One who has no Guru, dies over and over again, only to be re-born. One who has no Guru continues coming and going in reincarnation. ||2||

The One Creator has set this play in motion.

In the frame of the human body, He has placed all things.

Those few who are pierced through by the Word of the Shabad, obtain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. He calls them into His Wondrous Palace. ||3||

True is the Banker, and true are His traders.

They purchase Truth, with infinite love for the Guru.

They deal in Truth, and they practice Truth. They earn Truth, and only Truth. ||4||

Without investment capital, how can anyone acquire merchandise?

The self-willed manmukhs have all gone astray.

Without true wealth, everyone goes empty-handed; going empty-handed, they suffer in pain. ||5||

Some deal in Truth, through love of the Guru's Shabad.

They save themselves, and save all their ancestors as well.

Very auspicious is the coming of those who meet their Beloved and find peace. ||6||

Deep within the self is the secret, but the fool looks for it outside.

The blind self-willed manmukhs wander around like demons;

but where the secret is, there, they do not find it. The manmukhs are deluded by doubt. ||7||

He Himself calls us, and bestows the Word of the Shabad.

The soul-bride finds intuitive peace and poise in the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.

O Nanak, she obtains the glorious greatness of the Naam; she hears it again and again, and she meditates on it. ||8||13||14||

Maajh, Third Mehl:

The True Guru has imparted the True Teachings.

Section 06 - Raag Maajh - Part 025

Think of the Lord, who shall be your Help and Support in the end.

The Lord is Inaccessible and Incomprehensible. He has no master, and He is not born. He is obtained through love of the True Guru. ||1||

I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who eliminate selfishness and conceit.

They eradicate selfishness and conceit, and then find the Lord; they are intuitively immersed in the Lord. ||1||Pause||

According to their pre-ordained destiny, they act out their karma.

Serving the True Guru, a lasting peace is found.

Without good fortune, the Guru is not found. Through the Word of the Shabad, they are united in the Lord's Union. ||2||

The Gurmukhs remain unaffected in the midst of the world.

The Guru is their cushion, and the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is their Support.

Who can oppress the Gurmukh? One who tries shall perish, writhing in pain. ||3||

The blind self-willed manmukhs have no understanding at all.

They are the assassins of the self, and the butchers of the world.

By continually slandering others, they carry a terrible load, and they carry the loads of others for nothing. ||4||