O man, entertain such love for God as the chakwi[1] for the sun.

She sleepeth not for a moment, for she knoweth that her mate is absent from her.

The perverse see not; to the pious God is ever present.

The perverse make calculations, but it is only what the Creator doeth that cometh to pass.

His worth cannot be ascertained, even though all men desire it

But it can be ascertained under the Guru's instruction by meeting the True One happiness is obtained.

[1. The ruddy sheldrake, called by Anglo-Indians the Brâhmani duck. Should the male and female birds be separated at night, for instance at different sides of a river, they are believed to call to each other until they behold the morning sun when they renew their conjugal acquaintance.]

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If the True Guru be met, true love shall not sunder,

And the wealth of divine knowledge of the three worlds shall be obtained.

If any one acquire virtue, he will not forget the Pure Name.

The birds which peck on sea and land have played and gone away.

Man must depart in a ghari or two; his enjoyment is only for to-day or to-morrow.

He whom Thou blendest with Thyself shall be blended with Thee, and shall take his place in the true arena.

Without the Guru love is not produced, and the filth of pride departeth not.

He who recognizeth God in himself, and knoweth the secret of the Word, shall be satisfied:

But when man recognizeth himself through the Guru's instruction, what more remaineth for him to do?

Why speak of meeting God? Mail hath met Him already,[1] but it is only on receiving the Word he is satisfied.

Tile perverse obtain not understanding; separated from God they suffer punishment.

For Nanak there is but the gate of the one God; there is no other refuge.

It is said the following was addressed by the Guru, during his pilgrimage to the east, to a Raja called Harbans:--

Man is led astray by the reading of words; ritualists are very proud.

What availeth it to bathe at the place of pilgrimage, if the filth of pride be in the heart?

Who but the Guru can explain that the King and Emperor dwelleth in the heart?

All men err; it is only the great Creator who erreth not.

He who admonisheth his heart under the Guru's instruction shall love the Lord.

[1. Because the soul has emanated from God.]

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Nanak, he whom the incomparable Word hath caused to meet God, shall not forget the True One.

God cannot be deceived and His merits cannot be described:--

By taking the protection of the Guru man shall be saved; counterfeit is the capital of the perverse.

The eight metals of the King are coined agreeably to His orders.[1]

The Assayer Himself assayeth the coins, and putteth the genuine into His treasury.