The Guru instructed Lahina to utter the spell with a pure heart. It would fulfil all his desires, bestow happiness in this world and salvation in the next; and by the continual practice of it the light of God should dawn in his heart. Upon this the Jogi said, 'O Nanak, he shall be thy Guru who is produced from thy body--ang.' Upon this the Guru. embraced Lahina, addressed him. as Angad, and Promised that he should be his successor. The Jogi and the Guru then went to their respective homes.

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The Sikhs who had deserted the Guru, afterwards bitterly regretted their conduct. They who had found the copper money said, that if they had gone further they would have found the silver money; and they who had found the silver money said that if they had gone further, they would have found the gold money. Upon this the Guru composed the following:--

The words man speaketh shall be taken into account the food he eateth shall be taken into account;

Man's movements shall be taken into account; what he heareth and seeth shall be taken into account;

Every breath he draweth shall be taken into account why should I go and ask the learned?

O father, attachment to Maya is deceitful.

He who being spiritually blind forgetteth God's name, shall gain neither this world nor the next.

Life and death are for everything that is born; death devoureth everything here.

Where the Judge sitteth and decideth, thither no one shall accompany thee.

All who weep for thee tie up, as it were, a bundle of refuse.[1]

Everybody saith that God is great nobody detracteth from Him;

But no one hath found His price He becometh not great by what man saith.

O True Lord, Thou art one Lord; how many other worlds in which creatures dwell!

Nanak is with those who are low-born among the lowly;

Nay, who are lowest of the low; how can he rival the great?

Where Thou, O Lord, watchest over the lowly, Thy look of favour shall be their reward.[2]

The successor of Pir Baha-ul-Din, the Musalman prelate of Multan, went accompanied by several of his followers to visit Guru Nanak. On meeting him he said, 'I have loaded the load; do something

[1. That is, they weep in vain.

2. Sri Rag.]

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for me'--that is, pray that I may have a successful journey to the next world.

The Guru replied:--

He who filleth the sack shall load it on himself;[1] the will of God is over all;

Nanak, they who have acted honestly shall depart with bright faces.

The Guru, seeing the Pir prepared for death, said he would soon follow him himself. The Guru upon this composed the following hymn:--

Wealth, youth, and flowers are guests[2] only for four days;[3]

They wither and fade like the leaves of the water lily.

Enjoy God's love, O dear one, in the freshness of youth.