poise, imbued with the Lord’s Love, obtains the Glorious Praises of the Lord. || 4 || 17 || 50 ||
33 || SIREE RAAG, THIRD MEHL: You may torment your body with extremes of self-discipline, practice intensive meditation and hang upside-down, but your ego will not be eliminated from within. You may perform religious rituals, and still never obtain the Naam, the Name of the Lord. Through the Word of the Guru’s Shabad, remain dead while yet alive, and the Name of the Lord shall come to dwell within the mind. || 1 ||
33 || Listen, O my mind: hurry to the Protection of the Guru’s Sanctuary. By Guru’s Grace you shall be saved. Through the Word of the Guru’s Shabad, you shall cross over the terrifying world-ocean of poison. || 1 || Pause ||
33 Everything under the influence of the three qualities shall perish; the love of duality is corrupting. The Pandits, the religious scholars, read the scriptures, but they are trapped in the bondage of emotional attachment. In love with evil, they do not understand. Meeting the Guru, the bondage of the three qualities is cut away, and in the fourth state, the Door of Liberation is attained. || 2 ||
33 Through the Guru, the Path is found, and the darkness of emotional attachment is dispelled. If one dies through the Shabad, then salvation is obtained, and one finds the Door of Liberation. By Guru’s Grace, one remains blended with the True Name of the Creator. || 3 ||
33 This mind is very powerful; we cannot escape it just by trying. In the love of duality, people suffer in pain, condemned to terrible punishment. O Nanak, those who are attached to the Naam are saved; through the Shabad, their ego is banished. || 4 || 18 || 51 ||
33 SIREE RAAG, THIRD MEHL: By His Grace, the Guru is found, and the Name of the Lord is implanted within. Without the Guru, no one has obtained it; they waste away their lives in vain. The self-willed manmukhs create karma, and in the Court of the Lord, they receive their punishment. || 1 ||
33 O mind, give up the love of duality. The Lord dwells within you; serving the Guru, you shall find peace. || Pause ||
33 When you love the Truth, your words are true; they reflect the True Word of the Shabad. The Name of the Lord dwells within the mind; egotism and anger are wiped away. Meditating on the Naam with a pure mind, the Door of Liberation is found. || 2 ||
34 With faith in the Shabad, the Guru is found, and selfishness is eradicated from within. Night and day, worship the True Lord with devotion and love forever. The Treasure of the Naam abides in the mind; O Nanak, in the poise of perfect balance, merge into the Lord. || 4 || 19 || 52 ||
34 SIREE RAAG, THIRD MEHL: Those who do not serve the True Guru shall be miserable throughout the four ages. The Primal Being is within their own home, but they do not recognize Him. They are plundered by their egotistical pride and arrogance. Cursed by the True Guru, they wander around the world begging, until they are exhausted. They do not serve the True Word of the Shabad, which is the solution to all of their problems. || 1 ||
34 O my mind, see the Lord ever close at hand. He shall remove the pains of death and rebirth; the Word of the Shabad shall fill you to overflowing. || 1 || Pause ||
34 Those who praise the True One are true; the True Name is their Support. They act truthfully, in love with the True Lord.
34 So abandon your selfishness, and remain dead while yet alive. Contemplate the Word of the Guru’s Shabad. The pursuit of worldly affairs comes to an end, when you embrace love for the True One.
34 || Those who do not have faith in the Primal Being, the True Guru, and who do not enshrine love for the Shabad—they take their cleansing baths, and give to charity again and again, but they are ultimately consumed by their love of duality.
34 || O my mind, remain awake and aware night and day, and think of the Lord. Protect your crops, or else the birds shall descend on your farm. || 1 || Pause ||
35 SIREE RAAG, THIRD MEHL: Consider the time and the moment—when should we worship the Lord? Night and day, one who is attuned to the Name of the True Lord is true.
35 || In speaking, in seeing and in words, remain immersed in the Shabad.
35 By His Grace, we meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. Without His Mercy, it cannot be obtained.
36 He hears and sees everything. How can anyone deny Him? Those who sin again and again, shall rot and die in sin. God’s Glance of Grace does not come to them; those self-willed manmukhs do not obtain understanding. They alone see the Lord, unto whom He reveals Himself. O Nanak, the Gurmukhs find Him. || 4 || 23 || 56 ||
36 O mind, dwell in the balanced state of your own inner being. Praise the Lord’s Name, and you shall no longer come and go in reincarnation. || 1 || Pause ||
36 Praise the Word of the Shabad, and He shall come to dwell in your mind; you shall be blessed with intuitive peace and poise.
37 SIREE RAAG, THIRD MEHL: The virtuous obtain Truth; they give up their desires for evil and corruption. Their minds are imbued with the Word of the Guru’s Shabad; the Love of their Beloved is on their tongues. Without the True Guru, no one has found Him; reflect upon this in your mind and see. The filth of the self-willed manmukhs is not washed off; they have no love for the Guru’s Shabad.
37 O my mind, walk in harmony with the True Guru. Dwell within the home of your own inner being, and drink in the Ambrosial Nectar; you shall attain the Peace of the Mansion of His Presence. || 1 || Pause ||
37 || O my mind, surrender to the Guru’s Will. Mind and body are totally cooled and soothed, and the Naam comes to dwell in the mind. || 1 || Pause ||
37 Through the Guru's Teachings, praise the True One, who has no end or limitation. He dwells in each and every heart, by the Hukam of His Command; by His Hukam, we contemplate Him. So praise Him through the Word of the Guru’s Shabad, and drive out egotism from within.
37 Praising the True One, attached to the True One, I am satisfied with the True Name. Contemplating His Virtues, I accumulate virtue and merit; I wash myself clean of demerits. He Himself unites us in His Union; there is no more separation. O Nanak, I sing the Praises of my Guru; through Him, I find that God. || 4 || 27 || 60 ||
38 One who recognizes her Lord and Master places her body and mind in offering before Him. Within her own home, she finds her Husband Lord; her egotism is dispelled.
38 I serve my True Guru with love, that He may lead me to Union with my Husband Lord.
38 O woman, you must walk in harmony with the Guru’s Will.
38 I am forever a sacrifice to those who praise their Husband Lord. I dedicate my mind and body to them, and give my head as well; I fall at their feet. Those who recognize the One renounce the love of duality.
38 O my mind, attuned to the Naam, you shall find peace. Follow the Guru’s Teachings, and praise the Naam; there is no other at all. || 1 || Pause ||
39 One who eliminates mental wickedness from within the mind, and casts out emotional attachment and egotistical pride, comes to recognize the All-pervading Soul, and is intuitively absorbed into the Naam.
39 With a polluted mind, devotional service cannot be performed, and the Naam, the Name of the Lord, cannot be obtained.
39 “I have done this, and I will do that”—I am an idiotic fool for saying this! I have forgotten the Doer of all; I am caught in the love of duality.
39 This mind is attuned to devotional worship; through the True Word of Gurbani, it finds its own home. With the mind so imbued, and the tongue imbued as well, sing the Glorious Praises of the True Lord. O Nanak, never forget the Naam; immerse yourself in the True One. || 4 || 31 || 64 ||
40 No one has found Him by stubborn-mindedness. All have grown weary of the effort. Thousands of clever mental tricks have been tried, but still, the raw and undisciplined mind does not absorb the Color of the Lord’s Love. By falsehood and deception, none have found Him. Whatever you plant, you shall eat. || 3 ||
40 O my Beloved, I live by meditating on Your Name. Without Your Name, my life does not even exist. My True Guru has implanted the Naam within me. || 1 || Pause ||
40 . Do not meet with, or even approach those people, whose hearts are filled with horrible anger. || 3 ||
40 The Boat of the True Guru is the Name of the Lord. How can we climb on board? One who walks in harmony with the True Guru’s Will comes to sit in this Boat.
41 I follow in the footsteps of those who enjoy the Love of my Beloved.
41 In deep humility, I fall at the Feet of the Perfect True Guru.
41 The Gurmukhs are the happy soul-brides; their minds are filled with kindness. The Word of the True Guru is the Jewel. One who believes in it tastes the Sublime Essence of the Lord.
41 O Siblings of Destiny, God is my Friend and Companion. Emotional attachment to children and spouse is poison; in the end, no one will go along with you as your helper. || 1 || Pause ||
42 Through the Guru's Teachings, some embrace love for the Lord, and are saved. They remain detached and unaffected, and they find the Sanctuary of the Lord. They keep death constantly before their eyes; they gather the Provisions of the Lord’s Name, and receive honor.
42 They praise the Lord’s Name, they keep the Naam in their minds, and they remain attached to the Love of the Naam.
42 Gathering the wealth of Maya, you earn an evil reputation. Those whom you work to please shall pass away along with you. The egotistical are engrossed in egotism, ensnared by the intellect of the mind. One who is deceived by God Himself, has no position and no honor. || 3 ||
43 The animals and the birds frolic and play—they do not see death. Mankind is also with them, trapped in the net of Maya. Those who always remember the Naam, the Name of the Lord, are considered to be liberated. || 2 ||
43 That dwelling which you will have to abandon and vacate—you are attached to it in your mind. And that place where you must go to dwell—you have no regard for it at all. Those who fall at the Feet of the Guru are released from this bondage. || 3 ||
43 No one else can save you—don’t look for anyone else. I have searched in all four directions; I have come to find His Sanctuary. O Nanak, the True King has pulled me out and saved me from drowning! || 4 || 3 || 73 ||
43 SIREE RAAG, FIFTH MEHL: Let me forget everything, but let me not forget the One Lord. All my evil pursuits have been burnt away; the Guru has blessed me with the Naam, the true object of life. Give up all other hopes, and rely on the One Hope. Those who serve the True Guru receive a place in the world hereafter. || 1 ||
43 O my mind, praise the Creator. Give up all your clever tricks, and fall at the Feet of the Guru. || 1 || Pause ||
43 Your servant begs to serve those who are enjoined to Your service. The opportunity to work hard serving the Saadh Sangat is obtained, when the Divine Lord is pleased.
44 O my mind, focus your consciousness on the One. Without the One, all entanglements are worthless; emotional attachment to Maya is totally false. || 1 || Pause ||
44 Forever and ever, work for God; He is our True Lord and Master. || 2 ||
44 So offer your prayers to Him, the Giver of Peace, the Destroyer of fear. Showing His Mercy, the Merciful Master shall resolve your affairs. || 3 ||
45 What good is worldly greatness? All the pleasures of Maya are tasteless and insipid. In the end, they shall all fade away. Perfectly fulfilled and supremely acclaimed is the one, in whose heart the Lord abides. || 2 ||
45 Become the dust of the Saints; renounce your selfishness and conceit. Give up all your schemes and your clever mental tricks, and fall at the Feet of the Guru.
45 People serve the True Guru only when the fever of egotism has been eradicated.
45 || O my mind, give up all these efforts. Dwell upon the Perfect Guru each day, and attach yourself to the One Lord. || 1 || Pause ||
45 May I never forget God from my mind; He holds all in the Power of His Hands. || 2 ||
46 O most fortunate ones, join the Sangat, the Blessed Congregation; purchase the True Word of the Shabad. Serve the Lord, the Ocean of Peace, the Supreme Lord over kings and emperors. || 2 ||
47 O Siblings of Destiny, make God your Friend. Cursed is emotional attachment and love of Maya; no one is seen to be at peace. || 1 || Pause ||
47 Let the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, be your cleansing baths at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage.