When a husband falleth out with his spouse,

A reconciliation is effected in this world through children.

When the king asketh and his subjects give, a bond is established between them.

When a hungry man eateth, he establisheth an alliance with the world.

Drought formeth an alliance with rivers when they are flooded with rain.

There is an affinity between love and sweet words.

If any one speak the truth, he formeth a bond with know ledge.

By goodness and truth the dead establish a bond with the living.

Such are the affinities that are established in the world.

The only way to establish friendship with a fool is to smite him on the mouth.[2]

By praising God man establisheth an alliance with God's court.

Nanak saith this deliberately.

The following seven sloks form part of the Guru's instruction to Shaikh Brahm, or Farid the second, of Pak Pattan:--

The priests, the shaikhs, and the potentates of the world are all beneath the earth.

[1 Its nature will not be altered.

2. Munh mar. Also translated--to remain silent.]

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Emperors pass away, but God ever flourisheth.

There is only Thou, there is only Thou, O God!

Neither demigods, nor demons, nor men,

Nor Sidhs, nor Strivers, nor this earth shall abide.

There is One; is there any other?

There is only Thou, there is only Thou, O God!

Neither the just nor the generous,

Nor the seven regions beneath the earth shall remain.

There is One: is there any other?

There is only Thou, there is only Thou, O God!

Not the regions of the sun and the moon,

Nor the seven continents, nor the seven seas,

Nor corn, nor wind shall abide.

There is only Thou, there is only Thou, O God!

Our maintenance is in nobody's power but God's:

To all of us but one hope abideth

There is one: is there any other?

There is only Thou, there is only Thou, O God!

Birds have no money in their possession

They only depend on trees and water.

God is their Giver.

There is only Thou, there is only Thou, O God!

Nanak, no one can erase

What is written on the forehead.

God it is who giveth man power and again taketh it away.

There is only Thou, there is only Thou, O God!

Guru Nanak thus discoursed to Prem Chand of Sarhind on the best way of occupying time:--

They who in the early morning praise God and meditate on Him with single heart,

Are perfect kings, and die fighting when occasion ariseth.[1]

In the second watch there are many ways in which the attention of the mind is distracted.

[1. This is understood to mean that they fight to the death with their deadly sins.]

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Many persons fall into the fathomless water, and cannot emerge however much they struggle.