When it slips from his hand, his body turns black, and his face withers away. Those who focus their consciousness on the True Guru – peace comes to abide in their minds. They meditate on the Name of the Lord with love; they are lovingly attuned to the Name of the Lord. O Nanak, the True Guru has bestowed upon them the wealth, which remains contained within their hearts. They are imbued with supreme love; its color increases day by day.

|| 1 || THIRD MEHL: Maya is a serpent, clinging to the world. Whoever serves her, she ultimately devours. The Gurmukh is a snake-charmer; he has trampled her and thrown her down, and crushed her underfoot. O Nanak, they alone are saved, who remain lovingly absorbed in the True Lord. || 2 || PAUREE: The minstrel cries out, and God hears him. He is comforted within his mind, and he obtains the Perfect Lord. Whatever destiny is pre-ordained by the Lord, those are the deeds he does.When the Lord and Master becomes Merciful, then one obtains the Mansion of the Lord’s Presence as his home.

That God of mine is so very great; as Gurmukh, I have met Him. || 5 || SHALOK, THIRD MEHL: There is One Lord God of all; He remains everpresent. O Nanak, if one does not obey the Hukam of the Lord’s Command, then within one’s own home, the Lord seems far away. They alone obey the Lord’s Command, upon whom He casts His Glance of Grace. Obeying His Command, one obtains peace, and becomes the happy, loving soul-bride. || 1 || THIRD MEHL: She who does not love her Husband Lord, burns and wastes away all through the night of her life. O Nanak, the soul-brides dwell in peace; they have the Lord, their King, as their Husband. || 2 || PAUREE: Roaming over the entire world, I have seen that the Lord is the only Giver.

The Lord cannot be obtained by any device at all; He is the Architect of Karma. Through the Word of the Guru’s Shabad, the Lord comes to dwell in the mind, and the Lord is easily revealed within. The fire of desire within is quenched, and one bathes in the Lord’s Pool of Ambrosial Nectar. The great greatness of the great Lord God – the Gurmukh speaks of this. || 6 || SHALOK, THIRD MEHL: What love is this between the body and soul, which ends when the body falls? Why feed it by telling lies? When you leave, it does not go with you. The body is merely blind dust; go, and ask the soul.

The soul answers, “I am enticed by Maya, and so I come and go, again and again.” O Nanak, I do not know my Lord and Master’s Command, by which I would merge in the Truth. || 1 || THIRD MEHL: The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is the only permanent wealth; all other wealth comes and goes. Thieves cannot steal this wealth, nor can robbers take it away. This wealth of the Lord is embedded in the soul, and with the soul, it shall depart. It is obtained from the Perfect Guru; the self-willed manmukhs do not receive it. Blessed are the traders, O Nanak, who have come to earn the wealth of the Naam.

|| 2 || PAUREE: My Master is so very great, true, profound and unfathomable. The whole world is under His power; everything is the projection of Him. By Guru’s Grace, the eternal wealth is obtained, bringing peace and patience to the mind. By His Grace, the Lord dwells in the mind, and one meets the Brave Guru. The virtuous praise the ever-stable, permanent, perfect Lord. || 7 || SHALOK, THIRD MEHL: Cursed is the life of those who forsake and throw away the peace of the Lord’s Name, and suffer pain instead by practicing ego and sin. The ignorant selfwilled manmukhs are engrossed in the love of Maya; they have no understanding at all. In this world and in the world beyond, they do not find peace; in the end, they depart regretting and repenting. By Guru’s Grace, one may meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and egotism departs from within him.

O Nanak, one who has such pre-ordained destiny, comes and falls at the Guru’s Feet. || 1 || THIRD MEHL: The self-willed manmukh is like the inverted lotus; he has neither devotional worship, nor the Lord’s Name. He remains engrossed in material wealth, and his efforts are false. His consciousness is not softened within, and the words from his mouth are insipid. He does not mingle with the righteous; within him are falsehood and selfishness. O Nanak, the Creator Lord has arranged things, so that the self-willed manmukhs are drowned by telling lies, while the Gurmukhs are saved by chanting the Lord’s Name.

|| 2 || PAUREE: Without understanding, one must wander around the cycle of reincarnation, and continue coming and going. One who has not served the True Guru, shall depart regretting and repenting in the end. But if the Lord shows His Mercy, one finds the Guru, and ego is banished from within. Hunger and thirst depart from within, and peace comes to dwell in the mind. Forever and ever, praise Him with love in your heart. || 8 || SHALOK, THIRD MEHL: One who serves his True Guru, is worshipped by everyone. Of all efforts, the supreme effort is the attainment of the Lord’s Name. Peace and tranquility come to dwell within the mind; meditating within the heart, there comes a lasting peace. The Ambrosial Amrit is his food, and the Ambrosial Amrit is his clothes; O Nanak, through the Naam, the Name of the Lord, greatness is obtained. || 1 || THIRD MEHL: O mind, listen to the Guru’s Teachings, and you shall obtain the treasure of virtue. The Lord, the Giver of peace, shall dwell in your mind, and your egotism and pride shall depart. O Nanak, when the Lord bestows His Glance of Grace, then, night and day, one centers his meditation on the Lord.

|| 2 || PAUREE: The Gurmukh is totally truthful, content and pure. Deception and wickedness have departed from within him, and he easily conquers his mind. There, the Divine Light and the essence of bliss are manifest, and ignorance is eliminated. Night and day, he sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and manifests the excellence of the Lord. The One Lord is the Giver of all; the Lord alone is our friend. || 9 || SHALOK, THIRD MEHL: One who understands God, who lovingly centers his mind on the Lord night and day, is called a Brahmin. Consulting the True Guru, he practices Truth and self-restraint, and he is rid of the disease of ego. He sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and gathers in His Praises; his light is blended with the Light.

In this world, one who knows God is very rare; eradicating ego, he is absorbed in God. O Nanak, meeting him, peace is obtained; night and day, he meditates on the Lord’s Name. || 1 || THIRD MEHL: Within the ignorant selfwilled manmukh is deception; with his tongue, he speaks lies. Practicing deception, he does not please the Lord God, who always sees and hears with natural ease. In the love of duality, he goes to instruct the world, but he is engrossed in the poison of Maya and attachment to pleasure. By doing so, he suffers in constant pain; he is born and then dies, and comes and goes again and again. His doubts do not leave him at all, and he rots away in manure. One, unto whom my Lord Master shows His Mercy, listens to the Guru’s Teachings. He meditates on the Lord’s Name, and sings the Lord’s Name; in the end, the Lord’s Name will deliver him.

|| 2 || PAUREE: Those who obey the Hukam of the Lord’s Command, are the perfect persons in the world. They serve their Lord Master, and reflect upon the Perfect Word of the Shabad. They serve the Lord, and love the True Word of the Shabad. They attain the Mansion of the Lord’s Presence, as they eradicate egotism from within. O Nanak, the Gurmukhs remain united with Him, chanting the Name of the Lord, and enshrining it within their hearts. || 10 || SHALOK, THIRD MEHL: The Gurmukh meditates on the Lord; the celestial soundcurrent resounds within him, and he focuses his consciousness on the True Name.

The Gurmukh remains imbued with the Lord’s Love, night and day; his mind is pleased with the Name of the Lord. The Gurmukh beholds the Lord, the Gurmukh speaks of the Lord, and the Gurmukh naturally loves the Lord. O Nanak, the Gurmukh attains spiritual wisdom, and the pitch-black darkness of ignorance is dispelled. One who is blessed by the Perfect Lord’s Grace – as Gurmukh, he meditates on the Lord’s Name. || 1 || THIRD MEHL: Those who do not serve the True Guru do not embrace love for the Word of the Shabad. They do not meditate on the Celestial Naam, the Name of the Lord – why did they even bother to come into the world? Time and time again, they are reincarnated, and they rot away forever in manure.

They are attached to false greed; they are not on this shore, nor on the one beyond. O Nanak, the Gurmukhs are saved; the Creator Lord unites them with Himself. || 2 || PAUREE: The devotees look beauteous in the True Court of the Lord; they abide in the True Word of the Shabad. The Lord’s Love wells up in them; they are attracted by the Lord’s Love. They abide in the Lord’s Love, they remain imbued with the Lord’s Love forever, and with their tongues, they drink in the sublime essence of the Lord. Fruitful are the lives of those Gurmukhs who recognize the Lord and enshrine Him in their hearts.Without the Guru, they wander around crying out in misery; in the love of duality, they are ruined.

|| 11 || SHALOK, THIRD MEHL: In the Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the devotees earn the treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord; they obtain the supreme status of the Lord. Serving the True Guru, they enshrine the Lord’s Name in their minds, and they meditate on the Naam, night and day.Within the home of their own selves, they remain unattached, through the Guru’s Teachings; they burn away egotism and emotional attachment. They save themselves, and they save the whole world. Blessed are the mothers who gave birth to them. He alone finds such a True Guru, upon whose forehead the Lord inscribed such pre-ordained destiny. Servant Nanak is a sacrifice to his Guru; when he was wandering in doubt, He placed him on the Path.

|| 1 || THIRD MEHL: Beholding Maya with her three dispositions, he goes astray; he is like the moth, which sees the flame, and is consumed. The mistaken, deluded Pandits gaze upon Maya, and watch to see whether anyone has offered them something. In the love of duality, they read continually about sin, while the Lord has withheld His Name from them. The Yogis, the wandering hermits and the Sannyaasees have gone astray; their egotism and arrogance have increased greatly.

They do not accept the true donations of clothes and food, and their lives are ruined by their stubborn minds. Among these, he alone is a man of poise, who, as Gurmukh, meditates on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. Unto whom should servant Nanak speak and complain? All act as the Lord causes them to act. || 2 || PAUREE: Emotional attachment to Maya, sexual desire, anger and egotism are demons. Because of them, mortals are subject to death; above their heads hangs the heavy club of the Messenger of Death. The self-willed manmukhs, in love with duality, are led onto the path of Death.