Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, lovingly attune yourself to the True Lord. ||2||

This world is polluted with egotism.

By taking cleansing baths daily at sacred shrines of pilgrimage, egotism is not eliminated.

Without meeting the Guru, they are tortured by Death. ||3||

Those humble beings are true, who conquer their ego.

Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they conquer the five thieves.

They save themselves, and save all their generations as well. ||4||

The Actor has staged the drama of emotional attachment to Maya.

The self-willed manmukhs cling blindly to it.

The Gurmukhs remain detached, and lovingly attune themselves to the Lord. ||5||

The disguisers put on their various disguises.

Desire rages within them, and they carry on egotistically.

They do not understand themselves, and they lose the game of life. ||6||

Putting on religious robes, they act so clever,

but they are totally deluded by doubt and emotional attachment to Maya.

Without serving the Guru, they suffer in terrible pain. ||7||

Those who are attuned to the Naam, the Name of the Lord, remain detached forever.

Even as householders, they lovingly attune themselves to the True Lord.

O Nanak, those who serve the True Guru are blessed and very fortunate. ||8||3||

Gauree, Third Mehl:

Brahma is the founder of the study of the Vedas.

From him emanated the gods, enticed by desire.

They wander in the three qualities, and they do not dwell within their own home. ||1||

The Lord has saved me; I have met the True Guru.

He has implanted devotional worship of the Lord's Name, night and day. ||1||Pause||

The songs of Brahma entangle people in the three qualities.

Reading about the debates and disputes, they are hit over the head by the Messenger of Death.

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They do not understand the essence of reality, and they gather their worthless bundles of straw. ||2||

The self-willed manmukhs, in ignorance, take the path of evil.

They forget the Lord's Name, and in its place, they establish all sorts of rituals.

They drown in the terrifying world-ocean, in the love of duality. ||3||

Driven crazy, infatuated by Maya, they call themselves Pandits - religious scholars;

stained with corruption, they suffer terrible pain.

The noose of the Messenger of Death is around their necks; they are constantly tormented by death. ||4||

The Messenger of Death does not even approach the Gurmukhs.

Through the Word of the Shabad, they burn away their ego and duality.

Attuned to the Name, they sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||5||

Maya is the slave of the Lord's devotees; it works for them.

One who falls at their feet attains the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.