Without meeting the Guru, the mortal earns only pain.

The self-willed manmukh receives only more punishment. ||3||

The essence of the Lord's Name is so very sweet;

he alone drinks it, whom the Lord causes to drink it.

By Guru's Grace, the essence of the Lord is obtained.

O Nanak, imbued with the Naam, the Name of the Lord, salvation is attained. ||4||3||42||

Aasaa, Third Mehl:

My God is True, deep and profound.

Serving Him, the body acquires peace and tranquility.

Through the Word of the Shabad, His humble servants easily swim across.

I fall at their feet forever and ever. ||1||

Section 08 - Raag Aasaa - Part 016

Those being whose minds are imbued and drenched with the Lord's Love

- their pains of birth and death are taken away. They are automatically ushered into the Court of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

One who has tasted the Shabad, obtains the true flavor.

The Name of the Lord abides within his mind.

The Lord God is Eternal and All-pervading.

He Himself is near, and He Himself is far away. ||2||

Everyone talks and speaks through speech;

the Lord Himself forgives, and unites us with Himself.

By merely speaking and talking, He is not obtained.

By Guru's Grace, He comes to abide in the mind. ||3||

The Gurmukh eradicates his self-conceit from within.

He is imbued with the Lord's Love, having discarded worldly attachment.

He contemplates the utterly Immaculate Word of the Guru's Shabad.

O Nanak, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is our Salvation. ||4||4||43||

Aasaa, Third Mehl:

Attached to the love of duality, one only incurs pain.

Without the Word of the Shabad, one's life is wasted away in vain.

Serving the True Guru, understanding is obtained,

and then, one is not attached to the love of duality. ||1||

Those who hold fast to their roots, become acceptable.

Night and day, they meditate within their hearts on the Lord's Name; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they know the One Lord. ||1||Pause||

One who is attached to the branch, does not receive the fruits.

For blind actions, blind punishment is received.

The blind, self-willed manmukh finds no place of rest.

He is a maggot in manure, and in manure he shall rot away. ||2||

Serving the Guru, everlasting peace is obtained.

Joining the True Congregation, the Sat Sangat, the Glorious Praises of the Lord are sung.

One who contemplates the Naam, the Name of the Lord,

saves himself, and his family as well. ||3||

Through the Word of the Guru's Bani, the Naam resounds;

O Nanak, through the Word of the Shabad, one finds the Mansion of the Lord's Presence within the home of the heart.