Pain and pleasure are pre-ordained by the Creator.

He Himself has caused the love of duality to be pervasive.

One who becomes Gurmukh remains detached; how can anyone trust the self-willed manmukh? ||5||

Those who do not recognize the Shabad are manmukhs.

They do not know the essence of the Fear of the Guru.

Without this Fear, how can anyone find the Fearless True Lord? The Messenger of Death will pull the breath out. ||6||

The invulnerable Messenger of Death cannot be killed.

The Word of the Guru's Shabad prevents him from approaching.

When he hears the Word of the Shabad, he runs far away. He is afraid that the self-sufficient Dear Lord will kill him. ||7||

The Dear Lord is the Ruler above all.

What can this wretched Messenger of Death do?

As slave to the Hukam of the Lord's Command, the mortal acts according to His Hukam. According to His Hukam, he is deprived of his breath. ||8||

The Gurmukh realizes that the True Lord created the creation.

The Gurmukh knows that the Lord has expanded the entire expanse.

One who becomes Gurmukh, understands the True Lord. Through the True Word of the Shabad, he finds peace. ||9||

The Gurmukh knows that the Lord is the Architect of karma.

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Throughout the four ages, he recognizes the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

The Gurmukh does not die, the Gurmukh is not reborn; the Gurmukh is immersed in the Shabad. ||10||

The Gurmukh praises the Naam, and the Shabad.

God is inaccessible, unfathomable and self-sufficient.

The Naam, the Name of the One Lord, saves and redeems throughout the four ages. Through the Shabad, one trades in the Naam. ||11||

The Gurmukh obtains eternal peace and tranqulity.

The Gurmukh enshrines the Naam within his heart.

One who becomes Gurmukh recognizes the Naam, and the noose of evil-mindedness is snapped. ||12||

The Gurmukh wells up from, and then merges back into Truth.

He does not die and take birth, and is not consigned to reincarnation.

The Gurmukh remains forever imbued with the color of the Lord's Love. Night and day, he earns a profit. ||13||

The Gurmukhs, the devotees, are exalted and beautified in the Court of the Lord.

They are embellished with the True Word of His Bani, and the Word of the Shabad.

Night and day, they sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, day and night, and they intuitively go to their own home. ||14||

The Perfect True Guru proclaims the Shabad;

night and day, remain lovingly attuned to devotional worship.

One who sings forever the Glorious Praises of the Lord, becomes immaculate; Immaculate are the Glorious Praises of the Sovereign Lord . ||15||

The True Lord is the Giver of virtue.

How rare are those who, as Gurmukh, understand this.