but without the Guru, the Transcendent Lord Incarnate, there is no one at all.

Service to the Guru is the way to liberation. Night and day, sing the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises. ||11||

Abandon falsehood, and pursue the Truth,

and you shall obtain the fruits of your desires.

Very few are those who trade in the merchandise of Truth. Those who deal in it, obtain the true profit. ||12||

Depart with the merchandise of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har,

and you shall intuitively obtain the Blessed Vision of His Darshan, in the Mansion of His Presence.

The Gurmukhs search for Him and find Him; they are the perfect humble beings. In this way, they see Him, who looks upon all alike. ||13||

God is endless; following the Guru's Teachings, some find Him.

Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they instruct their minds.

Accept as True, Perfectly True, the Word of the True Guru's Bani. In this way, you shall merge in the Lord, the Supreme Soul. ||14||

Naarad and Saraswati are Your servants.

Your servants are the greatest of the great, throughout the three worlds.

Your creative power permeates all; You are the Great Giver of all. You created the whole creation. ||15||

Some serve at Your Door, and their sufferings are dispelled.

They are robed with honor in the Court of the Lord, and emancipated by the True Guru.

The True Guru breaks the bonds of egotism, and restrains the fickle consciousness. ||16||

Meet the True Guru, and search for the way,

by which you may find God, and not have to answer for your account.

Subdue your egotism, and serve the Guru; O servant Nanak, you shall be drenched with the Lord's Love. ||17||2||8||

Maaroo, First Mehl:

My Lord is the Destroyer of demons.

My Beloved Lord is pervading each and every heart.

The unseen Lord is always with us, but He is not seen at all. The Gurmukh contemplates the record. ||1||

The Holy Gurmukh seeks Your Sanctuary.

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God grants His Grace, and carries him across to the other side.

The ocean is very deep, filled with fiery water; the Guru, the True Guru, carries us across to the other side. ||2||

The blind, self-willed manmukh does not understand.

He comes and goes in reincarnation, dying, and dying again.

The primal inscription of destiny cannot be erased. The spiritually blind suffer terribly at Death's door. ||3||

Some come and go, and do not find a home in their own heart.

Bound by their past actions, they commit sins.

The blind ones have no understanding, no wisdom; they are trapped and ruined by greed and egotism. ||4||

Without her Husband Lord, what good are the soul-bride's decorations?

She has forgotten her Lord and Master, and is infatuated with another's husband.