You are the Creator, You are wise and all-seeing. Through Your Name, we are carried across. ||1||Pause||

The same person is foolish and wise; the same light within has two names.

The most foolish of the foolish are those who do not believe in the Name. ||2||

Through the Guru's Gate, the Gurdwara, the Name is obtained. Without the True Guru, it is not received.

Through the Pleasure of the True Guru's Will, the Name comes to dwell in the mind, and then, night and day, one remains lovingly absorbed in the Lord. ||3||

In power, pleasures, beauty, wealth and youth, one gambles his life away.

Bound by the Hukam of God's Command, the dice are thrown; he is just a piece in the game of chess. ||4||

The world is clever and wise, but it is deluded by doubt, and forgets the Name; the Pandit, the religious scholar, studies the scriptures, but he is still a fool.

Forgetting the Name, he dwells upon the Vedas; he writes, but he is confused by his poisonous corruption. ||5||

Section 25 - Raag Maaroo - Part 028

He is like the crop planted in the salty soil, or the tree growing on the river bank, or the white clothes sprinkled with dirt.

This world is the house of desire; whoever enters it, is burnt down by egotistical pride. ||6||

Where are all the kings and their subjects? Those who are immersed in duality are destroyed.

Says Nanak, these are the steps of the ladder, of the Teachings of the True Guru; only the Unseen Lord shall remain. ||7||3||11||

Maaroo, Third Mehl, Fifth House, Ashtapadees:

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

One whose mind is filled with the Lord's Love,

is intuitively exalted by the True Word of the Shabad.

He alone knows the pain of this love; what does anyone else know about its cure? ||1||

He Himself unites in His Union.

He Himself inspires us with His Love.

He alone appreciates the value of Your Love, upon whom You shower Your Grace, O Lord. ||1||Pause||

One whose spiritual vision is awakened - his doubt is driven out.

By Guru's Grace, he obtains the supreme status.

He alone is a Yogi, who understands this way, and contemplates the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||2||

By good destiny, the soul-bride is united with her Husband Lord.

Following the Guru's Teachings, she eradicates her evil-mindedness from within.

With love, she continually enjoys pleasure with Him; she becomes the beloved of her Husband Lord. ||3||

Other than the True Guru, there is no physician.

He Himself is the Immaculate Lord.

Meeting with the True Guru, evil is conquered, and spiritual wisdom is contemplated. ||4||

One who is committed to this most sublime Shabad

becomes Gurmukh, and is rid of thirst and hunger.