He on whom the Creator looketh with favour obtaineth instruction from the Guru's words.

The body is the palace, the temple, and the house of God; into it He putteth His eternal light.

Nanak, the pious are invited to God's palace; He will blend them with Himself.

MALAR ASHTAPADI

The Guru by familiar Indian examples expresses his love for God:--

The chakwi will not sleep at night in the absence of her mate.

When the sun riseth she gazeth on her beloved, and boweth, and toucheth his feet.

O my Beloved, dear to me is Thy love, which shall be my companion.

I cannot live for a moment in this world without Him so much do I thirst for Him.

The lotus on the lake on beholding the sunbeams of heaven naturally rejoiceth:

O my Beloved, such is the longing 1 feel in my heart that my light may be blended with Thine.

The chatrik without water crieth 'Prio, prio!' and screameth aloud.

There is terrible thunder, it raineth on every side, but without its special raindrops the chatrik's thirst departeth not.

The fish which is born and liveth in water, obtaineth weal and woe according to its previous acts.

It cannot live for an instant without water; its death or life dependeth on it.

Woman is separated from her Beloved who liveth abroad; she sendeth Him a message through the true Guru.

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All cry out 'Prio, prio!', but they can only obtain their Beloved if it please the Guru.

The Beloved is with us; He ever associateth with the true; He blendeth with Himself those on whom He looketh with favour.

God is the life within all lives; He pervadeth every heart.

Through the Guru's favour He is manifest at home, and men become easily absorbed in Him.

Arrange thine own affairs, O man; the Lord of the earth is the Giver of happiness.

When by the Guru's favour man findeth God in his heart, then, O Nanak, his burning is extinguished.

MALAR KI WAR

Prayers ought not to be offered for worldly advantages:--

They who offer prayers shall die, and so shall they who are prayed for.

Nanak, it is not known where they shall be placed by God's order.

The punishments that await the impenitent wicked:--

Some have chains on their necks and are being led off to prison;

But by recognizing Him who is the truest of the true, they shall be freed from their bonds.

He who obtaineth favourable destiny knoweth the True One.

Man's fate is decided by God's order; when man goeth before Him he shall know this.

Recognize the Word which will cause thee to cross the terrible ocean.

Thieves, adulterers, and gamblers shall be pressed like sesame;

Slanderers and backbiters shall be carried away by the flood.

The pious who are absorbed in the True One shall be known in God's court.

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