Men of evil minds and thievish bodies go to bathe at places of pilgrimage.

One part of their filth departeth by bathing, but they contract double more.[1]

A gourd may be externally washed, but it containeth undiluted poison within.

Holy men are good without bathing; a thief is always a thief whether he bathe or not.

Men should traffic in God's name from their earliest years:--

There are two lamps for fourteen shops,[2]

And as many shopkeepers as souls:

When the. shops are opened, the traffic beginneth.

Every one who cometh into the world is transient.

Religion is the broker who putteth a mark on the goods.

Nanak, they who profit by the Name are acceptable.

For those who obtain the greatness of the true Name.

Gratulations resound on their arrival at their own homes.

In evil association there is no hope of amendment:--

It is the habit of thieves, adulterers, prostitutes, and pimps

To contract friendship with the irreligious and dine with them.

They take no thought for God's praises; the devil ever dwelleth in their hearts.

[1. Their bodily filth departs, but their mental filth and hypocrisy increase.

2. There are the sun and moon for the fourteen worlds.]

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If sandal be rubbed on a donkey, he will still roll in the dust.

Nanak, by spinning falsehood the web of falsehood is woven.

False is the cloth therefrom and its measurement; false the raiment and the pride thereof.

The repetition of God's name is superior to the call of the Muazzin[1] or the horn of the Jogi,

Whether the Muezzin repeateth the call to prayer or the Jogi bloweth horns, and the bards join the chorus,

Some are givers, others are beggars; to me Thy name alone is acceptable.

Nanak, I am a sacrifice to those who have heard and accepted it.

The following sloks in the Suhi ki War contain miscellaneous instruction and reflections of the Guru:--

I am a sacrifice to those whose words consist of God's praises.

Every night is for the married woman; let me who am separated from Thee, O God, obtain even one night.

They who have not obtained the sweets of love or the delights of the Bridegroom,

Are like the guest of an empty house who goeth as he cometh.

A curse on the lives of those who eat to distend their bellies

Nanak, without the true Name all love is turned into hate.

You say, O Pandits--'As darkness is dispelled when a lamp is lighted,

'So by reading the Veds sinful inclinations are destroyed.'

I say, 'When the sun riseth, the moon is not seen.

'Where divine knowledge appeareth mental ignorance is dispelled.

'You, O Pandits, read the Veds and study them,

But the reading of the Veds is a secular occupation.