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Salok, Third Mehl:

Without serving the True Guru, the soul is in the bondage of deeds done in ego.

Without serving the True Guru, one finds no place of rest; he dies, and is reincarnated, and continues coming and going.

Without serving the True Guru, one's speech is vapid and insipid; the Naam, the Name of the Lord, does not abide in his mind.

O Nanak, without serving the True Guru, they are bound and beaten in the City of Death; they arise and depart with blackened faces. ||1||

First Mehl:

Burn away those rituals which lead you to forget the Beloved Lord.

O Nanak, sublime is that love, which preserves my honor with my Lord Master. ||2||

Pauree:

Serve the One Lord, the Great Giver; meditate on the One Lord.

Beg from the One Lord, the Great Giver, and you shall obtain your heart's desires.

But if you beg from another, then you shall be shamed and destroyed.

One who serves the Lord obtains the fruits of his rewards; all of his hunger is satisfied.

Nanak is a sacrifice to those, who night and day, meditate within their hearts on the Name of the Lord. ||10||