Nanak, he is called a servant who is absorbed in the love of his master.

PAURI XXIII

Nanak, God's end is not seen, nor hath He a thither or a hither side.

He Himself createth, and He Himself again destroyeth.

Some have chains on their necks, and some ride on many horses.

It is God who causeth to act and who acteth Himself to whom else shall we complain?

Nanak, it is for Him who made the world to take care of it.

SLOK XXIV

Guru Nanak

It is God Himself who made vessels[2] and He Himself who filleth them.

In some is contained milk[3] others are put over the fire.

Some sleep on mattresses, and others stand and watch over them

Nanak, God regenerateth those on whom He looketh with favour.

[1. That is, when perfect understanding does not exist between master and servant, and the service is performed without love.

2. Here the word bhânde means human beings generally.

3. That is, God's love, milk being deemed pure.]

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Guru Angad

God Himself arrangeth, He Himself putteth what He hath made into its proper place;

Having in this world created animals, He Himself be holdeth their birth and death.

Whom shall we address, O Nanak, since God doeth every thing Himself?

PAURI XXIV

The greatness of the great God cannot be expressed;

He is the Creator, the Omnipotent, the Bounteous; He provideth His creatures with sustenance.

Man must do the work which God destined for him from the beginning.

Nanak, except in the one God alone there is no abiding Place.

He doeth what He pleaseth.

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