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Salok, Third Mehl:

In the Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the Messenger of Death is the enemy of life, but he acts according to the Lord's Command.

Those who are protected by the Guru are saved, while the self-willed manmukhs receive their punishment.

The world is under the control, and in the bondage of the Messenger of Death; no one can hold him back.

So serve the One who created Death; as Gurmukh, no pain shall touch you.

O Nanak, Death serves the Gurmukhs; the True Lord abides in their minds. ||1||

Third Mehl:

This body is filled with disease; without the Word of the Shabad, the pain of the disease of ego does not depart.

When one meets the True Guru, then he becomes immaculately pure, and he enshrines the Lord's Name within his mind.

O Nanak, meditating on the Naam, the Name of the Peace-Giving Lord, his pains are automatically forgotten. ||2||

Pauree:

I am forever a sacrifice to the Guru, who has taught me about the Lord, the Life of the World.

I am every bit a sacrifice to the Guru, the Lover of Nectar, who has revealed the Name of the Lord.

I am a sacrifice to the Guru, who has totally cured me of the fatal disease of egotism.

Glorious and great are the virtues of the Guru, who has eradicated evil, and instructed me in virtue.

The True Guru meets with those upon whose foreheads such blessed destiny is recorded. ||7||