The blind fool loseth respect; without the Name he obtaineth no abiding place.

The ignorant man who dwelleth in the wilderness and at burial and cremation-grounds, knoweth not God and shall afterwards regret.

He who meeteth the true Guru and fixeth God's name in his heart, obtaineth comfort.

Nanak, he on whom God looketh with favour obtaineth Him.

He becometh free from hopes and fears, and destroyeth his pride by means of the Word.

PAURI IX

The saints, O Lord, please Thy heart, adorn Thy gate, and hymn Thy praises.

Nanak, they who are outside Thy favour, find no entrance and wander in many births.

Some know not their origin, and have an excessive opinion of themselves.

I am a singer of low caste; others call themselves of high caste.

I only beg of those who meditate on Thee.[3]

[1 Several faqîrs do not eat corn, some go naked, some practise perpetual silence, some go barefooted, some eat filth, &c.

2 The gyanis generally translate--If a man go barefooted, he is merely suffering for his folly.

3. Also translated--I beg for a sight of those who meditate on Thee.]

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SLOK X

Guru Nanak

False are kings, false their subjects, false the whole world

False are mansions, false palaces, false those who dwell therein;

False is gold; false silver; false he who weareth them

False the body; false raiment; false peerless beauty;

False husbands; false wives; they waste away and become dust.

Man who is false loveth what is false, and forgetteth the Creator.

With whom contract friendship? The whole world passeth away.

False is sweetness; false honey; in falsehood shiploads are drowned.

Nanak humbly asserteth--except Thee, O God, everything is thoroughly false.

Guru Nanak

Man is known as true when truth is in his heart

When the filth of falsehood departeth, man washeth his body clean.

Man is known as true when he beareth love to the True One;

When the mind is enraptured on hearing the Name, man attaineth the door of salvation.

Man shall be known as true when he knoweth the true way;

Having prepared the field of the body, put into it the seed of the Creator.

Man shall be known as true when he receiveth true instruction;

Let man show mercy to living things and perform some works of charity.

Man shall be known as true, when he dwelleth in the pilgrimage of his heart:

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Let man after inquiry from the true Guru rest and abide in his own heart;

Truth is the medicine for all; it removeth and washeth away sin.

Nanak maketh supplication to those who are in possession of truth.

PAURI X

Be mine the gift of the dust of the saints' feet: if I obtain it, I shall apply it to my forehead.