Ang 586

SHALOK, THIRD MEHL: The entire creation is in fear; only the Dear Lord is fearless. Serving the True Guru, the Lord comes to dwell in the mind, and then, fear can never stay there. Enemies and pain cannot come close, and no one can touch you. The Gurmukh contemplates God in the mind; whatever pleases God comes to pass. O Nanak, He Himself preserves one’s honor; He alone resolves our affairs. ||1|| THIRD MEHL: Some friends are leaving, some have already left, and those remaining will eventually leave. Those who do not serve the True Guru, come and go regretting. O Nanak, those who are attuned to Truth are not separated; serving the True Guru, they merge into the Lord. ||2|| PAUREE: Meet with that True Guru, the true friend, within whose mind the virtuous Lord abides. Meet with that Beloved True Guru, who has subdued egotism from within. Blessed, blessed is that Perfect True Guru, who has given the Lord’s Teachings to reform the whole world. O Saints, meditate constantly on the Name of the Lord, and cross over the terrifying, poisonous world-ocean. The Perfect Guru has taught me about the Lord; I am forever a sacrifice to the Guru. ||2||

SHALOK, THIRD MEHL: Service to the True Guru is the essence of comfort and peace. Doing so, one obtains honor here, and the door of salvation in the Court of the Lord. So perform the tasks of Truth, wear Truth, and take the Support of the True Name. Associating with Truth, obtain Truth, and love the True Name. Through the True Word of the Shabad, you shall be happy forever, and acclaimed as True in the True Court. O Nanak, he alone serves the True Guru, whom the Creator has blessed with His Glance of Grace. ||1|| THIRD MEHL: Cursed is the life, and cursed is the dwelling, of those who serve another. They abandon the Ambrosial Nectar and turn to poison; they earn poison, and poison is their only wealth. Poison is their food, and poison is their dress; they fill their mouths with morsels of poison. In this world, they earn only pain and suffering, and dying, they go to dwell in hell. The self-willed manmukhs have filthy faces; they do not know the Word of the Shabad. In sexual desire and anger they waste away. They forsake the Fear of the True Guru, and because of their stubborn- mindedness, their efforts do not succeed. In the City of Death, they are bound and beaten, and no one hears their prayers. O Nanak, they act according to their pre-ordained destiny; the Gurmukhs abide in the Naam. ||2|| PAUREE: Serve the True Guru, O Holy people; He implants the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, within. Worship the True Guru day and night; He leads us the meditate on the Lord of the Universe, the Master of the Universe. Behold the True Guru, each and every moment; He shows us the spiritual path of the Lord. Let everyone fall at the feet of the True Guru; He has dispelled the darkness of emotional attachment. Let everyone hail and praise the True Guru, who has led us to find the treasure of the Lord’s devotional worship. ||3||

SHALOK, THIRD MEHL: Meeting the True Guru, hunger departs; hunger does not depart by wearing the robes of a beggar. Afflicted with pain, he wanders from house to house, and in the world hereafter, he receives double punishment. Intuitive peace does not come to his inner being — he is not content to eat what comes his way. With his stubborn mind, he begs, and grabs, and annoys those who give. Instead of wearing these beggar’s robes, it is better to be a householder, and give to others. Those who are attuned to the Word of the Shabad, acquire understanding; the others wander, deluded by doubt. They act according to their past actions; it is useless to talk to them. O Nanak, those who are pleasing to God are good; He upholds their honor. ||1|| THIRD MEHL: Serving the True Guru, one finds a lasting peace; the pains of birth and death are removed. He is not troubled by anxiety; the carefree Lord comes to dwell in the mind. Deep within, is the sacred shrine of spiritual wisdom, revealed by the True Guru. Filth is removed, and the mind becomes pure, bathing in the sacred shrine, the pool of Ambrosial Nectar. The friend meets with the True Friend, the Lord, through the love of the Shabad. Within the home of his heart, he finds the Divine Self, and his light blends with the Light. The Messenger of Death does not leave the hypocrite; he is led away in dishonor. O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Naam are saved; they are in love with the True Lord. ||2|| PAUREE: Go, and sit in the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, where the Name of the Lord is churned. In peace and poise, contemplate the Lord’s Name — don’t lose the essence of the Lord. Chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, constantly, day and night, and you shall be accepted in the Court of the Lord. He alone finds the Perfect True Guru, on whose forehead such pre-ordained destiny is written. Let everyone bow in worship to the Guru, who speaks the sermon of the Lord. ||4||