Without the Guru, no one is saved; meditating on the Lord, they are carried across to the other side. ||11||

No one can erase the Guru's blessings.

The Lord carries across those whom He forgives.

The pains of birth and death do not even approach those whose minds are filled with God, the infinite and endless. ||12||

Those who forget the Guru come and go in reincarnation.

They are born, only to die again, and continue committing sins.

The unconscious, foolish, faithless cynic does not remember the Lord; but when he is stricken with pain, then he cries out for the Lord. ||13||

Pleasure and pain are the consequences of the actions of past lives.

The Giver, who blesses us with these - He alone knows.

So who can you blame, O mortal being? The hardships you suffer are from your own actions. ||14||

Section 25 - Raag Maaroo - Part 043

Practicing egotism and possessiveness, you have come into the world.

Hope and desire bind you and lead you on.

Indulging in egotism and self-conceit, what will you be able to carry with you, except the load of ashes from poison and corruption? ||15||

Worship the Lord in devotion, O humble Siblings of Destiny.

Speak the Unspoken Speech, and the mind will merge back into the Mind.

Restrain your restless mind within its own home, and the Lord, the Destroyer, shall destroy your pain. ||16||

I seek the support of the Perfect Guru, the Lord.

The Gurmukh loves the Lord; the Gurmukh realizes the Lord.

O Nanak, through the Lord's Name, the intellect is exalted; granting His forgiveness, the Lord carries him across to the other side. ||17||4||10||

Maaroo, First Mehl:

O Divine Guru, I have entered Your Sanctuary.

You are the Almighty Lord, the Merciful Lord.

No one knows Your wondrous plays; You are the perfect Architect of Destiny. ||1||

From the very beginning of time, and throughout the ages, You cherish and sustain Your beings.

You are in each and every heart, O Merciful Lord of incomparable beauty.

As You will, You cause all to walk; everyone acts according to Your Command. ||2||

Deep within the nucleus of all, is the Light of the Life of the World.

The Lord enjoys the hearts of all, and drinks in their essence.

He Himself gives, and He himself takes; He is the generous father of the beings of the three worlds. ||3||

Creating the world, He has set His play into motion.

He placed the soul in the body of air, water and fire.

The body-village has nine gates; the Tenth Gate remains hidden. ||4||

There are four horrible rivers of fire.

How rare is that Gurmukh who understands this, and through the Word of the Shabad, remains unattached.

The faithless cynics are drowned and burnt through their evil-mindedness. The Guru saves those who are imbued with the Love of the Lord. ||5||