Without the Guru, they are not released from their karma, although they speak and listen and preach and explain. ||7||

They all call themselves virtuous, but I have no virtue at all.

With the Lord as her Husband, the soul-bride is happy; I, too, love that God.

O Nanak, through the Shabad, union is obtained; there is no more separation. ||8||5||

Siree Raag, First Mehl:

You may chant and meditate, practice austerities and self-restraint, and dwell at sacred shrines of pilgrimage;

you may give donations to charity, and perform good deeds, but without the True One, what is the use of it all?

As you plant, so shall you harvest. Without virtue, this human life passes away in vain. ||1||

O young bride, be a slave to virtue, and you shall find peace.

Renouncing wrongful actions, following the Guru's Teachings, you shall be absorbed into the Perfect One. ||1||Pause||

Without capital, the trader looks around in all four directions.

He does not understand his own origins; the merchandise remains within the door of his own house.

Without this commodity, there is great pain. The false are ruined by falsehood. ||2||

One who contemplates and appraises this Jewel day and night reaps new profits.

He finds the merchandise within his own home, and departs after arranging his affairs.

So trade with the true traders, and as Gurmukh, contemplate God. ||3||

In the Society of the Saints, He is found, if the Uniter unites us.

One whose heart is filled with His Infinite Light meets with Him, and shall never again be separated from Him.

True is his position; he abides in Truth, with love and affection for the True One. ||4||

One who understands himself finds the Mansion of the Lord's Presence within his own home.

Imbued with the True Lord, Truth is gathered in.

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God is known throughout the three worlds. True is the Name of the True One. ||5||

The wife who knows that her Husband Lord is always with her is very beautiful.

The soul-bride is called to the Mansion of the His Presence, and her Husband Lord ravishes her with love.

The happy soul-bride is true and good; she is fascinated by the Glories of her Husband Lord. ||6||

Wandering around and making mistakes, I climb the plateau; having climbed the plateau, I go up the mountain.

But now I have lost my way, and I am wandering around in the forest; without the Guru, I do not understand.

If I wander around forgetting God's Name, I shall continue coming and going in reincarnation, over and over again. ||7||

Go and ask the travellers, how to walk on the Path as His slave.

They know the Lord to be their King, and at the Door to His Home, their way is not blocked.

O Nanak, the One is pervading everywhere; there is no other at all. ||8||6||