Water, fire, air, earth and ether

- in that house of the five elements, they dwell.

Those who remain imbued with the Word of the True Guru's Shabad, renounce Maya, egotism and doubt. ||6||

This mind is drenched with the Shabad, and satisfied.

Without the Name, what support can anyone have?

The temple of the body is being plundered by the thieves within, but this faithless cynic does not even recognize these demons. ||7||

They are argumentative demons, terrifying goblins.

These demons stir up conflict and strife.

Without awareness of the Shabad, one comes and goes in reincarnation; he loses his honor in this coming and going. ||8||

The body of the false person is just a pile of barren dirt.

Without the Name, what honor can you have?

Bound and gagged throughout the four ages, there is no liberation; the Messenger of Death keeps such a person under his gaze. ||9||

At Death's door, he is tied up and punished;

such a sinner does not obtain salvation.

He cries out in pain, like the fish pierced by the hook. ||10||

The faithless cynic is caught in the noose all alone.

The miserable spiritually blind person is caught in the power of Death.

Without the Lord's Name, liberation is not known. He shall waste away, today or tomorrow. ||11||

Other than the True Guru, no one is your friend.

Here and hereafter, God is the Savior.

He grants His Grace, and bestows the Lord's Name. He merges with Him, like water with water. ||12||

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The Guru instructs His wandering Sikhs;

if they go astray, He sets them on the right path.

So serve the Guru, forever, day and night; He is the Destroyer of pain - He is with you as your companion. ||13||

O mortal being, what devotional worship have you performed to the Guru?

Even Brahma, Indra and Shiva do not know it.

Tell me, how can the unknowable True Guru be known? He alone attains this realization, whom the Lord forgives. ||14||

One who has love within, obtains the Blessed Vision of His Darshan.

One who enshrines love for the Word of the Guru's Bani, meets with Him.

Day and night, the Gurmukh sees the immaculate Divine Light everywhere; this lamp illuminates his heart. ||15||

The food of spiritual wisdom is the supremely sweet essence.

Whoever tastes it, sees the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan.

Beholding His Darshan, the unattached one meets the Lord; subduing the mind's desires, he merges into the Lord. ||16||

Those who serve the True Guru are supreme and famous.

Deep within each and every heart, they recognize God.

Please bless Nanak with the Lord's Praises, and the Sangat, the Congregation of the Lord's humble servants; through the True Guru, they know their Lord God. ||17||5||11||