Forsake false covetousness; concentrate thy mind and meditate on the Unseen One.

Thou shalt obtain a reward in proportion to what thou hast done.

If it have been so allotted from the beginning, man shall obtain the dust of the saints' feet.

Ruin not thyself with scant service.

SLOK XI

Guru Nanak

There is a dearth of truth; falsehood prevaileth; the blackness of this age maketh men demons.

They who have sown the seed of the Name have departed with honour; how can half-seed germinate?

If the seed be whole, it will germinate in the proper season.

Nanak, unbleached cloth cannot be dyed without a base.

If the body be put into the vat of fear, modesty be made its base,

And it be dyed with devotion, O Nanak, there will not be a trace of falsehood in it.

Guru Nanak.

Greed and sin are ruler and village accountant; falsehood is master of the mint.

Lust, his minister, summoneth and examineth men, and sitteth in judgement on them.

The subjects are blind and without divine knowledge, and satisfy the judge's greed with bribes.

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Priests dance, play musical instruments, disguise, and decorate themselves;

They shout aloud, sing of battles, and heroes' praises.

Fools call themselves pandits and with tricks and cavilling love to amass wealth.

Pretended religious men spoil their religious acts, and yet want the door of salvation;

They call themselves continent, and leave their houses and homes, yet they know not the way.

Every one is perfect to himself: no one admitteth himself wanting.

If the weight of honour be put into the scale, then, Nanak, man shall appear properly weighed.

Guru Nanak

Man's evil becometh known, O Nanak; the True One seeth all.

Every one maketh endeavours, but it is only what the Creator doeth that taketh place.

Caste hath no power in the next world: there is a new order of beings.

They whose accounts are honoured are the good.

PAURI XI

They whom Thou didst so destine from the beginning meditate on Thee, O Lord.

There is nothing in the power of creatures; O God, it is Thou who hast created the different worlds.

Some Thou blendest with Thyself; others Thou leadest astray from Thee.

I Thou art known by the favour of the Guru, through whom Thou revealest Thyself.

They who know Thee are easily absorbed in the True One.

SLOK XII

Guru Nanak

Pain is medicine, worldly pleasure a disease; where there is such pleasure, there is no desire for God.

Thou art the Doer, I do nothing; if I try to do anything, it cometh to nothing.

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I am a sacrifice unto Thee; Thou abidest in Thine omnipotence:

Thine end cannot be seen.