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-589The True Guru meets with those upon whose foreheads such blessed destiny is recorded. || 7 || SHALOK, THIRD MEHL: They alone worship the Lord, who remain dead while yet alive; the Gurmukhs always worship God. God blesses them with the treasure of devotional worship, which no one can take away. They obtain the treasure of virtue, the One True Lord, within their minds. O Nanak, the Gurmukhs remain united with God; they shall never be separated again. || 1 || THIRD MEHL: They do not serve the True Guru; how can they contemplate? They do not appreciate the value of the Shabad; the fools wander in corruption and poison. The blind and the ignorant perform all sorts of ritualistic actions; they are in love with duality. Those who take unjustified pride in themselves, are punished and humiliated by the Messenger of Death. O Nanak, who else is there to ask? God Himself is the Forgiver. || 2 || PAUREE: You, O Creator, know all things; all beings belong to You. Those who are pleasing to You, You unite with Yourself; what can the poor creatures do? You are the all-powerful Cause of causes, the True Creator Lord. Those whom You unite, O Beloved, are united with You; the Gurmukhs contemplate You. I am a sacrifice to my True Guru, who has led me to see my unseen Lord. || 8 || SHALOK, THIRD MEHL: He is the Assayer of jewels; He contemplates the jewel. The ignorant person is totally blind - he does not appreciate the value of the jewel. The Jewel is the Word of the Guru's Shabad; the Knower alone knows it. The fools take pride in themselves, and are ruined in birth and death. O Nanak, he alone obtains the jewel, who, as Gurmukh, enshrines love for it. Chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord, forever and ever - make the Name of the Lord your daily occupation. If God grants His Grace, then He is enshrined within my heart. || 1 || THIRD MEHL: They do not serve the True Guru, and they do not embrace love for the Lord's Name. Do not even think that they are alive - the Creator Lord Himself has killed them. Egotism is such a terrible disease; in the love of duality, they do their deeds. O Nanak, the self-willed manmukhs are in a living death; forgetting the Lord, they suffer in pain. || 2 || PAUREE: Let all bow in reverence, to that humble being whose heart is pure within. I am a sacrifice to that humble being whose mind is filled with the treasure of the Naam. He has a discriminating intellect; he meditates on the Name of the Lord. That True Guru is a friend to all; everyone is dear to Him. The Lord, the Supreme Soul, is pervading everywhere; reflect upon the wisdom of the Guru's Teachings. || 9 || SHALOK, THIRD MEHL: Without serving the True Guru, the soul is in the bondage of deeds done in ego. Without serving the True Guru, one finds no place of rest; he dies, and is reincarnated, and continues coming and going.
