To reach God, and thus have no account against thee.

Efface pride and serve the Guru, O Nanak, and thou shalt be dyed with God's love.

Miscellaneous instruction of the Guru:--

The Creator is the true Lord

Who carefully supporteth the globe of the earth.

The Creator beholdeth the work of His hands; true and independent,

He created the different species of animals.

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Two travellers[1] have struck out two roads.

There is no emancipation without the perfect Guru; it is profitable to repeat the true Name.

The perverse man readeth, but knoweth not the way:

Led astray by error he knoweth not the Name.

The false evidence the evil man giveth for a bribe becometh like a halter round his neck.

Brahmans read the Simritis, the Shastars, and the Purans:

They engage in disputations, but know not the Real Thing:

Without the true Guru they find not the Real Thing.

They who are purified by the True One walk in the true way.

Everybody praiseth God and speaketh of Him as he hath heard.

God is wise and assayeth the true.

They on whom God looketh with favour are holy and praise His word.

How many speak of God according to what they have heard!

They speak of Him according to what they have heard, but know not His limit.

He to whom the Unseen hath manifested Himself knoweth the story of the Ineffable.

When one is born gratulations resound;

The ignorant sing songs of rejoicing.;

But he who is born shall assuredly die, and undergo the destiny allotted him.

It is my God who effecteth union and separation of the soul and body.

He who created the world assigned His creatures woe or weal;

But the holy who wear the armour of mildness are unaffected by them.

Good are they who deal in the truth

By the Guru's wisdom they obtain the true merchandise.

He who possesseth the wealth of the true merchandise, is enraptured with the true Word.

[1. The founders of the Hindu and Muhammadan religions.]

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Loss accrueth from false dealings.

The pious carry on their dealings according to God's will.

Their capital remaineth intact, their stock-in-trade safe, and they escape from Death's noose.

Every one speaketh of God according to his own pleasure.

The perverse who are attached to mammon, know not how to speak of God.

The understanding and utterance of the blind man are blind; he shall suffer the pain of transmigration.

In pain he is born, in pain he dieth.

His pain cannot be removed except by seeking the Guru's protection.

In pain he is created, in pain he perisheth. What hath he brought with him? what shall he take away?

True are the acts of those who are subject to the Guru;